Save 7GB Storage Per Device by Disabling Apple Intelligence Apple this week released iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, software updates that enable Apple Intelligence on supported devices by default. Whether you own an iPhone, iPad, Mac – or indeed all three – regardless of what you think about Apple Intelligence, there’s one reason why you may want to disable Apple’s AI features at the earl…

Hundreds of Unique iPods From Karl Lagerfeld’s Collection Now on Auction Hundreds of unique Apple iPods that belonged to the late designer Karl Lagerfeld are being auctioned by Sotheby’s (via MacStories). Lagerfeld was a renowned German fashion designer who passed away in 2019. The auction features a range of custom iPods, including uniquely decorated models and rare first-generation devices. Each iPod is meticulous…

Amazon’s New iPad Sale Has Up to $300 Off M4 iPad Pro, M2 iPad Air, and iPad Mini 7 Today we’re tracking a few iPad discounts on Amazon, including the new iPad mini 7, M2 iPad Air, and M4 iPad Pro. These deals include multiple all-time low prices on Apple’s tablets, matching the prices we tracked over the holiday season in many cases. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase…

Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Rebounds as DeepSeek Concerns Wane, AI Tokens Regroup Your day-ahead look for Jan. 28, 2025

Ondo Finance’s $185M Tokenized U.S. Treasury Offering Joins the XRP Ledger The expansion allows institutional investors to mint and redeem OUSG tokens around the clock using Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin.

SSV DAO Unveils “SSV 2.0” Framework, Bringing bApps to Ethereum Based applications — bApps — will be able to leverage Ethereum validators directly from the layer-1, allowing them to avoid security and centralizing risks.

Coinbase Receives Approval to Expand Services Into Argentina Roughly 5 million Argentinians use crypto daily, according to Coinbase.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP Gains 6.6% as Index Trades Higher Stellar (XLM) joined Ripple (XRP) as a top performer, gaining 5.3%.

From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet Big players, including Microsoft, with Copilot, Google, with Gemini, and OpenAI, with GPT-4o, are making AI chatbot technology previously restricted to test labs more accessible to the general public. How do these large language model (LLM) programs work? OpenAI’s GPT-3 told us that AI uses “a series of autocomplete-like programs to learn langua…

All the news about EV charging in the US The state of electric vehicle charging in North America is shaping up like the smartphone charging wars — but focused on much more expensive hardware. Right now, like USB-C and Android phones, the Combined Charging System (CCS, Type 1) plug is on a greater variety of cars. Meanwhile, Tesla’s plug was long compared to Apple

Mythic Quest season 4 switches things up with a new work-life balance Mythic Quest’s ability to spin some of the gaming industry’s ugliest aspects into genuinely funny comedy was what made it such a surprising delight when it first hit Apple TV Plus back in 2020. Even when it was joking about chaotic streamers or Nazi server takeovers, you could feel the respect Mythic Quest’s creative team

AI: & The Everyday Person I cop to being excited about, Deepseek for various abstract reasons.  It’s good story, for one.  I also liked the idea it was free, without tiers and no sales job.  I popped over to check it out. I liked the look of the page and I was surprised at the quality of the responses I Source

Bitcoin Miner Hive Digital to Buy Paraguay Site From Bitfarms for $85M The acquisition of the site in Yguazú, Paraguay will increase the company’s hashrate to 25 EH/s from 6 Eh/s by September.

Short-Term BTC Holders Quit, CME Open Interest Slid by Record During Monday’s Price Drop As observed by many metrics, Monday’s capitulation in bitcoin looks like a textbook local bottom.

Tom Lee Calls Monday’s Market Plunge a Great Buying Opportunity After AI, Crypto-Led Rout On Monday, NVIDIA had the largest single-day market cap loss in history, erasing $465 billion in market cap.

TRUMP, XRP Surge 12% to Lead Crypto Rebound Ahead of FOMC Meeting Bitcoin added 4% in the past 24 hours to trade around $103,000 in European morning hours, alleviating some of Monday’s losses.

Anyone here dealing with payment processor headaches? Lately, I’ve been seeing more and more people talk about issues with Shopify Payments, Stripe, and Klarna holding funds out of nowhere. Seems like a massive headache, especially when you’re trying to scale. What’s been your experience? Have you found a processor that actually works without these issues? Would love to hear how you guys are handl…

Wintermute Eases Trading of the ‘U.S. National Digital Asset Stockpile’ Narrative Wintermute has launched a CFD tied to the GMUSA index, providing an easier way for traders to bet on the U.S. strategic crypto reserve.

Tuttle Capital Proposes First-Ever Leveraged ETFs of TRUMP, MELANIA, Cardano, Others The daily performance returns of these tokens will be tracked and generated through swaps, call options, and direct investments, per the filing.

Metaplanet Announces Largest Raise by an Asian-Listed Firm to Buy Bitcoin Metaplanet issued 21 million shares through 0% discount moving strike warrants raising 116 billion yen ($745 million) to increase bitcoin treasury.