Apple reportedly eyes flip-style iPhone

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Beyond its rumoured first foldable, Apple is reportedly already planning to develop a flip-style foldable next. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman noted that the first foldable iPhone is still several months away, but the company is already thinking about its next-generation device.

Gurman said the product is "far from guaranteed to reach the market." However, the tech giant is betting that the upcoming foldable will drive demand for the category, and it wants to develop additional offerings to cater to different users.

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Instagram's latest experiment: Self-removal from another's Close Friends lists

Source: Alessandro Paluzzi

If you don't want to be part of someone's Close Friends list on Instagram, the Meta-owned social network is testing out the option that lets you opt out of this list. The internal test was first spotted by Alessandro Paluzzi, who specializes in locating unreleased features under development.

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Apple snaps up Israel-based startup Q.ai for a reported cool $2 billion

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Apple recently acquired Israel-based startup Q.ai in a bid to accelerate its artificial intelligence efforts. While the company did not disclose the terms of the deal, reports indicate that the arrangement is valued at nearly $2 billion. If the figure is correct, the Q.ai purchase is Apple's second-largest acquisition to date, following the Beats purchase in 2014 for $3 billion.

It's unclear how Apple plans to leverage Q.ai, but the company's past work suggests Apple is doubling down on AI-powered wearables. Q.ai CEO Aviad Maizels and the other founding members of the company will join Apple as part of the deal.

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Steam lets you gift 'Complete the Set' bundles, with relevant discounts

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Steam made a recent update that will make it easier to help friends complete the games in a series. Valve now lets you purchase the Complete the Set bundles as gifts, including the discounting feature. As PCGamer pointed out, when you buy a bundle for someone else who already has some of the games in the bundle, you will pay less overall. So, if you're thinking of a gift for a gamer friend, this might be a good option to explore.

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