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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces the ultra-slim, eSIM-only iPhone Air with a 5.6mm design, A19 Pro chip, N1 wireless chip for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, Center Stage front camera, more — 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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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces the iPhone 17, featuring the A19 chip, 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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| 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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| The Verge: |
Hands-on with the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max: refreshing bold colors, soft matte unibody aluminum frame, and a nice two-tone back with a full-width camera bar — Bold colors and a two-tone design. … For one, the colors and bold — a nice change of pace from last year's barely-there pales.
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| 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 …
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| Tom's Hardware: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple announces $399+ Apple Watch Series 11, its thinnest watch yet, with support for hypertension detection, Sleep Score, 5G connectivity, and more — Apple today announced the Apple Watch Series 11, featuring hypertension detection, Sleep Score, 5G connectivity, and more.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple unveils the $799+ Apple Watch Ultra 3, which now includes 5G, up to 42 hours of battery life, and satellite connectivity, shipping September 19 — The newest Apple Watch Ultra is here. … Apple has announced its next high-end Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Ultra 3.
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| The Verge: |
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
A live blog of Apple's “Awe dropping” event, where major iPhone design upgrades, an ultrathin iPhone 17 Air, and three Apple Watch models are announced — Apple is ready to announce the iPhone 17 line, and this promises to be a bigger launch than most.
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| Apple on YouTube: |
A recording of Apple's “Awe dropping” event from Apple Park — Get ready. Awe dropping September 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Click “Notify Me” and we'll send you a reminder before showtime.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple unveils AirPods Pro 3 with a new design, 2x ANC performance than Pro 2, heart-rate monitor, live translation, for $249, coming September 19 — It's the first major update to Apple's AirPods Pro line in three years. … Apple just announced the AirPods Pro 3, the first major update to the product in three years.
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic's Claude can now create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets, available now for Max, Team, and Enterprise users, and coming to Pro users in the coming weeks — ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic's Claude can now create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets. — File creation is available to Max, Team, and Enterprise users.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft and LG partner to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, including Kia's EV3, EV4, EV5, and Sportage in Europe — You'll soon be able to stream Xbox cloud games to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, like Kia's EV3.| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft will use Anthropic's models for some AI features in Office 365 apps, after finding Claude Sonnet 4 outperforms 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 … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation; ASML led the round with €1.3B to become its biggest shareholder, joined by a16z, DST, Nvidia, and others — Dutch chip equipment maker backs French artificial intelligence champion as US-China tensions rock tech industry
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X: @mistralai, @thijsvanderspil, @asmlcompany, @paulbz, @paulbz, and @kayjebelli. LinkedIn: Charline Mauro
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Memo: Microsoft mandates staff to return to the office three days per week, starting in late February 2026 for those who live within 50 miles of its Redmond HQ — Three days in the office will soon be the new norm for Microsoft employees. … It's official, Microsoft is asking employees to return to the office three days per week.
More: Microsoft, Windows Central, Seattle Business Journal, Reuters, UPI, Quartz, and Bloomberg
X: @tomwarren. LinkedIn: Frédéric Dubut, Kiley Surma, and Ashley Stewart. Bluesky: @drasticactions.dev
Forums: r/Seattle and r/technology
| Ariba Shahid / Reuters: |
Amnesty: Pakistan is spying on millions via phone tapping and a Chinese-built internet firewall, in one of the broadest surveillance programs outside China — Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built internet firewall that censors social media …
More: Wired, Amnesty International, and Bloomberg
Forums: r/fucktheccp, r/worldnews, r/China, r/pakistan, r/technology, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple will release iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 on September 15, featuring a Liquid Glass redesign and other updates — If your device is supported, it's getting Liquid Glass-ier later this month. — CUPERTINO, Calif.—If you're buying …
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| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
Sources: US Cyber Command and the NSA will retain a single leader after the Trump administration found that breaking up the arrangement would be very complex — The Trump administration has abandoned any intention of breaking up the joint leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency …
Bluesky: @martinmatishak
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Reflection AI, which is building AI coding tools, nears a deal to raise ~$1B at a valuation of $4.5B to $5.5B; Nvidia's VC arm would invest $250M+ — Year-old artificial intelligence group would increase its price tag as much as ten-fold in new funding round
More: Reuters
| 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 19%+ after hours — Oracle shares spiked 26% in extended trading on Tuesday after the database software maker indicated hefty growth prospects due to new cloud contracts …
More: Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, Bloomberg, Reuters, Mercury News, Constellation Research, Yahoo Finance, Oracle, and Reuters
X: @ericjhonsa and @ericjhonsa
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Ramp says it has hit $1B in annualized revenue, after saying it had hit $700M in March; it was valued at $22.5B in July — On Tuesday, Ramp answered any lingering questions as to why investors recently valued the expense management startup at $22.5 billion, just 45 days after a previous funding round valued … | Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says the division has $106B in unfulfilled customer contract commitments, with an expected revenue of $58B by 2027 — Alphabet Inc.'s Google cloud computing division has up to $106 billion in commitments from existing customer contracts that it has yet to fulfill …
More: Reuters and Investor's Business Daily
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