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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is out with a new campaign that presses tech companies to move faster to protect user data through end-to-end encryption, and stronger defaults and privacy settings. Here are the details.

Here’s the EFF on the reasoning behind the “ ” campaign:

“End-to-end encryption protects the privacy of your data, puts control over how the data gets used into your hands, and is the best way we have to ensure private conversations remain private. Not enough

Apple’s Wallet app received a variety of great features in iOS 26, but one of my favorites is a convenient new way to manage and access credit cards. Here’s how to use it.

I love the smell of candles, but I hate the anxiety that comes with an open flame. There have been multiple times I’ve had to turn around after leaving to double-check that I’ve blown out a candle. That is why the caught my eye. It promises all the ambiance and smells of a candle with zero risk of burning the house down. Best of all, it supports Matter right out of the box, making it a native citizen in your HomeKit/Apple Home environment.

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A new report today highlights the ongoing exodus from Apple’s artificial intelligence and Siri teams. Mark Gurman reports that Apple has lost “least four more of its artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks in addition to a top Siri executive.”

The report says the departing employees are headed to companies including Meta and Google DeepMind:

The latest exits include Yinfei Yang, Haoxuan You, Bailin Wang and Zirui Wang. Yang left to start a new company, while You and Bailin Wang joined Meta, according to people familiar with the

This fall Apple has three flagship iPhones rumored to launch: iPhone 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max, and iPhone Fold. Per the latest reporting, there are two rumored camera advantages Apple’s Pro line will have over the foldable.

Fall iPhone lineup will offer two main choices: Pro or Fold

Music lovers with Apple kit have long been forced to choose between the sound quality available from the established audio players and the slickness of the AirPods approach to connectivity – but the in-ear headphones have mostly resolved this dilemma.

They not only deliver the best sound quality I’ve ever experienced with in-ear headphones, but also an Apple-like Just Works experience when switching between devices …

Pairing headphones with our devices has always been a somewhat clunky endeavor. Just putting them into pairing mode seems to involve a different

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is well known for having numerous sources inside of Apple, and in a he shared some interesting comments about the company’s reliance on Anthropic.

Apple recently announced an AI partnership with Google . But reporting indicates the company initially pursued deals with other companies, including Anthropic.

Based on new comments from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, it’s easy to see why.

Gurman, , said the following:

Apple runs on Anthropic at this point. Anthropic is powering a lot of the stuff Apple