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September 9, 2025, 4:15 PM

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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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Valentina Palladino / Engadget:
Apple raises the iPhone Pro starting price by $100 to $1,099; the iPhone 17 Pro Max starts at $1,199, Air at $999, and 17 at $799, all available on September 19  —  In case you missed it, here are all the details on the latest iPhones, Apple Watches, new AirPods Pro and more.
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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.
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.
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.
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces $249+ Apple Watch SE 3, featuring the S10 chip, an always-on display, support for gestures, coming September 19  —  The Apple Watch SE 3 has been announced alongside the Series 11 and Ultra 3.  —  The SE was long due an update after getting a relatively modest refresh back in 2022 …
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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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:
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.
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.
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
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 …
Associated Press:
Investigation: IBM, Dell, HP, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, and other US tech companies helped design and build China's digital surveillance state  —  BEIJING (AP) — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody …
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Nvidia unveils Rubin CPX, a new chip system designed for long-context AI tasks like video generation and software development, set to launch at the end of 2026  —  Nvidia Corp., whose chips and systems are at the heart of the artificial intelligence computing boom, said it plans to offer …
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 …
More: Reuters.  Forums: r/singularity
Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Source: Meta signed a contract worth $140M+ to use technology from AI image startup Black Forest Labs, committing $35M in the first year and $105M in the second  —  Meta Platforms Inc. has signed a multi-year contract worth more than $100 million to use technology from AI image startup Black Forest Labs …
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 …
More: Ramp and Fortune
Fred Vogelstein / Crazy Stupid Tech:
A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom  —  Every morning nearly 100,000 geeks world wide, including some of the richest tech barons in the universe, fire …
Financial Times:
Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb, and others are preparing for AI agents, which could disrupt the travel agent business model and upend the $1.6T travel market  —  Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb face threat of a technology that could bypass them as people make travel arrangements
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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