iPhone 18 Pro price report: Apple confirms price hikes
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max on Sept. 9. The phones come with a price increase over last year's models.
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Apple Announces iOS 27 Release Date
At its event today unveiling the iPhone 18 Pro , AirPods 5 , Apple Watch Series 12 , and more, Apple announced that iOS 27 will be released later this month.
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Series Debuts Under New CEO John Ternus After Tim Cook Era
Cupertino, Sep 9: Apple is unveiling its latest generation of iPhones, widely expected to include a foldable version, on Wednesday at an event headlined by new CEO John Ternus, who took over from Tim…
iPhone 18 Pro Features Smaller Dynamic Island With Support for Three Live Activities
The iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max feature a smaller Dynamic Island , with support for up to three simultaneous Live Activities.
Apple Announces Apple Watch Ultra 4 With Two-Day Battery Life and Upgraded Health Tracking
Apple today announced the Apple Watch Ultra 4, featuring a new S11 chip, a redesigned health sensing system, and a larger battery that Apple says delivers two days of battery life.
iPhone 18 Pro starts at Dh5,099 in UAE with pre-orders opening September 12
Dubai: UAE consumers will be able to pre-order Apple’s new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max from Saturday, September 12, with prices starting at Dh5,099 and Dh5,499 respectively.
WhatsApp Drops Lollipop: What Owners of Older Phones Need to Know
WhatsApp has ended support for Android 5.0 and 5.1. Learn how to check your software, back up chats, and move to a compatible phone if necessary.
Apple's A20 Pro is 40% faster, and offers improved thermal management
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro offers a redesigned thermal system that's much larger and much better at dissipating heat generated by the powerful A20 Pro chip.
Apples new burgundy iPhone color is dangerously chic
Apple's new iPhone lineup is here, and there's a burgundy gem among the available colors.
iPhone 18 Pro pre-orders begin Saturday to avoid 9/11
Apple will avoid launching pre-orders of its latest iPhones on 9/11 by having them begin in the United States on Saturday September 12.
Nvidia GeForce 616.92 driver is ready for 007 First Light's Path Tracing update
Nvidia's GeForce 616.92 WHQL driver adds Game Ready support for the Path Tracing update in 007 First Light, PUBG's upcoming DLSS update, and new DLSS games Active Matter, Aniimo, and Wardogs.
Apple announces A20 Pro chip with 2nm design and major performance gains
Apple today unveiled the A20 Pro, its first chip built on 2nm technology at its “Surprise and Shine” event, bringing major CPU, GPU, and AI upgrades to the iPhone Duo , iPhone 18 Pro, and iPhone 18…
Samsung’s smart glasses sequel is starting to come into focus
Samsung hasn't released its first wave of smart glasses yet, but we're already hearing about a follow-up.
Apple A20 Pro powers iPhone 18 Pro — the company's first 2-nanometer smartphone chip
Apple's new A20 Pro SOC will power the iPhone 18 Pro as its first 2 nm smartphone chip.
How Google Stores a Planet: The GFS, Explained
Hello, I'm Maneshwar, and I'm building LiveReview — a blast-radius aware AI code review built for your business-critical systems.
- Google's LiveReview AI system for business-critical software
- YouTube uploads 1,000 terabytes of video content daily
- GFS concept from 2003 paper addresses constant component failures
iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max new colors first look: Burgundy joins Black, Silver, and Blue
Apple has revealed four new iPhone 18 Pro colors, giving the iPhone 18 Pro Max lineup a fresh look with a mix of bold and classic options.
The Automation Validation Tax: Why Trusting Automation Never Becomes Free
The automation validation tax is the recurring cost of confirming that automated outputs are still doing what they claim to do, and unlike most infrastructure spend, it never trends toward zero.
- Automation validation tax is recurring cost to ensure automated systems function correctly.
- Debt curve framework explains hidden automation costs but misses perpetual validation tax.
