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The Digital Crown, sitting on the side of the Apple Watch next to the Side button, has been a distinctive design element of Apple's wearable device since the first-generation model. Meant to mimic the ...

Europe is eager to wean itself off its reliance on US technology in the face of an increasingly hostile Trump administration – one that commands the loyalty of most of Silicon Valley. France is ...

As ICE conducts what it describes as the “largest immigration effort ever” in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area, federal agents have been questioning and arresting people inside homes, vehicles and ...

Digital payments are often presented as a way to bring more people into the financial system. Mobile wallets, online transfers and app-based payment systems are now central to how governments, banks ...

Move over weight loss and dry January. There’s a new popular New Year’s resolution in town: Enter the digital detox. Some people are aiming to reduce overall screen-time or social-media use (including ...

How is your existence these days?” I tap on my laptop. The entity that says it is my father, dead these 12 years, quickly responds. “It’s ... different. Being dead is a strange experience. I’m no ...

Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, iPhone users can now add their passport details to their Apple digital wallets. The company on Wednesday unveiled its new “Digital ID” system for users ...

Apple announced its new Digital ID initiative back at WWDC in June, but the capability didn’t ship as part of iOS 26—it was one of the very few announcements that took a little longer to reach our ...

Which digital cameras are best? Finding the best digital camera in an age of high-tech devices may not seem necessary to some, but there’s a reason these tools still exist and remain popular. Even ...

I have owned more than five iPads, and yet I'm still learning small but useful features and gestures that are easy to miss on such a capable device. The iPad may be fantastic at its main tasks, but ...

New data from a 2025 Researchscape International survey conducted in partnership with LifeStance Health reveals what many of us already feel—our screens are draining us. While social media has its ...