Where to pre-order the new Apple Pencil Pro

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UPDATE: May. 10, 2024, 10:25 a.m. EDT This story has been updated with new preorder listings at AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Where to pre-order the new Apple Pencil Pro:
The Apple Store

Where to pre-order the new Apple iPad Pro (2024)

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UPDATE: May. 10, 2024, 10:15 a.m. EDT This story has been updated with new preorder listings and offers from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Where to pre-order the Apple iPad Pro (2024):
The Apple Store

Grammy nominee Bas said AI still can't make music that evokes feeling: 'AI never been to the club.'

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Bas, a rapper, and Derek Ali, a sound engineer, speak at the panel "Creativity in AI with Music" at the Leading with AI conference. The Digital Data Design Institute's director, Karim Lakhani, moderated the panel.

Russ Campbell

  • Grammy-nominated rapper Bas talked about AI's role in music at a conference hosted by Harvard.
  • Bas said AI can't yet replicate human experiences and evoke emotions in music.
  • Ba

Most retirees say inflation has them worried they'll outlive their savings, Schroders survey shows

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  • America's retirees are stressed about inflation, with 68% fearing they might outlive their money.
  • Expert said this is particularly challenging for retirees living on fixed income sources.
  • A third of retirees worry that financial stress could affect their overall health due to sleep loss

Inflation is hitting older Americans, leaving many worried about

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Where to pre-order the new iPad Air

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UPDATE: May. 10, 2024, 10:05 a.m. EDT This story has been updated with new preorder listings from mobile carriers AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

PRE-ORDER NOW: The new Apple iPad Air (2024) is available for preorder through the Apple Store as of May 7. The 11-inch model starts at $599 and the 13-inch model starts at $799. Both will ship as soon as May 15.

Where to preorder the new

British Navy taps VR to train sailors in warship navigation

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The Royal Navy has installed VR simulators at three military training sites in the UK.  The simulators, built by Portsmouth-based Metaverse VR, recreate the bridge of a warship. A bridge, or wheelhouse, is like an aeroplane cockpit for ships. The Navy hopes that the new simulators will make training sailors faster and more lifelike. “You feel like you are stepping onto the bridge of a warship,”

Videos show protesters clashing with police near Tesla's Berlin gigafactory

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Activists protest against the expansion of the Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide.

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  • Footage posted on X Friday shows protesters clashing with police near a Tesla factory in Germany.
  • The electric car maker shut down production and told employees to stay home.
  • The protesters were rallying against Elon Musk's plans to expand the site by clearing out local forest areas.

Videos posted on X

We moved from a 3-bedroom house in Nashville to a 500-square-foot studio north of Rome. There are downsides, but we love it here.

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The view from our terrace in Italy is amazing.

Zeneba Bowers

  • My husband and I left our 2,000-square-foot house in Nashville and moved to a studio north of Rome.
  • Our 500-square-foot space is small and we miss having a clothes dryer and hosting dinner parties.
  • But our cost of living is better, traveling is easy, and we're way less stressed here. 

In 2005, we were a newly married couple living in our 2

How to set the default apps in macOS

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You may not spend much time thinking about the default apps you’ve got set up on macOS until they suddenly get configured the wrong way — and you find that, say, the app that pops up when you click on an image file is not the one you want to use.

Out of the box, your Mac will use Apple’s own tools for most tasks: click on a web link

Sports gambling is taking a cue from Wall Street, and it could be a problem for sportsbooks

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Happy Friday! Dust off that old digital camera for any weekend plans you have. You'll impress the Gen Zer in your life.

In today's big story, we're looking at how a sports bettor trying to hedge a $1.7 million payout shows the gambling world is taking a