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September 10, 2025, 11:35 AM

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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.
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 …
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.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Reddit, Yahoo, Medium, Quora, People, O'Reilly, wikiHow, Ziff Davis, and others adopt the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard that sets terms for AI scraping  —  Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are just some of the major brands on board with the RSL Standard.
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio at 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to Premium users over the next two months in 50 markets, without needing a pricier subscription  —  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.
Anders Melin / Bloomberg:
Larry Ellison becomes the world's richest person for the first time, at $393B, overtaking Elon Musk at $385B, as Oracle's stock jumps 40%+ after beating Q1 est.  —  Larry Ellison has become the world's richest person for the first time, ending Elon Musk's nearly year-long reign in the top spot.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Dan Moren / Six Colors:
Apple event tidbits: the new MagSafe battery is an 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.
Ben Funk / HotHardware:
Arm launches four Lumex compute subsystem CPU architectures to improve on-device AI on smartphones, PCs, and wearables, and unveils its 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.
Lynn Doan / Bloomberg:
Bending Spoons agrees to acquire video platform Vimeo in an all-cash deal valued at ~$1.38B, set to close in Q4; Vimeo will be delisted from exchanges  —  Bending Spoons, one of Europe's largest mobile app developers, has agreed to buy the video platform Vimeo in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.38 billion.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Apple Watch's hypertension notifications and sleep score will come to some older models with watchOS 26; Apple expects FDA clearance for the notifications soon  —  New hypertension notifications are coming to the Watch Series 9 and up. … Apple just announced a bunch of new health-tracking …
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Forbes:
Brain Co., co-founded by Jared Kushner, Elad Gil, and others to help enterprises and governments use AI, comes out of stealth with a $30M Series A  —  Kushner teamed up with prolific solo investor Elad Gil and Luis Videgaray, the former Mexican foreign minister, to launch Brain Co. …
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Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times:
Amazon's Zoox launches its robotaxi service in Las Vegas, letting riders hail its toaster-shaped cars between specific destinations in the city's 4.2-mile Strip  —  The driverless car group launches to the public in challenge to Waymo and Tesla over the future of ride-hailing
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:
Financial Times:
Quantum startup PsiQuantum raised $1B led by BlackRock, Temasek, and Baillie Gifford at a $7B valuation, up from $3.2B in 2021, for a 1M-qubit computer by 2028  —  PsiQuantum backed by BlackRock, Temasek and Baillie Gifford as investment race intensifies  —  PsiQuantum has raised $1bn …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Reddit launches free tools for publishers within Reddit Pro to track article performance and get suggestions on which communities to share their stories in  —  Reddit on Wednesday launched a set of free tools for publishers to track their article performance and receive suggestions …
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Israeli chip monitoring startup ProteanTecs raised a $51M Series D led by IAG, with participation from Arm, Samsung, and more, taking its total funding to $250M  —  The Israeli company has now raised more than $250M, expanding global footprint across automotive, cloud, and telecom.  —  ProteanTecs
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 …
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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