Grindr is moving its app to AI: new features will appear in the paid Edge subscription, with launch expected in late 2026 to early 2027. CEO George Arison floated a tier costing more than $6000 per year for a few tens of thousands of users. AI already writes more than 80% of the app's code, and headcount has shrunk about 20% over three years.
Samsung is ending its OneDrive partnership on September 30, and a new version of Gallery Cloud Sync has appeared in the Galaxy Store with backup of photos and videos to Google Cloud. Uploaded images will also appear in Google Photos; no official confirmation from Samsung yet.
Kernel maintainer Arnd Bergmann published the board-remove-7.3 branch, removing about 247,000 lines of code: 55,000 lines supporting obsolete 32-bit ARM platforms (A1100, Footbridge, OMAP24xx, i.MX31, STM32, and others) and about 192,000 lines of drivers needed only by them. The series of ~300 patches adds about 5,000 lines; removal is expected in Linux 7.5.
Google introduced 'platform properties' in Search Console: verified Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube accounts can be tracked as separate resources. Performance, Insights, and Achievements reports show clicks, impressions, CTR, and queries for which content appears in Search, Discover, and News.
Prime Video introduced its first five-service streaming bundle: Starz, AMC Plus, BritBox, MGM Plus and PBS Masterpiece. The subscription costs $30 per month, saving about 39% versus separate subscriptions, and is available as an add-on to Prime Video.
Microsoft announced an event on October 7 in San Francisco focused on the future of Windows and Surface devices. Expected speakers include Satya Nadella, Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, with local AI in PCs as the main topic.
Former id Software producer Andrew Willis said Game Pass is 'extremely poorly managed' and that Doom: The Dark Ages should not have been part of the subscription. He said Microsoft never defined success metrics, and over 2 million of the 3 million launch players were on Xbox.
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 23H2 in Education and Enterprise editions. Organizations still using this version are advised to upgrade to a newer OS build.
The launch of Season 15 Hell's Legacy, tied to Diablo's 30th anniversary, was delayed after widespread login errors on September 15. Players reported codes 3000008 and 3000006, and Blizzard promised to roll back progress for those who started the season.
In iOS 27, the Calendar app supports natural language for creating events: describe a meeting in one line, and the app fills in time, location, and participants. The feature also works for reminders.
Home Assistant Companion 2026.9.0 adds Live Activities support on iOS 17.2 and newer, updating notifications on the lock screen and in Dynamic Island. Android's equivalent Live Updates feature has worked since February 2026. Live Activities mirror to Apple Watch in Smart Stack.
At BlizzCon 2026 Blizzard announced a new StarCraft: a third-person open-world story shooter set roughly 70 years after StarCraft 2. Release is planned for 2030 with no seasonal or live-service elements; creative director is Dan Hay, who worked on Far Cry.
At the Roblox Developers Conference, Roblox said developers will be able to publish their games as standalone apps on Steam, the App Store and Google Play. Early creators keep the current revenue share model, including a higher DevEx rate for verified US users 18+.
Spotify released a setting that excludes children's and family music from a user's taste profile. The feature works retroactively: already-played kids' tracks won't affect Discover Weekly, Daily Mix or year-end Wrapped results.
Microsoft said it has not announced or finalized changes to Game Pass, responding to a rumor of ad-supported $13 and ad-free $20 monthly tiers from 2027. The rumor also claims first-day releases and cloud streaming may be removed.
Along with the Android 17 QPR1 release, Google issued the final major update for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Support for the devices will end in October 2026, after which one more security patch will be released.
Apple adapted iOS 27 for its first foldable iPhone Duo: vertical controls, two home screens, Split View for two apps, interface response to body bending and expanded StandBy. Price starts at $1999, pre-orders from October 16, sales from October 23 on iOS 27.1.
XRP Ledger released version 1.1 of its AI Starter Kit for building agentic payments. It adds support for the Open Wallet Standard and Tempo and Stripe's Machine Payments Protocol, a local xrpl-up CLI and an XRPL DEX trading skill.
Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate on September 14 without support for AFP, the protocol used for Time Machine backups to AirPort Time Capsule and AirPort Disk. Backups still work with third-party network storage via SMB.
Yuzu successor Suyu ceases operations, releasing final version 0.04. It added a limited static recompilation mode allowing games to run at native PC speeds, but support for macOS and Android was removed.
Apple officially released iPadOS 27 for iPad on September 14, 2026. The company published full release notes for the update.
A feature allowing up to three accounts in one app was found in WhatsApp beta for iOS 26.37.10.15. The current limit is two accounts; Meta has not officially announced the change.
Microsoft confirmed that Word can crash when some third-party applications are used. The company acknowledged the issue, but details and a fix timeline have not yet been disclosed.
Suyu 0.04 added a recompiler mode that statically translates Arm64 code from Switch games into native x86-64 binaries for PC. The official Suyu repository has been archived, but the project continues as a new fork, 0.0.10. A separate developer released Wine-NX, a port of Wine 11 to Horizon for running old Windows games on modified Switch consoles.
Microsoft released a series of out-of-band (OOB) updates for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 after problematic September patches. Update KB5129195 fixes Remote Desktop Services crashes, Hyper-V shared folder issues for Linux VMs, and USB audio device operation in multichannel mode.
Remedy detailed a granular difficulty control panel in Control Resonant: players can separately adjust enemy projectile speed, perfect dodge window, enemy and player damage, shield break time, and melee magnetism in both directions. Achievements will not be tied to these settings.
Google began rolling out Android 17 QPR1 to Pixel phones and tablets alongside the September Feature Drop and security patch. The update adds blur in the system interface, updated power and volume menus, a new Material 3 media player, and distance and calorie tracking support in Health Connect.
iOS 27 adds a Hide Location feature in Find My: users can temporarily hide their location from a specific person for 12 hours without disabling permanent location sharing. The other party is not notified and sees "No Location Found". Custom temporary sharing from 15 minutes with a chosen end date and time was also added.
Riot Games will add an experimental Gauntlet: Glitched mode to Valorant with patch 13.06 on September 22, 2026. Sixteen players in eight pairs fight on four arenas, building hybrid Robo-agents from different characters' abilities with leveling from 1 to 3. Matches last 8–15 minutes.
Google Translate has begun rolling out offline support for Live Translate for conversations without internet. Pairs with English are available for French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, and Swedish.
