The feature, which was spotted by MacRumors in the second iOS 18.2 developer beta, uses Live Activities, so you’ll also see Safari download progress in the Dynamic Island (if you have an iPhone 14 Pro or later). Now give me this but for App Store downloads!
The iOS 18.2 update is expected to come in December.
Using a 6.8-foot wing optimized by Red Bull Advanced Technologies, on October 24th Peter Salzmann set a new record for longest BASE jump flight distance traveling over 7.7 miles for nearly six minutes. The flight started at an altitude of 13,330 feet on one of Switzerland’s tallest peaks, according to New Atlas, and Salzmann hit speeds of up to 124mph during their descent.
AMD’s 7800X3D successor is also better at non-gaming workloads this time around.
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Bernie Moreno, an Ohio car dealer and blockchain entrepreneur, unseated Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) with a little help from his friends.
Coinbase, Ripple Labs, and other crypto firms poured more than $40 million into Moreno’s campaign — and their bet paid off. Moreno flipped the seat, getting Republicans even closer to controlling the Senate.
As the vote count increasingly points toward Trump, who courted the crypto industry throughout his campaign, the price of Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high of over $74,000.
A majority of voters supported Florida’s amendments 3 and 4, ballot initiatives that would have legalized recreational marijuana and allowed abortions up to 24 weeks.
But neither ballot initiative garnered 60 percent of the vote — the threshold needed to fulfill Florida’s supermajority requirement. Ironically enough, the 60 percent requirement was enacted after a 2006 referendum... by just 57 percent of voters.
