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ZDNET’s key takeaways * The new iOS 27.2 helps Siri AI better recall details from past chats. * Plus, you can now use the front and rear cameras together on a FaceTime call. * Apple also updated the iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other devices. Apple has kicked off its first
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If you could have one million followers on any social media platform, which would you choose? There is a correct answer, and it’s YouTube, assuming you’d like to get paid for your work. But Instagram’s latest update could upend YouTube’s long-held position as the most lucrative
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Every day, countless financial transactions are interrupted by slow, expensive, and inflexible conventional payment systems. As a result, public commercial stablecoins like Tether, USDC, and PayPal USD have become increasingly popular by making it easy to move money efficiently with instant, 24/7 blockchain settlement. Yet major regulated banks have
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The construction industry has a workforce challenge that impacts more than just hiring. The industry needs to develop people, build skills, and create career paths that encourage workers to commit to the industry and continue to grow with it. These statements seem to be coming up a lot lately. In
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Save $110: If your kitchen counter is already crowded with appliances, this $140 Ninja Flip Toaster oven and air fryer might be the upgrade you need, especially with Thanksgiving around the corner. Unlike traditional countertop ovens, this machine flips upright when you’re done cooking, freeing up half of its
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One of the biggest problems of the AI age is that AI deepfakes are now so realistic that they’re practically indistinguishable from real photos. That matters a lot during election season, when voters are looking for reliable, truthful information on their candidates and polling sites. OpenAI is implementing a
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Are you focusmaxxing today? Knowledgemaxxing? Maybe fibermaxxing? Dictionary.com has chosen “maxxing,” which can seemingly be attached as a suffix to any other English word, as its Word of the Year for 2026. Dictionary.com defines maxxing as “the practice of pursuing an activity to the fullest or optimizing a
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NEW YORK — Building AI fluency among workers and managing AI costs go hand-in-hand when it comes to realizing AI’s value, executives said Thursday during a panel discussion at the Evident AI Symposium. Monica Caldas, EVP and global CIO at Liberty Mutual, launched LibertyGPT to build AI fluency, or what
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Meta is facing renewed scrutiny after researchers showed that shared Muse AI pages could appear in public DNS records. Earlier this month, security firm Claroc found that Muse made share links (the links generated when you click to share a Muse chat or page with someone else) using the domain
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Using an iPhone Duo with my own hands turned out to be a remarkably different experience than I imagined. After watching (too many of) the first YouTube videos and reading reviews last week, I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what the iPhone Duo is: a small
