Xiaomi detailed the Smart Privacy Display on the Xiaomi 18 Pro series: alternating standard and baffled privacy pixels cut side brightness to about 1% beyond 60 degrees. The SuperPixel 2.0 panel uses a full RGB subpixel stripe with roughly 9.5 million subpixels, up to 4,000 nits peak brightness and M11 material. The series launches on September 23.
JerryRigEverything tested the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: scratches appear at level 7 and deeper grooves at level 8, while heat and bend tests caused no permanent damage. The glass back picks up material transfer from keys and coins, and the anodized frame chips along the camera plateau edges.
Realtek has unveiled the RTL8773J family, the first Bluetooth 7-ready microcontrollers. It pairs a 200 MHz Cortex-M55 core with a Cortex-M33 core, up to 2MB SRAM, 8MB PSRAM and 16MB flash, and supports HDT at up to 7.5 Mbps plus Realtek HDT+ at up to 15 Mbps.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have pinpointed several genes that enable one flatworm species to regrow its brain entirely. The finding could inform research into nerve tissue regeneration.
MIT researchers have developed a noninvasive method to detect biomarkers of cellular senescence using Raman microscopy and AI. The approach can identify 'zombie cells' linked to cancer, tissue degeneration and inflammatory diseases without harming the cells.
Crusoe announced the initial close of a $3.9bn Series F round, valuing the AI infrastructure company at $30.9bn. The capital will fund hyperscale projects and wider rollout of its factory-built Spark modular data centres aimed at AI inference workloads.
Oman's state-backed renewable energy firm O-Green is developing AI-ready data centers in Oman, Spain and other European markets. It aims to have more than 200MW ready for service by 2028, powered by low-cost renewable energy. O-Green Power's project portfolio spans 12 countries and exceeds 11GW.
Malwarebytes has uncovered a wave of smishing attacks targeting Revolut customers following the bank's confirmed data breach. Scammers send texts linking to a fake identity check that requests camera access and a password; several hundred accounts, including crypto investors, are believed affected.
On September 3, ground control confirmed the propulsion module separated from BepiColombo, marking the final phase of the ESA–JAXA mission. The probe has traveled about 9.9 billion km using nine gravity assists; science observations are set to begin in April 2027.
Nintendo is preparing for the release of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on November 5, 2026. The 40th anniversary Zelda Switch 2 console launches earlier on October 29, 2026, alongside two ocarina SKUs: a standard instrument from Nintendo and an electric licensed variant by Hori. Both are on display in Tokyo.
On August 27, 2026, OpenAI published an open letter, "A call for collective action on cyber defense," signed by 116 organizations including Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Mastercard and Visa. It warns that AI-enabled cyberattacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated, and calls for threat intelligence sharing, government coordination, funding for essential services and patching.
A researcher analyzed GraphWorm, an implant tied to the China-nexus APT group Webworm. It uses OneDrive and Microsoft Graph as its C2 channel, and an upgrade command swaps all credentials on the fly, so revoking tokens only delays the attack.
Helpfeel confirmed a data breach at its screenshot-sharing platform Gyazo after an attacker exploited an image upload server flaw on September 11. About 23.62 million user records and metadata tied to roughly 490 million images were exposed.
Major US and global automakers, suppliers and dealers with US factories urged President Donald Trump to keep Chinese automakers out of the American market ahead of the September 24 US-China summit.
Two days after Trump announced an "AI Force" and an AI czar, the White House has not clarified whether it would be a military branch, a regulatory agency, or something else. The announcement came via Truth Social with no executive order, budget, or bill; the AI czar role has been vacant since David Sacks left in March.
Yandex has released AliceAI-Foundation-80B-A3B-Base on Hugging Face under Apache 2.0, a base MoE model trained from scratch on ~18T tokens. It has 80B total and 3B active parameters, 512 experts and a 262,144-token context, and reportedly beats the previous 235B Alice AI LLM on facts, math, code and long context.
Eutelsat has signed an Authorization to Proceed with Airbus Defence and Space for 229 additional LEO satellites for OneWeb, worth around €1 billion. Combined with the 440 satellites already booked, the order brings the total to 669 new craft, with launches planned through 2034.
Disney appointed Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand as its first company-wide CTO. He will oversee enterprise technology, infrastructure, data and AI platforms, and starts on 2 October.
The Financial Times reports that Big Tech is increasingly using residual value guarantees for off-balance sheet AI spending, giving Nvidia and Broadcom a way to support their customers' purchases. Wall Street is using the tech giants' credit strength to secure cheaper funding for the AI build-out.
Valve overhauled Steam's recommendation system, shifting from global popularity metrics to personalized picks based on play history, wish lists and library tags. One indie game jumped from 14 visits over five months to over 7,300 in a single month. Developers also get advanced traffic analytics.
AWS has told customers it cannot restore data hosted exclusively in the mec1-az2 availability zone in the UAE and across the entire Bahrain region, both damaged during the conflict with Iran. The damage exceeded what its regional and multi-AZ services are designed to withstand; AWS is replacing infrastructure and will detail Bahrain recovery in early 2027.
U.S. cloud service providers have raised their enterprise SSD demand forecasts over the past two weeks, accelerating deployments and expanding use across more applications, including QLC drives. TrendForce expects 4Q26 orders to surpass the already high 3Q26 levels, giving NAND suppliers more control over capacity allocation and pricing.
Some US investors have raised questions about the prospects of a planned AI hub in the Philippines amid growing opposition to the Washington-backed project, according to an official from the Southeast Asian nation.
A Volkswagen ID. Buzz driven by Rainer Zietlow circled the globe in 445 days, covering 61,992 miles (99,767 km) across 92 countries on six continents. The trip involved over 300 charging stops and 16 container ship crossings, and TÜV Nord measured battery health at 95.75% afterward.
Blackpoint researchers uncovered a new RAT called ChainScript delivered through ClickFix-style lures posing as Spotify, Zoom Workplace and Microsoft Teams. The malware uses the Polygon blockchain to rotate its command-and-control infrastructure.
China carried out four successful orbital launches within 45 hours from three launch sites: LandSpace and Orienspace lofted Qianfan satellites, CASC launched SatNet spacecraft, and Kuaizhou-11 orbited two Spacety radar satellites. None of the rockets attempted first-stage landings.
India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has formed an expert committee on artificial intelligence, DCGI chief Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi said on September 18. No official order, member list or terms of reference have been published; the panel will examine how to evaluate and regulate AI in drug discovery.
HubSpot announced its largest platform release: a self-updating CRM, new Breeze Assistant, Marketing Studio, and Context Home based on the Growth Context concept. The company became the first CRM to integrate with ChatGPT Ads and launched a joint AI Growth Bundle with OpenAI for SMBs.
Samsung Display president and KDIA chairman Chung Yi expressed confidence in the company's foldable panel capabilities and urged Korea to defend its OLED advantage amid aggressive expansion by Chinese competitors.
Lattice Semiconductor unveiled its next-generation secure control FPGA series, Mach-N2, built on a 16nm FinFET process. The chips integrate post-quantum encryption to strengthen control-system security.
