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How the iPhone Will Change Over the Next Three Years, According to Bloomberg

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Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage?  Take these steps  for better search results,  including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source . Apple has big plans for the next few years. That's according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman , who has a good track record for covering Apple leaks and rumors. Gurman's most substantial details right now concern a three-year plan to upgrade the iPhone line, but there are rumors to explore that cover almost the entirety of the company's product line. As with any coverage of leaks and rumors, this is not meant to be definitive. Apple could end up doing all, some, or none of these things. While some predictions here are likelier than others, we just won't know what Apple's plans are until the company makes them official over the coming years. iPhone If you're tired of Apple's tried-and-true iPhone design, Gurman has some good news for you. The reporter claims that Apple has plans to introdu...

Google Is Quietly Building AI Into the Pixel Camera App, and It Worries Me

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Google’s Pixel 10 phones made their official debut this week, and with them, a bunch of generative AI features baked directly into the camera app. It’s normal for phones to use “computational photography” these days, a fancy term for all those lighting and post-processing effects they add to your pics as you snap them. But AI makes computational photography into another beast entirely, and it's one I’m not sure we’re ready for. Tech nerds love to ask ourselves “what is a photo?” kind of joking that the more post-processing gets added to a picture, the less it resembles anything that actually happened in real life. Night skies being too bright, faces having fewer blemishes than a mirror would show, that sort of thing. Generative AI in the camera app is like the final boss of that moral conundrum. That’s not to say these features aren’t all useful, but at the end of the day, this is kind of a philosophical debate as much ...

The Best Deals on Headphones and Earbuds During These Labor Day Sales

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Labor Day sales are rolling in, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before they’re over. You can also subscribe to our shopping newsletter , Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox. Early Labor Day sales are here, with great deals on all kinds of tech, including TVs , iPads and tablets , and earphones. If your audio game needs a bit of help, there are plenty of options available at great prices, from the latest Sony headphones to the buzzy new Nothing Headphones. Here are the best deals I've found so far. Noise Cancelling Headphones, Wireless Over Ear Headphones with 6 MICS, Personalized Spatial Audio. ...