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Apple unveils a Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro, with up to 4x faster AI performance and up to 2x faster graphics, for $899+ with M6 and $1,699+ with M5 Pro — Mac mini delivers up to 4x faster AI performance, up to 2x faster graphics and storage, along with enhanced connectivity — all in its ultracompact footprint
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Apple updates the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra, with up to 4.3x faster AI performance, faster graphics, and up to 512GB of unified memory for $2,499+ — Apple's most powerful Mac raises the bar for local AI with up to 4.3x faster performance, more advanced graphics, up to 512GB of unified memory, and extensive connectivity
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple unveils M6, a 2nm chip with a 12-core CPU and GPU, and up to 32GB of unified memory, saying it provides “the world's fastest single-threaded performance” — Apple is introducing the M6 chip with a new Mac Mini. It's also launching a new M5 Ultra alongside an upgraded Mac Studio.
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Forums: r/mac, r/hardware, r/StableDiffusion, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/apple
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Apple says M5 Ultra uses a quad-die 3nm architecture, “a first for Apple silicon”, with inter-die bandwidth of 4.4TB/s+ and up to a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU — The M6 has also arrived with all-new 2nm process technology. — With the launch of the latest Mac mini and Mac Studio computers …
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| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple raises Mac mini and Studio prices: the M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini are $899+ and $1,699+, $100 above M4 models, and the M5 Ultra Mac Studio is $5,499+, up $200 — Between the AI agent craze and the global memory-chip shortage, Apple might struggle to keep these refreshed little powerhouse Macs in stock
More: Wired, The Verge, CNBC, AppleInsider, Macworld, MacRumors, Tom's Hardware, AppleInsider, Appleosophy, CNET, Tom's Guide, Digit, Quartz, Seoul Economic Daily, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, and Notebookcheck
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip delivered 1.5x-1.9x more AI work per watt and 1.7x-3.6x lower latency vs. Nvidia chips across GPT-OSS, DeepSeek R1, Kimi K2.5 1T — Jalapeño outperformed Nvidia's superchips on an AI inference benchmark test.
More: The Register, The New Stack, and OpenAI
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp upgrades its two-step verification, letting users replace the six-digit PIN with a longer alphanumeric password, and adds support for multiple passkeys — WhatsApp announced Tuesday that it's launching new security features and updates to help users keep their accounts secure … | Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI restores five-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users, after weeks without the restriction, saying it would smoothen the load on its compute — Following several weeks during which ChatGPT users were subject only to a weekly usage cap, OpenAI announced today that it is restoring …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/codex, and r/OpenAI
| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Google is rolling out Motion Assist, a feature to reduce motion sickness by showing visual cues on the screen, to Android 17, starting with select Pixel devices — Pixel phones appear to be the first devices to get Google's Motion Assist feature. — • … TL;DR
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Asus opens pre-orders for the standalone Xbox Ally X20 at $1,300+, with shipments from October 15; a $2,500 bundle includes the X20 and ROG Xreal R1 glasses — Is the best handheld screen worth an extra $300 to you? … The Asus Xbox Ally X20 looked like it could be one of the best handheld gaming PCs yet …
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| Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
Tim Cook is set to step down on September 1, and a source says Apple hosted an intimate farewell party; sources say Cook's assistant will work with John Ternus — Next Tuesday, Tim Cook will officially pass the baton as Apple CEO to his successor, John Ternus.
More: The Mac Observer, Times of India, Business Today, and MacRumors
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber launches an optional safety feature allowing parents or guardians to watch a livestream of their teen's ride via the driver's front-facing phone camera — Uber Technologies Inc. is rolling out a new safety feature that lets parents or guardians view a video livestream of their teenager's ride.
