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    Starlink takes page from cable firms with $10 monthly rental fee for hardware

    Talk about timing...! I literally just got home from attending a conference about the new local gig fiber service that's being activated in the next couple of months where I live. Nicely done, Ars staff! haha I just recently moved from living in town with gig fiber, to a rural area and had to...
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    Apple confirms that its Maps app will begin showing ads to users “this summer”

    Thank you for stating this! It’s exactly how I feel and a big reason why my opinion of both humanity-in-general and capitalism is at an all time low. I can’t believe how many people are fine with this awful behavior, or just don’t seem to care. Apparently bilking anyone and everyone is just an...
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    Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer

    Daredevil is not confirmed to be in this movie. There are rumors but nothing's for sure. And it's always the rights to these characters that cause such issues. Sony owns the rights for almost all the Spidey-related characters, so for Marvel to be able to have them appear in their MCU films...
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    Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer

    I know I'm in the minority here, but I just don't like the MCU Spider-Man. I'm okay with Holland playing the character (he's not great, but not terrible IMHO) but it enrages me just how drastically they changed other characters (MJ, Ned, Uncle Ben (he's just been flat-out absent), Aunt May). My...
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    Google and Epic look to bury the hatchet with new app store settlement

    In case you weren’t already appalled and disgusted enough with this situation (and late-stage capitalism in general): https://www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032 I hate this timeline. :(
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    Reviewing iOS 26 for power users: Reminders, Preview, and more

    In case you don’t know - you can tap the 3 horizontal lines icon shown in the upper right corner of the “Recents “ tab, in the Phone app, and it will give you the option to switch the view to “Classic”. This will make the Phone app look much more similar to how it was in iOS 18.
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    AT&T rolls out Wireless Account Lock protection to curb the Sim-swap scourge

    So they're all Republicans then? Figures.
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    Android 16 review: Post-hype

    I’d give you a billion upvotes just for this statement alone if I could. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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    US measles cases reach 5-year high; 15 states report cases, Texas outbreak grows

    100% with you on this. I have ZERO sympathy or forgiveness left in me for anti-vax idiots and/or conservatives anymore. I wish every single one of them would drop dead tomorrow, so that sensible people could take over and start repairing the damage the conservatives have caused and get life back...
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    New Reddit controls let you block your most hated advertisers for a year

    Um, that’s incorrect about the mobile app situation. There are still other mobile apps from third parties that are available today. I use Narwhal on iOS (there’s a required monthly fee that goes to Reddit) and it’s a very nice app with no ads whatsoever. And there are multiple apps for...
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    Humans and bots take on the system in The Electric State trailer

    Not to be "that guy" but... it's "Avengers: Secret Wars" (plural, not singular). :P
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    Apple pulls data protection tool instead of caving to UK demand for a backdoor

    I keep hoping this fracking timeline won’t get any worse than it already is and then… Sigh!!! It really is true that things can always get worse. 😞
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    iOS 18.3.1 update fixes security flaw used in “extremely sophisticated attack”

    You are certainly entitled to your opinion but your ignorance of what Graphene is and how different it is from regular Android is readily apparent. Perhaps you should consider educating yourself on the topic at hand instead of resorting to cheap, pithy comments for a laugh.
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    iOS 18.3.1 update fixes security flaw used in “extremely sophisticated attack”

    GrapheneOS is well supported and very easy to install. I've been testing it for a while now and am just about ready to jump from my iPhone 16 to a Pixel 8 Pro with Graphene on it. And you should get 7 years of support (from when the phone was first released) if you use either a Pixel 8 or Pixel...
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    iOS 18.3 disables controversial, AI-generated news app notifications

    I’ve been wanting this for a very long time now. Having only 2 readily available, mainstream options (iOS and Android) is awful IMO. I don’t like either company when it comes to Apple and Google, though I admit I do hate Google more with their being an ad company and all the data they harvest...
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    iOS 18.3, macOS 15.3 updates switch to enabling Apple Intelligence by default

    I’ve already turned it completely off on my phone. But I don’t trust Apple (or any company for that matter) to someday take the choice away from me and make it mandatory. Thus, I’ve just recently setup my very first GrapheneOS phone, to start learning it and testing it, in preparation for the...
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    Krypto steals the show in Superman teaser

    Yes! I was thinking the same thing after watching this trailer. Typically I’m not much of a Superman fan. While his powers are cool, I just do not like the whole “Kansas farm boy” aspect of him. He’s usually much too simplistic and wholesome for my tastes. But, I had similar feelings about...
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    Sony just released the first 8 minutes of Kraven the Hunter

    Nope. Hard pass. After the garbage that Sony has put out with the Marvel characters for which they currently own the license, I’m flat out refusing to see any of them because: A) They’ll more than likely be absolute trash. B) I want them to fail hard enough that Sony will finally give up...
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    Calling all Ars readers! Your feedback is needed.

    I'll add to the others that have already said they'd like to see some kind of revamp to the comment system. I don't know what the best solution would be, but I definitely find myself not reading the comments nearly as much as I did in years past. Things just get so heated, so quickly over...
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    Marvel drops Captain America: Brave New World trailer

    Not joking, completely serious: “Red Hulk possesses superhuman strength (lifting 100 tons), stamina and durability and can regenerate from serious injuries within minutes. When Red Hulk becomes angry, his skin generates intense heat; this heat can also be released through his eyes and is strong...