Month:February 2025

Elon Musk on Monday led a consortium of investors in making a $97.4 billion unsolicited offer to acquire ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s nonprofit arm – only to face immediate rejection from CEO Sam Altman. The Wall Street Journal reports that the bid included backing from Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI and prominent investors like Valor Equity …
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Google has announced that NotebookLM Plus, its advanced AI-powered research and note-taking tool, is now included with Google One AI Premium subscriptions at no additional cost to consumers. If you haven’t come across it before, NotebookLM functions as an AI research companion that helps users analyze and interact with their documents, websites, and other content. …
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Some users are reporting that Apple’s latest software updates are quietly re-enabling Apple Intelligence features, even after they had explicitly disabled them in the previous update. If you’re catching up, Apple on Monday pushed out new macOS Sequoia 15.3.1 and iOS/iPadOS 18.3.1 point releases that include important security fixes and are recommended for all users. …
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Apple plans to release a MacBook Air with an improved LCD display in 2027, featuring Oxide TFT technology instead of the current amorphous silicon (a-Si) panels, according to a new report from The Elec. The new display technology is said to be a significant upgrade over current MacBook Air screens. Oxide TFT LCD panels offer …
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Apple’s first OLED MacBook Pro remains on schedule for a 2026 release, featuring the new slimmer design Apple is rumored to be working on, based on a new report from The Elec. Samsung Display is said to be currently producing test samples of the OLED panels on its first deposition machine, which was installed in …
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Fort Lauderdale resident Daniel Vallaire suffered a devastating stroke last year, and it ended up being Siri that provided life saving help. Just days before his 70th birthday, Vallaire collapsed in his bathroom. He spent the next 48 hours crawling “inch by inch by inch” from the bathroom to the living room in an attempt …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook spent the weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana, which is where Super Bowl LIX was held on Sunday. Cook visited several locations in New Orleans, and chronicled the trip in a short social media video. Cook started his trip off visiting Harry Connick Jr. at the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music (EMCM), …
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If you have been waiting for Apple’s rumored smart home hub to launch, prepare to wait some more. In his Power On newsletter over the weekend, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman said the device is still “months away” from shipping. A made-up concept of an Apple smart home hub Based on that wording, the home hub will …
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Apple typically releases new iPhone color options every year as a mid-product cycle refresh, so when can we expect a new finish in 2025? Apple has added new ‌iPhone‌ colors on six occasions in the past, consistently in either the March or April following an ‌iPhone‌’s launch: iPhone 7 and 7 Plus: (PRODUCT)RED (Tuesday, March …
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