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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Apple says the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air have Memory Integrity Enforcement, “industry-first, always-on memory safety protection”, like Microsoft and Google offer — Memory Integrity Enforcement is always-on safety protection designed to make life harder for spyware developers.
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Bluesky: @migueldeicaza, @tomwarren.co.uk, @markmx, @durumcrustulum.com, and @darthbluesky. Threads: @crumbler. Mastodon: @ela@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/jailbreak and r/hardware
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces the iPhone Air, with eSIM-only worldwide, a 5.6mm design, an A19 Pro chip, an N1 chip for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a Center Stage front camera — Apple has officially announced the thinnest iPhone ever: the iPhone Air. The iPhone Air is made from titanium and measures in at a stunning 5.6mm design.
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Threads: @cult_papa, @jbillinson, @thatchriscarley, @guydickinson, @captain2phones, and @katienotopoulos
Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, with an aluminum unibody design, vapor chamber thermal management, Ceramic Shield 2 glass, and three 48MP rear cameras — Apple has officially unveiled the new iPhone 17 Pro. It comes in a bold new orange color, features an aluminum unibody design …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces the $799+ iPhone 17, featuring an A19 chip, a larger 6.3" display and 120Hz ProMotion support, improved brightness of up to 3,000 nits, and more — Apple today announced its next generation lineup of iPhone, starting with the entry-level iPhone 17. iPhone 17 features an upgraded display …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple announces the $399+ Apple Watch Series 11, its thinnest watch yet, with hypertension detection, a Sleep Score, 24 hours of battery life, 5G, and more — Apple today announced the Apple Watch Series 11, featuring hypertension detection, Sleep Score, 5G connectivity, and more.
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Forums: r/AppleWatch and MacRumors Forums
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
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Forums: r/AppleWatch, r/technology, and r/apple
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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X: @sdw, @drbarnard, @thehirschibar, @brian_shpk, @maxwinebach, @munster_gene, and @om
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple unveils AirPods Pro 3 with a new design, 2x ANC performance than the Pro 2, a heart-rate monitor, and live translation, for $249, shipping September 19 — The AirPods Pro 3 will ship on September 19th for $249. … Apple just announced the AirPods Pro 3, the first major update to the product in three years.
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Threads: @jw and @alexandregiess
Forums: r/airpods, r/gadgets, r/technews, r/technology, and r/apple
| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
More: AppleInsider, Business Wire, PhoneArena, TechCrunch, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, iLounge, 80 Level, 9to5Mac, and ZDNET. X: @raywongy
| Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research: |
Global premium smartphone sales rose 8% YoY in H1 2025, reaching the highest-ever mark for an H1; Apple grew 3% YoY, capturing 62%+ of the overall sales — - The global premium smartphone market's unit sales grew 8% YoY in H1 2025, reaching the highest-ever mark for an H1.
| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio, with 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC quality, to Premium users in the next two months, without needing a new higher-priced tier — Subscribers will be able to enjoy 24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC as part of their Premium plan. … It's been a long time coming but Spotify is finally getting lossless audio.| The Verge: |
iPhone Air hands-on: very thin with rounded edges reminiscent of previous iPhone designs and a camera “plateau” that flows smoothly into the back of the phone — We've held Apple's new thin and light iPhone. … Apple just announced the iPhone Air, which, as you might guess by the name … | The Verge: |
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X: @chriswelch, @kylebrussell, and @neilcybart
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Reddit removes visible subscriber counts from subreddit pages, replacing it with seven-day active visitors or contributions, to better reflect user activity — Users will now see seven-day metrics that track active visitors and contributions instead.| Ben Funk / HotHardware: |
Arm launches four Lumex compute subsystem CPU architectures to improve on-device AI on smartphones, PCs, and wearables, and unveils the new Mali G1-Ultra GPU — As the smartphone market has matured, the workloads that consumers expect from their tiny in-pocket mobile computers has increased drastically.| Financial Times: |
Quantum startup PsiQuantum raised $1B led by BlackRock, Temasek, and Baillie Gifford at a $7B valuation, up from $3.2B in 2021, to build a 1M-qubit computer — PsiQuantum backed by BlackRock, Temasek and Baillie Gifford as investment race intensifies — PsiQuantum has raised $1bn … | Hannah Erin Lang / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood announces an in-app feed where users can follow and copy verified trades of other investors and public figures, rolling out in beta in Q1 2026 — Robinhood Social will allow users to post their trades and track those of public figures, like Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
More: Business Insider, Finextra, Axios, Tech Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and Fortune
| Financial Times: |
How AlphaFold2 and the rise of generative AI kickstarted a new AI drug discovery boom after a spate of startups from the mid-2010s failed to live up to the hype — In the mid-2010s, a spate of start-ups hoping to transform the laborious process of finding new drugs launched with big promises.
