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Apple announces updates to its smartphone lineup every autumn, but the company often has a hard time keeping the details under wraps. Ahead of the official unveiling of the iPhone 17, we've already heard quite a few hints about what may be in store. Here's what we know and what we're expecting.
When will the iPhone 17 series be announced?
Most years, the flagship smartphones are introduced in September. It's a little early to have the specific dates; some years, Apple only gives a week or two of lead time between sending invites and hosting the event. But years of past precedent show that sometime in September should be when the 17 models make their debut.
What will the new iPhone 17 lineup include?
Design leaks suggest that Apple is building an ultra-thin smartphone, likely to be named the iPhone 17 Air to match Apple's ultralight laptop designation. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, often a solid source of advanced intel about Apple, reported in January that the iPhone 17 Air will be equipped with a basic A19 chip and will only have a single camera lens. It may also use Apple's new in-house modem, which was introduced in February on the iPhone 16e. More details about this development may leak ahead of September, but that's what we know for now.
Each new roster includes a base model, but over the yea
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After being one of the first companies to roll out a Deep Research feature at the end of last year, Google is now making that same tool available to everyone. Starting today, Gemini users can try Deep Research for free in more than 45 languages — no Gemini Advanced subscription necessary. For the uninitiated, Deep Research allows you to ask Gemini to create comprehensive but easy-to-read reports on complex topics.
Compared to say Google's new AI Mode, Deep Research works slower than your typical chatbot, and that's by design. Gemini will first create a research plan before it begins searching the web for information that may be relevant to your prompt. When Google first announced Deep Research, it was powered by the company's powerful but expensive Gemini 1.5 Pro model. With today's expansion, Google has upgraded Deep Research to run on its new Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model — that's mouthful of a name that just means it's a chain-of-thought system that can break down problems into a series of intermediate steps.
"This enhances Gemini's capabilities across all research stages — from planning and searching to reasoning, analyzing and reporting — creating higher-quality, multi-page reports that are more detailed and insightful," Google says of the upgrade.
If Deep Research sounds familiar, it's because of a variety of chatbots now offer the feature, including
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We don't know exactly when in March yet, but considering the 2024 Spring Sale event started on March 20th, we're expecting Amazon to make an official announcement soon enough.
Here's everything we know so far about Amazon's Spring Sale 2025, along with a few deals you can already take advantage of!
What is Amazon's Spring Sale?
Amazon's Spring Sale event is a good excuse for you to get the products that have been sitting in your wishlist for a better price. There's usually a good selection of discounts across the board, including for tech products, laptops, storage drives, mini PCs, keyboards, mice, and more.
I'm sure we'll be seeing new all-time lows for some of our favorite stuff, maybe even for products that haven't had a proper price drop in a while. If not new lows, then at least matching their best-ever prices.
Some of the Spring Sale deals will be exclusive to Prime members. If you aren't subscribed yet, I recommend trying out a free 30-day trial so you can score these big discounts and play with the other perks like Prime Video, Prime Music, and Prime Gaming. After your trial ends, Amazon Prime costs $15 per month or $139 per year.
Again, it's still unclear when Spring Sale 2025 will start. Last year, the event ran from March 20 to 25. Since there's been no official announcement yet, we assume it's getting pushed a few days back towards the end of the month. You'll know when we know.
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Meta has notched an early victory in its attempt to halt a surprise tell-all memoir from a former policy executive turned whistleblower. An arbitrator has sided with the social media company, saying that the book's author should stop selling and publicizing the book, which went on sale earlier this week.
The drama stems from Careless People, a new book by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former policy official at Facebook who Meta says was fired in 2017. Described by its publisher as an "explosive insider account," Wynn-Williams reveals some new details about Mark Zuckerberg's push to bring Facebook to China a decade ago. She also alleges that Meta's current policy chief, Joel Kaplan, acted inappropriately, and reveals embarrassing details about Zuckerberg's awkward encounters with worl
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