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POPE LEO XIV CITES AI IN PAPAL NAME CHOICE, EMBRACES TECHNOLOGY
When white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, it signaled a new era for the Catholic Church: the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, who stepped onto St. Peter's balcony with a message of peace and a nod to the challenges of our time.
5 min |
May 17, 2025
AppleMagazine
APPLE RELEASES IOS 18.5 TO PATCH OVER 30 IPHONE SECURITY VULNERABILITIES
Apple has released iOS 18.5, addressing over 30 security vulnerabilities affecting iPhone components such as Bluetooth, FaceTime, and the Notes app, as announced this week.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
AI Factories AN INEVITABLE REVOLUTION IN PRECISION MANUFACTURING
Thanks to technological innovations, economic pressures, and ethical considerations, the manufacturing landscape is shifting.
4 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE REVEALS BOLD ANDROID REDESIGN BEFORE IPHONE SOFTWARE UPDATE
Google has rolled out a sweeping redesign for its Android operating system, dubbed Material 3 Expressive, marking the most significant visual update in years, as announced this week.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
TESLA'S OPTIMUS ROBOT MASTERS DANCE, ADVANCING AI AND BALANCE
Picture a robot hitting a dance floor, swinging its arms and stepping to a beat with moves so smooth you'd swear it's human.
5 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCES TESLA ROBOTAXIS AND HUMANOID ROBOTS FOR SAUDI ARABIA
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, revealed plans last week to bring the company’s autonomous Robotaxis, dubbed Cybercabs, and Optimus humanoid robots to Saudi Arabia, marking a bold step in the kingdom's push for technological innovation.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
IOS 19 TO ENHANCE IPHONE BATTERY LIFE WITH AI-POWERED MANAGEMENT
Apple has revealed plans to introduce an AI-powered battery management feature in iOS 19, set for release in September 2025, leveraging Apple Intelligence to optimize iPhone battery life, as announced this week.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE LAUNCHES AI FUTURES FUND TO SUPPORT STARTUPS WITH MODELS AND TOOLS
Google has introduced the Al Futures Fund, a new initiative to invest in artificial intelligence startups, providing them with capital, early access to advanced Al models, and technical support, as announced this week.
2 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
PERPLEXITY AI SECURES $500 MILLION FUNDING ROUND AT $14 BILLION VALUATION
Perplexity AI, a San Francisco-based startup developing an AI-powered search engine, is finalizing a $500 million funding round at a $14 billion valuation, marking its second major capital raise in six months, as announced this week.
2 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
TOYOTA SIMPLIFIES NAME AND UPGRADES TECH FOR ITS SOLE U.S.ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Toyota has unveiled a revamped version of its only all-electric vehicle in the U.S., renaming the bZ4X to simply “bZ” and introducing significant technological upgrades for the 2026 model year, as announced this week.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT CUTS THOUSANDS OF JOBS WHILE BOLSTERING AI INVESTMENTS
Microsoft is trimming its global workforce by about 6,000 jobs, roughly 3% of its 228,000 employees, while pouring significant resources into artificial intelligence, as announced this week.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
APPLE UNVEILS BRAIN CONTROL ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES FOR IPHONE AND IPAD
Imagine firing off a text, flipping through apps, or adjusting your music playlist just by thinking about it—no taps, no voice commands, just your brain at work.
5 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE HAILS 1 BILLION DAILY RCS MESSAGES IN U.S. WITH IPHONE BOOST
Google revealed this week that Americans are sending over 1 billion Rich Communication Services (RCS) messages every day, a massive leap fueled by Apple’s decision to embrace RCS in iOS 18 last September.
3 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
ESPN LAUNCHES DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER STREAMING SERVICE AT $29.99, RESHAPING SPORTS 7 IN THE STREAMING WARS
ESPN will debut its highly anticipated direct-to-consumer streaming service, simply named “ESPN,” in September 2025, priced at $29.99 per month, as announced this week.
7 min |
May 16, 2025
AppleMagazine
BAIDU PLANS DRIVERLESS TAXI LAUNCH IN EUROPE, TARGETING SWITZERLAND AND TURKEY
Chinese tech giant Baidu is gearing up to test its driverless ride-hailing service, Apollo Go, in Europe for the first time, with plans to establish a local entity in Switzerland and begin trials by the end of 2025, as reported last week by The Wall Street Journal.
4 min |
May 16, 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
5 WAYS TO GET MORE OUT OF SIRI WITH CHATGPT
While Apple has failed to follow through on bringing us the much-hyped contextual Siri with Apple Intelligence, it has delivered ChatGPT integration to help make up for it. Here are five of the best ways to use Siri with ChatGPT to level up your iPhone searches.
4 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
SIZING UP THE IPHONE 16e
WEIGHING THE TRADEOFFS OF APPLE'S NOT-QUITE BUDGET AI
2 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
WELCOME TO THE BEST APPS OF 2025
With so many apps on the market (there seems to be a Duolingo for just about everything these days), it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Confronted with the endless options available in the App Store, I start to feel download fatigue. But working on this issue every year reintroduces me to the joy of discovery. The fact of the matter is, there are so many cool apps out there!
5 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
REENCLE VS. MILL
ONE SMART COMPOSTER TO RULE THEM ALL
6 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
WHAT'S ON DECK?
EVERY APPLE DEVICE EXPECTED IN 2025
5 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
WHO CAN TRACK YOUR IPHONE?
7 VULNERABILITIES YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW YOU HAVE
7 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
YOUR AT-HOME HEALTH KIT
THE BEST MEDICAL TECH FOR HEALTH MONITORING & MORE
4 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
AI Image Creation: An Experiment
I am writing a book about my coaching practice. To lighten things up and convey the ideas visually, I decided to see if I could use artificial intelligence to generate the illustrations. But where to begin?
2 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
DEEPSEEK ENTERS THE ARENA
IS IT USEFUL? IS IT SAFE?
4 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
TECH THE IPHONE LIFE TEAM IS LOVING
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3 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
LIVEN UP YOUR HOME WITH SIRI
HOMEPOD COMMANDS YOU'LL USE EVERY DAY
3 min |
Summer 2025
iPhone Life Magazine
BUILD YOUR BEST BUDGET
TWO BUDGETING BEHEMOTHS GO HEAD TO HEAD
9 min |
Summer 2025
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