Circular announces Ring 3 Pro and Slim at IFA with contactless payments and haptic alerts
Circular has announced the Ring 3 Pro and Ring 3 Slim at IFA in Berlin, adding contactless payments and haptic alerts, with no price or release date given. The Pros ECG and atrial fibrillation detection is described as FDA cleared, and EU medical device rules require a separate conformity assessment that American clearance does not [] This story continues at The Next Web
Wonderful raises $550M Series C at $5B valuation, led by Insight Partners with Salesforce
Wonderful has closed a $550M Series C at a $5B valuation led by Insight Partners with Salesforce participating, eighteen months after being founded and six months after a $150M round at $2B. Its press release is datelined Amsterdam while Israeli technology press covers it as an Israeli company. Wonderful has raised $550M at a $5B [] This story continues at The Next Web
China exported 8.32 million vehicles last year. Now it wants them sold at stable prices
Chinas commerce and industry ministries and its market regulator have issued joint guidelines telling automakers to price overseas on costs and market demand, set clear price tiers and avoid frequent steep changes. The EU has spent two years trying to replace its countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles with a negotiated minimum import price. China [] This story continues at The Next Web
ElevenLabs has hired Ashley Kramer, formerly vice president of enterprise sales at OpenAI, as its first chief revenue officer, as more than half its revenue shifts to enterprise customers. Its core product falls under the AI Acts synthetic content marking rules, which give systems already on the market until 2 December 2026 to comply. ElevenLabs [] This story continues at The Next Web
Fireflies launches Voice Agents for screening, sales and support calls
Fireflies has launched Voice Agents that run screening interviews, sales discovery and support calls, reporting more than 40,000 conversations across 2,100 organisations in 97 countries. Recruitment and candidate evaluation systems are high risk under Annex III of the EU AI Act, with obligations deferred to 2 December 2027, though the transparency duty and GDPR apply [] This story continues at The Next Web
Google defeats US bid to force ad tech sale
While the ad exchange is a small part of Google's business, the ruling is a powerful symbolic victory that puts the tech titan at 2-0 against the US Department of Justice's efforts to force Google to sell assets to address illegal monopolies
Huskeys Raises $27M Series A Led by Blackstone to Build a New Security Layer for the Network Edge
The cybersecurity industry has spent years adding new layers of protection around applications, cloud infrastructure, and internet-facing services. But as organizations adopt more cloud providers, CDNs, web application firewalls and network technologies, a different problem is emerging: managing all of those systems together. That challenge is now attracting investor attention. Huskeys has raised a $27 [] This story continues at The Next Web
AEREDIUM launches AERSeal to end single-key control of smart contracts
AEREDIUM has launched AERSeal, a security product for smart contracts. It exists to stop a single compromised private key from handing an attacker control of a contract. Smart contracts often rely on one private key to authorise sensitive operations. Those include minting assets, upgrading the contract, or changing administrative settings. If someone steals that key, [] This story continues at The Next Web
KFintech launches ARYA, an AI platform for end-to-end MF transactions
ARYA allows investors to move from portfolio inquiry to transaction execution within a single conversation, covering lump-sum purchases and SIP registrations currently in live testing
OpenAI to launch new model with 'stronger safeguards' after hack
Although Astra was not involved in the incident, OpenAI has beefed up its safety measures, the company said in a blog post
Yotta targets Jan-March 2027 IPO, seeks up to $1.5 billionamid AI boom
The Hiranandani Group-backed firm is looking to file draft IPO papers in October and aims to raise up to $1.5 billion to repay debt, buy graphics processing units and expand sovereign cloud infrastructure that keeps data within national borders, he said.
