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Poetra.RH/Shutterstock Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of communication platform Telegram, was recently arrested in France. The charges included non-compliance with law enforcement in an investigation into illegal activity on the app, including illicit drug trafficking. Druov was later granted expensive bail, but he’s finally spoken about it. The Telegram chief highlighted how the company accepted […]

Mamun sheikh K/Shutterstock We see new releases of Android every year, and people have already been enjoying early beta builds of Android 15 on their devices. Depending on your phone’s manufacturer, the final stable release might still take some time, but that’s where developer and public beta versions offer a taste of what’s to come.

Farknot Architect/Shutterstock The iPhone’s default Camera app is the way most average users end up snapping photos and recording videos, but it can do a lot more than that. And you don’t even have to have a brand new iPhone 15 to make use of any of them — though what version of iOS you

Ketaki Bhojnagarwala/SlashGear Apple’s «Find My» network is available for several devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirTag, and AirPods. The primary purpose of Find My is to help you locate an Apple device on a map — useful for finding a lost device, but also great for keeping tabs on friends and family

Linaimages/Shutterstock There are many reasons that make the iPhone a force to be reckoned with in the smartphone industry. Apart from the fact that Apple has attained a heightened level of brand recognition over the years for its excellent quality lineup of products that regularly receive feature upgrades, the iPhone is just a fantastic device

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Christopher Ames/Getty Images It’s easy to overlook the difference that a set of quality blinds can make in a room. Even less on the minds of most people are the benefits that can come with investing in a set of smart blinds. Just as with similar

Bhubeth Bhajanavorakul/Shutterstock Apple has a long history of arriving late to a product category. The iPod was far from the first portable music player. Many companies attempted to make tablets a thing before the iPad arrived. And just last year, Apple released its first mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, years after VR headsets appeared as

HakanGider/Shutterstock When you board an airplane for a flight, there are a few things that you have to do, some of which you do automatically. You quickly make it to your seat, stash your carry-on luggage in either the overhead compartment or under the seat in front of yours, sit down, and buckle up. You

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google debuted the new higher-priced Pixel 9 line of smartphones at its annual Made by Google event in August 2024. On top of the titular Pixel 9, the new lineup also consists of several Pro iterations: Pixel 9 Pro Fold, the Pixel Pro, and its vaguely larger Pixel 9 Pro XL. If

Niko Natsuki/Shutterstock Imagine being in the middle of an important call, or halfway through sending a crucial email, or possibly just playing your favorite game, only for your iPhone to restart out of nowhere. It can be incredibly frustrating, and even more so if it happens repeatedly and interrupts your day, impacting your work or

ErickPHOTOPRO/Shutterstock Of course the iPhone has a microphone built into it — otherwise it wouldn’t work very well as an actual phone. It also seems fairly obvious that there would be a microphone located at the bottom of the device, roundabouts the charging port, because that’s where your mouth will be when you’re talking on