There's no escaping that the new Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max have a lot in common with Apple's latest iPhones. The naming conventions, for one thing, Xiaomi conveniently skipped a 16th version of its phones and went straight to calling its new one No. 17. To keep pace with Apple? I couldn't possibly say.

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"Leave VPNs alone." That's the plea from anti-online censorship and surveillance group Fight for the Future, which designated Thursday as a VPN Day of Action, to press lawmakers not to ban virtual private networks.

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As concern grows that images on the internet have been wildly manipulated by AI, chipmaker Qualcomm is doubling down on authenticity. The company wants to prove that the images taken on your phone look the same as when you clicked the shutter button.

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A federal judge on Thursday approved a settlement between AI company Anthropic and a group of authors who sued over copyright and piracy concerns related to the training of generative artificial intelligence models. US District Judge William Alsup had previously held off on approving the $1.5 billion settlement after he expressed concerns about authors potentially…

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Are you updating to a new iPhone 17, iPhone Air or iPhone 17 Pro this week? Or perhaps taking the plunge and moving to iOS 26 on your existing iPhone? Apple has made the process much easier than in the past, but I always take a cautious approach that preserves my data -- including encrypted…

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