Not just Nvidia: these power and cooling firms are riding the data centre boom
Surging AI workloads are reshaping data centre infrastructure, creating opportunities for suppliers while exposing growing power, cooling and supply constraints
U.S. urges hands-off approach to AI regulation at G20 tech meeting
Google DeepMinds Demis Hassabis, Metas Mark Zuckerberg and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed the gathering by video on Tuesday
John Ternus takes over Apple from Tim Cook
Apple disclosed in a filing on Tuesday that Ternus annual salary was increased to $3 million
Meta is dropping Google Chat for Slack because it says agents work better there
Meta is migrating internal communications from Google Chat to Slack because Slack is the strongest platform for AI agents, a memo from AI chief Alexandr Wang says. European governments have spent two years moving the other way, onto sovereign suites chosen for control rather than integrations. Meta is moving its internal communications from Google Chat [] This story continues at The Next Web
Waymo opens driverless rides in Denver, San Diego and Tampa
Waymo opened driverless rides in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, and Denver is its first commercial deployment in a city with real snowfall. Under EU rules an automated driving systems weather envelope is part of a type-approved operational design domain, and the vehicle must perform a minimum risk manoeuvre when it reaches the boundary. Waymo [] This story continues at The Next Web
Eddy Cue quietly became the most powerful executive at Apple
Phil Schiller leaving the App Store made Mondays headlines. The quieter fact underneath it is that Eddy Cue now runs more of Apple than anyone except the new chief executive. Mark Gurman broke the reshuffle for Bloomberg on Monday, hours before John Ternus took over. Apple has not announced any of it, and declined to [] This story continues at The Next Web
Apple has a new CEO, and Tim Cook signed off quoting Steve Jobs
John Ternus became chief executive of Apple on Tuesday. He is the eighth person to hold the job in the companys 50 years, and the first engineer in the seat since Steve Jobs. Tim Cook spent his last day writing to staff. Chance Miller obtained the memo for 9to5Mac on Monday, and Mark Gurman reported [] This story continues at The Next Web
ICE plans to buy Boston Dynamics robot dogs without running a competition
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has posted plans to buy a fleet of Boston Dynamics robot dogs. The listing puts the spend at $1m to $2m. It also says ICE does not intend to compete the purchase. Joseph Cox found the plan for 404 Media on Friday. It sits in the Department of Homeland Securitys [] This story continues at The Next Web
Toyota Kirloskar Motor reports 32,842-unit sales in August
Toyota Kirloskar Motor sold 32,842 units in August 2026, with domestic sales reaching 28,410 units. Cumulative sales for January-August 2026 reached 2,66,696 units, showing a 10% increase. Domestic sales for the eight-month period grew eleven percent to 2,44,592 units. Exports saw a two percent rise, totaling 22,104 units during this period. The company remains positive about upcoming festive season opportunities and customer needs.
Anthropic has signed a $35bn cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda
Anthropic has committed $35bn to a cloud provider most people have never heard of, for capacity in a Texas data centre being built by a former bitcoin miner. The Wall Street Journal reported the Lambda agreement on Monday, andReuters confirmed itwith a person familiar with the matter. Neither company has announced it, and no term [] This story continues at The Next Web
Where is AI headed? Two 1960s media theorists can help us understand
As AI becomes embedded in everyday life, two 1960s thinkers offer frameworks for understanding its wider impact on society and communication
OpenAI says Apple has only itself to blame in trade-secret fight
In its original lawsuit, Apple argued that OpenAIs hiring of Apple employees was part of the AI labs strategy to learn a competitors secrets.
OpenAI says Apple has only itself to blame in trade-secret fight
In its original lawsuit, Apple argued that OpenAIs hiring of Apple employees was part of the AI labs strategy to learn a competitors secrets.
