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The first reviews of the Vision Pro with the M5 chip have been shared by selected publications and YouTube channels, ahead of the device launching this Wednesday. The updated Vision Pro ships with a more comfortable Dual Knit Band in the box. Plus, the headset now supports up to a 120Hz refresh rate, resulting in …
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Apple’s Beats brand recently rolled out two new retailer-exclusive colors through Walmart in the U.S., debuting the Solo4 headphones in Drenched Gray and the Solo Buds earphones in Ivory. The Ivory Solo Buds have been available for about a month through exclusive retail partners in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, but availability has now …
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OpenAI today introduced ChatGPT Atlas, a dedicated AI browser that includes ChatGPT integration. OpenAI says that the browser was designed around the question “What if you could chat with your web browser?” There is a dedicated “Ask ChatGPT” sidebar, allowing users to ask the chatbot questions directly from the browser without having to go to …
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Nomad today announced the launch of its latest Apple Watch accessory, the Stratos Band. Priced at $179, the Stratos Band is a titanium and FKM hybrid band that combines the benefits of titanium with the comfort of fluoroelastomer. The band has outer links made from metal injection molded Grade 4 titanium, with compression molded FKM …
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Apple’s newly introduced M5 chip takes Apple silicon to the next level, delivering meaningful gains across CPU, GPU, and AI workloads, but how does it compare to the M4? Compared to the M4 chip that Apple launched in May 2024, the M5 delivers: Up to 15% faster multithreaded CPU performance Up to 30% faster overall …
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The first reviews of the iPad Pro with the M5 chip have been shared by selected publications and YouTube channels, ahead of the device launching this Wednesday. The new iPad Pro has up to a 15% to 20% faster CPU, and up to a 35% to 40% faster GPU, compared to the previous generation. Models …
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With Halloween just around the corner, Best Buy this week is detailing its sale plans for the holiday, as well as the rest of the year. This includes a special event on Friday, October 31, and the usual month-long discounts leading up to Black Friday on Friday, November 28. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner …
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Apple today opened its broadest legal attack yet on the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), telling the EU’s second-highest court that the new competition regime unlawfully compels changes to the iPhone, the App Store, and iMessage (via Bloomberg). Apple’s arguments were delivered by before the General Court in Luxembourg. The company claims that the …
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Samsung is holding a Galaxy Event tomorrow, where the company will unveil its long-awaited “Project Moohan” mixed reality headset that will compete with the Apple Vision Pro. Samsung says that it is “ushering in a new era” with its upcoming “AI-native devices.” Samsung already showed off the Project Moohan AR/VR headset back in January, and …
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Sora, OpenAI’s AI video app, will no longer allow users to create videos featuring celebrity likenesses or voices. OpenAI, SAG-AFTRA, actor Bryan Cranston, United Talent Agency, Creative Artists Agency, and Association of Talent Agents today shared a joint statement about “productive collaboration” to ensure voice and likeness protections in content generated with Sora 2 and …
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