- Validation tax is ongoing expense per automated decision, not just initial setup.
iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture is incredible, but looks real fragile
Variable aperture will allow iPhone users to take better photos than ever, but the system it was built on is hair-thin with moving parts.
Save $150 on the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air M5 in this rare deal
Amazon and Best Buy have a 15-inch Apple MacBook Air (M5) on sale for just $1,649 as of Sept. 9. That's a rare $150 savings.
The Retrieval Stack Nobody Shows You: Chunking, Reranking, Filtering, and Context
Most RAG failures are not model failures. The model did not forget how to read. The prompt is not necessarily bad. The embedding model is not always the culprit.
- Chunking preserves document structure for effective evidence use
- Start with small chunks, expand with larger sections for context
- Filtering based on metadata and trust determines relevant documents
Apple announces AirPods 5 with ‘best-in-class open‑ear active noise cancellation’
Today, Apple announced the AirPods 5, updates to the AirPods 4 series that was first released in 2024. Apple says the new buds feature "best-in-class open‑ear active noise cancellation." The AirPods 5…
Windows hides its fastest power plan from most PCs, and unlocking it takes one line
Want your Windows 11 PC to be as fast as possible? You can use the Ultimate Performance power plan, though you probably shouldn't.
The New SteelSeries Aeon Pro Wireless Gaming Controller With Infinite Battery Life Is Now Available
Quite possibly the best wireless PC and Xbox gaming controller ever.
Lovely anime Sherlock series The Apothecary Diaries is getting a PC game spin-off, with Maomao chasing down another court conspiracy
Terrible news, folks, it's time for another episode of "Edwin secretly watches a lot of anime and has bad anime opinions".
iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max complete specs: New colours, camera, battery, display, processor, and more
Apple CEO John Ternus unveils iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, featuring new glacier and burgundy colors and major upgrades in AI, performance, battery and camera.
XPENG’s IRON Walks Off the Assembly Line: Is Mass Production Next?
XPENG’s IRON humanoid robot has walked off its automated assembly line as the company targets mass production and commercial deployments in 2027.
Jack Henry's 2026 Outlook: Cloud-Native Platform Drives Record Core Banking Wins
This under-the-radar financial technology stock boasts a Superscore of 78 from our Hidden Gems Primary database, part of The Motley Fool's Moneyball Database system. Here's why.
Epic Games Store to introduce age checks for R18+ games in Australia
Epic Games will require Australian players to confirm they're 18 or older before downloading or buying R18+ rated titles on the Epic Games Store, starting September 9. Read more
Serial Microsoft 0-day hunter drops yet another Defender exploit
A bypass of a bypass of a bypass
Smear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese Propaganda
Sinclair Broadcasting is pushing the idea that China and the No Kings protesters are the reason people don't like Flock.
Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution
UN-backed Equal Earth map has educational value but won’t alter navigation apps.
iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are official — here's what you need to know
The latest iPhones are officially here, and this is all you need to know about the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.
Apple iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max Are Official: $1,199, Fancy Cameras and More
Apple took the wraps off its new flagship phones at its “Surprise and Shine” event on Wednesday.
Apple iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max Are Official. Here’s What’s New
Apple took the wraps off its new flagship phones at its “Surprise and Shine” event
LibreOffice Base survey results
Heiko Tietze has published a blog post summarizing the results of a recent survey about the use of LibreOffice's database application, Base.
- 455 respondents participated in the LibreOffice Base survey
- 330 participants used Base on Linux platform
Switch 2 Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition preorders hit $1,000 on eBay — Amazon and Walmart are your last shot at $520 MSRP
Scalpers have started selling preorders of the Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition on eBay, starting at $700.
Nintendo’s Disappointing September Direct Only Has the Switch 2 To Blame
The September Nintendo Direct brought more ports than new games, a trend that's likely to continue in the Switch 2 era.
What to watch tonight: 57 new shows and movies added to Netflix, Prime Video, Peacock and more (Sept. 9)
Looking for what to watch? Here's your guide to every movie and show streaming tonight.
