iPhone Duo: the best foldable software yet, on the heaviest iPhone Apple has shipped
Apple's $1,999 foldable solves the software half of the problem and loses the hardware half. At 254 grams it outweighs every Android foldable on sale.
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AI models
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Apple's AI pivot
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The FTC says Amazon hid a surcharge in its ad auctions, and winners paid their own bid 80% of the time
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1 million extra Galaxy Z Fold 8s. Samsung is taking the display chips from its 2027 phones.
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Web·
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iPhone 18 Pro
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Policy·
The Pentagon added ChatGPT and Grok to its own AI portal for 3 million staff
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AI·
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AI·
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