Google has launched an invitation-only AI contribution pilot that pays publishers when their content meaningfully contributes to answers in AI Mode, AI Overviews and Gemini. Monthly payments appear in a Search Console earnings widget, but rates, eligibility and measurement methods remain undisclosed.
Mashable tested the iPhone 18 Pro with Apple's 2nm A20 Pro chip (6-core CPU, 7-core GPU, dual 16-core Neural Engine). It scored 4,673 single-core and 12,483 multi-core in Geekbench 6, roughly 25% faster than the iPhone 17 Pro Max. The closest rival, the Galaxy S26 Ultra on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, trails behind.
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max arrive on September 18. The phones pack the first 2nm chip made for iPhone, the A20 Pro (6-core CPU, 7-core GPU, 20% faster CPU and 40% faster graphics), a 48MP Fusion camera with a variable aperture lens, a vapor cooling chamber with 3x the surface area, and the C2 cellular modem. Colors are Black, Glacier, and Burgundy, replacing Cosmic Orange.
The iPhone 18 Pro charges from 0% to full in under an hour with a strong charger, versus 81 minutes for the previous model. The iPhone 18 Pro Max hit a 52W peak in the first 12 minutes and reaches 50% in 15 minutes, five minutes faster than the iPhone 17 Pro. Fastest speeds require a 60W or higher adapter with Adjustable Voltage Supply.
PostgreSQL 19 introduces the IO option for EXPLAIN, exposing read-stream behavior: prefetch depth, physical I/O request counts, sizes and concurrency. The feature was demoed at pgconf.eu with contributions from Microsoft engineers.
Rockstar Games and Atlantic Records will release Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, a 34-track original soundtrack, on November 19, 2026, the same day the game launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Six singles are already streaming, and physical editions range from $19.98 to $124.98.
In iOS 27, Siri has been rebuilt on Apple Intelligence with personal context understanding: it can find addresses and recommendations in your emails and messages and works with third-party apps. It requires an iPhone 15 Pro or later, or a Mac/iPad with M1 or newer, and is currently English-only.
Microsoft has extended its Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10 by another year, pushing the deadline to Oct. 12, 2027. Enrolled users will keep receiving monthly patches automatically, and new sign-ups remain open. The program covers only security fixes, not new features.
An internal Pentagon review found Palantir's Maven AI recommended striking a school in Minab based on outdated databases that still listed it as an IRGC site. Two Tomahawk missiles killed over 150 people, including about 120 children, on February 28, while civilian-harm mitigation staff fell roughly 90%.
Toyota will start producing its first extended-range electric vehicle in China in spring 2027, targeting 200,000 units that year and 400,000 in 2028. The EREV, using a gas engine as a generator, is meant to help Toyota compete with low-cost domestic brands like BYD.
Nvidia Corp. is buying an additional $1.5 billion in shares of SB Energy Inc., a SoftBank-backed data center provider, ahead of its US initial public offering.
On September 18 the European Commission told Europe's eDelivery community to look at the new EU Open Source Strategy, citing eDelivery as an example of infrastructure built on open specifications. The Commission has committed €2 million annually for 2026 and 2027, and its dashboard tracks 98 initiatives, including 77 pan-European ones.
Apple has seeded macOS 27.2 Golden Gate beta 2 to developers, build 26B5091g. The beta 1 release added Siri AI support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. The official release is expected in the coming weeks.
Dyson has stopped selling its $499 CameraJet electric toothbrush in the US, UK, France and Singapore just days after its September 8 launch. Users report water in the battery compartment and failures within 30 seconds of use; Dyson denies a recall, citing supply shortages and a 'single component issue.'
Journalist David Pogue tested the new AI Siri shipped with OS 27 for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Siri can search data across Mail, Messages, Notes, Files, Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, Photos and Music, all processed on-device. It failed only a handful of the 125 tests, mostly tasks tied to the Health app.
Former Google AI chief Jeff Dean said AI-driven automation and reinforcement learning could shrink chip design teams from 150 engineers to 10 and compress development cycles from two years to three months. He now heads the AI firm Discovery Loop.
Apple has released the second iOS 27.2 developer beta for iPhone, five days after the first. The update follows the iOS 27 release on September 14 and skips over iOS 27.1, which is an iPhone Duo-only release. The beta includes the redesigned Health app, Siri AI support in five languages, and Podcasts changes.
Flock Safety has launched a voluntary buyout program for its 1,500 employees after a wave of cancellations of its AI license plate scanning cameras. Advocacy group Secure Justice found at least 214 cities and counties dropped Flock contracts since 2021, including 90 in 2026 alone.
North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have compromised at least 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries and stolen funds or credentials from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets. The main targets are individual web designers, engineers and crypto specialists.
After laying off most of the Destiny team, new Bungie leaders Poria Torkan and Josh Deane addressed players in a joint blog post. They acknowledged Marathon's failure, promised to restore vaulted Destiny 2 content and pledged more transparency.
A bench trial opened in Alameda County over California's lawsuit accusing Tesla's Fremont factory of subjecting more than 6,000 Black workers to racial slurs, segregation and lower pay. The state says Black workers earned about $1,533 less per month than white workers from June 2018 to June 2024, and damages are uncapped.
Disney+ updated its Subscriber Agreement on June 18, 2026, allowing pre-roll and post-roll ads, promotions and sponsorships on all tiers, including Standard and Premium. Junior Mode profiles remain the only fully ad-free option, and ad blockers are now explicitly banned.
Apple seeded the first beta of iOS 27.2. It brings a redesigned Health app with Insights, Longevity and Browse tabs, Siri AI support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, and new theming options for CarPlay Ultra.
Analysis of a recovered Google Maps binary uncovered an internal system called Oyster Rank with 72 ranking signals, 25 of which are marked deprecated. The materials also reference 793 data-source providers and 446 local search intent types within the Geostore entity model.
New Apple CEO John Ternus called the Vision Pro an "amazing device" in an interview with French channel Canal+, comparing it to the early days of computers. He said surgeons are starting to use it in operations and sees a "very bright future," though the product is still at the very start of a long journey.
CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski said the decision to drop its in-house REDengine for Unreal Engine 5 was made in late 2021 after Epic's The Matrix Awakens demo. He said the switch was not a response to Cyberpunk 2077's troubled launch and is meant to enable more frequent releases in The Witcher saga.
Google has shipped stable versions of AndroidX Security State 1.1.0 and Security State Provider 1.0.0. The libraries let apps and admins inspect patch status by component — core Android, Google Play modular updates and the Linux kernel — instead of relying on a single Security Patch Level date.
Bungie says it will begin returning previously vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns, locations and raids, with access rolling out over the coming months after tweaks to lighting and combat systems. The studio also admitted Marathon "did not reach as many players as we had hoped" and pledged to keep evolving the extraction shooter, including a permanent PvE mode and social space in December.
Valve released a new Proton Experimental update, the testing branch of its Windows-game compatibility layer for Linux and SteamOS. It adds an ARM64 build (including for Steam Frame) and fixes EA App login, the Safe Mode window in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and Ragnarok: The New World on non-Steam Deck devices.
Freedom Mobile customers say the iPhone 18 Pro's C2 modem delivers noticeably better reception, with one user measuring a 10 to 12 dB signal improvement over an iPhone 13.
