Baseball fans, rejoice: the 2025 MLB season kicks off this week. In celebration of the new season, T-Mobile’s annual offer of free MLB.TV is now available.
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In what that sounds like the plot of a thriller, an iPad thrown into London’s River Thames spent more than five years underwater before it was found and provided key evidence to convict three men of attempted murder – all the more so given that the man shot was a key figure in one of the world’s biggest ever armed robberies …
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You may have seen Apple Maps survey cars in your area before. As they drive around, the cars take photos and 3D scans to generate ground truth data that can be used to improve map accuracy and offer features like Look Around, Apple’s equivalent of Google Street View.
But now the data collected from these cars will also have another purpose. In an updated disclosure on the Apple Maps Image Collection website, Apple says that starting this month, imagery from its vehicle surveys will also be used to train generative AI models, like those used for Apple Intelligence features such as Image Playground and Clean Up.
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A group of US senators have written to President Trump to warn him that his handling of the TikTok ban is leaving Apple, Google, and Oracle exposed to “ruinous legal liability.”
The three companies are potentially at risk of being fined up to $850B (yes, billion not million) for continuing to offer the app despite it being banned from the US …
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The European Union is reportedly set to announce that Apple won’t be fined for failing to comply with an antitrust law relating to choice of iPhone web browser. The maximum fine could have been as high as 10% of the company’s global revenue.
Apple initially made one change to iOS to allow users to set a different default browser, but the EU had ruled that this was not enough to make it compliant with the law …
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In a statement today, Apple announced that it would be integrating the Apple Music catalog with a number of popular tools, allowing for DJs to create mixes with Apple’s robust catalog. Users will also be able to explore a new DJ with Apple Music page starting today.
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Apple launched its first in-house modem last month: the C1. The new modem comes with a pair of key features outside of already outperforming Qualcomm’s 5G option. But per rumors, Apple’s C-class modems could bring even more product upgrades in the future—including two that are especially huge.
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Apple Music Classical was just updated to version 2.2, and the new release adds three nice improvements to the app for classical music fans.
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On social media today, Apple leaker Majin Bu shared an image comparing the thickness of the iPhone 17 Air to the iPhone 17 Pro. In this photo, iPhone 17 Air looks wildly thin.
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The is now in full swing with thousands of price drops at the ready, including of hose of notable deals on Apple gear. While the previous AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 2 deals are carrying over, much like the iPad mini 7 offers, there are some fresh drops to scope out as well. Apple Watch Series 10 models are now up to $120 off while the latest M4 Pro Mac mini has now hit a new all-time low at $150 off the going rate. The $270 price drop has returned on the upgraded 24GB M4 Pro MacBook Pro and there’s a whole lot more than that up for grabs today – Anker chargers with onboard displays, ecobee smart home gear, and more.
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