Forget Yellowstone, Brian Tyree Henry's Western Anime Is Here to Change the Genre
Bass X Machina star Brian Tyree Henry wants to see himself in a cowboy hat
Blood of Dawnwalker's troubled power fantasy has me yearning for a more desperate, systemic vampire survival sim
Being a vampire is a pretty raw deal... or so the vamps inform us when they are not having freaky gothic sex, shapeshifting into wolves, enjoying the slimming effects of a uniquely low-carb diet, or…
Cyberattack ruled out in UK air traffic glitch as more flights axed
LONDON: UK air travellers faced more misery Wednesday with 177 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain’s air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch which it ruled…
Chinese researchers find egg-cellent way to keep space debris from scrambling craft
Eggy armor cuts projectile speed in simulations as LEO gets increasingly crowded
Google confirms Pixel 10 trade-in issues, fix pending
Pixel 10 trade-in problems? Google's got a fix in the works.
Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR
Law enforcement agencies across the country are increasingly relying on spying technologies— automated license plate readers (ALPR), cell-site simulators , and facial recognition , to name a few--causing an outcry in many communities where people are rightly concerned about the threat to civil rights and civil liberties these tools…
Switzerland is paying $11 million to stop using Outlook and Teams
Federal authorities of the Swiss Confederation recently launched a pilot program to replace Microsoft 365 tools with open-source alternatives.
Google Cloud Grew 82% Last Quarter -- Here's Why Amazon and Microsoft Investors Should Care
Shareholders shouldering big expenses tend to demand a big payoff.
DOJ wants more answers on Fox’s $22B Roku deal
Fox’s $22 billion plan to buy Roku has hit a new hurdle. The Justice Department sent Fox and Roku what’s known as a “second request” on Tuesday, asking the companies to turn over more data and…
Ocarina of Time remake physical preorders are $10 off at Walmart
Nintendo announced a variety of new titles at its September livestream, but among the most talked-about is the remastered The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2.
aik by BankIslami Launches aikTijarat, Pakistan’s First Shariah-Compliant Merchant App
aik by BankIslami, has launched aikTijarat, the country’s first Shariah-compliant merchant and business app. The dedicated app segregates merchants and … Read More The post aik by BankIslami Launches…
Some of Dyson’s $500 toothbrushes are breaking
Early users of Dyson's CameraJet are reporting that water is getting into the battery compartment of the newly launched $499.99 electric toothbrush.
Modern laptops ditched disc drives — this $39 Dell DW316 USB-powered DVD-RW writer brings them back
With physical media making a comeback, the Dell DW316 USB DVD writer lets you do everything from burn discs to watching 20-year-old wedding videos.
'What if you could own a space station?' asks No Man's Sky's Sean Murray, as he lets you own a space station
The Cosmos update is live now, and free for all players.
Metroid Ravenous: Here’s What Comes in Each Edition
Everything you need to know to preorder Metroid Ravenous for Nintendo Switch 2, including what comes in each edition and details about the new amiibo.
Honor Magic 9 Pro Max looks like an iPhone with a giant camera; September launch date confirmed
Honor has officially shown off its next flagship, the Honor Magic 9 Pro Max, which has a pretty familiar-looking design, a massive camera powered by ARRI, and a release date that’s mere weeks away.
Sunset Overdrive Was the Highlight of the Otherwise-Rough Xbox One Era and Remains Criminally Underrated
There’s no doubt that Insomniac is and should always be proud of Sunset Overdrive. It grinded rails so that Spider-Man could web-swing through Manhattan.
No Man's Sky's 10th anniversary update will let you rule space stations, built floating orbital bases and go on holiday to the sun
No Man's Sky is a decade old . Let that sink in. No, seriously, you'll need plenty of water to survive the trips that the massive space game's 10th anniversary update allows you to embark on. It's now possible to get up close and personal with the stars that serve as suns in each system.