Siri AI is already changing how I use my iPhone

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iOS 27 escaped the developer world today with the launch of the first public beta. I’ve been testing the new operating system since early June, looking for quirks and seeing if it can live up to the hype Apple promised in the keynote.

This year’s iOS upgrades are what one might call a Snow Leopard update. That means it’s light on new features and instead focused on fixing things that were broken and speeding up processes across the OS. App launches, Photos search results, and AirDrop transfers should all be faster. The Messages app now supports in-line replies and end-to-end encryption for RCS messages. Liquid Glass has gotten more refined, with better legibility around hard edges and text. These are all wonderful updates, particularly for those who have aging iPhones. But by far the biggest and most anticipated change in this update is that Apple finally, actually for real...

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Ukrainian attacks on warehouses of Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries are affecting tens of thousands of small businesses that rely on the platform

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A profile of Tatyana Kim, founder of Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries, which has lost an estimated third of its warehouse space to Ukrainian attacks

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