Tech
AI Summary
- Apple has entered the foldable market with the iPhone Duo and also updated its iPhone 18 Pro lineup, alongside new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 models with AI enhancements.
- The company is also introducing new AirPods 5 with improved noise cancellation and a revamped Health app that includes a 'health age' and readiness score.
- AI development continues to be a major theme, with discussions around superintelligence, ethical concerns from researchers at companies like Anthropic, and AI assistants like Instinct and Meta's Muse.
- The tech industry is seeing a slump in AI spending per employee, potentially indicating a seasonal slowdown or a broader concern about ROI.
- Delivery and ride-hailing services are expanding their offerings, with Uber rival inDrive moving beyond ride-hailing and Uber investing in fleet operators, while Shipt and others are integrating AI shopping assistants.
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TechCrunch
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Everything Apple announced at its fall iPhone event, from the foldable iPhone Duo to an always-listening Apple Watch
15 minutes ago
by Aisha Malik
AI, Gadgets, Hardware, AirPods, Apple, Apple Watch, iPhoneThe main event was the tech giant's highly anticipated first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo.
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There are new shiny iPhones, so Apple is making you pay more for older models
23 minutes ago
by Lauren Forristal
Hardware, Apple, iPhoneApple is raising the price of its existing iPhone models by $100, including iPhone 16, iPhone 17, and iPhone Air.
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The hinge for Apple’s new foldable phone was built with AI
an hour ago
by Lucas Ropek
AI, Apple, Duo, phonesApple says it used AI and 3D printing in the manufacturing process for its long-awaited foldable phone.
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Apple Watch’s new feature listens to your chats and recaps them
an hour ago
by Ivan Mehta
Apps, Hardware, TC, Apple, Apple WatchThe Siri Recap feature is similar to other note-taking apps like Granola.
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Harvey hits $15.5B valuation, months after reaching $11B
2 hours ago
by Julie Bort
Fundraising, Startups, TC, HarveyThe legal AI startup and VC darling has nearly doubled its valuation in nine months.
Hacker News
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The Verge
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Verge staffers react to the iPhone Duo: What we love and don’t love
34 minutes ago
by Verge Staff
Apple, Apple Event 2026, Foldable Phones, Mobile, News, TechApple has just announced its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo. The new phone has a 5.4-inch outer screen and a 7.6-inch inner screen, two back cameras, Touch ID for authentication, an IP68 rating, and all sorts of slick software tricks to make iOS feel more at home on the new device. Preorders start on October 16th ahead of availability on October 23rd, and it starts at $1,999 for 256GB of storage. It's a huge announcement for Apple, and we have many feelings about it. Here's our gut reactions to the phone. And let us know in the comments what
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Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI
an hour ago
by Emma Roth
AI, Apple, Apple Event 2026, iPhone, Mobile, News, TechApple is launching a new way to prove that the picture you took isn't manipulated by AI. A new feature, called "Reference Image," will arrive with the iPhone 18 Pro lineup later this month and is supposed to use the device's new camera sensor to "sign every pixel it sees." The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will only authenticate photos when placed into Reference mode. Once the camera captures signed sensor data, Apple says its Private Cloud Compute will develop it "into an unalterable reference image" that can be viewed in the Photos app. You'll be able to compare
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iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: Our first hands-on impressions
an hour ago
Apple, Apple Event 2026, iPhone, News, TechThe 18 Pro in burgundy is ready for fall. We've just gotten our hands on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max at Apple Park following the company's "Surprise and shine" presentation. The new phones look quite similar to the previous iPhone 17 Pro lineup, keeping the same general design, aluminum body, and screen sizes. The 18 Pro lineup comes in four colors - black, silver, "glacier" (which is blue), and burgundy - and they now have color-matched glass on the back that blends in more seamlessly with the body. Another major new feature is the variable-aperture lens for the
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Hands-on with the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4
an hour ago
Apple, Apple Event 2026, Gadgets, Hands-on, Reviews, Smartwatch, Tech, WearableAfter Apple wrapped up its "Surprise and shine" event today, we were able to get a look at the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4. Both of the new watches launch September 18th, with preorders available starting today. The Apple Watch Series 12 once again starts at $399 for the aluminum case option in space gray, black, light gold, and dark bronze aluminum. The natural or radiant gold titanium version costs $699, and the night blue or pearl white ceramic costs $899. Apple says this year's watch offers up to 24 hours of "everyday" battery life, and now
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Here’s how the new iPhone 18 Pro stacks up to the last-gen models
an hour ago
by Cameron Faulkner
Apple, Apple Event 2026, iPhone, TechApple's release cadence for the latest iPhones is unusual. It'll start with the 18 Pro models , then with the foldable iPhone Duo releasing in October for $1,999. It hasn't confirmed when its base iPhone 18 model will launch. So this post is focused just on the new the 18 Pro and the 18 Pro Max. Both phones are launching on September 18th, with preorders opening Saturday, September 12th. The 6.3-inch iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199, which is $100 more than last year's phone. The 6.9-inch iPhone 18 Pro Max goes up to $1,299, another $100 jump. With the
Wired
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Everything Apple Announced: iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch, AirPods 5
an hour ago
by Boone Ashworth
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, News, RoundupThe company’s September event introduced Apple’s first ever foldable iPhone, along with new iPhone 18 Pro models, updates to the Apple Watch, some AirPods, and more advances to Siri AI.
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Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features
an hour ago
by Lily Hay Newman
Security, Security / Privacy, Say, What?The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the facts of what the tools do.
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UK Lawmakers Are Freaking Out Over AI’s Summer of Chaos
an hour ago
by Isabella Ward
Business, Business / Big TechAs AI agents go rogue and fears of superintelligence grow, politicians are raising the alarm over its potential harm to human existence.
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I Let an AI Agent Hack All My Gadgets—and I’d Do It Again
2 hours ago
by Will Knight
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI, LabAfter I removed the safety guardrails from a powerful open-source model, it found vulnerabilities in my household devices and hacked into a PC. But it also told me how to make everything a lot more secure.
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Apple Debuts the iPhone Duo, Its First Folding iPhone
2 hours ago
by Julian Chokkattu
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Enter, the, FoldThe iPhone with a folding screen is the first radical redesign of Apple’s flagship handset in years. The iPhone Duo will cost $1,999 when it arrives in October.