Tuesday, July 08, 2025

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Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”

Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands.

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iOS 26 Update Unveils Diverse New Feature Tweaks

Apple’s iOS 26 update is making waves with multiple focused improvements—from a toned‐down Liquid Glass interface to adjustments affecting phone calls and messaging in the EU. These feature updates represent Apple’s determined push to refine user privacy and interface performance in a crowded mobile market.

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Apple says COO Jeff Williams will retire from company later this year

cnbc - Apple said Jeff Williams, the company's COO, will take on a new role overseeing the company's design team along with the Apple Watch and health initiatives.

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Nintendo Switch 2 finally hits Amazon, but there’s a catch

Jacob Siegal / bgr - Over a month after the record-breaking launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, the gaming console is available to purchase on Amazon in the US. That …The post Nintendo Switch 2 finally hits Amazon, but there’s a catch appeared first on BGR.

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Next PlayStation State Of Play Coming Soon And Is All About Ghost Of Yotei

Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - PlayStation’s next big State of Play has been announced, and you won’t have to wait long to watch. The event will go live on July 10 and will be dedicated to Sucker Punch’s upcoming open-world action game Ghost of Yotei. Read more...

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Gmail’s new subscription management is here to declutter your inbox

Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - After coming and going for a year, Gmail's unified subscription page is rolling out.

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Third tvOS 26 developer beta arrives one day late

appleinsider - Apple has seeded the third tvOS 26 developer beta, with the new build arriving one day after the rest of the 26-generation operating systems.An Apple TV set-top boxApple tends to bunch together its operating system build releases, both for the final publi…

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Waymo offers teen accounts for driverless rides

cnbc - Waymo announced Tuesday it is now offering accounts for teens ages 14 to 17, starting in Phoenix.

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Mastodon is improving profiles and getting ready for quote posts

Jay Peters / theverge - Mastodon 4.4 is out now, and it brings a bunch of changes for things like profiles and lists and also lays the groundwork for quote posts. With profiles, you can now feature specific hashtags so that people can see all the posts you’ve tagged with those h…

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The Last of Us Part II’s new mode puts the story in chronological order

Ash Parrish / theverge - With season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us in the books, and with no The Last of Us Part III coming in the immediate future, Naughty Dog has come up with an interesting way to funnel all the attention from the show into the game. The studio has released a new,…

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U.S. imposes 25% tariffs on all products from Japan and South Korea — new measures could be a big hit for the memory industry

tomshardware - President Trump announced that starting August 1, the U.S. will impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Japan and South Korea, which threatens to disrupt global tech supply chains dominated by these countries.

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Samsung Unpacked Leak: Foldable Phone Rumors Ignite Buzz

Samsung’s highly anticipated Unpacked event has taken an unexpected turn after a massive last‐minute leak revealed details of upcoming Galaxy Fold models. The premature spoiler has left enthusiasts both amused and agitated, as the tech giant’s planned showcase is now trending for all the wrong—and right—reasons.

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Nothing Phone 3: Reviews Highlight Surprises and Minimalist Design

Multiple reviews of the newly unveiled Nothing Phone 3 reveal a device that’s not only stylish with its minimalist appeal but also packed with unexpected features that challenge established flagships. Testers note its surprising twists that have quickly turned the phone into a talking point in tech circles.

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M&S says Dragon Force threat group behind April cyberattack

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The retailer estimates that the attack will cost the company £300m in profits this year.Read more: M&S says Dragon Force threat group behind April cyberattack

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Jack Dorsey launches Bitchat, a messaging app that works without internet, servers, or accounts

techspot - The app, now available in beta for Apple's TestFlight users, was announced by Dorsey on Sunday. He described the project as a personal experiment with mesh networking, encryption, and decentralized message delivery. Unlike traditional messaging services t…

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iOS 18 Code Leak Reveals All-New Chip Coming to iPhones, Apple TV, and HomePod Mini

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - A new leak has revealed several of Apple's next-generation chips coming to future iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and HomePod mini models.Last month, an individual in China uploaded a YouTube video (with English subtitles) of an alleged iPhone 16 engineering…

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Apple rumored to release the iPhone 17e in spring 2026

Christian Zibreg / idownloadblog - Apple should release the iPhone 17e sometime next spring, featuring the same OLED panel as the iPhone 16e that launched in February 2025.

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Apple’s Top AI Engineer Jumps Ship to Meta in Poaching Blow: Report

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Apple’s artificial intelligence efforts just took another hit. According to a report from Bloomberg, Ruoming Pang—the executive leading Apple’s foundation models team—is leaving the company to join Meta. He’s the latest in a string of high-profile hires b…

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New sky blue color rumored to arrive with iPhone 17 Air

appleinsider - The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to come in a light blue color option as a choice that could play upon the name of the ultra-thin model.A render of what the iPhone 17 Air could look like, in light blue - Image credit: AppleInsiderEach generation of iPhone bri…

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OpenAI tightens the screws on security to keep away prying eyes

Connie Loizos / techcrunch - OpenAI has reportedly overhauled its security operations to protect against corporate espionage. According to the Financial Times, the company accelerated an existing security clampdown after Chinese startup DeepSeek released a competing model in January,…

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