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 Apple today announced that it will be celebrating its upcoming 50th anniversary by hosting gatherings "around the world" throughout the month of March.
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Whether you are heading to a sold-out concert or a championship game, use a Vivid Seats discount code to secure your seats for less this month.
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Apple's cheapest laptop is also its most repairable. iFixit gave the new MacBook Neo a 6/10 repairability score. Although that number would only be mediocre for, say, a game review or final exam grade, it's the MacBook line's highest iFixit score in about 14 years.
As always, iFixit goes into great detail about the product's repairability, but a few points stand out. First, the MacBook Neo's battery is screwed down rather than glued — moving it from "this might burn the house down" to "routine repair" territory. The laptop also has a flat disassembly tree. That means its battery, speakers, ports and trackpad are all immediately accessible after opening the back case.
In other areas, a simplified antenna ass
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Repair site iFixit did its traditional teardown on the MacBook Neo, and was pleasantly surprised with the laptop's repairability. "We haven't been as happy about a MacBook since 2012," says iFixit.
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Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for March 14.
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 For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Lululook to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPhone 17 Pro and a 25W Qi2.2 3-in-1 Charger from Lululook to go along with it.
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Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for March 14, No. 1,729.
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Day 2 of South by Southwest delved into the ways creative people deal with fast-changing technology. Here's the latest from Austin.
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Adobe has agreed to pay the US government $75 million to settle its lawsuit over the company's allegedly harmful approach to subscriptions. The suit started in 2024, when the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission filed a joint complaint alleging the company deliberately made it difficult to cancel subscriptions and obscured the frequently expensive "early termination fee" customers have to pay to get out of annual subscriptions that are paid monthly.
"While we disagree with the government's claims and deny any wrongdoing, we are pleased to resolve this matter," Adobe writes. "We have agreed to provide $75 million worth of free services to customers that qualify. We will proactively reach out to the affected customers once the appropriate filings with the Court are made and accepted. Additionally, we have agreed to a $75 million payment to the Department of Justice."
Adobe's statement also notes that it's made the process of both signing up for and canceling subscriptions "more streamlined and transparent." A major sticking point of the original complaint is that canceling an "annual plan, paid monthly" subscription before completing the first year of service required customers to pay an early termination fee to make up for the value Adobe lost initially offering its software at a discount. Adobe currently allows plans to be refunded if they're canceled within 14 days after signing up, but canceling an "annual plan, paid monthly" subscription after those first 14 days requires paying a hefty fee (as outlined in the company's
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Even a dead battery can't keep you and your misplaced iPhone apart. This is the ultimate guide to using Find My to locate a dead iPhone.
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The ad-free video streaming plan is getting more expensive, but some new perks are coming.
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The company's generative AI search tools increasingly cite its own services, like Google Search and YouTube, over third-party publishers.
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The large fee is the latest example of the White House's inserting itself into corporate deal making in unusual and aggressive ways.
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 Skydream Caravans aims to build next-generation travel trailers that integrate cutting-edge advances from China's new energy, automotive and smart home sectors into world-leading RV manufacturing systems from Europe, the US and Australia. Its debut caravan is ab
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Apple is lowering its developer fees in China following discussions with the Chinese regulator. From March 15, the commission rate for standard in-app purchases (IAPs) will be reduced from 30 percent to 25 percent on its mainland China App Store storefront for both iOS and iPadOS.
In a Developer blog, Apple also said that developers belonging to its App Store Small Business or Mini Apps programmes will also have their fees reduced by 3 percent, from 15 to 12 percent. This applies to the commission rate for IAPs and in-app subscription renewals after the first year.
"We strive for iOS and iPadOS to be the best app ecosystem and a great business opportunity for developers in China," Apple said in the post. "We are committed to terms that remain fair and transparent to all developers, and to always offering competitive App Store rates to developers distributing apps in China that are no higher than overall rates in other markets."
Apple says developers are not required to agree to the terms by March 15 to start receiving their benefits, seemingly making the transition as smooth as possible to avoid further regulatory intervention. It will no doubt be taken as a significant win for Chinese businesses, and comes a year after reports that a state watchdog was investigating the fees Apple enforces on developers it hosts on the App Store.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-is-reducing-its-app-store-commission-fees-in-china-131221192.html?src=rss
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The 1960s episodes featuring the first Doctor William Hartnell will air in the UK in April.
