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'No Tax on Tips' apparently also applies to your favorite streamer
Streamers, YouTubers and other content creators are eligible for the new "No Tax on Tips" policy in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2024....
You’re paying too much for your phone
Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up the new and very orange iPhone 17 Pro, which Mr. Beast appears to admire. Apple did something wild at its big annual new iPhone event on Tuesday: It announced a phone...
Apple isn’t packing a charging cable in with the AirPods Pro 3
The AirPods Pro 3 seem like a solid upgrade, but they have one significant drawback: Apple isn’t including a charging cable in the box, MacRumors reports. Apple spells it out right on the AirPods...
Reddit, Yahoo, Medium and more are adopting a new licensing standard to get compensated for AI scraping
With web publishers in crisis, a new open standard lets them set the ground rules for AI scrapers. (Or, at least it will try.) The new Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard creates terms that...
Grammarly's AI writing assistance tools now work in five new languages
Since its debut in 2009, Grammarly has only been available in one language: English. Sure, you could switch between dialects, including Canadian and Indian English, but if you wrote in any other...
PlayStation launches new app for parental controls
PlayStation is launching a new PlayStation Family app for iOS and Android to help parents manage their child’s playtime on PS5 and PS4. Parents can already set parental control features directly on...
Bluesky brings age verification to South Dakota and Wyoming
Bluesky will now check the ages of users located in South Dakota and Wyoming to comply with local online safety laws. The platform announced on Wednesday that users in both states will be able to...
Windows developers can now publish apps to Microsoft’s store without fees
Microsoft is allowing developers to submit apps to its Windows store without having to pay any onboarding fees. Individual developers in nearly 200 countries can now sign up to publish apps on the...
NASA's Perseverance rover finds potential signs of ancient life on Mars
NASA just announced that its Perseverance rover recently found some promising signs of ancient life on Mars. The rover obtained a sample of rock formed billions of years ago from sediment and there...
Blackmagic’s camera dock works with the new iPhone’s professional filmmaking features
The Camera ProDock includes top and bottom mounting points for incorporating it into professional filming rigs. | Image: Blackmagic Design It was briefly mentioned by Apple’s Greg Joswiak during the...