MacworldBack in May, we got a glimpse of the next round of emoji coming to our iPhones next year, including a harp, shovel, and a face with bags under its eyes, but the Unicode Consortium is already looking ahead to the following releaseand one of them will be very familiar to Apple fans.The Unicode Emoji Subcommittee has submitted a total of 164 new emojis to the Unicode Technical Committee for version 17, which is expected to be approved next fall. While the bulk of the new emoji simply adds new skin tones to existing designs, there will also be nine brand-new characters to choose from :Distorted faceCartoon fight cloudBallet dancerApple coreOrca (killer whale)BigfootTromboneLandslideTreasure chestOf note, the distorted face emoji looks very much like the crushed face emoji from Apples since-pulled ad for the M4 iPad Pro. Apple faced a torrent of criticism over the ad, which showed numerous creative instruments being crushed in a hydraulic press. The lasting image was an emoji stress ball with its eyes popping out as it was being crushed.Apple usually releases the new emoji in one of the mid-cycle updates. For example, iOS 17.4 in March introduced several new emoji, including a lime, phoenix, and shaking heads. Its expected that the next round will arrive in one of the spring iOS 18 updates.While the list is expected to be approved by September 2025, its unlikely that the new emoji will arrive in the first release of iOS 19. Apple needs time to design the emoji in its own style, so expect to see them in 2026, likely in iOS 19.4 or 19.5. But Apple Intelligences Genmoji feature, which lets you create personalized AI emoji with simple text prompts, is coming next month in iOS 18.2, so if you really want a trombone emoji youll be able to create one soon enough.

If youre still trying to remember all of your passwords and then type em into sites by hand, let me tell you: Youre doing it wrong.With all the credentials we have to keep track of these days, theres just no way the human brain can handle the task of storing the specifics at least, not if youre using complex, unique passwords that arent repeated (or almost repeated, even) from one site to the next. Thats where a password manager comes into play: It securely stores all your sign-in info for you and then fills it in as needed.While theres a case to be made for leaning on a dedicated app for that purpose (for reasons well discuss further in a moment), Google has its own password management system built right into Chrome and also now integrated directly into Android, at the operating system level. And its far better to rely on that than to use nothing at all.Google Password Manager 101First things first: You shouldnt have to do anything to turn the Google Password Manager on. The system, once considered part of Googles Smart Lock feature, works across Android, iOS, ChromeOS, and any other desktop platform where youre signed into Chrome and its typically activated by default in all of those places.Youll see the Password Managers prompts for credential-saving pop up anytime you enter your username and password into a site within the Chrome browser. The service will also offer to create complex new passwords for you when youre signing up for something new. And whenever you return to a site where your credentials have been stored, Smart Lock will automatically fill them in for you or, when more than one sign-in is associated with a single site, itll provide you with the option to pick the account you want to use.The system is able to sign you into Android apps automatically, too, though it works somewhat sporadically and you never quite know when itll be present. To use Google Password Manager in that way, youll need to search your Android devices system settings for autofill, then:Tap Autofill service from Google, tap that same option once more, and confirm that the system is on and active.Return to that same settings search for autofill, tap Preferred service, and ensure that Google is both active and set to be the preferred service on that screen.Google Password Manager can also sign you into both websites and apps across iOS, though on that front, youll need to manually enable the system by visiting the Passwords section of the iOS Settings app, selecting Autofill followed by Passwords and Chrome, and then turning on the Autofill option within that area.Adjusting your Password Manager setupIf you ever want to look through and edit your stored passwords or adjust your Google Password Manager settings, the easiest thing is to sign into the Google Password Manager web interface at passwords.google.com in any web browser, on any device youre using.There, you can view, edit, or delete any of your saved passwords as well as see and act on any alerts regarding possible security issues with your credentials.You can also adjust your Google Password Manager preferences by clicking the gear icon in the upper-right corner of that page. Its worth peeking in there once in a while, as you may find some options that are off by default and advisable to activate like proactive alerts anytime a password youve saved is found to be compromised and on-device encryption for extra protection of any new passwords you save along the way.Thats also where you can go to export all of your passwords for use in another service, if such a need ever arises.The Google Password Manager web settings section has a host of important options some of which are disabled by default.JR Raphael / IDGSpeaking of which, if you do at some point decide to use a standalone password manager and well dive into that subject further next youll want to be sure to disable the Offer to save passwords and Auto sign-in options here to effectively turn Google Password Manager off and keep yourself from seeing confusingly overlapping prompts every time you try to sign in somewhere.Youll also want to revisit the related settings on any Android and/or iOS devices youre using to be sure the new password manager is set to take the place of Google Password Manager in all the appropriate areas.Google Password Manager vs. the competitionSo why is it more advisable to use a dedicated password manager instead of Google Password Manager? Well, a few reasons:First, dedicated password managers provide broader and more consistent support for storing and filling in passwords across the full spectrum of apps on both your phone and your computer something most of us need to do quite regularly, especially in a work context. You dont want to have to go manually look up a password and then copy and paste it over every time you sign into something outside of your browser, and with Google Password Manager, thats frequently what you end up having to do.Beyond that, dedicated password managers work seamlessly in any browser youre using, on any device, instead of being closely connected only to Chrome.They also tend to come with stronger and more explicit security assurances, and they often offer additional features such as the ability to share your passwords with team members or even external clients (with or without allowing the person to actually see the password in question). They frequently include other useful elements beyond just basic password storage, too, including the ability to securely store different types of notes and documents.I maintain a collection of recommendations for the best password manager on Android, and my top choice right now is 1Password which costs $36 a year for an individual subscription, $60 a year for a family membership that includes up to five people, $239-a-year Teams Starter Pack that allows up to 10 company users, or $96 per company user per year. And while my recommendation is technically Android-specific, I take into account the experience the service offers across all platforms, since most of us work across multiple device types. 1Password works equally well on the desktop front as well as on iOS.If you arent going to take the time to mess with a dedicated password manager, though, Googles built-in system is absolutely the next best thing. And now you know exactly how to use it.This article was originally published in May 2020 and updated in November 2024.

