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The iPhone 18 Pro , iPhone 18 Pro Max, and foldable iPhone Ultra could be in short supply this year, leading to long wait times and an initial sellout during preorders. Semiconductor analyst Tim Culpan says Apple is having trouble getting enough DRAM to finish production of the new iPhone models, and chip supplier TSMC has $1 billion worth of unpackaged processors waiting on memory chips. Apple's new A20 Pro chips are built on TSMC's 2nm process and use Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module packaging

T-Mobile retired its 2G GSM network on Monday, August 3, which means all three major carriers in the United States have now ended 2G service. T-Mobile kept its 2G network active because it still had some legacy customers who were using it. Some customers visiting the United States and using international roaming carrier agreements for connectivity also needed 2G for voice calling, but T-Mobile worked with carriers globally to prepare for the end of its 2G network. Customers who were still on T-M

Google today added new agentic capabilities to the Gemini-powered Ask Maps assistant in the Google Maps app. Ask Maps can complete multi-step tasks, such as ordering a meal for you on your way home. Google says you can simply say something like order spicy pad kee mao with seafood for me to pick up on my way home, and Maps will find open restaurants along your route, let you pick one, and add the dish you asked for to your cart so you can review it and check out. Food ordering is rolling out tod

Madden NFL 27 Arcade Edition is available on Apple Arcade starting today. It's a full Madden NFL game that does not include ads or in-app purchases, and it is available exclusively on Apple devices. Users can lead and coach teams through every stage of the NFL season, controlling games, making strategic decisions, and aiming for the championship. Apple says the game has controls designed for mobile devices, authentic football gameplay, and guided tutorials. It includes Franchise and Quick Play m

BMW has enraged customers by sending ads for Spider-Man: Brand New Day directly to in-car infotainment systems. An ad appears as a notification when starting the car, and when tapped, it plays a full-screen 19-second animation with music and a light show. The ad started going out on July 27, and it is set to continue through August 10. Cars built after July 2020 with BMW Operating System 7 or newer are displaying the Spider-Man promo in more than 70 markets. BMW owners on Reddit are understandab

OpenAI today said it is making GPT5.6 Luna the default model for Free and Go ChatGPT users, giving them access to a newer, more capable model to replace GPT5.5 Instant. The company is letting Free and Go users access unlimited text chats, with no text-based rate limits. Limits will still apply for file uploads, images, and other ChatGPT tools. There's also a new Think button coming that turns on higher reasoning. For Plus and Pro users, GPT5.6 Sol is more reliable with facts and gives more focus

Apple today released macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, an update to the macOS Tahoe operating system that came out last year. macOS Tahoe 26.6.1 comes a little over a week after Apple released macOS Tahoe 26.6 . Mac owners can download the software by opening the System Settings app and then navigating to the Software Updates section. According to Apple's security support document , macOS Tahoe 26.6.1 fixes a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to authenticate to Screen Sharing without valid credential