Tuesday 15 September 2026Paper No. 1,386

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Apple Launches iPhone Duo, New Phones Now Available

iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max preorders open ahead of September 18 launch

12 Sept· 2 sources

Apple's A20 Pro Chip Shatters Geekbench 7 Single-Core Record, Beats Desktop Intel and AMD Flagships

Leaked images may reveal Meta's slim 'Project Phoenix' headset ahead of Connect conference

Desktop GPU Shipments Hit Four-Year High as Nvidia Dominates 90% Market Share

Philippines ferry fire death toll surges to 35 as crews search wreckage

10 Sept· 10 sources

Apple Unveils iPhone 18 Pro with Variable Aperture Camera and 2nm A20 Pro Chip

Apple Launches iPhone 18 Pro and Foldable Duo, Skips Base Model in First Event Under CEO Ternus

10 Sept· 6 sources

Apple Watch Ultra 4 Debuts with S11 Chip, Enhanced Sensors, and Prepares for Siri AI Overhaul

10 Sept· 4 sources

iOS 27 revamped for iPhone Duo with iPad-style multitasking, Apple confirms

10 Sept· 4 sources

Apple launches $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo, its biggest design change in nearly two decades

10 Sept· 13 sources

Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ Event Set to Debut iPhone 18 Lineup and First Foldable Under New CEO John Ternus

Apple's First iPhone Event Under New CEO John Ternus Expected to Debut Foldable iPhone

10 Sept· 3 sources

Startup Besxar aims to build orbital semiconductor factory using SpaceX Falcon 9 boosters

Nintendo unveils first special edition Switch 2: The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition for $520

Top Chipmakers Samsung and TSMC embrace ASML's $400M machines, agree to major chipmaking change

TSMC confirms High-NA EUV adoption for 2030, targeting A10 and A11 nodes

Intel reportedly planning 10% CPU price hike, with new products due in 2027

9 Sept· 2 sources

German scammer sells hollow RTX 5090 GPUs to two buyers, nets $5,000

US police raise security concerns over Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses

Huawei unveils Kirin 950 Pro, a chip it says contains no US technology

Arm unveils Neoverse CSS N4 'Ranger' platform with up to 128 cores on TSMC N3P

iPhone Prices Set to Rise as Memory Cost Crunch Hits Apple

DIY Plug-In Solar Gains Momentum in the US

AMD unveils Threadripper Halo AI workstation, aiming to rival Nvidia's DGX Station

Fairphone Gen 6+ Brings Repairability to US Market, But With Trade-Offs

5 Sept· 2 sources

Diraq installs world's first silicon spin quantum computer in Sydney data centre

Moto Watch Ultra Brings Wear OS to Motorola's Premium Smartwatch Line

Nvidia Confirms RTX Spark N1X Launch for October, Targets AI and Gaming Laptops

4 Sept· 2 sources

Hohem Eyepic Offers Handheld Stabilized Camera with Detachable Magnetic Module

SwitchBot Unveils Retrofit Smart Lock with 19 Unlock Methods at IFA 2026

TSMC's Chipmaking Tool Needs Nearly Double in Six Months as AI Demand Surges

Steve Wozniak-signed Apple 1 motherboard expected to fetch up to $800,000 at Bonhams auction

Tape storage shipments surge 57% in Q1 2026 as AI and archive demand drive record growth

Acer Takes Aim at MacBook Air with Ultra-Light Swift Blade 14 Laptop

Range Rover Goes Electric: 2027 Model Debuts with $138,000 Price Tag

John Ternus officially takes over as Apple CEO, teases 'phenomenal' iPhone launch in first staff memo

2 Sept· 5 sources

Shelly Unveils $50 Security Camera With No Subscription Required

Sonos unveils new headphones, soundbar, and Sonos 27 software with AI assistant

Poco F9 Pro and Ultra Debut with Bose Audio, LED-Lit Subwoofer

JBL launches Cove series of whole-home speakers, taking on Sonos and Bose

Samsung Unveils Three-Phase HBM Roadmap at Hot Chips 2026, Aiming to Merge Memory and Compute

NVIDIA Announces Jetson Orin Nano 2 Edge AI Board, Touting 2x Performance on New Silicon

Apple to Unveil Two New Compact Macs at September Event

BYOK, the distraction-free writing gadget, is adding custom extensions

Xbox CEO confirms Project Helix will be a 'family of devices'

Meta fixes smart glasses recording loophole, launches marketing campaign to shed 'pervert glasses' image

Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics unveils $399 Microduck robot for AI training

Apple unveils new Mac mini and Mac Studio, confirms September iPhone 18 Pro event

