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Apple Acquires New Database App

Apple acquired Canadian graph database company Kuzu last year, it has emerged. The acquisition, spotted by AppleInsider, was completed in October 2025 for an undisclosed sum. The company’s website was subsequently taken down and its Github repository was archived, as is commonplace for Apple acquisitions. Kuzu was “an embedded graph database built for query speed,

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‘Dystopian’ Ring Search Party feature sparks public backlash [Video]

Amazon apparently thought the world would respond with a collective “awww” when it announced an expansion of its Ring Search Party feature to help find lost dogs, promoted via a 30-second Super Bowl ad (below). Instead, it’s being widely panned as a dystopian move in the current climate. Since the company has recently rolled out

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AirDrop-Quick Share Interoperability Expanding to More Android Phones

Last November, Google announced a cross-platform feature that allows Google Pixel 10 and Apple device users to share files directly via QuickShare-AirDrop interoperability. Now, Google has confirmed that the feature is set to expand to Android phones more generally this year. “Last year, we launched AirDrop interoperability,” said Eric Kay, vice president of engineering for

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Report: One in Four Smartphones Are Now iPhones

Nearly one in four active smartphones worldwide are now iPhones, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. The findings from Counterpoint’s Smartphone Installed Base Tracker show that the global installed base of active smartphones grew 2% in 2025, driven primarily by lengthening replacement cycles and the continued circulation of second-life devices. Unlike shipment figures, which

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M5 MacBook Air: Release Date, Features, and Performance Predictions

The MacBook Air is Apple’s most popular laptop – a thin, fanless machine that wields quiet power thanks to the efficiency of Apple silicon. While the M4 model isn’t exactly old, attention is already turning to its successor. Apple doesn’t telegraph new product launches ahead of time, but we can draw a surprisingly clear picture

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