Former Apple Design Chief Jony Ive Reflects on Company Culture, Iconic Products, and a Warning for the Tech Industry

Apple’s former Chief Design Officer Jony Ive has given a rare and wide-ranging interview at Stripe Sessions 2025, offering new insights into his design philosophy, his time at Apple, and his current work at his design collective, LoveFrom. In a one-hour conversation with Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison, Ive reflected on the personal and professional experiences […]

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Smartlet, un bracelet pour associer sa montre traditionnelle à une Apple Watch cachée sous le poignet

Les amateurs de montres mécaniques qui apprécient malgré tout les avantages d’une montre connectée vont bientôt avoir une nouvelle option pour avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre. Smartlet est une nouvelle start-up française qui a imaginé un bracelet en métal pensé pour accueillir les deux : une « vraie » montre en haut et une Apple Watch ou […]

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Smartlet, un bracelet pour associer sa montre traditionnelle à une Apple Watch cachée sous le poignet

Les amateurs de montres mécaniques qui apprécient malgré tout les avantages d’une montre connectée vont bientôt avoir une nouvelle option pour avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre. Smartlet est une nouvelle start-up française qui a imaginé un bracelet en métal pensé pour accueillir les deux : une « vraie » montre en haut et une Apple Watch ou […]

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Bluetooth 6.1 Update Set to Improve Privacy, Battery Life of iPhone Accessories

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released Bluetooth 6.1 as part of its new bi-annual update schedule. The update introduces Randomized Resolvable Private Address (RPA), a feature designed to enhance both privacy and power efficiency.



This new feature makes tracking Bluetooth devices a lot more difficult because it randomizes the timing of device address changes, instead of just using predictable intervals. It also offloads address change operations to the controller device, which should help extend the battery life of the accessory device.

The specification follows Bluetooth 6.0, which arrived in September 2024. That update brought Channel Sounding for centimeter-level location accuracy, lower latency, and faster scanning capabilities, all of which could theoretically enhance the iPhone’s Precision Finding feature.

For iPhone users, the upcoming iPhone 17 series expected to be released in September will likely support Bluetooth 6.0 and possibly incorporate the new 6.1 features. All in all, it should bring improved privacy protections and better battery performance when using Bluetooth accessories.

With Bluetooth now on a twice-yearly release schedule, the next update, Bluetooth 6.2, is expected to arrive by the end of 2025 with additional refinements and features.

This article, "Bluetooth 6.1 Update Set to Improve Privacy, Battery Life of iPhone Accessories" first appeared on MacRumors.com

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Samsung launches a new Galaxy ‘Buddy’ phone for businesses

Samsung has a long history of launching the same device with different names in different countries. Sometimes it launches them even in the same country. The Galaxy Buddy 4 Business is one such phone. It has essentially been launched in Samsung’s home country for the second time. Earlier, it was launched with the Galaxy A16 […]

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Huawei unveils its own PC operating system – HarmonyOS PC

Huawei’s emancipation from Western dependencies is progressing. The latest piece puts HarmonyOS on every device — meet HarmonyOS PC (or Hongmeng Computer for the Chinese market), Huawei’s very own computer operating system. The unveiling came during Huawei’s HarmonyOS Computer Technology and Ecosystem Communication Event (yeah, that’s a mouthful) at the hands of Zhu Dongdong – Huawei’s President of tablets and PCs. HarmonyOS PC is based around three core pillars – HarmonyOS Base, HarmonyOS Ecosystem, and HarmonyOS Experience. The Base features the HarmonyOS kernel, the Ark…

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