OpenAI is deprioritizing work on advertising as it focuses on improving the quality of ChatGPT, reports The Information. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a « code red » on Monday, and told employees that the company needs to improve ChatGPT so it doesn’t fall behind competitors like Google and Anthropic. Altman said that OpenAI needs to work […]

Germany is evaluating Apple’s proposed changes to address antitrust concerns over App Tracking Transparency (ATT), reports Reuters. Apple plans to tweak the text and formatting of the ATT consent prompt, while aiming to preserve the main privacy benefits of the feature. Apple will add neutral consent prompts for its own services and for third-party apps, […]

The OnePlus 15 hasn’t been available in the US so far due to the protracted government shutdown preventing the FCC from issuing its certification for the device, but that was finally addressed a few days ago, when we told you that the device will surely be made available for the US market very soon. [#InlinePriceWidget,14206,1#] […]

Apple is not going to be able to escape a class-action antitrust lawsuit over anticompetitive App Store fees in the Netherlands, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) said today. The decision could see Apple facing millions of euros in damages, and it sets a precedent for similar lawsuits in other European countries (via […]

Apple today released new firmware for the iPhone Air‘s MagSafe battery accessory. The firmware has a version number of 8B25, up from the prior 8A351 version. In the Settings app, the new firmware is listed as 99.0 while the prior firmware is 91.0. This is the second firmware update that Apple has provided to ‌iPhone […]

Apple has announced it will be donating undisclosed amounts to relief efforts in Asia following multiple disasters, including a building fire in Hong Kong and a series of severe storms and flooding across Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. « Heartbroken by the devastating fire in Hong Kong, » said Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a social […]

Samsung is offering some valuable perks to customers planning to shell out thousands of dollars on its first tri-folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold. The foldable will be available for purchase in South Korea starting December 12. The company has announced a special program for Galaxy Z TriFold customers, offering an exclusive benefit in the […]

Apple is encouraging iPhone users who are still running iOS 18 to upgrade to iOS 26 by making the ‌iOS 26‌ software upgrade option more prominent. Since ‌iOS 26‌ launched in September, it has been displayed as an optional upgrade at the bottom of the Software Update interface in the Settings app. iOS 18 has […]

Over the past few years, the industry has had a silent debate over which term should describe foldable phones that have two hinges rather than one. Some named them dual-folding phones. Others called them tri-folding phones. What is a fold anyway? Is it the bend or the flap? There doesn’t seem to be a real […]