Conflict lead: A growing chasm has opened between elite mathematicians and OpenAI, as the tech giant leverages massive compute power to solve historic problems. For researchers, the company’s aggressive pursuit of prestige is not just disrupting academic norms—it is fueling fears that industrial-scale AI is turning foundational discovery into a cutthroat corporate race.
With preorders now officially live following Apple’s September “Sunrise and shine” event, customers have their first chance to claim the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. Starting at $1,199 and $1,299 respectively, these flagship devices arrive in stores on September 18th, featuring the upgraded A20 Pro processor.
John Ternus made his debut as Apple CEO this week, presiding over a product launch that signals a radical shift for the company’s hardware lineup. The event centered on the introduction of the foldable iPhone Duo and a suite of AI-integrated features across the new iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch series.
LG is pushing back against allegations that its smart TVs record ambient conversations, dismissing the claims as misconceptions. While the manufacturer insists voice processing remains local and optional, security researchers report that the devices continue to generate extensive logs of household audio long after the voice assistant should have ceased listening.
After decades of uncertainty and the high-profile cancellation of StarCraft: Ghost, Blizzard Entertainment finally confirmed the franchise's return. Vice president Dan Hay took the stage at BlizzCon to announce a new entry simply titled StarCraft, shifting the series from its iconic real-time strategy roots into an expansive open-world shooter.
A hundred-dollar price increase marks the arrival of the iPhone 18 Pro, signaling a shift in Apple's premium hardware strategy. While the latest iteration focuses on iterative refinement rather than radical reinvention, the lineup introduces a variable-aperture main lens and significantly improved battery life across the Pro series.
A five-year federal ban now restricts General Motors from selling customer information to third-party brokers, marking a significant regulatory rebuke. The Federal Trade Commission intervened after discovering the automaker systematically funneled granular driving habits—including nighttime travel and speeding frequency—into risk profiles used by the insurance industry.
When Rhea Seehorn’s character, Carol, asks, “What the fuck is happening?” during the premiere of Apple’s new sci-fi series Pluribus, she speaks for the audience. The show, created by Vince Gilligan, thrives on this initial disorientation, pulling viewers into a post-apocalyptic mystery where the primary threat is not violence, but relentless, enforced contentment.
Apple is quietly developing a pair of dedicated game controllers for the iPhone, signaling a potential expansion into the gaming hardware market. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, these devices will likely fall under the Beats subsidiary, allowing the company to experiment with new form factors outside its premium main-line design language.
A routine ride through San Francisco turned into a police intervention when a Waymo autonomous vehicle detected a weapon inside its cabin. The car autonomously pulled over and summoned authorities, resulting in the arrest of two juveniles found in possession of a loaded, untraceable AR-style ghost gun.
The collapse of Marvel’s Blade reboot initially appeared to be a significant studio misfire, sidelining both Mahershala Ali and director Bassam Tariq. Yet, the pair’s subsequent collaboration on the gritty hitman thriller Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother suggests that the project’s dissolution may have been a blessing in disguise.
Microsoft has officially integrated xAI’s Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini into its Azure AI Foundry, marking a significant expansion of the platform’s model library. The company confirmed that these models will carry standard service level agreements, allowing enterprise customers to access and deploy the technology directly through Azure.
Across the United States, local governments are severing ties with Flock Safety, the provider of AI-enabled license plate readers, following a surge of public outcry. Yet, the termination of these municipal contracts rarely results in the immediate removal of hardware or the deletion of the vast surveillance archives already collected.
A record-breaking series of nearly 1,000 security fixes arrived this month, but the massive deployment inadvertently crippled core functionality for businesses and gamers alike. Microsoft has now pivoted to an emergency out-of-band release to address the technical instability triggered by its own September Patch Tuesday rollout.
Microsoft has released a 37-page manifesto asserting that AI models must remain subordinate to human control, explicitly rejecting claims of machine consciousness or legal personhood. The move arrives as industry leaders clash over the safety implications of rapidly advancing systems that some now argue could possess internal, sentient-like states.
