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iPhone 12 launch, Amazon has deals, and more tech news you need to know today
June 06, 2025
1. Apple introduces us to speed, apparently
Apple’s eventgoes down today with a virtual stream at 10am PT. Given it’s an iPhone event it’ll be super interesting to see what we get there, but beyond the iPhone, what we’re getting today is a little mysterious. Which is always fun, and makes for more close watching.
Update: Apple’s website is down in advance, too.
2. Amazon Prime Day deals
Amazon Prime Day is here and I know what it can be like when overwhelmed with deals and discounts and what’s actually a good buy (and if you really need it!).
Let me try and help. Here’s a page ofall relevant dealsacross streaming, smartphones, smart home, TV, audio, laptops, and so on. Here arethe best Prime Day deals in the UK, too. There’s a lot there.
So, although I don’t get into monitors or laptops too much, here are just some of the best deals for things you likely have been looking at chosen by me!
Deals come and go across today and tomorrow so keep an eye on the best deals and flash sales.
- Here’s the new Nest thermostat:a colorful, more affordable smart thermostat at $130. Instead of its smart learning capabilities, the device will now use Soli, radar to tell whether you’re present in your home or office, and modify the temperatures accordingly. It’s lost the touch dial too, replaced with a strip. I’ll have to see more on this as I’m not sure it’s a complete set of improvements yet! (Android Authority).
4.OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has left the company. Reports are he’s founding a new venture… will that mean something new in smartphones with a OnePlus vibe? (Android Authority).
5.Apple on designing the A14 Bionic for the iPad Air and beyond: digging into Apple’s new chipset with platform architecture VP Tim Millet (Engadget).
6.Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts, as Zuckerberg says his “thinking has evolved”. Finally. (AP).
- Interesting insight intohow Microsoft used courtsto take down a ransomware botnet (Reuters).
8.Disney wants to be Netflix now(Gizmodo).
Here’sDoom running on a Samsung fridgethanks to xCloud (The Verge).
The Pentagon is contracting SpaceX todevelop rockets that can deliver packagesanywhere on the planet in under an hour (Vice).
11.Alphabet’s latest X project is a crop-sniffing plant buggy, hoping to use computing to figure out and optimize plant nutrition. It’s a little unclear what’s going on exactly, but it’s a data collection model first. I think? (The Verge).
- “Why is it that natural hair has only so many natural colors, while feathers, scales, etc., have a wide spectrum?” (r/nostupidquestions)
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