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Apple today announced it will be opening a new retail store at the Phoenix Mall of Asia in Bengaluru, India, on Tuesday, September 2. “Namaskara, Bengaluru,” says Apple. “Your first Apple Store is getting ready to open its doors. We’re so excited to see you start something wonderful at Apple Hebbal.” To celebrate the new …
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Apple’s iOS 26 update, currently in beta, introduces a striking visual overhaul with its new Liquid Glass design language. However, if the translucent elements are causing readability issues or you simply prefer a more opaque interface, there’s a quick accessibility setting that can help tone things down. The Liquid Glass design brings transparency effects throughout …
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The monthly price of Apple TV+ is increasing to $12.99 per month in the U.S., according to 9to5Mac‘s Benjamin Mayo. Apple TV+ cost just $4.99 per month in the U.S. when it launched in 2019, but the price has now increased three times. The price went up to $6.99 per month in 2022, and then …
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Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Thursday unveiled its first mixed reality headset, the “Vivo Vision,” and the photocopiers in Dongguan appear to have been working overtime. The device “launched” as an in-store experience across mainland China today, featuring design elements that clearly ape Apple’s Vision Pro. It’s got a curved glass front visor, downward-pointing cameras, …
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Medical technology company Masimo on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection in which it challenged the agency’s decision to allow Apple to restore blood oxygen monitoring to its Apple Watch models (via Bloomberg Law). In a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Masimo said …
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Google introduced its next-generation Pixel 10 smartphones today, and while there are multiple hardware improvements, Google focused heavily on new AI features. The Pixel 10 devices offer quite a few new AI-powered capabilities, in addition to prior AI features that have come out over the last couple of years. We’ve rounded up the new features, …
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Nanoleaf this week announced the launch of the 4D V2, a product that’s designed to provide ambient lighting that matches the colors on your TV set. The second version of the Screen Mirror and Lightstrip Kit offers more accurate screen mirroring for a more engaging viewing experience. The Nanoleaf 4D V2 has a redesigned zigzag …
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With the launch of the Pixel 10 smartphones, Google announced new AI functionality that’s coming to its Google Photos app and service. Users will be able to describe the edits that they want to make with text or voice in the Google ‌Photos‌ editing interface, and the changes will appear. Google says there will be …
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