iOS 18’s new home screen features are a long-awaited win for flexibility Wiggle mode gets an update that opens up almost Android-like customization.

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iOS 18’s new home screen features are a long-awaited win for flexibility

Wiggle mode gets an update that opens up almost Android-like customization.

Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection "Authorities will have high-resolution imagery that is updated globally every 20 minutes."

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Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection

Authorities will have high-resolution imagery that is updated globally every 20 minutes."

OpenAI threatens bans for probing new AI model’s “reasoning” process OpenAI does not want anyone to know what o1 is “thinking" under the hood.

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Ban warnings fly as users dare to probe the “thoughts” of OpenAI’s latest model

OpenAI does not want anyone to know what o1 is “thinking" under the hood.

Archaeologists believe this Bronze Age board game is the oldest yet found Origins of Hounds and Jackals , aka Fifty-Eight Holes , may lie in Asia rather than Egypt.

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Archaeologists believe this Bronze Age board game is the oldest yet found

Origins of Hounds and Jackals, aka Fifty-Eight Holes, may lie in Asia rather than Egypt.

Secure Boot-neutering PKfail debacle is more prevalent than anyone knew Keys were marked "DO NOT TRUST." More devices than previously known used them anyway.

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Secure Boot-neutering PKfail debacle is more prevalent than anyone knew

Keys were marked "DO NOT TRUST." More devices than previously known used them anyway.

Boar’s Head will never make liverwurst again after outbreak that killed 9 The Jarratt, Virginia, plant is now closed indefinitely.

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Boar’s Head will never make liverwurst again after outbreak that killed 9

Indefinitely closed plant rated area with Listeria as "low risk" for Listeria.

TikTok ban poses “staggering” risks to Americans’ free speech, TikTok says TikTok's survival in the US may depend on an appeals court ruling this December.

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US can’t ban TikTok for security reasons while ignoring Temu, other apps, TikTok argues

TikTok's survival in the US may depend on an appeals court ruling this December.

Report: Big batch of M4 Macs and cheaper iPads on tap for October Apple event Apple often launches Macs and iPads in October, after the iPhone dust settles.

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Apple software leaks new Mac mini with five USB-C ports ahead of rumored event

Apple often launches Macs and iPads in October, after the iPhone dust settles.

Brazil judge seizes cash from Starlink to cover fine imposed on Elon Musk’s X Starlink and X treated as one economic group, forcing both to pay X fines.

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Brazil judge seizes cash from Starlink to cover fine imposed on Elon Musk’s X

Starlink and X treated as one economic group, forcing both to pay X fines.

iOS 18 brings RCS to major carrier iPhones, but prepaid plans are still waiting A future iOS update may be needed to unlock better Apple-to-Android messages.

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iOS 18 brings RCS to major carrier iPhones, but prepaid plans are still waiting

A future iOS update may be needed to unlock better Apple-to-Android messages.