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05 Sep

The iOS 18 release date is this month but is your iPhone compatible? Here are the eligible devices and new features

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AppleWhen the presumed iPhone 16 lineup is officially announced at the Apple event in less than a week (here's how to watch it), it will include iOS 18, which Apple already detailed at its developer conference earlier this year. But if you're not planning to upgrade to a newer iPhone model this year, you could be left behind with an…

05 Sep

The US government may be preparing to investigate internet retail giants like Shein and Temu

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Online retailers like Temu and Shein are known for selling cheap products like baby clothes, kitchen gadgets and electronics. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to know the true costs that foreign online retailers are cutting to sell these products at lower prices.CPSC commissioners Peter Feldman and Douglas Dziak released a joint statement today calling for their staff to…

05 Sep

Report: A quarter of X advertisers plan to cut spending next year

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X’s advertising woes are about to get a whole lot worse, according to a new report from Kantar, details of which were published by Advanced Television. The market research firm found that 26 percent of marketers plan to cut their spending on X in the coming year, and that advertisers’ trust in X is “historically low.”Kantar’s report, which is based…

04 Sep

The Internet Archive loses its appeal of ebook copyright case ruling

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The Internet Archive is starting to run out of legal options. Wired reports that the non-profit internet cataloguer of videos, games and books lost its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The court rejected Archive.org’s claim in its ongoing lawsuit with several high profile book publishers that its virtual library of books can legally operate…

04 Sep

Apple Event 2024: What we expect at the iPhone 16 launch event next week

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The biggest day of the tech world’s autumn calendar is nearly here: Apple’s iPhone 16 event will take place on September 9 at 1PM ET. We'll be live-blogging the news, and you can watch it live via the company’s website or on YouTube. The biggest news from Apple's It's Glowtime event will almost definitely involve the forthcoming lineup of iPhone…

04 Sep

Roku’s new feature will turn your TV into a fancy art delivery system

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When you’re not watching Barkitecture or the Weird Al movie on your Roku, the device turns on its familiar scrolling, purple city-scape. Now you don’t just have to settle for a Flintstones-esque background of neoclassical buildings and the occasional billboard for PlutoTV when your Roku goes into rest mode. The TV viewing platform is introducing a new screensaver feature called…

04 Sep

You can finally fish in No Man’s Sky as its Aquarius update rolls out today

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Worlds Part I, the No Man's Sky update that rolled out in July, made waters in the game more responsive to wind, depth and weather conditions. An artist drew fan art of their character fishing while perched on the wing of their boat after the update went out, which in turn inspired Hello Games to add a fishing mechanic to…

04 Sep

Netflix is working on an animated Twilight TV show based on Midnight Sun

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In case the many books and films from the Twilight universe haven't provided enough fodder for your fandom, there's a new TV project in the works about the love-em-or-hate-em sparkly vampires of the Pacific Northwest. An animated series adaptation of Midnight Sun is currently in development at Netflix. Published in 2020, Midnight Sun is a companion to the original Twilight…

04 Sep

Verizon is reportedly near a deal to buy broadband provider Frontier Communications

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Verizon is reportedly near a deal to buy fiber provider Frontier Communications. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal said that an announcement could come as early as this week, provided discussions don’t “hit any last-minute snags.”Frontier has a market value of over $7 billion and provides broadband to around three million locations in 25 states. The company would help Verizon…

04 Sep

US charges Russian state media employees over a social media influence scheme

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The Department of justice (DOJ) has indicted two employees of the Russian state-owned broadcaster RT over an alleged pro-Russia influence scheme on social media platforms. Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva have been accused of being involved in a plan to pay an unnamed Tennessee company almost $10 million to spread nearly 2,000 videos (most of which included disinformation and/or pro-Russia…