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OpenAI plans to add its Sora video generation model directly into ChatGPT, The Information reports . The standalone Sora app was seen as a smash hit when it launched alongside Sora 2 in September 2025, but interest in the video generation app has fallen in the time since as users ran into limits on the amount and kinds of videos they could create.
Adding Sora to the ChatGPT could give the model a second life, and ideally grow the ChatGPT app's weekly active users from the 900 million OpenAI reported in February, to a billion or more. According to The Information, the standalone Sora app will stick around after the model is integrated, even though the app has fallen out of the App Store's top 100 free apps and only a small number of users reportedly share their videos publicly in the app.
It's hard to pin down an exact number for what generating a video costs OpenAI, but the company charges API customers $0.10 per second for a 720p video, and in 2025, it was willing to give away 30 free video generations per account per a day in the Sora app. When you consider
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When one child told the toy, "I love you," it responded, "As a friendly reminder, please ensure interactions adhere to the guidelines provided."
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A model unit of the T1 seen by The Verge shows specs and pricing that don't match what's advertised on the Trump Mobile website.
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Apple's replacement for the Pro Display XDR offers an amazing sound stage and still costs an enormous sum.
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Here's how to tell the old and new AirTags apart, and how the second generation improves on the original.
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The site, which features 40 dedicated channels, attracted 10,000 users on its first day.
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In the mad dash many companies have made to incorporate AI features into their phones, Nothing arrived at one of the better ideas with Essential Space on the Nothing Phone 3a in 2025. The AI-powered app turns screenshots and voice recordings into actionable to-do lists and transcriptions, and now Nothing is rolling out an update to make the app easier to search and capable of recognizing new kinds of content.
As part of the update, Essential Space now recognizes "Events," displaying them in their own card with fields for the date, time and location. That means, for example, if you add a photo of a flyer for pottery class to the app, Essential Space will be able to pull the details of when and where it's happening, and track it in much the same way it does tasks or to-dos. Nothing foresees events being such a big part of how people will use Essential Space that it's also changing the layout of the app's interface and listing things like Events and Tasks in a new For You page you see when you open the app.
To make everything you've stored in Essential Space easier to find, the app now also supports semantic search, surfacing results that don't just match the text you've entered, but try to match the meaning of what you're looking for. Semantic search should be particularly useful when you're looking for an image, because you can enter a description of what you're looking for and Essential Space should still be able to surface it.
Sorting and
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Some airports have been warning fliers to arrive four hours early because of long security lines.
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TWEAKS AND UPDATES TechCrunch: YouTube expands AI deepfake detection to politicians, government officials, and journalists . "YouTube is expanding its likeness detection technology, which identifies AI-generated deepfakes, to a pilot group of […]
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Have you been looking over the fence at other mobile carriers, or maybe you're pondering a different phone plan? We've put together our picks for the top postpaid and prepaid plans from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Mint Mobile, US Mobile and others.
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 What do you get when you combine distressed offshore wind energy sites, surging AI energy demands, and not-in-my-backyard sentiments towards data centers? One company is combining all three problems into a solu
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Avocado, code name of Meta's next-generation foundational AI model, might not be released until May.
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Elon Musk unveils "Macrohard," a Tesla and xAI AI system designed to perform complex computer tasks and potentially replicate the functions of software companies.
The post Elon Musk Unveils ‘Macrohard,' an AI Built to Replace Software Companies appeared first on eWEEK.
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Perplexity is developing an always-on AI agent for Mac that can access apps and files to run tasks continuously, expanding its push beyond AI search.
The post Beyond Search: Perplexity's Ambitious Plan to Take Over Your Mac appeared first on eWEEK.
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The first video glasses with HDR10 have a great display, but the fit isn't for me.
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"Their model has a soul, a 'constitution'—not the US Constitution."
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NEW RESOURCES New-to-me and spotted in Calishat Snaps: FUNES. From a December 2025 blog post: "This is a project that concerns everyone, a collection of models from all over the world, we […]
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In an interview at SXSW, the director of the upcoming sci-fi film Disclosure Day discussed aliens, social media, AI in film and more.
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Apple quietly built a real-time flight tracker into iOS.
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Google has announced that GFiber is merging with Astound Broadband, in an agreement that sees Astound's parent company Stonepeak become the majority owner, with Alphabet retaining a minority stake.
No financial specifics were detailed in a press release, but the new combined business will be an independent provider led by GFiber's executive team, who Google says will use its "expertise in high-speed fiber innovation to manage the combined network footprint." Astound already serves over one million customers across the US, and by joining forces Google says the two providers will be able to grant better internet access to more communities.
