Apple Intelligence Is Now on by Default, but You Can Turn It Off iOS 18.3 is going to drag you kicking and screaming into the AI era.

U.S. to Deploy ‘Extraordinary Measures’ to Avoid Default on Jan. 21 Janet L. Yellen, the outgoing Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers to raise the debt limit and protect the full faith and credit of the United States.

How to Change Your Default iPhone Apps In iOS 18.2, Apple introduced a way for users to select their preferred default apps for iPhone. Apple initially promised that the feature would be coming to the European Union, but it is actually available worldwide. The Freedom to Choose – Why It Matters The freedom to choose default apps on iPhone represents a marked shift in Apple’s traditi…

HONOR is making Gemini the default assistant on its Magic7 Pro submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

Is your iPhone sharing photos with Apple by default? iOS 18 introduced an “Enhanced Visual Search” toggle for the Photos app. | Screenshot: iOS 18 Settings appApple occasionally makes choices that tarnish its strong privacy-forward reputation, like when it was secretly collecting users’ Siri interactions. Yesterday, a blog post from developer Jeff Johnson highlighted such a choice: an “Enhanced Vi…

Steam is adding a new default option for game updates Illustration: The VergeValve is testing an option in the new Steam client beta that will force games by default to only download updates when you launch them. Currently, Steam by default decides what game updates to download based on a few different things. As explained by Valve: For games you recently played, Steam will download game updates sh…

Threads Is Testing the Ability to Pick Your Default Feed Never see a post from a user you don’t follow again.

Threads will finally let you set the following feed as your default Illustration: The VergeThreads will now let users decide what feed they want as their default when opening the app. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the news in a post, saying that you’ll be able to choose between For You, Following, or any custom feed that you’ve set up. Zuckerberg’s post notes that Threads is “testing” this option and will m…

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It Just Got Easier to Change Your iPhone’s Default Apps Goodbye, Mail and Passwords.

iOS 18.2 Adds ‘Default’ Section for Managing Your Preferred Apps iOS 18.2 includes a new “Default Apps” section that can be found in the Settings app, which can be used to manage your default apps for the iPhone. This is a feature that Apple promised would be coming to the European Union, but it is actually available worldwide in the latest beta. There are Default App settings for Email, Messaging, Calling, …

Stablecoin Default Guarantees Pose Risks to the Issuing Banks, Swiss Regulator Says FINMA’s guidance explains how banks can limit the risks associated with guaranteeing stablecoin customers’ deposits.

New Samsung phones block sideloading by default. Here’s how to re-enable it. submitted by /u/armando_rod

How to Replace File Explorer As the Default on Windows You don’t have to stick with Microsoft’s own utility.

Max Weinbach: Samsung Messages is no longer pre-loaded! Google Messages (with RCS enabled by default) only submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

Google defends Find My Device network’s ‘aggregation by default’ as ‘key’ privacy difference submitted by /u/_seawolf

LPT: Make your inside voice default positive. Because the most important(also longest) conversations you will ever have are the ones you’ll have with yourself. Make sure those conversations are interesting, inspiring, and comes from the place of hope than the fear. ​ submitted by /u/Necessary_Seesaw_191

Should I default on private student loans? Already paid $170,000 in 7 years and only $40k went to original amount My husband took out a private loan (around $180k) from Sallie Mae, and we have been paying 16% interest the past 6-7 years. I just refinanced to another lender this year. I haven’t in the past because his POS dad kept telling us that you aren’t able to refinance private stude…

You can make YouTube Music your default service on the Apple HomePod Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeGreat news for the dedicated few Apple Home folks who use YouTube Music (I know you’re out there!) — you can now integrate the service with your HomePods and either ask Siri to play songs using YouTube Music or set the service as your default source. 9to5Google spotted a Reddit post from YouTube Music produ…

Passwordless by default: Make the switch to passkeys submitted by /u/McSnoo