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"Easily split bills and create digital passes from physical cards with the (upcoming Apple) Wallet updates"

Apple Wallet Set to Get a Suite of New Features With iOS 27 Easily split bills and create digital passes from physical cards with the latest Wallet updates.

"Someday, the universe will end. As for how—be it the Big Freeze, the Big Rip, the Big Crunch, or even the Big Slurp—the possibilities are numerous and delightful."

Astronomers Push Back on a Challenge to How the Universe Will End A rebuttal of a rebuttal of the mainstream view of the universe’s expansion concludes that the cosmos is still accelerating toward a Big Freeze.

"Section 702 should require a warrant before the FBI can look at digital communications collected from Americans. If not, we should let the whole thing expire."

The 702 Ultimatum: Warrant Requirement or Bust For months now, Congress has been kicking the ball down the road—temporarily postponing the expiration of the mass surveillance authority Section 702 of FISA in hopes that some consensus could be reached. Now, with the deadline looming, the stakes have never been higher. Nearly every time the...

"From now until August 31, Firefox's built-in VPN drops its 50GB monthly limit and unlocks 28 country locations"

Browse securely, without limits — Mozilla scraps data cap on Firefox's free VPN for the whole summer From now until August 31, Firefox's built-in VPN drops its 50GB monthly limit and unlocks 28 country locations

"The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists has released its own recommendations for maternal vaccination, providing formal guidance that diverges from that of the CDC amid unprecedented policy changes & meddling from anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

OB-GYNs release their own vaccine schedule, rejecting RFK Jr.'s meddling Thirteen other medical groups have already endorsed the independent schedule.

"Microsoft has signed a three-year agreement to buy nearly 37,000 tons of carbon removal credits from Indian startup Alt Carbon, marking the tech giant’s first enhanced-rock weathering deal in Asia"

Microsoft taps Alt Carbon in sign of India’s growing role in carbon removal | TechCrunch Alt Carbon said the agreement followed more than a year of scientific review and due diligence, with Microsoft requiring additional verification and data-sharing measures.

"The biggest deal about macOS 27 Golden Gate isn’t the design tweaks, the better responsiveness, or even the ultrawide display support. The star of the update is Siri AI, the new and improved digital assistant that is now essentially a generative AI chatbot built into macOS."

I'm using macOS Golden Gate's Siri on the MacBook Neo. Ask us anything How does Siri work Apple's cheapest Mac? Let's find out.