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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times: Google quietly rolled out a new program to let verified political campaigns more easily bypass Gmail's spam filter, after years of complaints from the GOP  —  Republicans previously sued Google claiming its spam filter was biased, but the case was dismissed.

Spotify’s new Running Mode can build a soundtrack around your workout, music taste, and even your running cadence.

Amazon and Best Buy this week have multiple discounts on the M4 iPad Air, providing $100 off these 2026 models. These are the best prices we've seen in the wake of Apple's summer price hikes. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. You'll find savings on both the 11-inch and 13-inch models of the M4 iPad Air, with savings mainly focused on 128GB and 256GB Wi-Fi tabl

Last night, I asked my Nest Hub to turn off all the smart lights in my house, as I always do, only to be greeted by a spinning wheel and what seemed like a random reboot. I eventually resorted to turning the lights off via the Philips Hue app after assuming it was an isolated issue, which has unfortunately become far too common with Google and Nest smart home products.

Last year, Microsoft announced a major update coming to the Taskbar on Windows 11 that would allow users to swap out the Windows Search box for one powered by Copilot. Dubbed "Ask Copilot," this new experience would let users interact with Copilot straight from the Taskbar, while maintaining support for searching for apps and files.Since its announcement, the feature has slowly rolled out in preview to a small subset of users. Most of those users are commercial customers utilizing the Microsoft

It's been a while since the last one, so Amazon is back with another sale on a handful of top Garmin smartwatches. We rate several of these devices for their stunning displays, excellent tracking, and slick designs — with many of them our top picks for various health and fitness needs at a range of different budgets. My top eight picks from the latest Garmin sale at Amazon are below.• See all Garmin deals at AmazonI've picked out entry-level fitness trackers for those just starting out, dedicate

Rumors indicate Apple has long been working toward a big overhaul of its Home product lineup, and a new leak offers a list of products to expect.

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google has updated the Pixel Screenshots app (v1.26.281.05) to add essential date-range and source-filtering options. Users can now sort screenshots by the specific app they were taken in and combine multiple filter criteria simultaneously. The update addresses long-standing complaints about the app’s lack of basic organizational features. Google recently updated the Pixel Screenshots app to switch from exclusively using on-device AI to using cl

If it is still making a new Vision Pro, it needs to be way, way cheaper.

You'll be able to tweak the right-click context menus in Windows to remove items you don't want, thereby decreasing the clutter.

Calling all final girls and masked maniacs: your genre has been affectionately riffed on and parodied many times before.

Another streaming service is getting more expensive. Peacock has raised the prices of all three subscription tiers, with increases of up to $3 per month or $30 per year. Peacock’s latest increase makes Premium Plus a $20 monthly subscription. However, Apple’s discounted bundles appear to remain unchanged for now.

Self-hosting has always been about controlling the software I use. Docker made that even easier. I could try a new application, deploy it in minutes, and keep adding more services to my server. That flexibility is one reason I enjoy running my own infrastructure.

You don't need to have a perfectly preserved copy to fetch cash for your old games. But you need to consider these factors that impact their worth.

TL;DR OpenAI is launching ChatGPT for Teens with stronger protections enabled by default. Teens get learning-focused tools, while parents get Quiet Hours, settings controls, and limited safety alerts. The move comes as AI creates risks that traditional parental controls weren’t designed to handle. Parents today face a problem that didn’t really exist a few years ago. Today, AI can hold a conversation with a child, respond to sensitive questions, generate content, and potentially become somet

AI investment has expanded rapidly, with organizations introducing copilots, agents, and generative AI across functions. Yet the business transformation many leaders anticipated can remain difficult to identify. A 2026 analysis found that nearly 40% of companies tracking AI cost savings achieved less than 10%, while 90% planned to increase their budgets. Additionally, 38% of finance leaders and 39% of CEOs considered it […] This story continues at The Next Web

A gaming chair can look the part and still leave you shifting around after an hour. The real difference becomes clear when quick matches turn into hours of play. Here’s what separates good looks from a chair built to keep up.

I've always been a fan of physical media, be it movies, music, or games. I'm also old enough that I grew up in a time when it's all we had; there was no Spotify or Netflix. Slowly I'm working through it all to create digital copies for both archival purposes and convenience since there are plenty of situations where it's not practical to put a disc in a machine and consume its content. Right now I'm working through a vast stack of CDs acquired from the days when cars had CD players, not just scr

In a social media post today, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple will be donating to relief efforts on the ground in Indonesia as the country reels from a deadly earthquake and aftershocks. Apple has donated to the Red Cross following past natural disasters, but it does not disclose the dollar amounts.This article, "Apple Donating to Indonesian Earthquake Relief Efforts" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums

Prathik Jayaprakash / Reuters: Velaura AI, which is developing low-power chips for data centers and physical AI applications, like robotics, raised a $110M Series A at a $1B+ valuation  —  Velaura AI was valued at more than $1 billion on Tuesday after raising $110 million in a Series A funding round …