Anthropics mega-IPO plan looms over packed US listing calendar
Some firms are reported to be finding it hard to get the attention of long-term investors at a time when Anthropics offer is looming around the corner
Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic over songs used in AI training
The labels are seeking damages of up to $150,000 for each infringed copyright and a court order barring Anthropic from using their works
Apple CEO Tim Cook gives nod to founder Steve Jobs in final memo
John Ternus takes over on September 1 as only the second CEO to lead Apple after Steve Jobs
DoT cautions citizens against tampered IMEIs and fraudulent SIM cards
The government has strengthened legal provisions and urged users to verify mobile devices and connections through its digital services
Anthropic seals $35 billion cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda
In recent months, Anthropic has also signed cloud deals for $50 billion with neocloud Fluidstack Ltd. and $45 billion with Elon Musks SpaceX
Apple ninja edits Mac Studio specs to remove PCIe Gen 6 storage reference
Macworld During Apple surprise Mac announcements last week, the company declared in its press release that the Mac Studio features a next-generation SSD architecture built on PCIe Gen 6. However, that mention has since been removed from the Mac Studio press release and site, as spotted by MacGeneration . The PCIe Gen 6 statement has been removed from the Apple U.K., Apple Germany, and Apple Japan press releases, though strangely, the PCIe Gen 6 reference still exists in the Apple France press release . The releases still list August 25, 2026, as the day of publication and have no record of an update, but we, along with many other outlets, quoted the PCIe Gen 6 in our original stories and havent been contacted by Apple about a correction. The press release now reads, Storage performance is up to twice as fast, with a next-generation SSD architecture, delivering industry-leading read and write speeds for rapid project loading, file transfers, and loading huge LLMs. The twice as fast comparision is to the M3 Ultra Mac Studio. The Internet Archive has a copy of the U.S. Mac Studio press release, recorded on August 25 at 13:03:29, and it contains the PCIe Gen 6 reference. Other copies recorded by the Internet Archive on August 25 still have the reference, but the first record of the press release on August 26 at 02:03:13 shows that the release was revised to remove references to PCIe Gen 6. PCIe Gen 6 is the next generation of the PCIe interconnect standard, offering performance upgrades over the PCIe Gen 5 standard. Apple did not specify that the M5 Ultra Mac Studio implements PCIe Gen 5, but the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips are equipped with it. So its likely that the M5 Ultra has it too, and Apple made an error in its press release. Apple was contacted for clarification and had yet to respond at the time of this posting.
Phil Schiller reportedly steps down as Apple's App Store and product event chief
Phil Schiller will remain an Apple Fellow and focus on unspecified initiatives, according to Bloomberg.
How an $80 accessory turned my tablet from mouse pad to productivity powerhouse
I never realized how revolutionary a simple stand could be. And the Satechi OntheGo Foldable Stand Hub does so much more than hold my tablet.
I wore Coros and Garmin's sub-$300 sports watches - both are excellent, but one lasts longer
Not into the chunky sports watches? The Garmin Forerunner 170 and Coros Pace 4 are ultralight devices for athletes with smaller wrists. Here's how they compare.
The best early Labor Day 2026 Garmin watch deals: Gear up for marathon training for less
Fall marathon training season is here: Save up to $310 on early Labor Day 2026 Garmin watch deals, including the tested Forerunner 165, Instinct 3, and Fenix 8.
On his last day as Apple CEO, Tim Cook sends memo to employees
Tim Cook has sent his final memo to Apple employees on his last day as CEO, telling staff he is not leaving Apple but stepping away from a role he loved. John Ternus takes over as Apple CEO on September 1, while Cook becomes executive chairman. Read Tim Cook's full memo, his praise for Ternus, and what the handover means for Apple's hardware-first next chapter.
Longtime exec Phil Schiller is downgrading his role at Apple again
Macworld Bloombergs Mark Gurman reported on Monday that Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his roles as leader of the App Store and manager of product events. The news comes on Tim Cooks last day as Apple CEO . Schiller became an Apple Fellow in 2020 after initially stepping down as SVP of Worldwide Marketing, a position he had held since 2000. He joined Apple as a product marketing manager in 1987, but left in 1995 for Macromedia. He rejoined Apple in 1997 when Steve Jobs returned to the company. When Schiller became an Apple Fellow, he relinquished his marketing role to Greg Joswiak , but he continued to lead the efforts for the App Store and product events. The App Store duties move over to Apples services division, which is run by SVP Eddy Cue. Carson Oliver will run the App Store on a daily basis. Apples events team is now run by Nola Weinstein, who has acted as Schillers deputy since 2023, according to Gurman. Weinstein reports to Kristin Huguet Quayle, Apples vice president of communications and public relations. Schiller will still serve as an Apple Fellow and will work on unspecified initiatives, but the change is an indication that Schiller is moving towards full retirement. When he stepped down as SVP in 2020, it was viewed as the start of a gradual move towards leaving the company. Apples executive suite has been undergoing a series of personal changes in the past few years as leaders age towards retirement. Lisa Jackson (VP for Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives) retired in January, John Giannandrea (SVP, Machine Learning and AI) retired in April, and Katherine Adams (SVP Government Affairs) will retire by the end of the year. In 2025, Luca Maestri (CFO) and Jeff Williams (COO) retired , whille Alan Dye (VP Human Interface Design) left for Meta. And of course, Tim Cook steps down as CEO this week. The executive changes will be a challenge for incoming CEO John Ternus , but the company is in a position where it is seeing growth and success with all of its products. At the same time, Apple clearly needs to show it can develop and incorporate AI-based technologies to show progress going forward. New blood can help drive Apple towards that goal.
