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Apple is beefing up the software services on its phones in hopes of getting more buyers. It’s that time of year again. The leaves are beginning to change, and just like every September of the last decade, A pple ( AAPL -0.12%) has hosted an event to announce its new iPhone. The iPhone 16 will have four different pricing tiers and is loaded with new artificial intelligence (AI) features. We are entering the age of AI-powered iPhones. What does that mean for Apple’s business? Should you buy the stock on an AI phone upgrade cycle? Let’s take a closer […]

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The iPhone 16’s Camera Control “button” lets you launch the camera without touching the screen. We all know fashion is cyclical, but so, it seems, is tech. Once upon a time, phones dedicated more space to buttons than screen. Over time, in a trend largely led by Apple, phones have featured fewer and fewer buttons. We’ve now reached the point where other than volume controls and a power button, you’ll be hard pressed to find a physical button on your phone at all. But that’s all changing with the iPhone 16 line, which Apple announced at its “Glowtime” event […]

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Apple Folded between all the new hardware announcements, Apple surprised us last week with news of FDA-approved hearing aid features for the AirPods Pro. No new hardware needed — it’s all in software updates. In the last decade, we’ve seen several companies tackle hearing-aid technology, aided by the boom in wireless tech. Now, arguably the most influential company in consumer tech is trying it. John Falcone outlines why this is a big deal. Or, at least, a very good deal. — Mat Smith The biggest stories you might have missed 23andMe will pay $30 million to settle 2023 data […]

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Photo by Valentina Palladino / Engadget E-Ink tablets have always been intriguing to me because I’m a longtime lover of pen and paper. I’ve had probably hundreds of notebooks over the years, serving as repositories for my story ideas, to-do lists, meeting notes and everything in between. However, I turned away from physical notebooks at a certain point because it was just easier to store everything digitally so I always had my most important information at my fingertips. E-Ink tablets seem to provide the best of both worlds: the tactile satisfaction of regular notebooks with many of the conveniences […]

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Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff/Getty Images Think of any topic vaguely related to raising kids imaginable, and there’s probably a post about it on Mumsnet, the long-running, enormously popular, controversy-spurring UK-based parenting forum for mothers. Over its more than two decade-long history, Mumsnet has amassed an archive of more than six billion words written by its highly engaged user base, on topics such as dirty diapers and lazy husbands. (Not to mention a bonkers rant about dolphins .) This spring, after Mumsnet discovered that AI companies were scraping its data, the company says it decided to try to strike licensing deals […]

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Flappy Bird Foundation A decade ago, Flappy Bird became a sensation among smartphone users, with many of us spending far too long getting the little yellow guy to climb higher and higher along pipes. But, it didn’t last long, with it soon pulled from app stores. Here at Engadget , we were excited by the news last week that Flappy Bird is coming back to our devices in 2025. However, there’s one person who isn’t psyched: Flappy Bird ‘s creator, Dong Nguyen. He took to X (formerly Twitter) to confirm he isn’t involved in or profiting off the new […]

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Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Billy Steele for Engadget The H2 chip unlocks ANC and several convenient tools. billy steele Senior reporter, reviews With a big redesign to the “regular” AirPods, Apple delivers two new models. Sure, they have a similar look, and share a few features, but the biggest change from the third-gen version is the addition of active noise cancellation (ANC) for an added cost. The […]

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Credit: Dmitriy Prayzel / Shutterstock.com Fortnite is back on mobile : For the past four years, the massively popular battle royal game has been nowhere to be found on iPhone and Android. If you wanted to play Fortnite , you mostly needed to look elsewhere to get your fix. Starting today, however, the game has made its return to smartphones and tablets—at least, for some of us. If you have an Android device, you can play Fortnite without issue. If you have an iOS device, however, things are a bit more complicated: Those of us with an iPhone or […]

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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images On Monday, Apple is expected to reveal its iPhone 16 models along with other new products, in a livestreamed event called “It’s Glowtime.” The latest generation of iPhones will mark what one analyst called Apple’s “biggest upgrade cycle in its history.” The event is scheduled to take place on September 9 at 1 p.m. Eastern time at the tech company’s Cupertino, California, headquarters. All eyes will be on Apple’s latest line of iPhones, all models of which will be powered by Apple Intelligence — Apple’s response to the generative AI revolution — which will […]

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The iPhone 16 is nigh as Apple prepares to debut its next smartphone lineup on Monday, September 9th, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The company is expected to officially announce four phones as usual, with two standard iPhone 16s and two iPhone 16 Pro models, all likely packed with Apple Intelligence AI features. You can catch the livestream at Apple’s own website , on its YouTube channel , and even on an Apple TV. (Apple usually makes sure you see this when you scroll from the home screen of the Apple TV app, but you can search for […]

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