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RCS encryption surfaces in iOS 26.4 developer beta, but testing is extremely limited
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Apple Podcasts Getting Video Episodes in iOS 26.4
With iOS 26.4, Apple is adding video podcast capabilities to the Apple Podcasts app. The feature uses HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) to provide podcast creators with "unprecedented control and monetization opportunities" while also providing a high-quality viewing...
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card sells for record $16.5M at auction
Logan Paul has set a new world's record — for the auction price of a trading card. The wrestling and social media star's rare Pickachu Illustrator Pokémon card, a “Holy Grail” for collectors, sold for $16.5 million Monday at Goldin Auctions after 41 days of bidding....
Exclusive: Apple News’ political honeymoon is over as MAGA ratchets up the pressure
Apple maintained public silence in response to a pressure campaign from Trump administration officials who want to see more MAGA-sympathetic content in its popular news app. But the technology giant has shown in recent months that it can be swayed. In September 2025,...
iOS 26.4 beta adds support for testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging – 9to5Mac
Apple added RCS support to iPhone with iOS 18.1, enabling richer cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android users. This included things like typing indicators, read receipts, and high-resolution photo and video attachments. Last March, Apple announced its...
OpenClaw developer Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI to build AI agents
Peter Steinberger, the developer behind the open-source project OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI. His focus will be on building the next generation of personal AI agents. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Steinberger a "genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of...
Ring brings its ’Search Party’ feature for finding lost dogs to non-Ring camera owners | TechCrunch
Ring’s AI-powered “Search Party” feature, which leverages the company’s network of cameras to find lost dogs, is now available to all Ring customers in the U.S. For the first time, the feature will be made available to those who don’t own a Ring camera, too. Launched...
Apple releases beta 1 for watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4 – 9to5Mac
A new wave of Apple beta releases has just kicked off. Developer beta 1 is rolling out for tvOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, and more. watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and more get developer beta 1 rollouts Apple has launched the first betas for its forthcoming software...
Robert Duvall, All-Purpose Actor With Few Peers, Dies at 95
Robert Duvall, the steely-eyed actor whose performances in the first two Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, The Great Santini, Lonesome Dove and The Apostle made him one of the finest actors of any generation, has died. He was 95. Duvall, who received an Academy Award —...
TikTok creator ByteDance vows to curb AI video tool after Disney threat
ByteDance, the Chinese technology company behind TikTok, has said it will restrain its AI video-making tool, after threats of legal action from Disney and a backlash from other media businesses, according to reports. The AI video generator Seedance 2.0, released last...
Acer and Asus ordered to halt PC sales in Germany after Nokia wins HEVC patent ruling
Acer and Asus have suspended direct PC and laptop sales in Germany after a court ruling handed Nokia a significant win in a patent dispute over HEVC video compression technology. The decision, issued by the Munich I Regional Court, effectively blocks the Taiwanese...
‘Tehran’ TV Series Producer Dana Eden Found Dead at 52 in Hotel in Greece During Season 4 Shoot
Dana Eden, an Israeli producer on the Apple TV hit espionage thriller series Tehran, was found dead at the age of 52 on Sunday in a hotel room in Athens, Greece, during the shoot of the show’s season 4, Reuters and Israeli networks reported. No cause of death has been...
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework A16-year-old boy and his mum went to see their GP, Dr Rangan Chatterjee,...