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September 9, 2024, 3:05 PM

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Apple:
A recording of Apple's “It's Glowtime” event from Apple Park  —  - This stream is best experienced on an iPhone 7 or later, iPad (5th generation or later), or iPod touch (7th generation) using Safari on iOS 12 or later; or a Mac using Safari on macOS Mojave 10.14 or later.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple debuts the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus with an Action button, a 3nm A18 chip for 30% faster CPU performance vs iPhone 15, a side Camera Control button, and more  —  Apple today announced the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, which Apple said “is built from the ground up” for Apple Intelligence.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple Intelligence will launch in beta in October for US English language users, coming to more countries in December; support for other languages coming 2025  —  Apple today announced that Apple Intelligence will begin in beta starting in October, with iOS 18.1.
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple unveils iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max with larger 6.3" and 6.9" displays, four titanium finishes, Camera Control, A18 Pro, new 48mp ultrawide camera, and more  —  Apple today announced the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max—its latest flagship smartphones—featuring larger displays …
Valentina Palladino / Engadget:
The iPhone 16 will start at $799 and the 16 Plus $899, and the iPhone 16 Pro starts at $999 and the Pro Max starts at $1,199; all base models have 128GB  —  If you didn't catch the event in real time, here are all of the details about Apple's newest phones, smartwatches and earbuds.
Pranav Dixit / Engadget:
The touch-sensitive Camera Control button on the iPhone 16 models can launch an AI-powered Visual Intelligence feature and be used to control the camera app  —  It's activated by a brand new Camera Control button coming to the iPhone 16.  —  Apple has introduced a new feature called Visual Intelligence with the iPhone 16.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces hearing health related features for AirPods Pro 2, including a “clinical grade” hearing aid mode and a clinically-validated hearing test  —  Apple has announced some new hearing health related features, coming as a software update for AirPods Pro 2.
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils two new AirPods 4 models with an H2 chip and USB-C; AirPods 4 for $129 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation for $179, coming September 20  —  At any Apple event, new AirPods are never a given.  The earbuds have been around nearly as long as the Apple Watch …
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Apple debuts Apple Watch Series 10, with a thinner design, a bigger screen, smaller bezels, a Jet Black finish, faster charging, more, coming Sept. 20 for $399+  —  Apple on Monday announced the next generation Apple Watch, or Apple Watch Series 10, at its special event “It's Glowtime.”
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Daniel Cooper / Engadget:
Apple plans to bring sleep apnea detection to the Watch Series 10, Watch Series 9, and Watch Ultra 2  —  It'll also come to the Series 9 and Ultras.  —  Apple's annual iPhone event isn't just where we see the debut of the iPhones 16, but also to learn about the new Apple Watch series 10 and its various features.
Washington Post:
The US DOJ's case against Google's ad business may benefit Meta, Amazon, and news organizations that pay Google a cut of revenue for brokering their website ads  —  Federal prosecutors are seeking a divestment of Google's multibillion-dollar online advertising business, saying its monopoly power harms advertisers and publishers.

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