If you live in the European Union and visit Apple’s website today, you’ll notice a new information snippet alongside iPhones and iPads: colorful energy labels grading each model’s efficiency, durability, and repairability.

This change isn’t voluntary, but rather Apple’s compliance with a new EU regulation that just went into effect.

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If you’re already eagerly waiting for Severance season 3, Apple just dropped a little treat to help with withdrawal. The company has published a rare video on its YouTube channel: the original casting tape of Dichen Lachman (Jurassic World: Dominion) auditioning for the role of Ms. Casey. Watch it below.

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As Apple scrambles to play catch-up in the generative AI race, a new report says the company has considered making its biggest acquisition ever.

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According to leaker Majin Bu, Apple is experimenting with two new colors for this year’s iPhone 17 base models, but only one might make it to launch. And if the current internal scuttlebutt is anything to go by, there seems to be a frontrunner.

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Apple’s tight grip on local wireless sharing is finally loosening, even if rather reactively. With iOS 26, developers are getting a new API that allows third-party apps to discover and connect nearby devices over Wi-Fi, without needing an internet connection. Here’s how it’ll work.

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Apple is continuing to face fallout from its Apple Intelligence rollout. As spotted by Reuters, Apple shareholders have sued Apple in a proposed class action securities fraud case for allegedly “downplaying how long it needed to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into its Siri voice assistant.”

The lawsuit alleges that this misrepresentation negatively impacted iPhone sales and Apple’s stock price.

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Following last month’s Brazilian certification and a quickly-pulled teaser image leak, Logitech’s next-gen mouse has now appeared in a filing with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), giving us the clearest look yet at what’s changing and what’s not.

Here’s what the 4 looks like.

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Last night, I had forgotten to take my upstairs off Eco mode, and I was shocked to see the difference in one of my son’s rooms based on my Nest Temperature Sensor. In my dream world, I’d have a variable system that could heat and cool rooms independently, but nevertheless, I didn’t buy bitcoin when it was $1, so I cannot afford that. With that being said, I do like having the knowledge of what’s happening in individual rooms and having that data in HomeKit. The new is a new way to do that with a built-in screen.

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Vast is working on what might just be the first commercial space station in low Earth orbit. To get the public excited about the station’s launch as soon as one year from now, the company released a VR fly through, led by Vast’s Lead Astronaut, that is available on Meta, Steam, and yes, Apple’s platforms.

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Apple is working on a major revision to AirPods Pro, which could be released as soon as this year. Plus, new AirPods Max are also in the pipeline. Here’s everything we know about when to expect Apple to release new AirPods…

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The Lowfree Flow84 is the latest episode in my on-again, off-again love affair with mechanical keyboards. I describe it as the mechanical keyboard Apple would make for a mix of good and bad reasons, but we’ll get to that!

It’s one of a relatively new breed of low-profile mechanical keyboards, something that would have seemed a contradiction in terms just a few years earlier …

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Almost exactly two years after abruptly pulling the plug on its Apple TV app, Vimeo is making a comeback on the platform with a brand-new experience built from the ground up. Here’s what’s new this time around.

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Alongside an ongoing all-time low on the base model M4 Mac mini at $469 and a $150 price drop on the 24GB model, we are also now tracking the mid-range 512GB variant down at the $689 Amazon low. Over to the M4 Pro MacBook Pro lineup, we have this upgraded 48GB 14-inch model at $400 off the list price alongside ongoing deals on AirPods Pro 2, the Apple 25W MagSafe charger at $30, and Journey debuted its new leather VERSA MagSafe Money Clip Wallet with Apple Find My at 20% off. All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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Meta’s smart glasses experiment is moving into its next phase. After scoring a surprise hit with its Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, the company is now teaming up with Oakley for a more rugged, sport-focused lineup and good tech upgrades. Here’s when to get them.

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Apple kicked off its annual Back to School promotion earlier this week, offering free AirPods and other accessories with the purchase of a new Mac or iPad.

Now, as Back to School season ramps up, Apple has shared a humorous new video telling college students “how to convince your parents to get you a Mac.”

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If you’ve been experimenting with custom GPTs inside ChatGPT, here’s a welcome upgrade: OpenAI now lets users pick from all available models when building or running a custom GPT, not just GPT-4o. Here’s how it works (and what’s missing).

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Apple executives have internally considered acquiring Perplexity AI to offer an AI-powered search engine in Safari on its devices.

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World Wi-Fi Day celebrates wireless, but Ethernet still plays a crucial role. Here’s how to add it to your Mac or iPad, and why you want to.

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Apple marketing for back to school brings us "The Parent Presentation," a template for college-bound kids in want of a free (to them) Mac.

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A designer with a Mac Studio loves dual Studio Displays. They discuss the monitors' benefits while others debate Mac Studio vs. Mac mini.

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Microsoft is planning on removing unwanted/legacy drivers from its Windows update catalog to boost the security of its Windows user base. The first phase of this cleanup will encompass older legacy drivers that already have newer replacements in Microsoft's database.

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Learn how to convert YouTube videos to MP3 files by using one of the easiest methods around. Just get the 4K Download to MP3 app.

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Buggy, bloated, and broken PC gaming peripheral software makes me want to buy a console.

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On June 20, 1994, Apple launched eWorld, an online service for Mac owners that was designed to compete with AOL and similar properties.

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From spudgers to SSD cloners to a charger that you can always keep in your pocket, these seven tech tools make my life easier.

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How messed up is your plug setup for your desk tech? Here's what I think of my solution.

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Multiple learning modes like matching games, dictation and Q&As immerse you in your language goals with the Qlango language learning app.

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Can the $549 Bambu Lab A1 Combo take on the $1,269 Prusa Research MK4S with MMU3? We put these two mighty bed slingers into the ring to find out which 3D printer comes out on top.

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If you can’t spend more than around $200 on a discrete GPU, you have three choices these days. We dug in to see if any of them are worth your hard-earned cash.

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Two GeForce RTX 5090D owners share their unfortunate experience with the 16-pin power connector meltdowns.

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Northwestrepair received a Zotac RTX 5090 from a customer featuring a missing GPU core and memory chips. The new card represents a new scam where criminals steal RTX 5090 GPU cores and memory modules, leaving customers with a dead graphics card.

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We have the hottest soldering iron tips for you. Learn how to master this essential maker skill as we reveal the secrets of how we solder.

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A team of scientists has managed to 3D print microscopic structures that are designed to dampen sounds for specific frequencies.

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Masayoshi Son is planning a $1 trillion AI and robotics industrial hub in Arizona, called Project Crystal Land, and is seeking support from TSMC, Samsung, and the U.S. government.

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The Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF just got another price cut, and is now just $229.

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AMD gets gaming deal boon after gaming revenues fall

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White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks shared his concerns over Chinese chipmakers getting too close to U.S. tech capabilities for comfort. Sacks estimates Huawei's growth has been helped by overly strict computer hardware export rules, making international customers less likely to buy American.

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Language AI company DeepL says that thanks to Nvidia's DGX SuiperPOD with DGX GB200, it can now translate the entire internet in just 18 days.

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Nvidia is reportedly in talks with Foxconn over plans to deploy humanoid robots in a Houston factory building GB300 chips.

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AMD announces future gaming-focused chip roadmap that will go beyond its existing partnerships with Microsoft and Sony.

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