On 29 July 2024, in a story that has now become seared into the British psyche, Axel Rudakubana murdered three children at a Taylor Swift dance class in the Merseyside town of Southport. All three were under 10 years old. Hours later, faux news accounts and far-right figures on social media began to spread misinformation…
Less than a week after Apple released iOS 18, people seem to have a strong opinion on the redesigned Photos app. At the moment, it feels like I’m part of the minority who appreciate the new take on this crucial iPhone app. I think it makes my library more dynamic, and it’s always full of…
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Ahead of the official iPhone 16 release, a lucky customer shared the unboxing of the iPhone 16 Pro on Chinese social media Weibo (via Majin Bu). While Apple should let reviewers publish their thoughts on the new models in the next few days, we already have a few tidbits about this upcoming phone, including its…
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Recorded incidents of digitally enabled financial fraud and scams across the UK have hit their highest ever level, with consumers lodging a total of 8,734 complaints and with over half relating to customer-approved online bank transfers – also known as authorised push payment (APP) scams – in a three-month period, according to the Financial Ombudsman…
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With the announcement of the upcoming iPhone 16, several long-time iPhone Pro owners have said on social media that they plan to skip the new Pro models to the regular iPhone 16. Among the reasons are the new A18 chip, which is an improvement over Apple’s previous strategy; the improved Ultra Wide camera with macro…
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It is with great sadness that I find myself penning the hardest news post I’ve ever needed to write here at AnandTech. After over 27 years of covering the wide – and wild – world of computing hardware, today is AnandTech’s final day of publication. For better or worse, we’ve reached the end of a…
Despite Kamala Harris never winning a single state’s presidential primary or caucus in her political career, Amazon’s Alexa voice-enabled assistant seems to have decided that voters clearly fell out of a coconut tree if they aren’t yet feeling the Mamala vibes of our brat summer.Several social media videos that have gone viral this week depict…
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Spotify users are about to suffer from a major drawback in the iPhone app. The company announced that Spotify Connect, which lets you control your songs when playing them on a speaker, will lose a simple yet very important feature: the ability to control volume with the iPhone’s physical volume buttons.According to an update Spotify…
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If you were surprised to find an odd-looking Facebook app icon on your iPhone this week, don’t worry—you haven’t been hacked. The black and blue icon you’ve likely seen on social media or on your own iPhone or iPad is not a new look that Facebook is rolling out. On Friday, the social media company…
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Authorities in Lahore, Pakistan, have arrested and questioned a web developer, named as Farhan Asif, on suspicion of cyber terrorism in relation to misinformation posted in the wake of the 29 July mass stabbing at a children’s Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in Southport, Merseyside, in which three were murdered. The attack on a community dance…
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