{
  "id": 8965696,
  "title": "Neural Engine timeouts & Face ID panics hit Apple's newest devices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/neural-engine-timeouts-face-id-panics-hit-apples-newest-devices",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-21T17:24:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AppleInsider",
    "slug": "appleinsider",
    "url": "https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/09/21/neural-engine-timeouts-face-id-panics-hit-apples-newest-devices"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple's newest hardware is off to a rocky start, with Neural Engine timeouts crashing Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 models as a smaller group of iPhone 18 Pro owners reports Face ID-related kernel panics. iPhone 18 Pro The new watches reached customers on September 18. Within hours, owners began describing sudden restarts that displayed the Apple logo before returning them to the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}