Foxconn is taking another step in cementing its rolerole in Apple’s Indian manufacturing strategy. After years of focusing mainly on iPhone assembly, the Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant is now preparing to build iPhone casings locally for the first time. Here’s why that matters.

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Earlier this week, Meta officially flipped the switch on in-app advertising for WhatsApp users worldwide, marking the first time ads have appeared inside the messaging platform. But if you’re in the European Union, there’s now an important update: the rollout won’t be happening for you… yet.

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Apple’s famous “Shot on iPhone” ad series has just earned one of the advertising industry’s highest honors: the Grand Prix in the Creative Effectiveness Lions category at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Not bad for a campaign that started a decade ago.

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For photography enthusiasts, the prosumer camera app market has had no shortage of great options, with longtime favorites like Halide from Lux leading the pack. Now, Adobe has decided to enter the picture (get it?) with a free experimental app from the same team behind the original Google Pixel camera.

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After years (and years, and years) of waiting and speculation, Spotify’s long-promised lossless audio feature appears to be inching closer to reality. The latest desktop app builds now show multiple references to “Lossless” streaming, giving users the loudest sign yet that higher-fidelity streaming could soon roll out. Here’s what to expect.

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Benjamin and Chance catch up on all the stuff they didn’t get time to cover, still reeling in the haze of the WWDC hangover, discussing a bunch of cool new things across iOS, watchOS, and visionOS. 

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If you were hoping Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro models would shake up their physical screen sizes, you can extra-officially temper your expectations. But that doesn’t mean the 2026 lineup won’t bring significant shifts in how the front of the iPhone looks. Here’s what may be coming.

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The Intel Core i5-14600K CPU is currently available at Newegg for $189 and comes with a free 1TB TeamGroup CX2 SATA III SSD.

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The iDownloadBlog team has been scouring the internet for the best deals available on Nintendo Switch 2 games and accessories.

Mophie has announced limited-edition colors of its popular charging accessories that match the Summer theme.

Apple has slashed the trade-in values of iPhone devices being sent in to assist with the purchase of a new handset.

Apple has added a bunch of new capabilities to WebKit that power many new features in its Safari browser on iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26.

We go hands on with the SanDisk Creator Phone SSD designed for people recording large amounts of 4K ProRes video with an iPhone Pro/Pro Max.

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On June 19, 1995, Apple released the Power Macintosh 9500, a high-end Macintosh that boasted a more powerful, second-generation PowerPC chip.

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JBL Soundgear Sense noise-canceling, open-ear headphones sit comfortably outside the ear, eliminating pressure points and ear fatigue.

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Google wants you to reinstall the YouTube app on your iPhone to fix any random app crashes and unresponsive issues.

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Asus is offering replacements for the brand's ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB liquid cooler due to a factory defect that could affect cooling performance.

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Stock up on some quality resin for your 3D prints

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A collection of entirely new data leak datasets has been uncovered by security researchers, exposing 16 billion new records to the public. The data was sourced from around the world, with breaches on this scale easily contributing to massive future attacks.

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The three biggest mining rig manufacturers have started to or are exploring building local manufacturing facilities.

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Nvidia is investing in nuclear power to ensure that it will have enough power for its data centers in the future.

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Cerebras, maker of the world's largest AI chips, has had its X account compromized by a crypto scam, which also involves the launch of a fraudulent coin.

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The Crucial P510 is a budget PCIe 5.0 SSD designed to bring more bandwidth than last-generation drives while being power-efficient and more affordable than the newest high-end drives. It mostly achieves these goals.

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A tinkerer managed to boot Apple iOS on the Nintendo Switch

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Roomy 4TB SSDs cost a lot less than they used to, and even some 8TB models are approaching affordability.

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Adding some class and a unique aesthetic to your micro ATX build, Montech's Heritage Pro micro ATX case is reduced in price at Scan Computers.

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After an Amazon shopper strikes it lucky by receiving nine 2TB SSDs instead of one, it doesn't take long for conspiracy theorists to come to the fore.

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Apple Vice President for Hardware Technologies Johny Srouji says AI in EDA tools could allow it to do 'more design work in less time'.

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Nvidia's NVLink Fusion program has drawn interest from the industry aiming to build custom CPUs and accelerators for its ecosystem, but the initiative remains tightly controlled by the green company, which may limit its success.

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Valve is making Steam's overlay more functional: the Steam Client Beta includes the ability to monitor AI-generated and native frame rates simultaneously in games where DLSS/FSR frame generation might be used.

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I attempted to experience Linux firsthand in the most awkward way possible – using a handheld gaming PC.

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Elon Musk's AI startup xAI is rapidly burning through cash — spending $1 billion a month and projecting $13 billion in losses for 2025 — as it races to build massive AI infrastructure and catch up with rivals.

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Mac owners in the EU won't get Live Activities on macOS Tahoe as the feature uses iPhone Mirroring which remains unavailable to Europeans.

Find out how to turn a regular 2D picture into a moving 3D spatial wallpaper for your iPhone or iPad Lock Screen in iOS 26.

Learn about the new messaging features in WhatsApp for iPhone and Android that arrived recently across the Chats, Calls and Updates tabs.

Besides the new navigation drawer and 2.5 Pro going stable, the Gemini app is rolling out video upload and analysis. This lets you add a clip to your prompt.

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If you’re still rocking a first-generation iPod or, like me, are holding on to an old FireWire external drive for dear life, this one might hit hard: the first developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe appears to have dropped support for the FireWire 400 and 800 standards.

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With the first big enforcement deadline under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) just days away, the European Commission is signaling a more measured approach toward two of the law’s highest-profile targets: Apple and Meta. Here’s what today’s news means in context.

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Alongside hundreds in savings on iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 units, today’s best deals are all about the Mac. Joining some relatively rare deals on the latest M4 Max Mac Studio models at $200 off, the most affordable M4 Mac mini has now hit a new all-time low at $469 shipped – that’s $130 off the going rate. We also have an even lower price on the base model 13-inch M4 MacBook Air at $829 shipped from the usual $999 list price, a series of charging gear, ecobee smart thermostats, portable SSDs, and more. 

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