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Philip Michaels / Tom's Guide:
Review of iOS 18: despite missing upcoming AI features, there's plenty to like including bold personalization options and solid updates to Notes, Calendar, Maps  —  Your iPhone gains some new features while waiting on Apple Intelligence  —  Tom's Guide Verdict
Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog:
Apple launches iOS 18 without Apple Intelligence, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 Sequoia, watchOS 11, visionOS 2, and tvOS 18  —  Today is Apple's big software update extravaganza, as official releases of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia and watchOS 11 are available for the masses, to go with tvOS 18 and visionOS 2 for Apple Vision Pro.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
macOS 15 Sequoia review: window tiling, the Passwords app, and iPhone mirroring make it a solid update even without the upcoming Apple Intelligence features  —  Apple Intelligence isn't ready yet.  There's still a lot here to like.  —  The macOS 15 Sequoia update will inevitably be known as …
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tells staff to return to the office five days a week from January 2, 2025, citing the importance of the policy to the company's culture  —  - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is instructing corporate staffers to work out of the office five days a week.
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
At an Oracle investor Q&A, Larry Ellison pitched a future where AI systems would constantly monitor citizens through an extensive network of cameras and drones  —  “We're going to have supervision,” says billionaire Oracle co-founder Ellison.  —  On Thursday, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison shared …
NBC News:
Meta says it's banning Russian media outlet RT from its apps globally, days after the Biden admin accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow's spy agencies  —  U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia's spy agencies.
Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:
Elon Musk posted “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔” on X and deleted the false claim after it garnered 34M+ views, claiming it was a “joke”  —  Elon Musk has faced backlash after writing, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” following an apparent
CNBC:
Intel announces it is creating a separate entity for its foundry business, a structure that could allow it to raise outside funding; INTC jumps 5%+ after hours  —  Intel shares jumped almost 10% in extended trading on Monday after the company said it plans to turn its foundry business …
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Intel and AWS plan to coinvest in making a new AI chip on Intel 18A via a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar framework”; Intel delays new Germany and Poland plants
Kristian Burt / CNBC:
The US awards Intel up to an additional $3B under the CHIPS and Science Act for the Secure Enclave program to expand the supply of microelectronics for the DOD
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
A US appeals court signals skepticism with TikTok's arguments against the law that could force it to sever ties with China to keep operating in the US  —  Judges are considering the validity of legislation that could shut down Chinese-backed app used by half of Americans
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft rolls out Copilot Pages, which pulls Copilot responses into a new page where they can be edited collaboratively, to Microsoft 365 Copilot customers  —  Microsoft is announcing its new Copilot Pages feature today, which is designed to be a canvas for “multiplayer AI collaboration.”
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
A look at the activity of some members of The Com, an online community linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group, and their involvement in extortion groups  —  A cyberattack that shut down two of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Philips CEO Roy Jakobs on evolving the company, a three-year restructuring plan, laying off 10,000 staff, FDA litigation, AI in healthcare, and more  —  Lightbulbs and electronics defined a century of Royal Philips.  Can AI and healthcare define its next era?

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount has begun talks with the FCC on the necessary steps to gain approval for its Skydance merger, including concessions on its diversity policies

Wall Street Journal:
A look at private equity's incursion into the advertising industry, offering smaller agencies new resources to compete with the larger holding companies

Advanced Television:
Kantar: 33% of new UK paid subscribers chose ad tier in Q1 2025, up from 31% in Q4; Prime Video had the highest share of new paying subs, followed by Apple TV+

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Trump launches World Liberty Financial, a DeFi lending project on Ethereum underpinned by the WLFI governance token; up to 63% of WLFI to be sold to the public

Earlier Picks

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
The US FDA approves sleep apnea detection on the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2, before the 10's September 20 launch, after Samsung in early 2024
Chris Welch / The Verge:
AirPods 4 review: ANC is often impressive for an open design, better sound, and wireless charging, but no proper multipoint and inconvenient volume controls
Ming-Chi Kuo:
Analysis: iPhone first weekend preorders were down 12.7% YoY to ~37M units; the iPhone 16 Pro was down 27% and the iPhone 16 Pro Max 16% vs. the iPhone 15 line
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