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By Juli Clover, MacRumors X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday announced that it is testing a “Not A Bot” program that charges new, unverified users $1 per year to post and interact with content on X. Not A Bot is being tested in New Zealand and the Phillipines at the current time,

RALEIGH — Back in 2012, Todd Lewis decided to bring his new conference, All Things Open, to Raleigh. While not unknown, Raleigh was a bit of a dark horse contestant for hosting a major tech conference at the time. As Lewis told me Tuesday when we spoke about his choice, “If we were investing in

 By Hartley Charlton, MacRumors Apple CEO Tim Cook has made a surprise visit to China amid reports that iPhone 15 sales are down in the country compared to last year’s iPhone 14 models (via Bloomberg). Cook visited an Apple’s Taikoo Li store in Chengdu to watch a local gaming tournament for the major Tencent game “Honor of Kings” and talk to shoppers

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By Hartley Charlton, MacRumors Apple is planning to implement an innovative new system that allows retail store staff to wirelessly update iPhones inside their sealed boxes, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. In the most recent “Power On” newsletter, Gurman outlined how Apple plans to tackle brand new iPhones being sold in retail stores with outdated software. For

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Here’s an exclusive for TechWire LinkedIn followers: The rise of Micromobility, mobility as a service (MaaS). Is this a business opportunity for you? Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is surging as the Internet of Things is embraced by people choosing alternatives to driving as well as mass transit. “With the urbanization

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN NEW YORK — Many schools, psychologists and safety groups are urging parents to disable their children’s social media apps over mounting concerns that Hamas plans to disseminate graphic videos of hostages captured in the Israel-Gaza war. Disabling an app or implementing restrictions, such as filtering out certain words and phrases, on young

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 By Juli Clover, MacRumors, wire reports T-Mobile will be forcing customers on older smartphone plans to move to newer, more expensive plans, according to information that has been shared on Reddit. The migration will be automatic, but customers can contact support to ask to opt out of the migration. Those who had the prior Magenta and

By Jennifer Korn, CNN NEW YORK — Google is looking to make passwords obsolete by prompting users to create passkeys to unlock accounts and devices with a fingerprint, face scan or pin number. Google said Tuesday that passkeys don’t require users to memorize passwords, are quicker to use and can offer more security. The company unveiled