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Apple UK is expanding one Apple Store but losing another, as Apple Festival Place closes for good in November 2026, and a nearby one expands in December.Apple Festival Place in Basingstoke UK is to close – image credit: Apple.Apple has been steadily working through a global five-year Apple Store plan that sees it opening new…
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The Apple store in the Oracle Shopping Centre in Reading, UK, is reopening with a completely new design in December. Ahead of this, Apple Festival Place store in Basingstoke will be closing in November, leaving the company with 38 retail stores in the UK … Go to Source Author: Ben Lovejoy
Apple’s annual Back to School promotion is now live in the United Kingdom and 18 other European countries: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey. The European launch follows the company’s back-to-school promotion rollout in the United States and several other regions…
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Apple reportedly wants to strike multi-year deals with publishers and pay them whenever Siri AI uses or displays their content. (via Cult of Mac – Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.) Go to Source Author: Rajesh Pandey
Marketed as a streaming service of originals, the Apple TV streaming service has been slowly growing its catalog of exclusive TV shows and movies. But Apple has just complemented its offering with a bunch of classic movies to stream with your subscription at no extra charge. It’s currently not clear if this new initiative is…
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Today, Apple TV published the trailer for the fifth season of Stillwater, the platform’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning mindfulness series. Watch it below. Go to Source Author: Marcus Mendes
Hallucinations are a problem with any AI, especially when it involves summarizing content, so instead, Apple could let Siri AI provide news directly from an outlet via paid partnerships.Siri AI could get news content direct from publishers via a partnershipThe iOS 27 beta is underway, and with it, users can test the new Siri AI….
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Apple has approached publishers to establish content deals that would give Siri AI access to current news and information, reports The Wall Street Journal. Apple is proposing multiyear agreements where publishers would receive payment when their content is used, which is different from standard AI deals. Typical deals between AI companies and news organizations have…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan today granted Apple a one-day stay in its legal fight with Epic Games, giving Apple more time to outline the fees it wants to charge developers for linking out to purchase options on the web. Just yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied Apple’s…
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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Backup you can rely on. Save 20% with code 9to5daily. Go to Source Author: Seth Kurkowski
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has been pursuing content deals worth up to nine figures to improve Siri AI’s access to current news and information. Here are the details. Go to Source Author: Marcus Mendes
As WhatsApp approaches the official rollout of usernames, the app now lets users save a contact’s username alongside their name and phone number. Here are the details. Go to Source Author: Marcus Mendes
Google raised the price of its latest smartphones compared to last year, and the increase may hint at what Apple will do with the iPhone 18 Pro models. All of Google’s Pixel starting prices are $100 higher than they were last year. Pixel 11 – $899, up from $799 Pixel 11 Pro – $1,099, up…
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Google’s Pixel 11 lineup is finally here, along with the Pixel Watch 5 and a rival to Apple’s AirTag. Here’s what debuted at the ‘Made by Google’ event.Google’s Pixel 11 is finally here. Image Credit: Google.While we’re all eagerly awaiting the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18 Pro, Google has already revealed everything the Pixel 11…
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The Supreme Court has granted Apple a 24-hour extension to a California court deadline requiring the company to propose what commission, if any, it should be allowed to charge on purchases made outside the App Store. Here are the details. Go to Source Author: Marcus Mendes