Today Meta is launching Facebook Verified. This is a free badge that lets you know there’s a real person behind an account. To get the badge, you need to go through a selfie-based verification process. You basically record a selfie video, which the company will check against your existing profile pictures to confirm a match. […]

U.S. President Donald Trump today said on Truth Social that his administration plans to launch an investigation into fines the European Union has levied against tech companies like Apple, Google, and Meta for violating antitrust and Digital Markets Act rules. Trump called the European Union’s conduct « illegal and highly unethical, » vowing to get the penalties […]

The new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra landed in our office and it’s time to unbox it. The phone ships in a plain box with a (3A) USB-C cable. The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra ships in Graphite, Cream and Violet Shadow. Samsung.com’s exclusive fourth color is called Green Shadow. You can have it in 12/256GB […]

Last week, OnePlus announced what was rumored for months: its exit from the North American and European markets. Now a new report claims Nothing will follow suit, exiting 12 « or more » global markets. This includes the Middle East, Japan, and « parts of Europe ». Unfortunately, the report doesn’t go into any more detail about specific countries. […]

Anthropic today introduced Claude Opus 5, an upgrade to Opus 4.8. Anthropic says Opus 5 was built for daily use, and it offers near Fable 5 performance at half the price. Fable 5 is Anthropic’s most capable publicly available model. Opus 5 scores higher than Opus 4.8 on multiple benchmarked tasks, including agentic coding, novel […]

TL;DR Quad has launched two new speakers: Elegan 1 and Elegan 2. The Elegan 1 is a standmountable speaker, while the Elegan 2 is a floorstanding speaker. Both speakers sell for $995 and $1,995, respectively. If you’ve been on the search for new speakers to fulfill your entertainment needs, there are a couple of new […]

Yesterday a rumor told us that Samsung is testing a new main camera sensor for the upcoming Galaxy S27 and Galaxy S27+, and it also reiterated the fact that the Galaxy S27 Pro and Galaxy S27 Ultra will have a 50MP ultrawide camera. Today a new rumor confirms the 50MP ultrawide yet again, while also […]

This week’s episode of The MacRumors Show covers OpenAI’s move into hardware and the trade secret lawsuit Apple filed against the company earlier this month. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos Apple sued OpenAI in the Northern District of California on July 10, alleging a months-long scheme to obtain confidential information […]

For macOS 27 Golden Gate, coming this fall, Apple appears to be testing a new formatting bar for the Mail app’s compose window that promotes Apple Intelligence’s Writing Tools and Siri AI, based on findings in the latest beta. Feature flags discovered by MacRumors forum member « mactracker » – who this week also revealed the hidden […]

With the Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra and Z Flip, Samsung turned a new chapter in its smartphone hardware history by incorporating silicon-carbon batteries for the very first time. The Fold8 Ultra in particular got a 600mAh boost over the Fold7 thanks to its higher-energy-density cell. But there is one minor downside. According to the […]

In May, Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a U.S. class action lawsuit over Siri AI’s delayed launch, and eligible iPhone users could receive up to a $95 payout. Apple’s settlement has now received preliminary approval from a judge, according to a July 17 court document. However, there is no settlement website yet, […]

Last month, cybersecurity research firm Paradigm Shift published details about a boot ROM vulnerability affecting Apple’s A12 and A13 chips, but it has since removed the blog post after being sued by digital forensics firm Magnet Forensics. In a complaint filed in Georgia federal court this month, Magnet Forensics alleged that the security vulnerability revealed […]