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What can Visual Intelligence do on screenshots?Apple’s Visual Intelligence is handy for translating signs, dialing phone numbers, identifying plants or landmarks, and pulling up business info. Until now, however, it only worked through the camera. Apple has removed that limitation by baking Visual Intelligence directly into its new screenshot interface. Now, any screenshot can be analyzed with AI on an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, or newer.Also: Don’t like Apple’s new Liquid Glass look? Here’s how to tone it downWhen you capture a screenshot, the full-screen preview includes new buttons to ask ChatGPT about the content or get contextual information like translations, the ability to select, copy, and summarize text, call numbers, bring up Maps, add to Calendar, and more. You can even select a specific part of the screenshot to conduct a similar or reverse image search. More

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It’s September, which means fall seasonal sales and early holiday savings are on the horizon. Labor Day is in the rearview, but plenty of the most significant sales of the year will be creeping up soon, and Amazon’s October Prime Day event (formally called Prime Big Deal Days) is one you can’t miss. The retailer recently confirmed More