Apple stuck between a rock and a hard place tackling nonconsensual porn generators

Altered image found in face swap ad Apple seems unable to stop influx of so-called "dual use" apps that look innocent on the surface but help users create deepfake porn — at a steep price. Apple takes pride in regulating the App Store, and part of that control is preventing pornographic apps altogether. However, there…

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Goldenmate 800W UPS review: specs, performance, cost

Goldenmate 800W UPS review Goldenmate's UPS is a simple but effective solution for keeping your setup safe from outages and surges with 800W of load power. Outages, voltage sags and spikes, and power surges are dangerous on sensitive equipment like your computer. Having a UPS can go a long way to protecting your expensive electronics…

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iPhone 17 Pro Max to get exclusive 12GB RAM, vapor chamber cooling

Renders of iPhone 16 Pro Max, which may be similar to iPhone 17 Pro Max It may be very few days until Apple unveils iPhone 16 to the world, but new rumors about iPhone 17 Pro Max suggest that the on-device Apple Intelligence will get a big boost with 12GB of RAM. Apple has heavily…

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Everything new in Apple’s third round of developer betas

Apple has released its third round of developer betas for 2024, which include new Apple Intelligence features On Wednesday, Apple released the third developer betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. Here's everything you need to know about the updates and features they add. Apple's latest round of developer betas introduces support…

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Court refuses University of Wisconsin a new trial in decade-long suit against Apple

Apple's A7 processor is among the ones included in the University of Wisconsin's patent case The ten-year legal battle between Apple and the University of Wisconsin may finally be over, with the university denied its latest attempt to regain half a billion dollars from the iPhone company. The suit filed originally in 2014 concerned the…

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Grab the superb M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM for its best price ever

Being able to grab one of the best laptops in the world for its best price is always thrilling, especially when it’s not one of the basic models. That’s why we’re pretty stoked about finding the 15-inch M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM for $1,449 at Amazon, a $250 discount and the best price…

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Mac App Store apps can now be installed on external drives

Apple's original ad for the Mac App Store in 2011 A new option in the latest macOS Sequoia developer beta allows users to install Mac App Store downloads on external drives, and run the apps from there. It's a seemingly small change to the third macOS Sequoia developer beta, but it's significant, and it follows…

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