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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.
More: Apple Security Research, MacRumors, The Hacker News, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada, The Cyber Express, Stuff, Blockonomi, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Cyber Kendra
X: @nicbarkeragain, @_samfreedman, @rajxnull, @shawnbass, @dinodaizovi, @halvarflake, @nedwilliamson, @kayseesee, @ordinaryinds, @tqbf, @little_34306, @sumohax0r, @ryanaraine, and @mysk_co. LinkedIn: Patrick Wardle
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.
More: Apple, Appleosophy, Reuters, The Verge, MacRumors, Appleosophy, South China Morning Post, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Tom's Hardware, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, PhoneArena, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, Arabian Business, Andrew Clare on YouTube, Trusted Reviews, Brian Tong on YouTube, BW Businessworld, XDA Developers, Neowin, The Indian Express, The Independent, Daily Express, iPhone in Canada, Fortune, PhoneArena, Livemint, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Variety, Engadget, and T3
X: @film_girl, @rsg, @sama, @basicappleguy, @garrytan, @joannastern, @yuchenj_uw, @peduarte, @jessicalessin, @caro_milanesi, @markgurman, @levie, @sama, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @munster_gene, @maxwinebach, @aaronp613, @gartenberg, @gartenberg, @richardlai, @samifathi_, @parkerortolani, @sdw, @ijustine, @maxwinebach, @turnernovak, @mgsiegler, @maxwinebach, @film_girl, @zsk, @zephyr_z9, @snazzylabs, @stevemoser, @mgsiegler, @altryne, @benbajarin, @joannastern, @joshuatopolsky, @tom_krikorian, @nirave, @benbajarin, @munster_gene, @edludlow, @mgsiegler, @saradietschy, @mgsiegler, @om, @benbajarin, @jiteshubrani, and @rrhoover. LinkedIn: Pranav Shroff. Bluesky: @ketanjoshi.co
Threads: @jbillinson, @guydickinson, @cult_papa, @thatchriscarley, @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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X: @sdw, @maxwinebach, @markgurman, @mkbhd, @intogalaxyy, @javi, @joannastern, @durreadan01, @caro_milanesi, @pitdesi, @sdw, @chadmoran, @munster_gene, @niccruzpatane, @parkerortolani, @bzamayo, @bzamayo, @samsheffer, @sdw, @stevemoser, @sdw, @sdw, @tomwarren, @rjonesy, @altryne, @munster_gene, @maxwinebach, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, @panzer, and @film_girl. Bluesky: @erinbiba
| 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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X: @vadimyuryev, @munster_gene, @lessin, @radian, @dsccross, @joannastern, @anshelsag, @sdw, @brandonbutch, @mkbhd, @patrickmoorhead, @bengeskin, @maxwinebach, @sondesix, @saradietschy, @durvidimel, @joannastern, @om, @mkbhd, @altryne, and @nirave. Bluesky: @gregotto. Threads: @filipe.esposito
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| 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.
More: Spotify, Thurrott, Engadget, ZDNET, Android Police, MacRumors, TechCrunch, TechRadar, Digital Music News, Digital Trends, T3, Mashable, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada, BGR, Trusted Reviews, TheDesk.net, Billboard, Music Ally, The Hollywood Reporter, Music Business Worldwide, Variety, and Notebookcheck
Forums: r/headphones, r/entertainment, r/spotify, r/technology, and r/sonos
| 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.
| 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.| 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.| 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 …
More: PCMag, 9to5Mac, MacRumors on YouTube, Livemint, Metro.co.uk, Washington Post, Creative Bloq, Proactive, Fossbytes, GSMArena.com, Mrwhosetheboss on YouTube, The Tab, Gizchina, Benzinga, Stuff, The National, MobileSyrup, Wall Street Journal, MacRumors, New York Times, CNET, Shortlist, 9to5Mac, and Engadget
| The Verge: |
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X: @chriswelch, @kylebrussell, and @neilcybart
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple unveils the $249 AirPods Pro 3, with a new design, 2x the Pro 2's ANC performance, a heart rate sensor, and live translation, shipping from 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.
More: Apple, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, What Hi-Fi?, The Tab, ZDNET, MusicTech, IGN, Tom's Guide, TechCrunch, iThinkDifferent, PhoneArena, DesFit on YouTube, Tech Times, MacRumors, BW Businessworld, The Verge, CNET, Bloomberg, Engadget, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, and Reuters
X: @mikeisaac, @zck, @altryne, @tunguz, @om, @buccocapital, @_chuckyc, @film_girl, @jamestitcomb, @maxwinebach, @anshelsag, @mgsiegler, @samsheffer, @stalman, @sdw, @joannastern, @nirave, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, @altryne, @swyx, @mgsiegler, @joannastern, @vadimyuryev, @stevemoser, @rjonesy, @leakerapple, @mkbhd, @maxwinebach, @can, @mkbhd, and @rsgnl
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, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, iLounge, 80 Level, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, and ZDNET. X: @raywongy
| 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| 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, TheStreet, 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.| 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: rslstandard.org, PCMag, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, ZDNET, and The Medium Blog. Forums: r/artificial
| 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 …
More: ZDNET, Benzinga, Appleosophy, Cult of Mac, ZDNET, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and AppleInsider
Forums: r/AppleWatch, r/technology, and r/apple
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
More: Apple, PCMag, The Verge, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, The Verge, AppleInsider, Wccftech, Radio Times, iPhone in Canada, Engadget, Engadget, PhoneArena, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
X: @stevemoser, @samsheffer, @anshelsag, @patrickmoorhead, @samifathi_, @parkerortolani, @dylanmcd8, @mkbhd, @sdw, @dylanmcd8, @parkerortolani, @rsgnl, @parkerortolani, @film_girl, @munster_gene, @swyx, @nirave, @om, @mgsiegler, @munster_gene, @kylebrussell, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @nirave, and @durvidimel
Forums: r/AppleWatch and MacRumors Forums
| 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 … | 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, Windows Report, Tech Times, KnowTechie, PYMNTS.com, and Benzinga
Forums: r/singularity and Slashdot
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft partners with Ann Arbor-based May Mobility to let Atlanta riders request an autonomous minivan, with a safety driver, starting 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: Forbes, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Reuters, 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: Appleosophy, PCMag, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Apple Support, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, TidBITS, Tech Times, Daring Fireball, The Economic Times, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Wired, and The Verge
Bluesky: @paleofuture, @lauridonahue, and @gloriasin
| 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: The Register, Tech.eu, TechRadar, ITPro, ComputerWeekly.com, 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, Politico, Ukrainian National News, BMI, and WinBuzzer
| 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 … | 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 …
More: Bloomberg, The Verge, TechCrunch, New York Post, Gulf News, Reuters, Business Wire, Travel + Leisure, Inc.com, Skift, and MarketWatch
| 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.| 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| 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
More: CNBC, Reuters, Fortune, The Verge, TechCrunch, Yahoo Finance, KSTP-TV, Bloomberg, and Wired. X: @zoox
| 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.| 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.| 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
| Laura Rodríguez Salamanca / Rest of World: |
How AI is upending the music industry in Latin America, as artists push back against a flood of AI-generated music on Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube Music — Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn't safe.
More: Android Police, Android Authority, Financial Times, and WinBuzzer
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