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Apple raises Mac prices by 15% to 20% and iPad prices by 15% to 25%, saying it has “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly”

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I Have Too Many Subscriptions and You May Too. Here’s Why That Might Be a Security Issue

We have subscriptions to everything these days: streaming services, podcasts, online games, food delivery, fitness apps and even products like coffee beans. And nearly every company and creative professional has a newsletter or marketing listserv, too. With tools like autocomplete and Shop Pay, it’s easier than ever to sign

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European Commission lines up Amazon and Microsoft for cloud gatekeeper status

Preliminary position calls for designation under the Digital Markets Act The European Commission has reached the preliminary position that Azure and AWS should be designated as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The gatekeeper designation would mean requirements imposed on the cloud giants, with fines of up to 10

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Russia cracked an activist’s iPhone with Cellebrite, months after the firm said it left

A Citizen Lab report puts forensic evidence and a Russian court document behind a familiar problem: surveillance tools do not come home when the seller asks. Russian government unit broke into the iPhone of a detained opposition politician using a forensic tool made by Cellebrite, three months after the Israeli

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China wants its green power wired straight into the data centre

In the desert outside Zhongwei, in the northwestern region of Ningxia, four dedicated power lines now run from a field of solar panels to a cluster of computers. They do not pass through the public grid. That detail, dull as it sounds, is the whole point. China is encouraging its

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REI pulls AI-generated bike ad after Meta turns it into a two-handled monstrosity

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Facepalm: They say AI-generated images are becoming harder to spot, but that's not always the case. A recent Instagram ad for outdoor gear retail giant REI Co-op, for example, included a bike

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Runlayer Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding

AI enablement and control platform Runlayer has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round that brings the total raised by the company to $42 million. Founded in 2025, New York-based Runlayer offers a platform that functions as a secure control layer for AI tools across enterprise environments. The

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I found 5 Prime Day GPU deals to grab now - before you pay full price

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. It should come as no surprise that gaming GPUs aren't exactly cheap right now, but there are certainly deals to be had, especially on affordable devices and GPUs that are a year or so old (and that doesn&

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A 64GB flash drive for $17? This SanDisk Prime Day deal is an absolute steal

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The SanDisk 64GB Ultra Flair flash drive is currently half off during Prime Day, on sale for just $17. That's 55% off the regular price of $40, a great deal for a USB-A 3.0 flash drive that&

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9 essential gadgets that will upgrade your summer holiday instantly — all under £30

Summer holiday season is almost upon us, and I'm getting organised for my own annual excursion. I have a number of non-negotiables when it comes to holidays — and browsing the current Amazon Prime Day sale, I spotted that several of them are heavily discounted right now. I also

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Don't delay that MacBook upgrade — Apple's laptop price hikes could be much worse than the iPhone 18…

* JP Morgan believes the iPhone 18 Pro price hike could be less severe than other analysts have predicted, at just $50 * Another analyst has flagged chip price increases at TSMC which will affect Apple, and its laptops are in a different situation to iPhones * The end result could be substantial

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Australian payments startup Airwallex raised $320M led by Lee Fixel's Addition at an $11B valuation, and is incubating blockchain payments startup Metal

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