New research: 41% of surveyed Australian teens now get their news from AI
The way Australians consume news has been changing for the past 30 years, ever since internet use became widespread.
Phil Schiller, another prominent name from the Apple fold, is set to step down from his role leading the App store and product events, Bloomberg reported citing sources.
The digital legacy problem: what happens to the people behind the memories?
The Pew Research Centers 2025 survey found that 84% of U.S. adults use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, and 50% use Instagram, illustrating how deeply everyday expression has moved onto digital platforms. The Library of Congress explains that digital materials can be harder to preserve than physical materials because access depends on changing technologies, formats, and [] This story continues at The Next Web
Tim Cooks emotional farewell memo as Apple CEO: My title changes tomorrow, but
In the message, Cook said his departure from the CEO role was a moment he had always known would arrive, but admitted that it was still difficult to believe it had come.
This magnetic Apple Watch band just plunged to $14 Prime shipped (Reg. $29)
Bandletic Magnetic Apple Watch Band Buy for $14 (Reg. $29) What we love While I lean heavily into metal Apple Watch bands, there are times when a sporty style is a better fit. When those time come along, I prefer options that are magnetic like this, which allows them to flex for a more comfortable fit. more
LG Energy Solution signs a 10-year Arkansas lithium deal starting 2029
LG Energy Solution has signed a binding 10-year take-or-pay agreement for 8,000 tonnes a year of battery-grade lithium carbonate from Smackover Lithium in Arkansas, a joint venture 45% owned by Norways state-controlled Equinor, starting in 2029. LG signed a comparable offtake with Vulcan Energy in Germany in January 2022 that was due to begin delivering [] This story continues at The Next Web
John Ternus To Take Over As Apple CEO In AI Era As Tim Cook Steps Down
The handover ends Tim Cook's 15-year run, replacing the operations specialist who built Apple's supply chain with the engineer who built its hardware.
How to add and remove cards from Apple Wallet
It's easy to add all your various cards and passes to Apple Wallet, and they don't have to stick around once you're done using them.
Olee.space named DCPP for 70-crore government advanced photonics programme
The programme is significant because it could allow Olee.space to move beyond developing individual photonics applications and build a common photonics architecture that can be deployed across multiple use cases
Happiest Minds, ITC Infotech sign merger deal; ITC to acquire 22.1% promoter stake for 1,329 crore
The proposed combination will bring together complementary technology capabilities and target larger enterprise deals, cross-selling opportunities and expansion across key sectors
The massive Labor Day sale at Amazon got off to an early start this year again, but some of the most notable Apple deals are already starting to disappear and you might want to score this one before its gone the new AirTag 2 is still sitting at its best price ever. more
OpenAI's ad business hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rate
Advertisers across India, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa can purchase ChatGPT ads directly via OpenAI's Ads Manager
HDFC Securities, Le Rythme train 100 youth in AI and cybersecurity
The four-month programme seeks to bridge the digital skills gap and help economically disadvantaged youth achieve financial independence and dignity
Hugging Face is selling a $399 robot duck with open-source software
Pollen Robotics has unveiled a bipedal robot called Microduck, at an introductory price of $399 before taxes and shipping. The Bordeaux company is owned by the AI platform Hugging Face. Its new machine has one eye and 15 motors, stands 25cm tall, and weighs under 800g. Preorders opened on Thursday. Pollen is targeting first deliveries [] This story continues at The Next Web
Amazons 2026 Labor Day is seriously flying now and, while there are some great deals live on brand new condition gear, there are some wild discounts on Apple gear courtesy of Amazon Resale right now it is offering up to an additional 30% off gear at checkout. Details below. more
The One Club for Creativity, a U.S. non-profit organization that promotes excellence in advertising and design, today announced that Apple has been selected as the first brand to be inducted into its newly established Brand Hall of Fame. Apple's most famous ads include its iconic 1984 Super Bowl commercial for the original Macintosh, the Think Different campaign from the late 1990s, the iPod silhouette commercials from the early 2000s, the I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC commercials from the late 2000s, and the Shot on iPhone campaign. Tag: Apple Ads This article, Apple Inducted Into 'Brand Hall of Fame' for Iconic Ads first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Centre notifies Semicon 2.0 worth 1,27,500-crore with projects implementation on pari-passu basis
The scheme was approved by the Union Cabinet on July 15, 2026; the Semicon 2.0 has six pillars
Reform UK wants to scrap the UK GDPR and copy New Zealand
Reform UK wants to abolish the UK GDPR. It would replace the regime with a lighter privacy law modelled on New Zealands. Nigel Farage and the partys economy chief Robert Jenrick announced the pledge on Tuesday evening, inside a package aimed at small businesses. Mizy Clifton reported the plan for Politico. Britain wrote an amended [] This story continues at The Next Web
EU employment law 2026 moved the burden of proof to you
If your people team spent this year reading legislation rather than hiring, that is not a scheduling failure. Three pieces of European employment law took effect in 2026. A fourth arrives in December. They share a design principle most companies have not yet absorbed. The thread running through all of it: the burden of proof [] This story continues at The Next Web
Div Com Urges Fruit Growers to Use Rail Freight for Apple Transportation
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 31: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg on Monday urged fruit growers, traders and other stakeholders to make greater use of railway goods and freight services for transporting apples and other horticulture produce to domestic mandis and international destinations. Garg was chairing a meeting convened to review the utilization of railway freight services for transportation of horticulture produce from Kashmir. The meeting was attended by IGP Traffic Kashmir M. Soleman Choudhary, Deputy Commissioners, Director Horticulture Planning & Marketing Ghulam Jeelani Zargar, officials of Northern Railway, Industries & Commerce and Information Departments, besides representatives of various fruit associations. The Divisional Commissioner directed all Deputy Commissioners and the Director Horticulture Planning & Marketing to consult fruit growers, traders, associations and aggregators and encourage them to utilize railway freight services on a wider scale. He stressed that rail transportation should be increasingly used for long-distance destinations, as it offers a cost-effective and efficient means of transporting large quantities of horticulture produce. He also called for better coordination among growers, traders, fruit associations and railway authorities to ensure smooth movement of consignments. Garg laid special emphasis on maximizing the transportation of horticulture produce from Jablipora Mandi in Anantnag through rail services. He further directed Deputy Commissioners to explore and facilitate movement of a certain percentage of fruit consignments by rail from their respective districts. Discussing the Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) service, the Divisional Commissioner asked Northern Railway officials to share an informational video with fruit associations explaining the technical requirements for trucks, including permissible load height and other parameters, to facilitate effective use of the service. On road transportation, Garg and IGP Traffic Kashmir directed fruit associations to undertake extensive sensitization of truck drivers regarding adherence to permissible load limits on the National Highway. They cautioned that overloading violates prescribed norms and poses serious risks to road safety and traffic management, warning that strict action would be taken against vehicles found violating the rules. Representatives of fruit associations put forward suggestions and sought long-term measures to strengthen transportation infrastructure for the horticulture sector, including improved connectivity of fruit mandis with the railway network. They also appreciated the administration for its continued support and facilitation of the fruit industry. Earlier, Director Horticulture Planning & Marketing Ghulam Jeelani Zargar gave a detailed presentation on apple production in Kashmir, existing transportation arrangements and the economic benefits of using railway goods and freight services for transporting horticulture produce
Google has agreed to pay 260m to settle a class action brought on behalf of UK app developers, ending a case that was due to go to trial next month. The deal appeared on Thursday and is worth about $353m, Reuters reported. Lawyers had previously valued the claim at just over 1bn. It sought compensation [] This story continues at The Next Web
Google will limit how much memory Android apps can use from February 2027
Google will start policing how much memory Android apps use, and it says the reason is the global shortage of RAM. From February 2027, an app that exceeds the new limits risks two penalties. Android can slow it down or shut it. The Play Store can bury it. The company published the requirements this week [] This story continues at The Next Web
Meta planned to cut some teams by 60% and replace the work with AI
Meta spent the first half of this year planning to replace much of the work its employees do with AI agents, then abandoned the most aggressive part of the plan when the technology did not deliver. Meta code-named the scheme Project OT, short for Organization Transformation. It explored cutting the size of many teams by [] This story continues at The Next Web
For 30 years, the World Wide Web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: Most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use their content, you give credit by linking to the source.
Amazon Resale has Apple Pencil USB-C down at $55 toda
Along with the now live Amazon Labor Day sale, it is offering some bonus savings at checkout on select Amazon Resale listings there are some great Apple gear deals here. We already detailed Apple Pencil Pro down as low as $74.30 shipped , but for those looking towards a more casual (and affordable) option, you can also land Apple Pencil USB-C down at just over $55. more
ChatGPT becomes the first AI chatbot designated under the DSA
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a search engine. Mondays designation brings the chatbot under the Digital Services Act as a Very Large Online Search Engine, alongside Reddit and Roblox, which have been designated as Very Large Online Platforms. ChatGPT is the first AI chatbot to be designated under the regime. The Commission announced [] This story continues at The Next Web
Bring home Apple Pencil Pro at $74 via Amazon Resale right now (42% off)
The giant Amazon Labor Day sale is flying this weekend, including AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off , the best price ever on Apples latest AirTag 2, and much more. However, Amazon Resale is also offering some sizable bonus discounts in the cart at checkout on its best quality Like-New gear too the regularly $129 Apple Pencil Pro is going for just over $74 right now, for example. more
Avantel bags 118 crore DRDO contract for ground segment hub
The project is scheduled to be executed by February 2029
Apple finally hits a VR home run
Macworld Ive never had a desire to buy a Vision Pro . Even if I had $4,000 to blow at the Apple Store, Id probably pick up a loaded MacBook Pro or a Mac mini with a Studio Display XDR instead of Apples cutting-edge handset. But Friday Night Baseball in Apple Immersive changed my perspective. The first-ever broadcast of a live Major League Baseball game with 3D video recorded in 8K with a 180-degree field of view, watching the Red Sox-Yankees game on the Vision Pro was almost as breathtaking as being at Yankee Stadium. Even if I was able to take screenshots of the experience, it wouldnt have done it justice. Its literally the kind of thing you need to see to believe. Most of the time I was watching the game from just beside the dugout of the team that was batting. I could turn to see the on-deck batter warming up, watch the pitch come in, and see the whole park in front of me. As usual for Apples Friday Night Baseball, the picture quality was outstanding, from the on-field action to the footprints and sunflower seeds in the dirt below my view. Ive visitied many baseball stadiums and sat in all kinds of seats, but nothing compared to the immersive view Apple provided. You can get a sense of it in the post below, but a flat image doesnt really do it justice. While the camera put me inside the stadium, the broadcast still let me know that I was watching Apple TV. Paul Severino and Xavier Scruggs were the dedicated announcers (different from the ones on the Apple TV broadcast), and they often reminded viewers that they were witnessing something special. If I looked up, I could watch the flat Apple TV broadcast and see relevant stats. Live immersive MLB on Apple Vision Pro. It felt like I was at Yankee Stadium. The whole experience was incredible. Shot through the lens with iPhone since it cant be recorded on headset. pic.twitter.com/oF1J9tBTd8 Justin Ryan (@justinryanio) August 29, 2026 There were a few replays that were particularly impressive, including Ben Rices first-inning double that made it feel like I was practically playing left field. I was so close to the action that I could hear muffled chatter in the dugout and see sunflowseeds spit in my direction. Between innings was particularly magical. There were no commercials, so the view stayed in the stadium, with the camera shifting to the broadcast booth above home plate numerous times to get an expansive overhead view of the whole field. And when David Bednar came in to close the ninth inning, the camera view shifted to center field so I could see his full bullpen entrance and watch him jog to the pitchers mound while his walkout song, Styxs Renegade, played in the stadium. It was so enthralling, I wanted a way to mute the broadcast to soak in the sounds of the stadium. It wasnt so much that the announcers were bad (though Apple TV has never been known for its broadcast crew), but the Spatial Audio microphones were so clear that the ambiance of the ballpark was enough. Unfortunately, the game ended 1-0, so there wasnt a ton of action other than a solo home run, but one particular play stands out as a showcase for what the immersive broadcast brings. In the top of the 7th inning, the Red Sox loaded the bases with one out, so I strapped on my Vision Pro to watch the rest of the inning. It only took two pitches to end the Red Sox threat. Wilson Contreras hit a fly ball to left field that was caught by Cody Bellinger, who fired the ball home to get a tagging-up Ceddanne Rafaela and end the inning. Watching the play unfold and turning to watch the throw reach home was incredible and and better than any TV boardcast Ive ever watched. A near homerun As we wrote in our review, Vision Pro is a pretty heavy device, so keeping it strapped on for two-plus hours isnt ideal. I dont have the Dual Knit Band, so that might help, but as it was, I watched the game in spurts. I took it off after the first three innings and then returned to it whenever there was a runner in scoring position. Theres also the issue of eye strain. I have prescription lenses for the Vision Pro, which could exasberate the issue, but my eyes quicky get tired when using Vision Pro. This was compounded by the sheer immersiveness of the picture that didnt give my eyes and time to rest. But Im already looking forward to the next game on Friday between the LA Angels and Pittsburgh Pirates. Its a shame Vision Pro is so expensive, because every baseball fan should get to experience it. Maybe Apple can sell Vision Pro tickets next season and start sell hot dogs at the Apple Store.
Honda and Nissan will share the software in their cars from 2029
Eighteen months after their merger fell apart over who would control whom, Honda and Nissan have agreed to share the software inside their cars. The twosigned a joint development agreementon Monday covering electronic control units, an in-vehicle operating system, middleware and vehicle control software, with the first cars arriving from fiscal 2029. The agreement is [] This story continues at The Next Web
Singapore is putting S$220M into fintech as private funding hits a decade low
Singapore has committed S$220M, about $173M, to its fintech sector over the next three years. It made the announcement three days after KPMG reported that private investment in Singaporean fintech had fallen to its weakest first half in roughly a decade. The timing is not a coincidence, and nobody is pretending otherwise. Gan Kim Yong, [] This story continues at The Next Web
Pinterest CFO Julia Donnelly is leaving to join an early-stage company
Pinterests chief financial officer is leaving for a private, early-stage company, and investors reacted quickly. Julia Donnelly will step down on October 30, Reuters reported, with the companys shares falling as much as 3.8% in after-hours trading on Friday. Donnelly joined Pinterest in 2023 from Wayfair, where she was global head of finance, and has [] This story continues at The Next Web
Europe is buying another AI supercomputer, and this one is headed to Kajaani in northern Finland. LUMI-AI is a 387.8 million system, roughly $449 million, that will be built by Bull, the French supercomputer maker that the French state bought outright five months ago. The order is the sixth AI Factory procurement contract signed by [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI scribes are getting drug names and diagnoses wrong in NHS records
A patient in England was told they had demyelination, the nerve damage that underlies conditions including multiple sclerosis. The test result had actually read null demyelination, and an AI scribe had dropped the word that reversed the meaning. That case appears in a warning from Healthwatch England, the statutory patient watchdog,reported by the Guardian today. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Meta projected spending up to $10bn a year on Anthropic
Meta has become one of Anthropics largest customers, at the same time as Mark Zuckerberg has been attacking the company in public. At one point this year Meta internally projected that it could spend as much as $10bn a year on Anthropics models, The New York Times reported, citing two people who declined to be [] This story continues at The Next Web
Data centre backlash scrambles U.S. midterm politics
Almost alone among Republicans, U.S. President Donald Trump has not moved. He still calls the industry essential to beating China on AI, leaving him at odds with candidates running under his own banner
MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate assignment it sets
An MIT committee report says AI can produce credible responses to almost any written assignment in its undergraduate curriculum and has driven measurable shifts in campus culture in under three years. In the EU, systems that monitor students during tests are high-risk under the AI Act and emotion recognition in education has been prohibited since [] This story continues at The Next Web
Atlassian bets big on India as AI changes software development
The India site has grown to more than 2,700 employees, with a large portion working across engineering, product and design, while the company is also expanding its sales workforce in the country
AI is like a marathon, but you have to run it like a sprint: Ganesh Gopalan of Gnani.ai
