Microsoft is expanding its Auto SR (Automatic Super Resolution) feature to more Windows 11 PCs. The AI-based technology improves in-game image quality without losing performance and works with thousands of games.
Honor officially unveiled MagicOS 11, an Android 17-based update with an Apple Liquid Glass-style design. Animations are about 20% faster, and the Yoyo AI assistant can now handle chains of up to 100 steps. The beta is available for more than a dozen devices, with the list to expand in October-November.
On September 16 from 16:04 to 17:30 GMT, some users could not open SharePoint Online sites and pages, encountering a 'Thread was being aborted' error. Microsoft rolled back the configuration change responsible for delivering page rendering code and said telemetry confirmed the issue was resolved.
A Beat Match feature was found in Google Photos that automatically syncs transitions between photos to the tempo and rhythm of selected music in Highlight Videos. Users can disable syncing and edit videos manually.
In the iPadOS 27.2 beta, a feature from macOS 27 Golden Gate appeared: when text is selected, a Siri icon appears in the corner, which expands into an 'Ask Siri' field when the cursor hovers. It works with a connected trackpad; without one, the standard edit menu is available.
Motorola began rolling out stable Android 17 to the Edge 70, making it the company's second smartphone with the new OS after the Signature. The update weighs 4.3 GB, build number A17WRH.35-10, and adds stacked widgets, Live Updates, and notification summaries.
On September 16, 2026, RustFS 1.0.0 was released—a distributed object storage with an S3-compatible API written in Rust under the Apache 2.0 license. The core engine (PUT, GET, multipart, versioning, replication) is deemed stable for production; the project has gained 32,000+ GitHub stars and 2.7 million deployed instances.
io_uring maintainer Jens Axboe published an RFC patch set to solve blocking issues in the Linux kernel's asynchronous subsystem. Current workarounds severely impact performance, and the new solution is described as radical and potentially risky.
In iOS 27, the Messages app gains a Drawing iMessage app for drawings and handwritten notes, inline replies and Tapback reactions in RCS, and one-tap suggestions powered by Apple Intelligence. Improvements include message resend, search by number and nickname, and blocking violent content in child accounts.
Microsoft reminded that on October 13, 2026, Windows 11 24H2 in Home and Pro editions will stop receiving security updates. Enterprise and Education versions will remain supported until October 2027, and home systems will automatically update to Windows 11 25H2.
Roku announced free Roku OS updates including the Roku Labs app for testing experimental services, improved search with explanations, and voice weather queries. Roku LT OS is now open, and premium subscription bundles with 30+ combinations launched.
Debian voted by majority to adopt a 'Responsible Use of Generative AI' policy: AI code is allowed, but the submitter bears responsibility for it. The growing flow of AI patches and bug reports is overloading maintainers, already noticeable in the Linux kernel.
Roku opened access to experimental apps through Roku Labs: any device owner can launch them via a tile on the home screen. Four apps are available at launch—Backdrops Studio, Roku Immerse, Roku Weather, and Roku Stocks. The company also open-sourced Roku LT OS for remotes and smart home.
Roku is rolling out updates: a homescreen redesign expands to Brazil and Mexico, a Roku Labs program with experimental apps launches, and users can buy streaming subscription bundles with savings up to 30%. The Roku LT OS remote OS is open-sourced.
After the September KB5124012 security update for Windows 11, some machines under Credential Guard lose trust with the local Active Directory domain and reject domain credentials. The cause is Machine Identity Isolation, which requires Windows Server 2025-level controllers. Microsoft suggests disabling the feature via Intune, Group Policy or the registry and rebooting.
Rust Coreutils 0.12 is out, the Rust implementation of GNU Coreutils now used by default in Ubuntu. The release closes all Ubuntu priority issues, including a data-loss bug in parallel install -D, and reaches 96.9% of GNU tests passed.
General Motors is creating a new multimedia interface for pickups in which CarPlay and Android Auto get a separate window alongside native apps rather than the full screen. The company continues to move away from its 2023 decision to fully drop CarPlay in future electric vehicles.
After installing iOS 27, some iPhone users noticed faster battery drain. The cause is background processing: search reindexing, app updates and preparing data for Siri and AI features. It usually normalizes within 24-48 hours, sometimes up to three days.
Oppo unveiled ColorOS 17 at a developer conference in China. It includes Polar Light and Tidal engines, an AI photo editor, AI notes, and synchronized translation via earbuds. The first devices to receive the update are Find X10, OnePlus 16, and Watch S2; global timelines are not announced.
The Arch Linux-based Omarchy distribution by David Heinemeier Hansson has raised about $18.5M in donations and pledges, including tokens from Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI. It released version 4.0.3 and announced Omarchy M for Apple Silicon, but faces criticism over the creator's political views.
Signal's beta adds registration without a phone number via a one-time anonymous $3 payment not linked to the account. Two-factor authentication has been added for such accounts.
Samsung Thailand announced that stable One UI 9 based on Android 17 will begin rolling out to Galaxy S25, Z Fold 7, and Z Flip 7 on September 28. The Galaxy S23 FE will receive the update in October, hinting at similar timing for the S24 and S23 series.
CNCF announced that Karmada, a project for multi-cluster Kubernetes orchestration, has reached the highest maturity level, graduated. The announcement was made at KubeCon China 2026 in Shanghai along with the v1.19 release, which improves scheduling of AI training tasks and includes priority scheduling by default.
Microsoft added a Windows 11 setting that hides the profile name and photo in the Start menu, showing a default account icon instead. The feature arrived with update KB5120998 and is rolling out gradually.
Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure, ported his 20-year-old ZoomIt utility from Windows to macOS over a weekend using AI. Basic functions were recreated in about 30 minutes and a dozen prompts, with the final version over 90% complete.
Xiaomi is preparing a stable release of HyperOS 4 based on Android 17. The first wave of updates will include Xiaomi 17, Redmi K90, and Redmi K100 Pro flagships, as well as Xiaomi Pad 8 tablets. Exact timelines for China, global markets, and EEA will differ.
Media player VLC updated to version 3.0.24 'Vetinari': switch from FFmpeg 4.4 to 8.1.2, built-in Flatpak build for Linux, Qt 6 improvements, support for ATRAC3/ATRAC9 codecs and CEA-708 subtitles in MP4. Added RIST via librist, SRT listener mode, and improved SFTP authentication.
Meta added podcast tools to Threads: profile banners, pinned favorite episode, transcription, video and guest data, saved posts and new-episode reminders. Podcast Insights analytics shows clicks, saves and views split by followers and others. Threads earlier reported 500 million monthly active users.
A developer tested the --min-dep-age flag in Deno 2.9.6: days and weeks work, but specifying months or years (P1M, P2Y) silently disables the filter and installs the latest package version. The deno.json key is named minimumDependencyAge, and the check is not applied to an already pinned lockfile.
Microsoft is warning Exchange Online tenants that if administrators do not populate the EWSAllowedAppIDs list and plan migration to Microsoft Graph API, legacy EWS settings will be deployed automatically, risking service disconnection.
