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Apple today seeded the first betas of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, tvOS 27.2, and watchOS 27.2. The software comes a day after Apple provided the second betas to developers. To get the new betas, you can sign up on Apple’s beta testing website. After you’re signed up, the betas can be…

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Apple has expanded Tap to Pay on iPhone to eight additional countries in Latin America, allowing businesses to accept contactless payments without dedicated payment terminals.The expansion brings Apple’s payment acceptance feature to Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Peru. It gives businesses a way to accept cards, Apple Pay, and…

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OpenAI today launched GPT–6 Sol and GPT–6 Luna, two new models that follow GPT–6 Astra. OpenAI says the new models were developed using methods similar to Astra’s for improvements in professional work, factuality, coding, computer use, and alignment. GPT–6 Sol is for everyday work, and it costs less than Astra. GPT–6 Luna is an even…

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The data provider for Apple Maps in China has reportedly begun blurring more than just military facilities, leaving Apple in the wake of another potential mapping-related scandal.Apple Maps may have another controversy on its handsAfter decades of building up supply chains and manufacturing in China, Apple is not new to dealing with the controversial authoritarian…

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Following renovations, the Apple Park Visitor Center in Cupertino, California no longer features a 3D augmented reality model of the Apple Park campus. The area that housed the 3D model, which was called the Exhibition Space, now has wall-mounted shelves known as “Avenues” and new, rounder tables for product displays. The remodeling process began in…

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Apple today updated the Shazam app for iOS with an ever so slightly frostier app icon and a new set of iMessage stickers. To send stickers in the Messages app on the iPhone, tap the plus sign in a conversation, select Stickers, tap on the Shazam app icon, and tap on a sticker. You can…

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Anthropic today launched Claude Opus 5.5, which it says is the first model in a new 5.5 model family. Opus 5.5 performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 on most work, but costs 40 percent less to run than Opus 5. According to Anthropic, Opus 5.5 is a “major step up” from Opus 5…

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Apple’s rumored AI pendant will take even longer to arrive, with the now “postponed” project a likely result of Apple Watch taking on an AI wearable’s functionality.A pin of the Apple Intelligence logo. Not an Apple Intelligence pin. But just imagine… The launch of Siri AI was meant to usher in a wave of AI-centric…

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While the US DOJ won’t take sides in a case, the Solicitor General did file a brief sharing that violating “the spirit of the injunction” wasn’t within standards, echoing Apple.Apple is ready to face the Supreme Court in OctoberThe Apple vs Epic lawsuit has been ongoing for over six years. It started as an intentional…

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