Author: Zach_Wilson
Apple’s Best New iOS 26 Feature Has Been on Pixel Phones for Years
The iPhone’s new software screens your calls using machine intelligence. Neat, but Google had the feature first—just like so many other features that rely on AI to work. Source
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Apple is giving iPhone 14 and 15 users another free year of satellite features
iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users are getting another year of free access to satellite connectivity features, according to a footnote on Apple’s newsroom posts for the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro. “The free trial will be extended for iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users who have activated their…
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Apple acquiesced to my Apple Watch SE 3 demands (mostly)
Earlier this year, I typed up an open letter to Apple, giving the company my unsolicited (but completely free of charge!) suggestions on what it could do to improve its entry-level smartwatch, the Apple Watch SE. Now that the iPhone event has concluded I wanted to see if anyone over…
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Forget the new features, the AirPods Pro 3’s most boring upgrades are their killer selling points
Three years on from their predecessors, the Apple AirPods Pro 3 are finally here, upgrades here and tweaks there – and, in a nice touch, a price increase of exactly 0% in the US, and even slight decrease in price in the UK. But ignore the other headlines you’ve been…
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Turok: Origins nails the series’ prehistoric sci-fi setting, but you’ll definitely want a couple of friends to get the most out of it
I went hands-on with upcoming co-op third-person shooter Turok: Origins at Gamescom 2025 . While I’m not a mega fan of the dino-slaying series, I have enjoyed many of its earliest entries, including the Nintendo 64 trilogy and even the divisive multiplayer spin-off Turok: Rage Wars. Aside from a now-delisted…
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Judge puts Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement on hold
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement has been put on pause after the federal judge overseeing the class action case raised concerns about the terms of the agreement. During a hearing this week, Judge William Alsup rejected the settlement over concerns that class action lawyers will create a deal behind…
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