GFiber, formerly known as Google Fiber, has been around for nearly 15 years, and currently offers speeds of up to 8Gbps on its $150/month Edge 8 Gig plan. A 20 Gig service was expected to leave
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Many of us remember the halcyon days of being a kid in the ‘90s, spending a weekend afternoon with remote control in hand and a seemingly endless well of stuff to watch on TV. Now you can relive the experience thanks to the appropriately named Channel Surfer web app. It's essentially a YouTube discovery tool that surfaces interesting videos, but presented in a retro homage to the cable channel screen.
Channel Surfer is the work of developer Steven Irby. He has 40 channels on the app right now, mostly grouping content by theme. There are channels for typical cable fare like news and sports, but also music, movies and a number of more tailored tech subjects like AI, gaming, gadgets and space.
"I built Channel Surfer because I'm tired of the algorithms and indecision fatigue," he told TechCrunch, which is where we discovered the app. "I miss channel surfing and not having to decide what to watch. I want to just sit and tune into what's on and not think about what to watch next."
It seems Irby isn't alone, because he posted on X that the number of views he's getting for Channel Surfer already broke 10,000 on its first day.
— Steven Irby (@StevenIrby) March 12, 2026
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engad
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Adobe's long-time CEO has shared that he plans to step down. Shantanu Narayen has been the chief exec at the tech company for 18 years, a tenure where he led Adobe in the major shift to become a software-as-a-service provider. The exact timeline for his exit is still up in the air, as Narayen will depart when the board of directors names his successor. He will remain on the board as its chair after leaving the CEO post.
While Adobe was not the first to take the SaaS route, it was one of the first major tech operations to do so. Software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and Lightroom from the brand have been mainstays in creative fields for years, so the launch of the Creative Suite subscription, which is now called Creative Cloud, was a pretty revolutionary change for its customers.
In an memo to employees, Narayen reflected on his nearly two decades at the helm. Adobe has grown from about 3,000 employees to more than 30,000, while its financial performance has leapt, revenue skyrocketing from less than $1 billion to more than $25 billion. He also looked toward the future and the seemingly-inevitable presence of artificial intelligence.
"The next era of creativity is being written right now — shaped by AI, by new workflows and by entirely new forms of expression," he wrote. "Adobe has never waited for the future to arrive. We've anticipated it. We've built it. And we've led it. What gives me the greatest confidence isn't just our technology — it's our people. Your ingenuity, resilience and commitment to customers are what will define this moment."
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/adobe-ceo-shantanu-narayen-plans-to-step-down-after-18-years-21270562
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Microsoft backed Anthropic after the Pentagon labeled it a supply chain risk, as the AI company fights limits tied to surveillance and weapons use.
The post Why Microsoft Is Fighting the Pentagon Over Anthropic Ban appeared first on eWEEK.
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If you're looking for a cam with a spotlight, floodlight or other illumination, I've tested top models to see how they perform.
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Executives at the AI startup say companies paused deal talks after the Trump administration labeled it a supply-chain risk, warning the fallout could cause a major revenue hit.
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Mark Gurman at Bloomberg is back with the latest rumors about what's afoot with Apple's future plans, and how its ongoing difficulties with artificial intelligence seem to be creating further delays for its next wave of product launches. His sources say that Apple is expected to postpone the debut of its smart home display until later in 2026, likely September when it often introduces new gadgets. Although the hardware has reportedly been finished for months, this delay is being credited to the company's AI-centric overhaul of Siri still not being complete.
The device, internally known as J490, has been one of Apple's many poorly-kept secrets. Rumors about a HomePod smart speaker coupled with a screen first emerged back in 2022 and have resurfaced from time to time in the interim, often with promises that the device's arrival was imminent. The latest claims anticipated that the official announcement was coming this spring, possibly as soon as this month. However, appears to Apple once again be hamstrung by an AI strategy that has left
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NEW RESOURCES WUGA: New website documents historic displacement of Black neighborhoods in Downtown Athens . "R-51 displaced nearly 400 households and demolished community structures in the 1960s in Downtown Athens. The displacement […]
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The megabillionaire was tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting Donald Trump's re-election, according to a Times examination.
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A study in Poland found that doctors appeared less likely to detect abnormalities during colonoscopies on their own after they'd grown used to help from an AI tool.
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"My Administration has been working very hard on a deal to save TikTok and we have made tremendous progress," Trump said.
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