Apple’s AI push: iOS 18 may get generative AI, big benefits for iPhone users likely coming

has finally been announced for a 2025 release, but that could be a problem for Xbox. The first trailer for , a 90-second teaser featuring a quick peek at its story and setting, dropped a day early on December 4, 2023, after a leak saw it plastered across social media a day before its intended release. It at once confirmed and debunked many of the rumors that have been stewing about the upcoming game for the past decade, and even set a tentative window for its launch.

When Epic Games first pitched Fortnite back in 2012, it envisioned a cooperative sandbox game of crafting, building, and survival. Players would scavenge for supplies during the day, build shelters and weapons, then fend off creatures of the night when the sun set, à la Minecraft.

Judging from the Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games may be heavily leaning into ray tracing with the next entry in the series.

After delaying the launch just a few days ago and indicating that it would see the light of day sometime early next year, Google Gemini AI has finally, been rolled out! Google, the 'AI first' company is finally fighting back against OpenAI's ChatGPT about a year after the latter's launch. With OpenAI stealing the limelight and much of the business around AI chatbots, Google has its work cut out, but CEO Sundar Pichai says, “We're approaching this work boldly and responsibly,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in a blog post. “That means being ambitious in our research and pursuing the capabilities that will bring enormous benefits to people and society, while building in safeguards and working collaboratively with governments and experts to address risks as AI becomes more capable.”

This year's iPhone launch brought a boatload of front-facing changes for the standard models in the lineup. Last year, the company introduced Dynamic Island for the iPhone 14 Pro models. However, the standard iPhone 14 models featured the same notch as the iPhone 13 series. Now, the entire iPhone 15 lineup features Dynamic Island on the front, bringing the standard models much closer to the 'Pro' models as far as the design is concerned. A new report claims that Apple supplier BOE has difficulty expanding the OLED supply for the iPhone 15 models due to light leakage issues.

Many countries around the world have been considering mandating the USB-C charging port for all devices to reduce e-waste. First, the European Union took the step and introduced the USB-C charging port regulation. It forced Apple to introduce the same in its iPhone 15 lineup, discarding the old Lighting port. Now, India is aiming to bring the same law in which the country is asking smartphone manufacturers to adopt the new standard charging port. The decision may cause huge problems for Apple in various ways. Know what the iPhone USB-C problem in India is all about and what Apple wants from the Indian government.

Starting this week, Discord, a global voice, video, and text communications service, is opening Shop to all of its users worldwide to help make their Discord profile stand out with collections of Avatar Decorations and Profile Effects, and other virtual accessories. Any Discord user will be able to make purchases from the Shop on the desktop or web apps, with support for purchasing items on mobile coming in the works. Nitro members will get special member pricing on Shop purchases and an exclusive set only available for Nitro members to use with an active membership.

Google Drive has been making headlines recently due to the issue where some users found months of their storage data missing. While the company is working to restore users' data, it is also bringing new features and a whole new revamp to the app to improve user experience and personalization. With that said, Google Drive is bringing a new feature for iPhone users that lets them scan documents directly from the app with the new camera button. The feature was made available to Android users and now iPhone users can also take advantage of the feature. Check how to scan documents on Google Drive.

Apple announced the iOS 17 update for all eligible iPhones in September. The new iPhone update was introduced with several new features including the NameDrop feature, which allowed users to share their contacts with each other just by bringing their devices close together. However, in Pennsylvania, the feature created chaos and sparked security concerns forcing the police department to warn users about this iOS 17 feature. Know if the iPhone NameDrop feature is really worrisome.

Apple is currently testing iOS 17.2 as it has seeded the second beta to developers for testing purposes. However, iOS 17 launched with a handful of bugs and issues, which need to be fixed if the company wants to clear some of the most prominent underlying issues on the iPhone. We have now heard that the company plans to release an iOS 17.1.2 update for all compatible iPhone models, which will fix one of the most significant issues on the iPhone.

Cyber Monday deals: If you have been waiting to snag a new phone all year, your patience is about to pay off big time as Cyber Monday deals are raining al around. There are fantastic deals on popular and latest smartphones including iPhone 15 series, Google Pixels, and Samsung Galaxies, with many selling for way less than their regular prices. Even if you got a new phone recently, it's the perfect time to grab some cool accessories too. And don't forget to explore other top-notch Cyber Monday deals on your favorite smartphones. Here we list a few Cyber Monday leas including on iPhone 15, Google Pixel 8 Pro and more.

A sizable portion of CAPCOM's comeback streak of game releases included the Resident Evil remakes. The publisher's strategy to bring back the survival horror classics paid dividends, with Resident Evil 2 launching to critical acclaim in January 2019. The game was rated 8.5/10 by Nathan Birch on Wccftech: