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2012 was a weird time for iPad fans. That spring, the 3rd-generation iPad debuted with a Retina display. It was slightly heavier and thicker than the iPad 2 before it, but it looked the screen looked amazing. Sadly, the performance of the A5X wasn’t always up to the job of pushing all those pixels, so Apple revised the full-sized iPad again in the fall. The 4th-gen iPad shipped just seven months later. It kept the same heavier and thicker design, but the A6X inside was “up to twice the CPU performance and up to twice the graphics performance of the A5X chip,” and it showed. It smoothed out all the little hiccups its predecessor would show, other than those in the then-new Apple Maps.1

Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub.

Apple's memory costs for some of the new phones could be nearly 400% higher than last year, TrendForce says.

Apple is finally refreshing the Mac mini and Mac Studio, which will sport new M6 and M5 Ultra chips.

9to5Mac has obtained Walmart's internal Apple Pay rollout schedule. Here's the state-by-state launch plan, starting on August 24.

You can now talk to Alexa+ for free if you have a Fire TV device and live in the US.

Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

Amazon’s order emails no longer show what specific items a customer has purchased. The vague emails are likely partially related to the fight for data in the agentic AI era.

What Anthropic said, what it could actually be, and how people will strip it

Anthropic has pledged to start marking Claude-generated text and images with machine-readable data, to comply with European rules for AI transparency.

AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.

And do you need to run out your battery before plugging in? Here are some common myths (and truths) about charging smartphones and tablets.

OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.

Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.

Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."

There will be need to worry about upgrading those collections

Siri AI and Apple Intelligence can be demanding on Apple's servers.

Microsoft is on a mad dash behind the scenes to patch exploits before hackers find them.

Starting in early 2027, ad-supported Peacock Premium content will become available for YouTube Premium subscribers in the US.

The screwup shows how tricky it can be to stop web crawlers from making ostensibly private conversations with AI chatbots entirely too public.

Believe it or not, if a scrapped Season 2 episode had made it to air, Kramer could have been canonically named something other than Cosmo.

Spotify is raising today the maximum number of items that can be pinned for quick access from 4 to 20 items.

Threat actors are abusing Microsoft Teams voice calls by impersonating corporate IT support staff to trick employees into installing the EtherRAT malware, giving attackers initial access to corporate networks.

Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over.

Devices compatible with Apple Intelligence will be eligible for the Siri AI update in Q3 of 2026. This includes all iPhones since the 15 Pro.

Jefferies Equity Research predicts memory prices will rise 40 to 50% in Q3 2026 and continue climbing through 2027, with no meaningful relief until 2028.

Sometimes the best option is free.

Apple has released iOS 26.5.2 with patches for 29 security vulnerabilities, most affecting WebKit, the engine powering Safari and in-app browsers.

Ford executives said they have hired 350 veteran engineers — some of them were former employees, while others had been working at suppliers — after artificial intelligence and automated systems failed to deliver the desired quality level.

NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony.