2026-09-09 刊号

Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent ↗

Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence ↗

Automattic’s board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence ↗

There aren’t AirPods with cameras yet and I hope it stays that way

September Apple events are always a swirl of information and new, exciting products, and today's was no different. Apple announced its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max; active noise cancellation (ANC) is now on the cheapest AirPods model, the AirPods 5; and a Siri Recap feature comes to […]

Durable execution without history replay ↗

The black iPhone Pro returns

Apple has seen reason: It has a black model in the iPhone Pro lineup again. Last year, Apple went bold with its colors for the iPhone 17 Pro, offering a flashy orange, a shiny silver, and a dark blue. Don't get me wrong, they looked nice. But there was no black (or dark gray) for […]

OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors ↗

The incomplete history of Duo devices

Apple announced the company's first device with a folding screen today, the iPhone Duo, but that's where the firsts end. The Duo is not only far from the first foldable on the market thanks to the efforts of Samsung and Google, but it's also not the first product to be called the Duo. Former Apple […]

Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract ↗

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg placed on leave

Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of WordPress.com owner Automattic, has been placed on a paid leave of absence, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In an internal message by the outlet, Mullenweg claims Automattic chief financial officer Mark Davies "conspired" with board members to place him on leave. "They voted to put me on a paid […]

How we rebuilt complex permissions without migrating to Zanzibar ↗

South Park creators rename show 'South America' ↗

It’s the year of smartphone price hikes

Paying more for a new phone seems almost unavoidable after Apple's event today. The new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max start at $1,199 and $1,299, respectively - a $100 price hike over their predecessors. You can't dodge the price hike by opting for an older iPhone, either, because Apple raised prices on those by […]

Testing Race Conditions ↗

Massachusetts hits data centers with new clean power rules ↗

Suno releases its first AI music model made with record industry help

Suno's new v6 AI music model is its first made with support from the record industry. Suno's Jack Brody told The Verge that v6 was "trained from the ground up, with a new set of data that does not include the same data that our previous models were trained on." The data includes content licensed […]

Matt Mullenweg put on 'leave of absence' ↗

OpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academia

OpenAI's announcement Tuesday that it has solved one of mathematics' legendary Millennium Prize problems should have been a moment of triumph. The result is both an undeniable achievement and a striking demonstration of just how rapidly AI is transforming mathematics. But before it was even formally announced, the breakthrough had been complicated by the unusual […]

Apple’s new CEO is reviving a Steve Jobs strategy from 25 years ago ↗

Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks ↗

Read the Apple document explaining how new listening features still protect your privacy

At Wednesday's iPhone Duo launch event, Apple announced a handful of new Siri AI Audio Intelligence features, including Siri Recap, Live Rewind, Sound Recognition, and Music Recognition. Alongside its announcement, Apple released a document laying out how it plans to balance AI "ambient listening" and users' privacy. It says the raw audio from the new […]

How the new Apple Watches compare to the last-gen models

Apple rolled out the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 at its "Surprise and shine" event. The new watches feature sizable improvements to their health sensors and tracking, plus the ability to create brief audio transcriptions and summaries, plus a ceramic case option for the Series 12. Despite the new features, the […]

Fileless ELF Execution via Kernel Keyring ↗

Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening ↗

Factoring RSA 260 ↗

Jacob Coxon resignation appears to be a PR stunt for AI regulation ↗

Everything Apple announced at its fall iPhone event, from the foldable iPhone Duo to an always-listening Apple Watch ↗

There are new shiny iPhones, so Apple is making you pay more for older models ↗

Verge staffers react to the iPhone Duo: What we love and don’t love

Apple 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 […]

Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI

Apple 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 […]

iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: Our first hands-on impressions

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 - […]

CXMT Pioneers Mass-Production of LPDDR6 ↗

The hinge for Apple’s new foldable phone was built with AI ↗

Apple Watch’s new feature listens to your chats and recaps them ↗

Hands-on with the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4

After 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 […]

Here’s how the new iPhone 18 Pro stacks up to the last-gen models

Apple'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. […]

Hands-on with the foldable iPhone Duo

The first foldable iPhone is finally here, and following its announcement, we got the chance to try the phone for ourselves. We've long been told that Apple would make a foldable iPhone once the tech was good enough - has it been worth the wait? It definitely feels like something different. The inner screen has […]

Harvey hits $15.5B valuation, months after reaching $11B ↗

I Don't Want to Interact with Stochastic Parrots ↗

Apple is raising iPhone prices by $100 on all of its old models

Following Apple's "Surprise and shine" event that saw the announcement of the iPhone Duo and the iPhone 18 Pro, the company increased the price on all of its last-gen iPhones that are still available for purchase. The iPhone 16 sold for $699 just last week, and now it's up to $799. The iPhone 17E with […]

Show HN: Apollo Lunar Module landing simulation ↗

Apple iPhone Duo launch event: The 5 biggest announcements

Apple just wrapped up its first iPhone launch event with CEO John Ternus at the helm, and it did not disappoint. We got a look at Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone Duo, along with the next generation of AirPods and the Apple Watch. Here's a roundup of all the biggest announcements from the event. Apple's first […]

Apple Watch Ultra 4 ↗

Apple skips the base iPhone 18 at its fall launch event

Apple is taking the unusual step of skipping the base iPhone 18 this fall. At its "Surprise and shine" event today, the company revealed the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, alongside the new foldable iPhone Duo. But the base iPhone 18 was a no-show. Rumors had suggested Apple would only launch premium iPhones this […]

AirPods 5 ↗

Apple brought ceramic back for the Series 12

The Apple Watch Series 12 is launching with a ceramic option, making it the company's first wearable since 2019's Series 5 that can be configured with the pricey, scratch-resistant material. It can be configured with either pearl white or night blue ceramic finishes, and it starts at $899, going up to $949 if you purchase […]

Apple Unveils iPhone Duo ↗

Apple’s revamped Health app will calculate your ‘health age’ and readiness score ↗

iPhone Duo ↗

Apple completely revamped iOS 27’s controls and apps for the iPhone Duo

Obviously, part of the appeal of a foldable phone is all that additional screen real estate. That gives you plenty of room for some serious multitasking that just isn't possible, or at the very least is clunky, on a smaller screen. Apple rarely does things without seriously considering all the implications, so it was never […]

Apple unveils Watch Series 12 and Watch Ultra 4 with an AI upgrade that can recap your day ↗

Apple has a new way to prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop ↗

Apple shows off AirPods 5 with improved active noise cancellation ↗

Apple Announces Foldable 'iPhone Duo' ↗

The iPhone Duo is Apple's first foldable ↗

Apple unveils its first foldable, the iPhone Duo ↗

Show HN: Self-hosted company OS, Claude Code and Codex agents in departments ↗

Apple Watch Ultra 4 ↗

The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable

Apple has announced its long-anticipated foldable iPhone, which arrives more than seven years after the first Samsung Galaxy Fold phone hit the market. My colleague Allison Johnson has already had the chance to try out the device in person at Apple's event, so read what she thinks of it so far. The Duo will be […]

Apple Watch Series 12 ↗