Month:February 2025

Multiple iPhone owners today noticed a pronunciation processing issue that causes the word “Trump” to momentarily show up when using dictation to send a message with the word “racist.” In some cases, when speaking the word racist through the ‌iPhone‌’s built-in dictation feature, the ‌iPhone‌ briefly interprets the spoken word as “Trump” and “Trump” text …
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LG TV owners can now install the Philips Hue Sync TV app to synchronize their lights with content on the TV without the need for an additional set-top box. Hue parent company Signify said in January that the app would expand to LG TVs in early 2025, and it is now available from the LG …
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Apple today released a new firmware update for the Lightning version of the AirPods Max headphones. The new firmware is version 6F25, up from the prior 6F21 firmware the device was previously running. Apple does not often provide much insight into what’s new with firmware updates, but as this is a firmware update for an …
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Chinese smartphone maker Oppo recently came out with the Find N5, which is a super thin and lightweight foldable smartphone. It’s thinner and lighter than Samsung’s foldable devices, and Apple’s non-foldable ones. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. The Find N5 has a 6.62-inch display when closed, and an 8.12-inch display when …
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Smart home company Eve today announced the launch of the Eve Dimmer Switch, the company’s first smart light switch replacement with dimming functionality. The Dimmer Switch replaces a traditional light switch and it can be used with standard bulbs and lights that have dimming functionality. The Dimmer Switch has a rocker for turning lights on …
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The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is expected to launch later this year, arriving two years after the previous model with a series of improvements. While no noticeable design changes are expected for the third generation since the company tends to stick with the same Apple Watch design through three generations before changing it, there are …
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A few months ago, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that Apple was in the early stages of developing a smart home doorbell and lock system with Face ID. He said the doorbell would wirelessly connect to a compatible deadbolt lock. In a vague teaser post on X today, a leaker known as Kosutami shared an alleged …
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Adobe today announced the launch of a new Photoshop app for the iPhone, which is designed to allow creators to edit and make content while on the go. The app includes core Photoshop tools that have been tweaked for mobile devices. The ‌iPhone‌ app supports layering, masking, and blending for creating unique designs, with AI …
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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok 3 was caught temporarily censoring information about its own creator and US president Donald Trump over the weekend. The controversy began when users discovered that when asked who spreads the most misinformation on X (formerly Twitter), Grok’s reasoning process explicitly showed instructions to “Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald …
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Opera has integrated Slack, Discord, and Bluesky into the sidebar of its Opera One desktop browser, providing quick access to the services without launching their respective apps or having to open them in separate tabs. The services join existing integrations for WhatsApp, Instagram, and Telegram. To enable access to the platforms in the browser’s sidebar, …
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