UK networks are not ready for AI traffic, say mobile operators
VodafoneThrees networks director says UK mobile quality is not ready for AI traffic and that planning rules, not money, are the obstacle, with more than half of its upgrades to existing masts requiring permission. The EUs Gigabit Infrastructure Act has since November given authorities four months to decide a permit, after which it is deemed [] This story continues at The Next Web
How Bill Gates uses AI, and why he thinks nobody is preparing for it
Bill Gates has published a memo proposing a tax on AI, a category of jobs reserved for humans and new institutions to manage the transition, and told GeekWire that industry leaders are worried privately while staying quiet publicly. He proposed a robot tax in February 2017, the same month the European Parliament adopted robotics rules [] This story continues at The Next Web
Trust levels for generative AI drops below 40%, yet consumers rely on AI product advice: McKinsey
The data showed this distrust extends beyond digital channels, as recommendations from family and friends also score poorly among younger demographics
Thomas Wolf has spent a decade convincing the world that open-source AI is not a charity project. On August 27, 2026, the market settled the argument. Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face, the company famous for hosting the open-source AI ecosystem with more than 3 million open-source LLMs, for $12.9 billion, according to The Information, [] This story continues at The Next Web
Genrobotics signs MoU with Territorial Army for defence, disaster-response robotics
The lineup also included Genbot, designed for critical missions requiring human-level accessibility in infrastructure, a robotic rover and G-KAI, a rehabilitation device for upper-body recovery
OpenAI to stop supplying models to Cursor after SpaceX acquisition
OpenAI is ending its contract to supply models to Cursor following SpaceXs $60B acquisition, with access shutting off on 12 November and its forthcoming Astra model withheld. Cursor and SpaceXAI shipped Grok 4.5 together in July, which is available in Cursor on every plan. OpenAI is ending its contract to supply models to Cursor. The [] This story continues at The Next Web
Four Chinese ministries have begun a yearlong vehicle quality campaign that bars carmakers from changing technical parameters through over-the-air updates after test samples are sealed, with penalties including suspension from the product catalogue. A separate mandatory standard requires physical controls for 19 functions from July 2027. Four Chinese ministries have launched a yearlong inspection campaign [] This story continues at The Next Web
This graphite-free battery could break China
Pure Lithium says a laboratory cell with no graphite anode completed 9,315 charge and discharge cycles with almost no capacity loss, a result no third party has validated. The EU wants to process 40% of its own strategic raw materials by 2030 and cap any single country at 65%, while China processes more than 90% [] This story continues at The Next Web
Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.1 bn machine age fund to back AI hardware, infrastructure
New fund to invest across computer infrastructure underpinning AI, including chips, memory, networking and storage, as well as complete systems such as data centres, robotics and home AI appliances
OpenAI to end partnership with Cursor after SpaceX acquisition
OpenAI said it has informed Cursor that it will wind down their contract with a proposed shutoff date of Nov 12
Sandhya Devanathan exits Meta after a decade; to join OpenAI as VP South East Asia, Australia
Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the social media giant and is all set to join OpenAI as Vice President for South East Asia and Australia
Infosys Public Services chief Lax Gopisetty unreachable after Nepal floods
The company said it is working with relevant agencies to establish contact and remains in close communication with Gopisettys family.
The data center boom will be judged not only by how much infrastructure we build, but by whether the people building it return home safely. Major opportunities bring a rush for capital, market share, and industry leadership. Schedules tighten, hiring accelerates, and safety can be treated as an obstacle. From what I have seen in [] This story continues at The Next Web
Why businesses need clearer limits before AI agents are authorized to act
A 2026 IBM study points to questions about AI readiness, visibility, and control. The survey of 2,000 C-level technology executives found 11% felt fully prepared for the AI-agent deployment expected over the following year. Two-thirds of CIOs and CTOs said they were accountable for AI systems they did not fully control, while 70% said teams [] This story continues at The Next Web
