iOS 18.2 introduced a new feature for and other items in the Find My app, and it may just save you a lot of stress and trouble the next time you lose something important.
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Gemini app on iPhone update adds model picker for 2.0 Flash
, Google is rolling out an update to the Gemini app on iPhone that lets users select 2.0 Flash Experimental.
After , the Gemini app now offers a model picker at the top of the screen. Your options are:
- 1.5 Pro: Tackle complex tasks
- 1.5 Flash: Get everyday help
- 2.0 Flash Experimental: Preview our latest experimental model
Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental “Might not work as expected,” while file upload is not currently available. This new model “outperforms 1.
Astonishing 32TB hard drive uses lasers to heat and cool platters within a nanosecond
Seagate is finally offering its largest-ever hard drive – a staggering 32TB in a single drive, made possible by tech which uses lasers to heat and cool tiny sections of a platter in a nanosecond …
Seagate has been working on heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology for 17 years now, and said last year that it had finally cracked it. The Mozaic 3+ 32TB drives have now entered mass production and are about to go on sale.
The company explains the problem of trying
PSA: AirPods Max are missing a key feature on the new USB-C model
Apple’s AirPods Max update this year wasn’t a full-blown AirPods Max 2, but rather a switch to USB-C and color swap . Unfortunately, the also lost a key feature that was supported by the original.
The original are mostly identical to the new USB-C model, save the different charging port and colors.
However, there’s a key advantage Apple’s first AirPods Max had.
They supported wired playback.
If you bought Apple’s , you could connect your Lightning
Five last minute Apple gift ideas for your iPhone friends and family
With Christmas now just a week away, it’s about time to ‘wrap up’ the holiday shopping season. Everyone is in the midst of hurrying to get their last minute gifts sorted. If you haven’t found something for someone special quite yet, here’s some iPhone-centric accessories and Apple gift ideas.
My recommendations are the , , , a , and the . More details about these picks after the break …
The go-to iPhone gift idea is probably , and I expect AirPods 4
Huge growth in AI usage could cause electricity blackouts in US from next year
Electricity regulators are concerned that the huge growth in AI usage could lead to power blackouts in the US and Canada as early as next year. The prediction was published shortly after the public release of iOS 18.2 brought many more Apple Intelligence features online.
Artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT and Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers will see data center power usage double in the course of just four years, and power grids will likely struggle to keep up with this demand …
The concerns were expressed by the North American
Hidden fees banned from hotel and concert apps & websites
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has today announced a new rule which will ban apps and websites in the hotel and event industries from using hidden fees to engage in bait-and-switch pricing.
The agency found it was common practice for companies to show a misleading price, which was then inflated by hidden costs like booking and resort fees, only revealed during the checkout process …
Companies won’t be banned from applying junk fees, but they will have to include them in the headline prices they show to consumers
Most popular home internet routers in US may be banned as national security risk
The most popular home internet router brand in the US may be banned from sale in the country over fears that it represents a threat to national security .
Three separate US agencies have opened investigations into TP-Link routers, which account for 65% of the US market, in part because badged versions are supplied to customers by more than 300 ISPs …
The reports.
U.S. authorities are investigating whether a Chinese company whose popular home-internet routers have been linked to cyberattacks poses a national-security
Leakers clash over iPhone 17 camera layout – triangular versus horizontal
Two leakers, each with enough of a track record to give them some credibility, are clashing over the iPhone 17 camera layout.
The first says that the iPhone 17 Pro will adopt a horizontal layout in a module with a similar shape to the Dynamic Island, while the other says that the design of the camera module is indeed changing but the triangular arrangement remains …
Weibo user last week posted a render of a camera module with three lenses positioned side-by-side within a horizontal camera module bar with rounded