Seventy-four and a half hours of continuous operation is the result of a single charge on the Oppo Find X9 Pro. In an era of daily charging cycles, this flagship device disrupts the status quo by delivering three full days of power, even when subjected to rigorous, real-world usage patterns.
With the debut of the X300 and X300 Pro, Vivo is aggressively narrowing the gap between its standard flagship lineup and its premium Ultra tier. By integrating high-end imaging hardware previously reserved for its most expensive handsets, the company positions its latest devices as professional-grade tools for mobile photography enthusiasts.
Comedian Adam Conover argues that the modern media landscape is not democratizing, but rather suffering from a hollowed-out middle class. As Hollywood’s traditional business models collapse, he contends that tech giants have successfully replaced human gatekeepers with opaque algorithms, leaving creators to navigate an increasingly exploitative and unstable ecosystem.
Apple has officially released macOS 27 Golden Gate, a significant software update that restricts support exclusively to Apple Silicon hardware. The transition marks a definitive end for Intel-based Macs, which received their final major system upgrade last year, leaving older machines behind as the company pivots toward its custom silicon architecture.
Apple has begun the global rollout of iOS 27, headlined by a long-awaited AI overhaul for Siri. The update arrives alongside synchronized refreshes for iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS, marking a significant shift in how users interact with their devices across the company’s entire hardware ecosystem.
With the 2026 XPS 13, Dell has finally crafted a Windows machine that legitimately challenges the MacBook Neo. Weighing just 2.2 pounds and measuring 0.5 inches thick, this ultra-portable aims to capture the student market with a premium design that rivals Apple’s aesthetic while offering a 120Hz touchscreen.
After three weeks of rigorous beta testing, Valve’s Steam Frame is finally ready for public scrutiny. Sean Hollister is hosting a live Q&A session today at 4PM ET to address the specifics of this hardware, including its unique ergonomic kit, the Arcturus Vision Camera, and the return of Half-Life: Alyx.
Valve has launched the Steam Frame, a $1,059 virtual reality headset powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen 3 chip. The device arrives with a native ARM64 port of Half-Life: Alyx, marking a technical departure from the high-end desktop hardware previously required to run the flagship title.
With a starting price of $1,059, Valve is opening the doors to its versatile Steam Frame headset, a device capable of running virtual reality and flat gaming experiences both locally and through PC streaming. Every unit includes a copy of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for native play on the hardware.
Priced at $1,059, the Steam Frame is an ambitious, deeply flawed spatial computer that prioritizes comfort and modularity over polish. It is not a finished product for the mainstream, but rather a high-stakes experiment that rewards early adopters willing to navigate crashes for the sake of true hardware freedom.
Two decades into the evolution of Automattic, CEO Matt Mullenweg finds himself at the center of a volatile battle for the soul of WordPress. As the platform navigates legal warfare with hosting rival WP Engine and the existential shift toward generative AI, Mullenweg defends his role as the project’s central steward.
The Steam Frame headset has arrived with a price point exceeding $1,059, falling short of Valve’s initial goal for a more accessible device. Global volatility in the RAM and storage markets forced the company to abandon its original affordability targets, leaving developers to defend the cost as a reflection of raw component pricing.
During the All-In Summit on Monday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang bypassed traditional corporate polish by putting President Trump on speakerphone before a live audience. The impromptu call served as a platform for the president to dismiss widespread anxieties regarding artificial intelligence, characterizing fears of a machine takeover as a hoax.
Elon Musk has launched a legal offensive against Apple and OpenAI, alleging their partnership to embed ChatGPT into the iPhone ecosystem creates an anticompetitive moat. Filed by X Corp. and xAI, the suit claims Apple’s default integration and App Store curation effectively block rival AI developers from reaching users.
Owners of HomeKit-compatible cameras face a significant premium to access new AI-powered video features. While iOS 27 introduces automated summaries and advanced search capabilities, Apple has tied these tools to specific high-tier iCloud Plus storage plans, forcing users to pay as much as $60 per month for full coverage.
