Apple temporarily disables AI-generated news summaries due to factual errors 📰🤖

Apple’s Intelligence news summaries have been caught twisting facts multiple times, but the company only started addressing the issue after receiving a complaint from BBC News.

In the latest betas of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS 15.3, the feature has been temporarily disabled for news updates. A note now appears near the toggle in settings, marking the feature as beta and prone to errors.

News summaries are paused, but other types of summaries remain available and are now displayed in italics to distinguish them from regular notifications. Users can even disable summaries for specific apps right from the lock screen: just swipe left on a summary and hit “disable” in the popup menu.

The stable release of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS 15.3 is expected around early February. 🚀📆

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China's planning a massive space solar power station 🌞🚀

China’s got ambitious plans to build a gigantic solar power station in orbit, claiming it could generate as much energy in a year as all the world’s oil reserves combined.

This 1-km-wide beast would orbit at 36,000 km and beam energy back to Earth using microwaves. The launch is set to happen in phases, but for now, it’s all in the planning stage—no solid timelines yet.

A big power move, literally. 🌍⚡️

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Will iOS 19 look more like visionOS? 🤔📱

Jon Prosser, known for his hit-or-miss track record, claimed in a new video that he’s seen the interface of a redesigned Camera app for iOS 19, inspired by visionOS. To protect his source, he and his team made renders instead of sharing actual screenshots.

But here’s the twist: similar rumors popped up last year, including a fake Camera interface floating around online. When iOS 18 dropped, nothing had changed in the end.

So, will Apple finally give us redesigned icons this time? Let’s see! 🚀🎨

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Joke of the day: American Zoomers spammed 911 (https://www.latestly.com/socially/technology/tiktok-shutdown-in-us-bytedance-owned-app-ban-results-in-911-calls-surge-as-panic-grips-among-teens-and-children-6576568.html) with complaints about TikTok being down.

They’re crying, panicking, and even confessing their love for the app. 😭📱💔

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⚡️TikTok is back in the U.S. Trump is here to SAVE it (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113855616848696050) and will issue an order tomorrow—right after his inauguration—to delay the ban. 🇺🇸📱

American TikTokers are losing it with excitement. 🎉🙌

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Apple’s Dropping a New Base iPad in Spring 2025

The new iPad will ship with iPadOS 18.3 right out of the box, expected to launch late January or early February. 📅✨

Of course, it’s getting Apple Intelligence support, meaning at least 8GB of RAM. Plus, a new version of the Magic Keyboard is in the works specifically for it. 🎹💻

There’s also a chance we’ll see an updated iPad Air and iPhone SE 4 announced alongside it. Stay tuned! 📱🔥

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Canadian Company Plantaform Unveils a Space-Style Mini Garden for Your Home 🚀🌱

This futuristic gadget for growing plants was inspired by NASA tech, originally designed to help astronauts grow veggies onboard space stations. 🛰🥬

The standout feature? No soil! Instead, it uses mineral wool and a special misting system for watering. 🌫✨ The device also takes care of plant growth automatically, monitoring and controlling the entire process. Talk about effortless gardening! 🌿💡

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Qualcomm Drops a Stripped-Down Version of Snapdragon 8 Elite 🔥📱

After hyping up the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite, Qualcomm quietly added a slightly less powerful version to the lineup. Notebookcheck spotted the tweak. 👀

The flagship SM8750-AB packs two high-performance Oryon Prime cores and six Performance cores. Meanwhile, the SM8750-3-AB cuts that down to just five Performance cores. Despite the difference, both chips will hit the market under the same "Snapdragon 8 Elite" branding—no suffixes, no extra labels. 🤷‍♂️

How much of a hit to performance does losing one core cause? And which "sub-flagships" will get this chip first? Qualcomm's keeping us guessing. 🤔🚀

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OpenAI’s Giving Out FREE Tokens—But There’s a Catch 🎁🤖

OpenAI is offering free tokens in exchange for your data (yep, your prompts and responses).

📅 Until the end of February, you can use:

- Up to 1M tokens/day for GPT-4/o1
- 10M tokens/day for mini-models

The deal? Just opt in to let them use your inputs to train their models. 😈

Here’s the link if you’re game: OpenAI Data Sharing Settings.

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