One out of every five PCs shipped in the third quarter of 2024, a total of 13.3 million units, was a PC with a neural processing unit (NPU) fine-tuned for generative AI (genAI) development, according to data published Wednesday by analyst firm Canalys.It is anticipating a rapid rise in shipments of these AI-capable PCs, surging to 60% of units shipped by 2027, with a strong focus on the commercial sector.Such machines typically house dedicated chipsets, including AMDs XDNA, Apples Neural Engine, Intels AI Boost, and Qualcomms Hexagon, Canalys said in a statement.Copilot+ PCs equipped with Snapdragon X series chips enjoyed their first full quarter of availability, while AMD brought Ryzen AI 300 products to the market, and Intel officially launched its Lunar Lake series, said Ishan Dutt, principal analyst at Canalys. However, both x86 chipset vendors are still awaiting Copilot+ PC support for their offerings from Microsoft, which is expected to arrive [in November].Dutt added that there is still resistance to purchasing AI PCs from both key end-user companies and channel players.This is especially true for more premium offerings such as Copilot+ PCs, which Microsoft requires to have at least 40 NPU TOPS [trillion operations per second], alongside other hardware specifications, Dutt said. A November poll of channel partners revealed that 31% do not plan to sell Copilot+ PCs in 2025, while a further 34% expect such devices to account for less than 10% of their PC sales next year.Canalys labels the machines as AI-capable PCs, which is baffling, given that AI has been around for many decades and can and has run on all manner of PC. Someone accessing data from an LLM wouldnt need that level of horsepower. That would only be needed for engineers and LLM developers creating the data-intensive systems.But such PCs wouldnt necessarily make sense for most of those LLM developers, said George Sidman, CEO of security firm TrustWrx. Most developers writing LLM applications at that level would be accessing high-end specialized servers, Sidman said.The PC has very little role. You would be running this in a large data center. These things are blocks long, Sidman said. You have got to look at the real world issues. With a huge multi-petabyte system behind it, well, you need that for the LLM to be effective.Canalys disagreed. It said in its report, With the use of AI models set to increase exponentially, associated costs to organizations from accessing cloud resources will ramp up significantly. Moving some workloads to AI-capable PCs will help mitigate this, and allow businesses to optimize their use of AI tools according to their budgets.Regardless, would such souped-up PCs deliver better overall performance? Yes, Sidman said, but the better question is whether the typical business user would likely notice the difference, given the speeds that exist today in routine business desktops. Will it improve some performance on the PC? Probably, but it wont get them anything concrete, Sidman said.

These early Black Friday deals are providing shoppers with an opportunity to pick up an iPad for the entire family at up to $1,000 off.Weekend flash deals offer up to $1,000 off iPads.Amazon, Best Buy and B&H are all fighting for your business this holiday season with early Black Friday deals across Apple's entire iPad lineup. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

There's a big new update to Final Cut Pro, a smaller one for Logic Pro, and an ever-increasing number of rumors about an Apple Home Hub, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.With excellent new hardware comes a long-awaited update to Final Cut ProApple could have made this part of its "week" of Mac announcements following all of the new Macs, now we have something special to run on them. True, if you don't use either Final Cut Pro or Logic Pro, you're not impressed.But especially with Final Cut Pro going to version 11 after an unimaginable 13 years on version 10, these are exciting updates. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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A new report by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), analyzing the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data has revealed that construction input prices increased 0.3% in October. Nonresidential construction input prices also increased 0.3% for the month.Last month, prices in all three energy subcategories increased. Natural gas prices increased by 29.3%, unprocessed energy materials prices rose 9.9%, and crude petroleum prices went up by 7.3%. Overall, construction input prices are 0.2% lower than they were a year ago, and nonresidential construction input prices are 0.5% lower.Chart credit: Associated Builders and ContractorsHigher energy prices drove the increase in construction input prices observed in October, said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. While prices for a few other materials, like concrete and copper products, also rose for the month, overall input prices are lower than they were one year ago and have fallen 5% since reaching an all-t...

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