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Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

Worker warns about cold calling potential customers with your AirPods on

Airpods Cold Call

‘It gets much much worse’: Worker warns about cold calling potential customers with your AirPods on

Vladimir Supica is a Serbia-based freelance writer. He enjoys traveling through Europe, reading non-fiction books, and playing with his dog Max.

Vladimir Supica

Man gets revenge on phone thief after catching him using Find My iPhone

Finding iPhone

‘It’s gonna go in the trash’: Man gets revenge on phone thief after catching him using Find My iPhone

Eric Webb is a native Texan and national award-winning pop culture critic, arts &amp; entertainment journalist, and editor.

Eric Webb

Protect your iPhone right away by enabling this setting

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‘Basically, if the thief steals your phone, they can’t change your settings’: Apple’s new iOS comes with this iPhone protection

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

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Apple Vision Pro user gets bonked by public WiFI login pop-up—unlocking new fear

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‘That light, queasy feeling’: Apple’s New Vision Pro is turning heads—and churching stomachs

Allie Hayes is an experienced pop culture writer and editor based in New England. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her reading a romance novel, obsessively watching pro wrestling, or taking blurry photos of her two adorable cats.

Allie Hayes

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Apple Vision Pro memes are virtually everywhere—here are some of the best

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

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‘They can’t charge you while you in the sky’: Woman uses Apple Pay on plane so that the charges don’t go through

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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Ron DeSantis mocked after attributing Budweiser quote to Winston Churchill

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Ron DeSantis ends 2024 bid with Winston Churchill ‘quote’ about ‘failure’—that’s from an old Budweiser ad

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

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Woman plays elaborate car crash sounds to prank phone scammers

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Woman pranks phone scammer by playing elaborate car crash sounds: ‘Sounds like a whole Michael Bay action sequence’

Parks Kugle is a writer and reporter based in San Antonio. His work has appeared in Lumina Literary Journal, Wicked Local Newspapers, and various publications across the U.S. He enjoys comics and gardening.

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Phone iOS update leads customer to AT&T store, then Best Buy, then to an ‘attitude’-filled disaster at the Apple Store

Apple Store Disaster

‘I’ve never been so angry with a company’: iPhone iOS update leads customer to AT&T store, then Best Buy, then to an ‘attitude’-filled disaster at the Apple Store

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Starbucks accused of profiting from Palestinian suffering with watermelon mug. But the mug isn’t new

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An out-of-context clip from Netflix’s ‘The OA’ is confusing people: ‘you had to be there to get it’

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‘I constantly have to look up what those symbols mean’: User points out iPhone offers accessible laundry instructions

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‘Meanwhile I crack my iPhone dropping it from the couch to the carpet’: Man finds phone that fell 16,000 feet out of Alaska Airlines flight that lost door plug mid-flight

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