Bluesky: @malwarejake, @philipcball, @rachelcoldicutt, and @jjaron
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft will use Anthropic's models for some AI features in its Office 365 apps, after finding Claude Sonnet 4 beats OpenAI's GPT-5 in some tasks — Microsoft is taking its biggest step to lessen reliance on OpenAI's artificial intelligence by embracing the startup's bitter rival Anthropic …
More: Reuters, Engadget, Computerworld, Digit, TechCrunch, KnowTechie, PYMNTS.com, Windows Report, Tech Times, and Benzinga
Forums: r/singularity and Slashdot
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta's TBD Lab team sits in an area near Mark Zuckerberg's desk that needs special badge access and their names are not on the internal org chart — An influx of highly paid researchers has created new status divisions, even as some recent hires have already left their jobs| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft partners with Ann Arbor-based May Mobility to let riders in Atlanta request an autonomous minivan, with a safety driver, first in a seven square-mile area — The vehicles from May Mobility will have safety drivers who will ‘drive manually during initial trips,’ the companies said.
More: TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, The Driverless Digest, CNET, and KrASIA
| Dan Moren / Six Colors: |
iPhone 17 event tidbits: the new MagSafe battery is iPhone Air exclusive, the Air likely uses binned A19 Pro chips, and older AirPods will get Live Translation — Apple crams a lot into its keynotes, but almost as notable is what it chooses not to talk about.
More: PCMag, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Apple Support, The Verge, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, TidBITS, Tech Times, Daring Fireball, The Economic Times, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Wired, and The Verge
Bluesky: @paleofuture, @lauridonahue, and @gloriasin
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $14.93B, vs. $15.04B est., and remaining performance obligations up 359% to $455B; ORCL jumps 25%+ — Oracle shares spiked 30 % Wednesday after the database software maker indicated hefty growth prospects due to new cloud contracts, even as earnings and revenue missed estimates.| Paul Sandle / Reuters: |
Google says it is scrapping multi-cloud data transfer fees for organizations in the EU and the UK ahead of the EU Data Act taking effect on September 12 — Google (GOOGL.O) said on Wednesday it had scrapped data transfer fees for organisations processing workloads “in parallel” …
More: Tech.eu, ComputerWeekly.com, TechRadar, ITPro, and WinBuzzer
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EU's General Court sides with Meta and TikTok in their legal dispute with the EC over the DSA's 0.05% supervisory fee, saying the EU's methodology is flawed — Meta Platforms (META.O) and TikTok on Wednesday won their legal fight against a European Union supervisory fee imposed …
More: Euractiv, Ukrainian National News, BMI, and WinBuzzer
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Reddit, Yahoo, Medium, Quora, People, O'Reilly, wikiHow, Ziff Davis, and others adopt the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) Standard to set terms for AI scraping — Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are just some of the major brands on board with the RSL Standard.
More: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, and ZDNET
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Amazon's Zoox launches its robotaxi service in Las Vegas, letting riders hail its toaster-shaped vehicles between specific destinations around the city's Strip — The driverless car group launches to the public in challenge to Waymo and Tesla over the future of ride-hailing| Océane Herrero / Politico: |
Memo: Apple's March update to its AI training guidelines for data annotators marked DEI as a “controversial” topic and removed intolerance as “harmful” behavior — Two months after Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down at Donald Trump's inauguration, several hundred employees … | The Information: |
Sources: Amazon is developing consumer AR glasses codenamed Jayhawk with microphones, speakers, a camera, and color display, set for late 2026 or early 2027 — Amazon is developing a pair of augmented-reality glasses for consumers, say two people with knowledge of the plans.
More: ZDNET
| Bloomberg: |
Bain Capital agrees to sell its data centers in China to a consortium led by Shanghai-listed Shenzhen Dongyangguang in a ~$4B deal — Bain Capital agreed to sell its data centers in China to Shenzhen Dongyangguang Industry Co. in a transaction valued at about $4 billion.
More: Reuters
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Uber plans to add Blade helicopter rides as soon as 2026 via a partnership with electric air taxi maker Joby Aviation, which acquired Blade for $125M in August — Uber is tackling a new form of ride sharing: helicopters. — The ride hailing company on Wednesday said it will launch Blade helicopter rides …
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| Dell Cameron / Wired: |
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