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The incredible evolution of smartphone cameras and how AI powers a dazzling future

Each year since 2000, our phone cameras have grown ever more capable of visual magic. Beyond greater capacity and higher-quality images, what does the future hold? New AI-supercharged realities are coming into focus.

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January 25, 2024
How to watch Super Bowl 2024: All the best streaming options

The best way for most of us to view the big game will be in 4K via a streaming service. We’ve also found the cheapest way to watch, and how a VPN can help.

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How to watch Super Bowl 2024: All the best streaming options

January 25, 2024
The Echo Show 8 makes my home so much smarter, and it’s 40% off right now

Amazon’s latest smart speaker features faster speeds, an ambient-powered display, and is $60 off during the retailer’s winter sale.

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The Echo Show 8 makes my home so much smarter, and it’s 40% off right now

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The Echo Show 8 makes my home so much smarter, and it’s 40% off right now

January 25, 2024
Apple OKs sideloading apps in the EU – with these restrictions

Can Apple comply with the DMA while still maintaining some control? The company is reserving the right to prevent some sideloaded apps from launching.

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January 25, 2024
Browsers like Chrome and Firefox can abandon WebKit in EU with iOS 17.4

EU regulations in the Digital Markets Act have forced Apple to allow full versions of third-party browsers on iPhone, and Apple isn’t happy.

Alternate browser choices

Safari runs on Apple’s WebKit engine, and other browsers on iPhone have been required to use WebKit until now, at least in the EU. Starting in iOS 17.4, users will be prompted with the ability to set up a default third-party web browser upon launching Safari.

The change arrives alongside many other sweeping changes enacted by the Digital Markets Act. It forces Apple to change how the App Store and commerce works in the EU.

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January 25, 2024
Apple is enhancing reports about what it knows about EU users in iOS 17.4

On top of everything else Apple announced on Thursday about European Union Digital Markets Act compliance, the company is also expanding what it provides to users that request a copy of their data, and will provide an export tool for it as well.

Apple’s Data and Privacy login screen

The announcement of the enhanced tools and data collection categories in iOS 17.4 warranted just a single line in the omnibus announcementearlier on Thursday. However, it appears that what Apple will spell out to users, and those that the user authorizes to receive the data that Apple has, will radically expand.

In its developer support pages for the European Union Digital Markets Act changes, Apple has a very brief summary of this aspect of the release.

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January 25, 2024
App Store changes coming in iOS 17.4 to the EU don’t blow the walls off of the garden

There are three major limitations on Apple’s App Store concessions in the European Union that limit what third parties can offer for App Stores, and what consumers can load. Here’s what they are.

Before Apple announced its plans to adhere to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, there was a lot of speculation. The rumors ranged from free side loading from any source to Apple charging a 27% fee to developers offering alternative App Stores for the iPhone and iPad.

Neither of those ends were met. Instead, Apple has applied some limitations on the process.

The first main limitation to users is that they can’t download an App Package — or .IPA — from anywhere, and it will run. Apps still need to be notarized and come from sources that Apple trusts.

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App Store changes coming in iOS 17.4 to the EU don’t blow the walls off of the garden

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App Store changes coming in iOS 17.4 to the EU don’t blow the walls off of the garden

January 25, 2024
The best robot vacuum mops for 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

ZDNET went hands-on with the best robot vacuum and mop combos from iRobot, Roborock, and more to see which ones clean the best (and are worth the money).

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January 25, 2024
Upgrade your workspace with my favorite electric standing desk, on sale now

This standing desk helped improve my posture and relieved muscle tension — and it’s on sale now.

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January 25, 2024
The best password managers of 2024

The best password managers keep your passwords safe and secure while making the process faster and smoother.

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The best password managers of 2024

January 25, 2024

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