Instagram is introducing new measures to protect teens from sextortion, by making it harder for criminals to blackmail them.
Separately, it appears to be working on a new Social Library feature intended to make it easier to find posts you’ve shared, liked, or been sent in chat …
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Apple last year launched its Roadside Assistance via satellite feature in the US, intended to provide help to those stranded by car trouble in areas without mobile coverage. That service has now been quietly extended to the UK.
You’ll need an iPhone 14 or later to use the service, and you’ll need to know ahead of time how to use the feature to summon help …
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More Apple Pay installment options are available from today, and additional buy now pay later providers are promised.
Apple Pay users in both the US and UK now have the choice of installment loans from two different providers, with more on the way in both those and other countries …
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Including personal details in AI chats is never a good idea, given that many of them are in part trained on the content of those conversations, but there’s now another reason not to do this …
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Apple Intelligence is launching later this month on supported devices. But only certain AI features will be available in iOS 18.1. Some of the most highly anticipated capabilities won’t arrive until future updates. Here’s everything that’s coming to Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2 or later.
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Apple TV+ just kicked off season 2 of Shrinking this week. But rather than waiting to see how the season performs, Apple has given the show an early season 3 renewal.
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Joining the ongoing pre-order offers on the brand new iPad mini 7 that can net you one from $239, Amazon is also now offering its lowest price yet on the most affordable M2 iPad Air configuration starting down at $529 shipped. From there we move over to return all-time lows on Apple’s 2024 Dark Green Alpine and Blue Trail Loops, a solid 20% discount on ecobee’s SmartCamera with HomeKit Secure Video, Apple Pencil (USB-C) at its lowest prices yet, some brand new MagSafe gear with launch discounts, and much more. Scope it all out down below.
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Tim Cook’s job as CEO covers a number of roles and responsibilities. One of them involves maintaining relationships with political powers. And according to Donald Trump, he and Cook recently had a conversation about the EU’s recent rulings against Apple.
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Apple’s App Store practices have been under widespread assault in recent years, both in the US and especially abroad. But a new US law has just validated at least one aspect of Apple’s approach with the App Store: its easy subscription management.
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Apple has built a new tool for artists wishing to build more engagement among fans on Apple Music. The tool enables turning concert set lists into new artist-published Apple Music playlists.
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