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AppleCare One Family Plan Arrives at $49.99/Month Apple has launched AppleCare One, a new subscription plan priced at $49.99 per month that covers multiple devices under a single household. The announcement marks Apple's most significant move yet into bundled protection services, packaging coverage ...

XChat Disappears From the App Store XChat, the standalone messaging app once positioned as a rival to established chat platforms, has vanished from the App Store. The removal appears to have happened without any public announcement, leaving users and observers to piece together what occurred. The ap...

Musk Drops Apple Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Siri Deal Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against Apple over the deal that brought ChatGPT to Siri. The dispute centred on Apple's decision to integrate OpenAI's chatbot into its voice assistant, a partnership Musk argued unfairly favoured one AI company over ...

AppZapper Returns as AppZapper 3000 AppZapper, long remembered as one of the Mac's most beloved uninstallers, is making a comeback under a new name: AppZapper 3000. The return brings a familiar utility back to a platform that has changed considerably since the original app first appeared. For anyone...

The Incident: Waymo Pulls Over and Calls Cops A Waymo robotaxi reportedly pulled itself over and summoned police after detecting that its passengers were carrying a ghost gun. According to the source account, the vehicle made the decision autonomously, without a human safety driver intervening. Rath...

Microsoft's Response to AI Safety Concerns As public and regulatory scrutiny of artificial intelligence intensified, Microsoft moved to formalise its ethical commitments. The company's answer to mounting safety concerns was the creation of a humanist AI code of conduct — a framework intended to keep...

Valve's New Headset: A Joyous Early Access Hardware Valve's new headset is another joyous piece of early access hardware, and that is meant as praise rather than a complaint. Like the Steam Deck before it, this is a device that arrives full of promise, rough edges and untapped potential, inviting pl...

Valve's Statement on Steam Frame Pricing Valve has acknowledged that the Steam Frame's price tag is higher than the company originally intended. In a statement addressing the launch, Valve said the hardware "was supposed to cost less than it does," confirming that the final pricing did not match its...

Trump's Remarks at the All-In Summit Speaking at the All-In Summit, President Donald Trump addressed the growing anxiety surrounding artificial intelligence and automation head-on, telling attendees that "the robots will not be taking over." The remark was delivered as a direct reassurance to a crow...

Dario Amodei Publishes Long Essay on AI Safety Dario Amodei published a lengthy essay focused on AI safety, and the piece quickly became the catalyst for widespread discussion. The essay was substantial enough to draw attention well beyond the usual circles, prompting reactions from prominent figure...

Apple Intelligence Comes to HomeKit Secure Video Apple has announced that Apple Intelligence is coming to HomeKit Secure Video, a move that brings on-device intelligence to the company's smart home camera platform. The update promises to make security footage more useful by understanding what is act...

Why 'Pacing the Frontier' Is the New AI Industry Buzzword Major AI companies have converged on a new phrase to describe their approach to safety: "pacing the frontier." The phrase is deliberately ambiguous, but it signals a shift in how leading labs talk about the risks of the technology they are bu...