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Apple may finally introduce reverse wireless charging this year, incorporating the long-awaited feature on iPhone 17 Pro.

Apple is shaking up the iPhone lineup with three straight years of major design changes, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. After years of smaller upgrades, the company is finally preparing a series of big moves that will stretch from 2025 through 2027. 2025: iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Series This September, Apple is expected to...

Apple hasn’t officially said anything yet, but the latest iOS 26 beta suggests the iPhone 16 lineup is getting support for the new Qi 2.2 wireless charging standard—with one exception: the iPhone 16e, reports MacRumors. With iOS 26, the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max can charge wirelessly at up to...

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia has been tapped by President Donald Trump as America’s first chief design officer, with a mandate to bring Apple-level polish to outdated government websites and apps. Now that sounds like a huge undertaking. "That means it's beautifully designed," Gebbia told Axios, "has great user experience, and it runs on modern software"—a...

Apple claims a former engineer secretly funnelled confidential Apple Watch research to Oppo before joining the Chinese smartphone maker. Oppo is a consumer electronics and smartphone company based in Dongguan, Guangdong, China, and is part of BBK Electronics, which also owns Vivo, OnePlus, and Realme. It was founded in 2004 and has since grown into...

Apple is in early discussions with Google about using its Gemini artificial intelligence to power a new version of Siri, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. People familiar with the matter said Apple has approached Google to explore building a custom Gemini model that could run on Apple’s servers. While no decision has been made, the...

Apple's Formula 1 drama 'F1 The Movie' is now available to watch at home in Canada through premium video-on-demand and digital purchase. The film, directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Brad Pitt, can be streamed starting August 22 through participating digital retailers in partnership with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The movie follows Sonny Hayes (Pitt),...

Google has published new data showing how much energy and water its AI systems actually consume, arguing that most industry estimates paint too rosy a picture. In a blog post, the company explained that calculating AI’s environmental footprint isn’t straightforward. Most reports only measure how much power chips like GPUs and TPUs use when actively...

Elon Musk asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help bankroll a multibillion-dollar bid to take over OpenAI earlier this year, according to court filings reported by CNBC. The request surfaced in documents filed as part of Musk’s ongoing legal battle with OpenAI in federal court in Northern California. Musk co-founded the artificial intelligence lab as...

Meta has poached yet another Apple AI executive to join the Superintelligence Labs team. This time, Frank Chu, who previously led Apple AI teams.

Instagram now allows creators to link multiple reels together to create a series of videos or follow ups for their audience.

Anker has introduced the second generation of its SOLIX C1000 portable power station in Canada, offering a big discount for early buyers. The unit normally retails for $1,199 CAD, but those who sign up by September 8 can get it for $629—a savings of $570. That's cheaper than existing SOLIX power stations available on Amazon.ca...