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Move over Apple Watch, the Pixel Watch 4 just changed the smartwatch game

Move over Apple Watch, the Pixel Watch 4 just changed the smartwatch game

The Apple Watch is in trouble and I can’t believe I am saying this, but the reason for that trouble is… the Google Pixel Watch 4. See, in the past ten years, the Apple Watch has been the most successful and popular smartwatch. Even five years ago, in 2019, Apple sold an estimated 31 million watches, beating the entire Swiss …

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Meta Poaches Apple AI Executive Frank Chu Even as It Plans Hiring Slowdown – Bloomberg.com

Meta Poaches Apple AI Executive Frank Chu Even as It Plans Hiring Slowdown  Bloomberg.com Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Up Meta’s A.I. Efforts, Again  The New York Times Exclusive | Meta Freezes AI Hiring After Blockbuster Spending Spree – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Mark Zuckerberg’s pricey new AI hires — including 28-year-old billionaire Alexandr Wang — are clashing with Meta’s old guard: report  Yahoo Finance …

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Apple Watch helps user discover brain tumor after unusual heart rate alerts

Apple Watch helps user discover brain tumor after unusual heart rate alerts

The Apple Watch’s health features have once again played a part in flagging a potential health problem. A 57-year-old woman from Brighton, East Sussex says her Apple Watch alerted her to an issue that ultimately led doctors to uncover a brain tumor. Sam Adams told The Sun that her Apple Watch repeatedly flagged an unusually low heart rate after she returned from …

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After successes like Severance and The Studio, Apple TV+ gets a price hike

After successes like Severance and The Studio, Apple TV+ gets a price hike

To confront all that, streamers have to turn any knobs they can to balance costs with revenue to satisfy the market. Some have turned to ads as an additional source of revenue, others crack down on password sharing or offer different subscription tiers. But virtually all of them have hiked subscription prices, because the previous price ensured short-term losses for …

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Apple TV+ Price Increase Announced

Apple TV+ Price Increase Announced

Apple today raised the monthly price of its Apple TV+ streaming service to $12.99 in the U.S., according to 9to5Mac‘s Benjamin Mayo. Apple TV+ cost just $4.99 per month in the U.S. when it launched in 2019, but the price has now increased three times. The price went up to $6.99 per month in 2022, and then to $9.99 per …

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Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS • The Register

Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS • The Register

Apple has shipped emergency updates to fix an actively exploited zero-day in its ImageIO framework, warning that the flaw has already been abused in targeted attacks. Logged as CVE-2025-43300, the bug is an out-of-bounds write issue in ImageIO, the component apps rely on to read and write standard image formats. Apple warned that the flaw could let miscreants hijack devices …

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Apple fixes new zero-day flaw exploited in targeted attacks

Apple fixes new zero-day flaw exploited in targeted attacks

Apple has released emergency updates to patch another zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack.” Tracked as CVE-2025-43300, this security flaw is caused by an out-of-bounds write weakness discovered by Apple security researchers in the Image I/O framework, which enables applications to read and write most image file formats. An out-of-bounds write occurs when attackers successfully exploit …

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Apple TV Plus is getting more expensive and will cost $12.99 per month

Apple TV Plus is getting more expensive and will cost .99 per month

Apple is raising the price of its streaming service. The company announced on Thursday that its $9.99 per month subscription will now cost $12.99 each month, marking a $3 price increase. The price increase will go into effect immediately for new subscribers, while existing ones will see the changes reflected 30 days after their billing cycle ends, Apple spokesperson Tom …

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Masimo sues US Customs over Apple Watch blood oxygen return

Masimo sues US Customs over Apple Watch blood oxygen return

Last week, when Apple announced the release of a “redesigned Blood Oxygen feature” to the Apple Watch, many figured Masimo (who had been suing Apple over patents related to the feature), would look for a way to fight back. Today, the company did just that and filed a new lawsuit. But this time, it’s against the US Customs and Border …

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