Goldman Sachs Wants to End Apple Partnership, American Express Might Take Over

Goldman Sachs does not want to continue its partnership with Apple, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Apple has teamed up with Goldman Sachs for the Apple Card credit card in the United States, Apple Pay Later, and the Apple Savings account that ‌Apple Card‌ users can opt for. The banking […]

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It’s Time to End the Tyranny of Ultra-Processed Food

Diet-related disease—which includes obesity, heart attack, strokes, cancer, and dementia—is the leading cause of early death in the UK. Driving it is a set of industrially processed products that are sold as food, known formally as ultra-processed food (UPF). This type of food is usually wrapped in plastic and has additives that you won’t find […]

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Cheaper Apple Vision Headset Likely to Launch by End of 2025

Apple still plans to launch a more affordable version of its Vision Pro headset by the end of 2025, with the non-Pro model likely to be called “Apple Vision One,” or more simply, “Apple Vision,” according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman reiterated his understanding that Apple is working […]

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Apple Says Original 12-Inch MacBook Will Be Obsolete at End of June

Apple plans to add the original 12-inch MacBook to its obsolete products list on June 30, according to an internal memo obtained by MacRumors. Once classified as obsolete, the laptop will no longer be eligible for repairs or service at Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers, as parts will no longer be available. Apple […]

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Samsung fans might end up being jealous of MediaTek next year

ARM, the company that designs the basic architecture of CPUs used in all modern smartphones, announced its next-generation CPU and GPU cores yesterday. Hot on the heels of that announcement, MediaTek confirmed that it will release its next-generation flagship smartphone processor using ARM’s latest CPU and GPU cores. MediaTek’s next-generation flagship processor, the Dimensity 9300, […]

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Former Apple Engineer’s Mimestream Gmail Client for Mac Gets Official Launch, Free Beta Access to End Tomorrow

Mimestream, the Gmail client for macOS founded by former Apple Mail engineer Neil Jhaveri, this week ended more than two years of beta development with the official release of Mimestream 1.0. As a native app written in Swift and designed with AppKit and SwiftUI for a clean, stock appearance, Mimestream’s UI will be familiar to […]

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Facebook Messenger Apple Watch App to Be Discontinued By End of May, Says Meta

Facebook Messenger’s Apple Watch app will be discontinued at the end of this month, according to Meta, ending the ability for users to reply to messages on the service from their wrist. Posts shared on social media carried a screenshot of a notification sent to a handful of users in recent days informing them that […]

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The End of the Covid Emergency Is a Warning

The emergency stage of Covid-19 is over—at least in official terms. The World Health Organization declared an end to the Covid global health emergency last week, and the US will end its federal public health emergency for Covid on Thursday. These announcements come a full year after the European Union moved to end its emergency declaration.  As global […]

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Samsung Galaxy F54 5G to arrive in India by the end of April

The Samsung Galaxy F54 5G has occasionally been popping up in the rumor mill. Last we saw the unannounced phone appear with the SM-M546B/DS model number in a certificate filing, as well as on official support pages in Bangladesh, India and Levant. All in all, the F54 5G seems right around the corner. According to […]

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Get ready for the next big thing in chatting: ChatGPT-5 rumored to be coming at the end of 2023

What you need to know OpenAI may launch GPT-5 before the end of this year, according to a recent report. GPT-4 only launched a few weeks ago, so it would be a relatively quick turnaround to see another major update within such a short time span. Some have discussed the possibility of GPT-5 attaining Artificial […]

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How to End Bias and Taboos in Women’s Health Care

Women’s health care is still nowhere near equity: Biases, taboos, and sexism remain pervasive in medicine, with ripple effects across all aspects of a woman’s life.  But there was a pervading note of optimism at WIRED Health last week during a panel about the future of women’s health care. Taboos are being shattered—particularly around topics like […]

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End of an era: Original Angry Birds game will be delisted from Play Store on February 23

The original Angry Birds game, released in 2009 and later marketed as Rovio Classics: Angry Birds, will be unlisted from the Google Play Store on February 23, 2023, marking the end of an era of one of the most popular video games in the world. This revelation comes from the game’s developer Rovio Entertainment, who […]

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Plex Now Lets You Skip the Credits at the End of Shows and Movies With a Click

Popular media platform Plex has announced a new feature that lets users skip the credits at the end of shows and movies with the click of a button. With the feature enabled, when the credits start to roll, a new “Skip Credits” button now automatically appears on the screen. In a blog post announcing the […]

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Elon Musk to step down from Twitter CEO role by the end of 2023

Elon Musk bought Twitter and is currently the CEO of the company, but he’s already preparing to vacate the position. He spoke at the World Government Summit in Dubai via video link, saying he needs to “stabilize the organization” and “make sure it’s in a financially healthy place”. After that, he will likely find someone […]

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Three years in, keyboard-equipped Astro Slide is a dead end

The touchscreen revolution wiped out physical keyboard from pocketable devices – but if you loved your Nokia E7 or a Sony Vaio P, you may have wished for a modern alternative. Planet Computers sought to grant those wishes with the Astro Slide 5G Transformer. The device had a physical keyboard that slides out from the […]

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Spotify had a record 205 million premium subscribers at the end of 2022

Spotify posted its financial report for the final quarter of 2022 and there is some good news and some bad news. First, the good news. It beat expectations and had 205 million paying subscribers at the end of the year, making it the first streaming service to cross the 200 million mark. Its monthly active […]

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ChatGPT and AI may spell the end of school homework

What you need to know A school in London, England may stop assigning essays as homework because ChatGPT can be used to cheat. ChatGPT is an AI tool that can generate human-like text about an expansive range of topics. The tool earned an A-star, the highest mark possible, on an assignment at Alleyn’s School in […]

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ChatGPT and AI may spell the end of certain types of homework

What you need to know A school in London, England may stop assigning essays as homework because ChatGPT can be used to cheat. ChatGPT is an AI tool that can generate human-like text about an expansive range of topics. The tool earned an A-star, the highest mark possible, on an assignment at Alleyn’s School in […]

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ThinkPhone to also be available to end users in some countries

The recently announced ThinkPhone by Motorola is expected to arrive to business clients in the coming months, but now Roland Quandt is reporting that the phone will also be available to regular consumers in some countries. Quandt specifies that the 8/256GB trim will set buyers back €999 ($1,080) and will be available from the end […]

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Kuo: Apple will release an OLED MacBook by the end of 2024

Apple’s first OLED MacBook is coming by the end of 2024. Per analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple plans to ship the OLED MacBook in the later stages of next year, so don’t hold your breath for one sooner. Kuo says that OLED will bring a few advantages over the mini-LED Apple currently uses in the MacBook […]

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