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Apple Wins Approval for Hypertension Notification Feature

Apple introduced its latest lineup — the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Apple Watch SE 3 — earlier this week. Among the new features was Hypertension…

Microsoft Clears EU Competition Probe After Agreeing to Unbundle Teams

The European Commission has accepted Microsoft’s pledge to unbundle Teams from its Office and Microsoft 365 productivity suites, ending a years-long antitrust investigation without fines. The probe began in 2020…

Apple Postpones iPhone Air Launch in China Over eSIM Approval Delays

Apple announced that its iPhone 17 series will officially launch worldwide on September 19, with preorders for most countries beginning this Friday. However, the iPhone Air — the first model…

Venezuela Plans to Increase Troop Presence to Combat Drug Trafficking

Venezuela announced Sunday that it will sharply increase troop deployments in coastal states in response to growing concerns over drug trafficking. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said President Nicolas Maduro has…

Gmail Adds Simplified Package Tracking for Upcoming Deliveries

Google announced Thursday that Gmail is introducing a dedicated Purchases tab to help users manage package deliveries more easily. The tab will bring together all purchase-related emails — from upcoming…

Google to Shut Down Tables, Its Answer to Airtable

Google has confirmed it will sunset Google Tables, a work-tracking tool built to rival Airtable, by December 16, 2025. End-of-Life Plans In an email to users, Google advised them to…

Costco Rejects Lululemon Trademark Claims Over Alleged Dupe Sales

Costco Wholesale Corp. has denied accusations from Lululemon Athletica Inc. that it infringed on the athleticwear company’s intellectual property by selling alleged knockoffs of its popular clothing. Costco’s Defense In…

European Central Bank Keeps Rates Unchanged as Trade Tensions Persist

The European Central Bank (ECB) decided on Thursday to keep its key deposit facility rate unchanged at 2%, maintaining the pause it introduced in June after last year’s record high…

France Confirms Apple Alerted Victims of Fresh Spyware Attacks

Apple has alerted a number of users that their devices were targeted in a spyware campaign, according to French authorities. France Confirms Alerts The country’s national cybersecurity response unit confirmed…

Trump Pushes Europe to Impose 100% Tariffs on India, China, Stirring Concern

Reports that U.S. President Donald Trump asked the European Union to impose tariffs of up to 100% on China and India for purchasing Russian oil have stirred concern on both…

California Bill to Regulate AI Companion Chatbots Nears Final Approval

California has moved one step closer to becoming the first state to regulate AI companion chatbots. SB 243, a bill aimed at protecting minors and vulnerable users, passed both the…

Perplexity Said to Raise $200M at $20B Valuation

Perplexity, the AI-powered search startup challenging Google, has secured $200 million in fresh funding at a $20 billion valuation, according to The Information. The deal comes just two months after…

OpenAI Introduces Parental Controls After Lawsuit Tied to Teen’s Suicide

OpenAI announced new parental controls to be rolled out this month, following a lawsuit tied to the suicide of a California teenager who had been engaged in conversations with ChatGPT.…

YouTube Expands Multi-Language Audio Dubbing to All Creators

YouTube announced Wednesday that its multi-language audio feature is officially rolling out to millions of creators, following a two-year pilot program. The update will allow creators to dub their videos…

Sony Launches ‘PlayStation Family’ App With New Parental Controls

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Wednesday the release of PlayStation Family, a new parental controls app available on iOS and Android. The app consolidates existing features while adding new tools designed…

Anthropic Outages Disrupt Claude and Console Services

Anthropic reported a temporary service outage Wednesday that affected its APIs, Console, and Claude AI. Timeline of the Disruption Issues were first spotted by users on GitHub and Hacker News…

Meta Expands Community Notes With Alerts for Corrected Posts

Meta is rolling out updates to its Community Notes fact-checking system, which it launched in the U.S. earlier this year. Users on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will now be notified…

Reddit Replaces Subreddit Member Totals With Active User Stats

Reddit has begun phasing out the long-standing Member Count feature on communities, replacing it with two new statistics: Visitors and Contributions. Visitors uses a 28-day rolling average to display how…

Appeals Court Deals Blow to Trump in Separation of Powers Dispute

A federal appeals court on Wednesday halted President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Shira Perlmutter, the U.S. register of copyrights, in a ruling that underscores the limits of executive power…

Reddit and Ziff Davis Support Effort to Keep AI From Breaking the Internet

Artificial intelligence may be reshaping the internet, but it is also straining its foundation: information. Chatbots consume vast amounts of web content, yet there is still no consistent way to…