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There are times when you may want to prevent videos and GIFs from automatically playing in your social media feeds. This could be because you’re trying to conserve cellular data, limit the addictiveness of these apps, or maintain better control over your viewing experience, as when a video is going viral that you don’t wish to see. Whatever the reason …

Today, Nvidia is soft-launching its latest gaming GPUs in the cloud — upgrading its $20-a-month GeForce Now Ultimate cloud gaming service with RTX 5080 graphics for select games, with more to come down the road. At the same time, it’s also adding thousands more titles to the bring-your-own-games service by letting you install them yourself, while also unlocking a 360Hz …

[Breaking news] Verizon is your home for the latest iPhone models, with incredible choice, savings and flexibility on the fastest, most reliable 5G network. All four models, which include the all-new iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and the all-new iPhone Air, will be available for pre-order on Friday, September 12, with availability on Friday, September 19. …

Fabian Kamberi, CEO and co-founder of the Berlin-based AI gaming startup Born, thinks the current AI companions on the market are designed to be exploitative and geared toward isolating users through one-to-one relationships with AI chatbots.  “It feels like it fuels the loneliness epidemic, instead of making it more fun and giving users the opportunity to make their lives better,” …

There’s been great interest in what Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is building with its $2 billion in seed funding and the all-star team of former OpenAI researchers who have joined the lab. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Murati’s research lab gave the world its first look into one of its projects: creating AI models with reproducible responses. …

Don’t let Apple’s stock dip fool you. The iPhone 17 could power a big rally.  MarketWatch iPhone Air  Apple Why Apple (AAPL) Shares Are Sliding Today  Yahoo Finance Apple Introduces iPhone 17, iPhone Air and Updated AirPods at Annual Event  The New York Times Slim iPhone Air may be a design win for Apple, but AI doubts linger, analysts say  Reuters Source link

The likes of the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and Apple Watch Ultra 3 took center stage at Apple’s latest September event. It turns out, though, that were some other big announcements too — especially new accessories. Apple’s self-designed accessories have always been ultra high-quality, and are often the go-to for those who want new cases, keyboards, and so on. Curious …

When Apple previewed watchOS 26 in June at WWDC, the company didn’t reveal any new watch faces, but now we know Apple was just holding them back to show off with the new Apple Watch models that it unveiled on Tuesday. During its “Awe dropping” event, Apple also dropped the release candidate of watchOS 26. As it turns out, there …

Starting MSRP $399 (GPS) / $499 (5G) $399 (GPS) / $499 (LTE) $799 $799 $249 (GPS) / $299 (5G) $249 (GPS) / $299 (LTE) Sizes 42mm / 46mm 42mm / 46mm 49mm 49mm 40mm / 44mm 40mm / 44mm Case material Aluminum or titanium Aluminum or titanium Titanium Titanium Aluminum Aluminum Weight (Grams) 42mm: 30.3 (aluminum GPS) / 29.7 (aluminum …

Borderlands 4 is officially releasing on September 12 for most platforms. The exception to that is the Switch 2 edition that won’t arrive until later in October. It’s one of the most anticipated games of 2025 and fans of the Borderlands series have been eagerly awaiting its arrival since it was first announced last year. With the release date upon …