Instagram is once again tackling the ephemeral photo format with a new feature called Instants. It’s available in the main Instagram app as well as a new dedicated app, also called Instants. The idea here is to take and share photos spontaneously. Kind of like Instagram used to be before it became the hub of influencers. These photos disappear once your friends – who can react and respond to the images – see them. They will stay in your archives for up to a year, and you can share them as stories later by compiling them into a summary. In…
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A new Apple TV 4K is rumored to launch this fall with AI support, and Netflix’s latest feature offers a useful example of how AI could benefit the Apple TV. Apple Intelligence is rumored to come to Apple TV 4K next, and the new Netflix feature shows its potential Apple is rumored to be preparing new Apple TV 4K hardware. It was originally planned for late 2025, but was reportedly delayed until Siri AI upgrades arrive in iOS 27 this fall. An expected upgrade in the Apple TV 4K is a more powerful chip to enable support for Apple Intelligence.…
Microsoft is ditching the large Copilot push, removing buttons and relabeling Notepad tools. Windows now focuses on the core operating system: quieter updates, faster File Explorer, easier Insider sign-ups. AI remains, but only where it is useful: fewer, more organized Copilot experiences are planned. Microsoft is facing a crisis of user confidence, and it knows it. It spent most of 2025 trying to convince the Windows user base to adopt Copilot across the operating system, including adding the AI assistant to as many Windows apps as possible. Unfortunately for Microsoft, its users weren’t too keen on having Copilot in Notepad, and…
Bloomberg reports that Apple has explored preliminary discussions with Intel and evaluated Samsung Electronics facilities as it seeks to diversify production of its core chips beyond TSMC. Here are the details. Talks are in their early stages According to BloombergApple is looking to reduce its reliance on TSMC by exploring alternative manufacturing partners. This includes preliminary discussions with Intel and visits to a Samsung Electronics factory in Texas that is expected to produce advanced chips. The news follows an internal reorganization that consolidated Apple’s hardware engineering and hardware technology teams under a single organization led by Johny Srouji, who is…
With only 8 GB of RAM, it can be light. When this memory is full, macOS does not stop working: it uses the SSD as extra memory, a mechanism called “swap”. Problem: If there is not enough storage space available, the system slows down, applications become less responsive, and macOS may even display a critical space warning.To check the status of your storage, go to System Preferences > General > Storage. There you will find a detailed view of your disk usage as well as optimization recommendations offered by macOS, such as “Store in iCloud” or “Empty the Trash automatically”.
Lower prices are in effect on Apple’s 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops, with new deals starting at just $1,499.The deepest discounts can be found at authorized Apple reseller B&H Photo, with a wide range of sale prices offering up to $500 off MacBook Pro laptops. Enjoy new discounts on the M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max models (and even some brilliant M4 Pro specials too).Save up to $500 on MacBook ProsWhether you’re interested in a budget-friendly option, like a 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM and 512GB of storage on sale for $1,499, or a loaded 16-inch…