More: Engadget, Business Insider, CNET, Digital Trends, and WeRSM
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveil the $250 Luffu Link, a screenless, jewelry-inspired LTE health and safety band, set to ship in early 2027 — Luffu, a new startup from Fitbit's co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman, on Tuesday launched Luffu Link …
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| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Google launches Gemini Enterprise for Legal, expanding its platform with specialized AI agents and integrations with Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and Harvey — Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with new tools for lawyers and law firms … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: neocloud Lambda is in talks to raise up to $3B at a $12B+ valuation, and its 2026 revenue is expected to reach $1.5B+; Lambda raised $1.5B+ in 2025 — Lambda Inc., an AI cloud-computing provider backed by Nvidia Corp., is in talks to raise as much as $3 billion in a round that could tee …
More: Seeking Alpha, The Next Web, Tech Funding News, Techerati, and RuntimeWire
| Mark Anderson / Bloomberg: |
Researchers detail the growing use of AI in cyberattacks across many Chinese state-linked groups, primarily using open-weight models like Kimi K3 and DeepSeek — Chinese hackers are ramping up attacks after integrating DeepSeek and other open-source artificial intelligence models into their operations … | Newley Purnell / Bloomberg: |
Qustodio: 26% of Australian children aged 13 to 15 were on TikTok in July, just one percentage point below pre-ban levels, and 10-to-12-year-olds' usage is up — Eight months after implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media services like TikTok, Australia finds its younger users …
More: The Sun and Social Media Today
| Lee Ying Shan / CNBC: |
Bitcoin rises above $80K after jumping 20%+ last week, its biggest three-day gain since 2023; US spot bitcoin ETFs had $1.92B in net inflows last week — Bitcoin extended gains on Tuesday, as renewed inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs and improving risk appetite extended the cryptocurrency's recent rally.| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Autonomous trucking startup Gatik raised $200M, two months after striking a multi-year commercial agreement with PepsiCo, bringing its total funding to ~$500M — Gatik, the autonomous vehicle startup known for its self-driving box trucks, has raised $200 million just two months after striking …
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| Kylie Madry / Reuters: |
Mexico-based Primero, which aims to modernize legacy software used by Latin American companies with AI, raised a $12M seed co-led by Kaszek and General Catalyst — Mexican startup Primero launched publicly on Tuesday with a $12 million seed round co-led by Kaszek and General Catalyst …
More: Finimize and General Catalyst
| Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: |
Tel Aviv and NYC-based Alice, which works to protect AI models from misuse and rogue behavior, raised $140M led by Apax Digital at a valuation “close to $1B” — An Israeli startup that works to protect artificial intelligence models from misuse and rogue behavior has raised $140 million …
More: CTech, Globes, SecurityWeek, and Pulse 2.0
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Waymo plans to offer ride-hailing services in Germany, starting with Munich, by the end of 2027, marking its third international market and the first in the EU — Waymo is planning to offer driverless ride-hailing services in Germany by the end of next year, marking its third planned international market …
More: Financial Times, Ubergizmo, Zag Daily, The Last Driver License Holder, and Politico
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Perplexity launches Portable Computer, a local AI agent platform running fully on-device with zero token costs, starting with Nvidia DGX Spark and RTX Linux PCs — Perplexity is launching Portable Computer today, a version of its agentic “Computer” platform that runs entirely …
More: ZDNET, Tom's Guide, and The Deep View
| Sri Muppidi / New York Times: |
Emerald AI, which uses AI to optimize data center power consumption based on grid demands, raised $150M led by DCVC and Energize Capital at a $1.05B valuation — Emerald AI, now valued at $1.05 billion, uses software to keep power demand at the computing facilities from getting out of control.
More: FinSMEs, Reuters, Finimize, and Implicator.ai
| Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC: |
OpenAI bans a cluster of Russian ChatGPT accounts that used VPNs to evade restrictions and run an influence operation, including creating social media comments — OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts originating in Russia that it said were being used to support a covert online influence campaign to spread misinformation.| Reuters: |
Unitree shares fell 45% after surging more than 5x in their August 19 Shanghai debut, cutting its valuation from $66B to $36B, raising robotics bubble concerns — A roughly 45% slump in the shares of Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, since a more than fivefold jump … Sponsor Posts
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