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Apple unveils a Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro, with up to 4x faster AI performance and up to 2x faster graphics, for $899+ with M6 and $1,699+ with M5 Pro — Mac mini delivers up to 4x faster AI performance, up to 2x faster graphics and storage, along with enhanced connectivity — all in its ultracompact footprint
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| Apple: |
Apple updates the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra, with up to 4.3x faster AI performance, faster graphics, and up to 512GB of unified memory for $2,499+ — Apple's most powerful Mac raises the bar for local AI with up to 4.3x faster performance, more advanced graphics, up to 512GB of unified memory, and extensive connectivity
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple unveils M6, a 2nm chip with a 12-core CPU and GPU, and up to 32GB of unified memory, saying it provides “the world's fastest single-threaded performance” — Apple is introducing the M6 chip with a new Mac Mini. It's also launching a new M5 Ultra alongside an upgraded Mac Studio.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Apple says M5 Ultra uses a quad-die 3nm architecture, “a first for Apple silicon”, with inter-die bandwidth of 4.4TB/s+ and up to a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU — The M6 has also arrived with all-new 2nm process technology. — With the launch of the latest Mac mini and Mac Studio computers …
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| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip delivered 1.5x-1.9x more AI work per watt and 1.7x-3.6x lower latency than Nvidia chips across GPT-OSS, DeepSeek R1, Kimi K2.5 1T — Jalapeño outperformed Nvidia's superchips on an AI inference benchmark test.
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| SemiAnalysis: |
A detailed look at Jalapeño, OpenAI's ASIC developed with Broadcom in 16 months, which beat Nvidia, AMD, and Google chips on multiple top open-weight models — OpenAI's self-designed ASIC compared with Rubin, Jalapeño's TCO, throughput per MW, and spicy deets
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Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/NVDA_Stock, and r/AMD_Stock
| Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Anthropic is likely to tell IPO investors that its potential revenue opportunities are above $30T, topping SpaceX's $28.5T; Uber predicted $6T in 2019 — The AI startup is likely to top SpaceX's eye-popping potential revenue estimate — SpaceX's record-breaking IPO tested the limits of an obscure financial metric.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp upgrades its two-step verification, letting users replace the six-digit PIN with a longer alphanumeric password, and adds support for multiple passkeys — WhatsApp announced Tuesday that it's launching new security features and updates to help users keep their accounts secure … | Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Google is rolling out Motion Assist, a feature to reduce motion sickness by showing visual cues on the screen, to Android 17, starting with select Pixel devices — Pixel phones appear to be the first devices to get Google's Motion Assist feature. — • … TL;DR
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| Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
Tim Cook is set to step down on September 1, and a source says Apple hosted an intimate farewell party; sources say Cook's assistant will work with John Ternus — Next Tuesday, Tim Cook will officially pass the baton as Apple CEO to his successor, John Ternus.
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| Maxine Joselow / New York Times: |
The EPA plans to eliminate a federal rule that US states must publicize and solicit public input on air pollution permit applications for data centers — Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Asus opens pre-orders for the standalone Xbox Ally X20 at $1,300+, with shipments from October 15; a $2,500 bundle includes the X20 and ROG Xreal R1 glasses — Is the best handheld screen worth an extra $300 to you? … The Asus Xbox Ally X20 looked like it could be one of the best handheld gaming PCs yet …
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Forums: r/videogames, r/SBCGaming, r/technology, r/xbox, r/Handhelds, and r/ROGAlly
| Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg: |
An ex-Meta staffer testified that less than 1% of teens used Instagram's opt-in “Take a Break” tool when it launched; the feature is now on by default for teens — A former data scientist at Meta Platforms Inc. testified that less than 1% of teenagers were early adopters …
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| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Google launches Gemini Enterprise for Legal, expanding its platform with specialized AI agents and integrations with Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and Harvey — Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with new tools for lawyers and law firms …
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LinkedIn: Thomas Kurian, Satish Thomas, Daniël Rood, and Carrie Tharp. Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveil the $250 Luffu Link, a screenless, jewelry-inspired LTE health and safety band, set to ship in early 2027 — Luffu, a new startup from Fitbit's co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman, on Tuesday launched Luffu Link …
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LinkedIn: James Park and Eric Friedman
Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app and @five-oclick-tech
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber launches an optional safety feature allowing parents or guardians to watch a livestream of their teen's ride via the driver's front-facing phone camera — Uber Technologies Inc. is rolling out a new safety feature that lets parents or guardians view a video livestream of their teenager's ride.
More: Engadget, Digital Trends, and Business Insider
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Perplexity launches Portable Computer, a local AI agent platform running fully on-device with zero token costs, starting with Nvidia DGX Spark and RTX Linux PCs — Perplexity is launching Portable Computer today, a version of its agentic “Computer” platform that runs entirely …
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| Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Chris Malone, who joined OpenAI as head of data centers in March 2025, left the company last week amid a broader exodus — Chris Malone joins a string of recent high-level executive departures as the AI giant heads toward an IPO and ramps up its spending on computing power| Sri Muppidi / New York Times: |
Emerald AI, which uses AI to optimize data center power consumption based on grid demands, raised $150M led by DCVC and Energize Capital at a $1.05B valuation — Emerald AI, now valued at $1.05 billion, uses software to keep power demand at the computing facilities from getting out of control.| Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC: |
OpenAI bans a cluster of Russian ChatGPT accounts that used VPNs to evade restrictions and run an influence operation, including creating social media comments — OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts originating in Russia that it said were being used to support a covert online influence campaign to spread misinformation.
More: The Register, OpenAI, The Decoder, and Quartz
| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic merges the memory systems for Claude chat and Claude Cowork, making Claude chat history available to Cowork unless users opt out — ZDNET's key takeaways — Claude chat and Cowork now share one memory system. — Memory updates as you chat, with sensitive-data controls.
More: TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Mac, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, The New Stack, The Verge, Claude, and Digital Trends
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
UK filing: in FY 2025, OnlyFans paid out $6.3B to creators, net revenue rose 10% YoY to $1.55B, and creator accounts hit 5M; 5,076 creators made $1M+ since 2016 — A sizable bunch of top OnlyFans creators have taken home seven-figure checks from the fan-monetization site.| Eugene Demaitre / The Robot Report: |
Nvidia unveils the Jetson Orin Nano 2 edge AI computer that it says doubles inference performance, with 78 TOPS of AI compute and an eight-core Arm CPU — As AI models become more efficient, more devices can become autonomous, but developers need compact, energy-efficient computers built for edge AI …
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Waymo plans to offer ride-hailing services in Germany, starting with Munich, by the end of 2027, marking its third international market and the first in the EU — Waymo is planning to offer driverless ride-hailing services in Germany by the end of next year, marking its third planned international market …
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Forums: r/europe and r/SelfDrivingCars
| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI restores five-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users, after weeks without the restriction, saying it would smoothen the load on its compute — Following several weeks during which ChatGPT users were subject only to a weekly usage cap, OpenAI announced today that it is restoring …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/codex, and r/OpenAI
| Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Keenable, which is building a web search index for AI agents and says several AI labs are using its API, raised a $26M seed led by Accel — Search engines were built and optimized for people, who can't spare the time or attention required to scan entire webpages.
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