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Meta AI will now use your Facebook and Instagram activity to inform its recommendations

Meta is giving its AI assistant a better “memory” in an effort to make the chatbot more useful. The company’s latest AI update allows the

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Apple says 68 percent of all iPhones are running iOS 18

Apple posted iOS 18 adoption rates on Friday, which are only slightly different from the numbers for iOS 17 a year ago. The company says

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Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday. Users who searched

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Bang & Olufsen’s new earbuds with ‘replaceable batteries’ don’t seem to be very repairable

Bang & Olufsen announced its , back in November, touting among other things their replaceable batteries “for sustainability” and alignment with the EU’s impending device

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FTC sues John Deere over ‘unfair corporate tactics’ and ‘high repair costs’

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has , accusing it of “unfair” practices that force farmers to pay higher-than-average repair costs. The federal organization, along with

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This year could bring the iPhone Air and an entry-level iPad with Apple Intelligence

It’s looking more and more like we’ve been hearing about for the last few months will get Apple’s “Air” branding. In the newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed (again) until March 20

The long-awaited Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed yet again, according to a press release. It was supposed to come out on February 14 but

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Dreame’s X50 robot vacuum can climb stairs

Robot vacuums can make cleaning up a lot more convenient but, depending on your home’s layout, might not work with every floorplan. Chinese appliance maker

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8Bitdo’s wired XBox controller is just $30, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals

The first few days of the year are typically sleepy for deals — and 2025 is proving no different. Since most Black Friday sale prices

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Bluesky and Threads showed us very different visions for a post-X future

There’s no longer any question that Threads and Bluesky have created the most viable alternatives to the platform once known as Twitter. But while the