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New Apple TV Waiting for Siri: Here's What's Coming When It Launches
Apple's new Apple TV with A17 Pro chip and Wi-Fi 7 is delayed until September 2026 due to Siri development issues for iOS 27.
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First smartphone with color e-ink and LCD screen appears
Bigme launched the first smartphone with a color e-ink display on one side and an LCD screen on the other, enabling energy-efficient notifications and better e-book reading.
NASA's Artemis laser system will send 4K video from the Moon at 260 Mbps
NASA's Artemis II mission will use a new laser communication system called O2O to transmit 4K video from the Moon at 260 megabits per second, a major upgrade from the radio-based black-and-white broadcasts of the Apollo era. The...
As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help
As loneliness becomes a public health crisis, friendship-focused apps are experiencing significant growth, with platforms generating approximately $16 million in consumer spending and 4.3 million downloads in the U.S. this year....
A new OnlyOffice fork is Europe's answer to Microsoft Office
European tech firms including Nextcloud, Ionos, and Proton have created Euro-Office, a productivity suite forked from OnlyOffice's codebase to reduce European dependence on US software like Microsoft Office. OnlyOffice has...
In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants
Japan is deploying AI robots in factories to fill unwanted jobs due to severe labor shortages, investing $6.3 billion to capture 30% of the global physical AI market by 2040.
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