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iOS 26.6 Patches 87 CVEs — Update Your iPhone Today
Apple shipped iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 on July 27, and the security notes attached to the release are unusually long even…
YouTube Premium Will Bundle Peacock Starting in Early 2027
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Cloudflare Open-Sources pvcli, Its Privacy Proxy CLI
Cloudflare has released the debugging tool its own Privacy team leans on when privacy-preserving protocols misbehave. The company open-sourced pvcli — short…
Why Every Streaming App Is Turning Into TikTok
Why Every Streaming App Is Turning Into TikTok Open Paramount+ on an iPhone this summer and you’ll find something that has no…
Apple TV Dates Neuromancer for January 22, 2027
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Pastebot 3 Launches at $39 After a Decade-Long Wait
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How Art Museums Use Visitor Data to Reshape Exhibits
How Art Museums Use Visitor Data to Reshape Exhibits Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum sits on a data set most tech companies would…
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Apple’s $250M Siri Settlement: Who Gets Paid, and When
The class action over Apple’s delayed Siri and Apple Intelligence features has cleared its first major court hurdle. A judge signed preliminary…