Month: March 2025
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a former Columbia University student over his involvement in the pro-Palestine protests that swept the campus over the past year, even though he has a green card and was never charged with a crime. Columbia, the site of a monthslong pro-Palestine encampment, became…
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Which affordable phone wins the mid-range race: the iPhone 16e, Nothing 3a, or Samsung Galaxy A56? Our latest podcast tells all
We’ve seen a litany of new phones released since the beginning of the year, and a fair few of them have been in the more affordable, mid-range bracket, but which one is best? For this episode, Hamish Hector and I are joined by TechRadar’s Editor-at-Large Lance Ulanoff, Mobiles Editor Axel…
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Bluesky adds 3-minute video uploads and inbox management features
Bluesky continues to beef up its video capabilities. The app’s latest update adds support for uploads of up to 3 minutes, a notable expansion from its previous limit of one minute. The change should give video creators on Bluesky much more flexibility in what they can post. It will also…
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Report: iOS 19 and macOS 16 could mark their biggest design overhaul in years – and we have one request
Apple‘s next World Wide Developers Conference could mark a major pivot in iOS, macOS, and iPadOS design language, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Details are thin, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that there’s an effort to unify the designs and usage metaphors across these platforms, with much of…
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Bluesky gets three-minute videos and a filter to help with DM spam
Bluesky is adding support for longer, three-minute videos – a notable improvement from the previous one-minute limit. The update is rolling out in Bluesky version 1.99, which also includes a new DM filter that allows you to you approve or reject messages from people you might not know. The new…
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Happy birthday, Director! The first operating system in the world turns 70 today
Director eliminated manual input, making computing more efficient and automated Seventy years later, Director’s legacy remains vital to operating system history Whirlwind I led to SAGE, transforming US Air Force technology Seventy years ago, the foundation of modern computing was laid with the development of Director, the first operating system.…
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