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 The iOS 19 mockup images that leaker Jon Prosser shared today are not representative of the actual iOS 19 design, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said on social media.
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Anything that you can't find anywhere else, let's say. Microsoft said Monday that it's rolling out a beta of the Photos app with a Copilot button that will appear at the top of the screen. Here's what it does, according to Microsoft:
"Photo Editing Tips: Get expert advice on enhancing your images.
Image Insights: Discover interesting details about your photos.
Framing Suggestions: Improve your photography skills with personalized recommendations."
If you'd like tips on how to take better photos, there are numerous tutorials around the web, both in video and in text form. It's also not clear what Photos will have to offer in terms of "framing suggestions" as well as insights about your image. Hopefully you already understand these insights already?
What Microsoft appears to be hinting at is that it wants to bring more visual AI to Windows. The Microsoft Edge browser already has Copilot Vision, which can "see" what you are looking at. Presumably, some of these capabilities will eventually be arriving on the Photos app.
But with many people cheering after Windows accidentally removed Copilot from their PCs, it's not clear whether adding a (for now) rather
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We hear Signal is in the news. As longtime fans of the app, and secure messaging more broadly, we feel like it's our duty at Engadget to ensure you know how to use the software properly.
Download Signal
Signal is available on Android and iOS, as well as nearly every desktop operating system, including Windows and macOS. You can download the app by clicking one of the links provided above, or typing in "Signal Messenger" in your device's app store. Once you've installed the app, proceed to set up an account using your phone number or an alias.
Note: If you want to install Signal on a workplace phone or computer, be sure to obtain
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 Leaker Jon Prosser today shared a mockup of what he says the Messages app will look like in iOS 19, demoing an interface with rounded, translucent bubble-shaped navigation buttons at the top and softer, rounder corners for the keyboard and word suggestions.
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When ChatGPT landed in late 2022, everything changed. Google, the giant who invented the tech that paved the way for ChatGPT, is now trailing behind. Wired just published a great article detailing how Google was caught off guard and has been trying to claw back into the lead—or at least recover some lost ground—in the years since then.
Led by Sissie Hsiao, Google's AI team was tasked with building a ChatGPT competitor in 100 days. The result was Bard, brought forward by the work of thousands of employees, scaled-down security checks, and long hours. Meanwhile, Google's Brain and Deepmind AI units were merged, and that collaboration would result in Gemini, the language modeling project that helped salvage the company's reputation.
But the road back to the top of AI has been bumpy. Bard made embarrassing mistakes, Google's AI search feature gave inaccurate (and sometimes dangerous) advice, and the company's image generator caused a media frenzy after generating historically inaccurate images.
Despite the setbacks, Google has regained some ground. Gemini launche
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Instagram is adding another tool to its arsenal of anti-bullying measures. This time, however, Meta is enlisting school officials directly in an effort to speed up its response to safety issues affecting young teens. The company is introducing a new "Schools Partnership Program" that aims to give teachers and school administrators a way to intervene when students experience bullying on Instagram.
The program offers schools something that many parents have long said they wanted: a way to fast-track in-app reports that directly affect young students. Meta is promising that schools who join the program will have their reports "prioritized" in its moderation queue, and that it will respond to these reports within 48 hours. Schools that sign up will also get a "school partner" badge appended to their Instagram account, along with in-app information about how to use its reporting tools and other resources.
Notably though, it doesn't sound like Meta is hiring additional content moderators to aid with these new fast-tracked reports. When asked about increasing headcount to support the program, an Instagram spokesperson told Engadget only that reports from schools will be "expedited" via its existing reporting channels, and that schools will be able to add "additional context" to their reports.
Meta says it's already tested the program with 60 schools and that early results have been "promising." Now, middle schools and high schools in the United States can sign up to join a waitlist for the program.
The pilot program is far from the first time Instagram has tried to address bullying. The ap
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 While the iPhone 18 Pro models are still around a year and a half away from launching, there are already some early rumors about the devices.
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