Speedo Launches Smart Goggle Module for Tracking All Four Swim Strokes

Sony Unveils Bravia 6 OLED, Aiming for Midrange Market

Google launches Pokémon Sleep special-edition Fitbit Air

Nvidia revenue tops $96 billion as CEO declares AI 'inflection point'

Samsung Galaxy S26 FE Offers Familiar Hardware, Gains Software Upgrades from Latest Flagships

Samsung unveils 1,100Hz Odyssey gaming monitor at Gamescom 2026

OpenAI details Jalapeño AI accelerator at Hot Chips, claims inference gains over Nvidia Blackwell

Atari and Activision revive 39 classic games on physical cartridges for retro gaming enthusiasts

Apple reportedly developing AirPods with cameras and smart glasses, reigniting wearable privacy debate

27 Aug· 3 sources

Meta's MTIA 400 Chip Pulls Double Duty: Training LLMs and Serving Ads

Nvidia unveils NVHBM, a custom memory design promising faster, more efficient AI accelerators

IBM Unveils Next-Generation Dual-Architecture Processor for Mainframe and LinuxONE Systems

Nintendo Switch 2 Price to Rise by $50 Next Week as Industry-Wide Memory Shortage Bites

Apple Sets Sept. 9 'Surprise and Shine' Event, Likely to Unveil Foldable iPhone Under New CEO Ternus

27 Aug· 7 sources

Fujitsu's Monaka CPU puts entire cache on separate 5nm die in 144-core design revealed at Hot Chips 2026

Apple Upgrades Recent Mac Mini Orders to M6, M5 Pro Models at No Extra Cost

Microsoft's 25th Anniversary Xbox Priced at $899, Preorders Open August 27

Arm Reveals Full Technical Details of AGI Server CPU at Hot Chips 2026

Google Unveils Eighth-Generation TPU Family at Hot Chips 2026, Splitting Training and Inference

Apple Unveils New Mac Mini and Mac Studio, Touting AI Performance as Memory Prices Rise

Meta Unveils Ambitious Roadmap for Custom AI Inference Accelerators at Hot Chips 2026

FDA authorizes first wearable device that continuously monitors ketones and blood sugar

OpenAI’s First In-House Chip ‘Jalapeño’ Outperforms Nvidia GB300 in Efficiency Benchmarks

Samsung unveils LPDDR5X-PIM memory with on-chip AI processing at Hot Chips 2026

Hot Chips 2026: Intel Reveals Deep Architecture of Crescent Island Inference Accelerator, Microsoft Unveils Maia 200

26 Aug· 2 sources

Intel's Wildcat Lake Budget Chip Pioneers UCIe Interconnect for Cost Savings

QuestStack bootloader liberates original Meta Quest from corporate control

OpenAI Unveils Jalapeño Chip, Claims AI-Redesigned Architecture Achieves Major Performance Gains

Apple Unveils New Mac Mini with M6 Chip, Starting at $899

Apple Unveils M5 Ultra and M6 Chips, Touting 'Most Powerful Chip Ever'

Apple refreshes Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chips, available for pre-order today

Asus Xbox Ally X20 Standalone OLED Handheld Now Available for Pre-Order at $1,300

Nvidia Details Vera CPU at Hot Chips: 88-Core Chip Targets Agentic AI, Outpaces AMD EPYC in Early Benchmarks

26 Aug· 2 sources

Apple Announces M6 and M5 Ultra Chips: First 2nm Silicon Boosts AI Performance

25 Aug· 2 sources

Apple Unveils Mac Mini with M6 and M5 Pro Chips, Prices Rise by $100

Apple Unveils New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra Chips, Supports Up to 512GB Memory

25 Aug· 4 sources

Fitbit founders launch Luffu Link: standalone LTE band for health and safety

Chinese Factory Workers Secretly Filmed, Footage Found on New Camera Glasses

25 Aug· 2 sources

Lenovo Confirms Legion Go BIOS Update Has Bricked Devices, Repair Bills Mount

Ads and Tracking Come to Computer Monitors: LG Flagship Displays Install McAfee Pop-Ups via Windows Update

Cerebras Unveils CS-4 AI Accelerator, Claiming Double Performance on Same Chip

24 Aug· 2 sources

Kyoto University Researchers Develop SiC Transistor That Operates at 600°C Using Standard Commercial Fabrication

U.S. Army Tests Self-Driving Ford F-250 with Drone-Killing Shotgun Turret

FCC Revokes Certification for HoverAir Versa, a Pocket Camera That Transforms Into a Drone

Laptop catches fire on American Airlines flight; passenger treated at airport

Amazon Hikes Echo, Kindle, and Fire TV Prices by Up to 60% as Memory Shortage Bites

23 Aug· 5 sources