The iPhone’s ‘boring’ era officially ends next week
Apple launches new flagship iPhones every year with a variety of upgrades. But after years of relatively stagnant innovation on the design front, the iPhone 17 launch will kick off several years of exciting new innovations that put an end to the recent...
2025-09-02 18:36
AI startup Anthropic is now valued at $183 billion
AI startup Anthropic, known for its Claude AI models, has raised $13 billion in a Series F funding round, achieving a massive $183 billion valuation. Read more...
2025-09-02 18:36
Join Relay in supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Once again, our friends over at Relay have launched their annual campaign to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Relay community has raised over $4 million for St. Jude since 2019. I’ve set up a 9to5Mac fundraising page for S...
2025-09-02 18:30
Dying Light: The Beast system requirements arrive in both desktop and laptop flavors
Techland has shared the PC system requirements for Dying Light: The Beast ahead of its launch this month. Interestingly, there are separate specifications for desktop and laptop gamers. Read more...
2025-09-02 18:22
Apple is already raising iPhone Fold expectations in a big way, per report
Apple’s first ‘iPhone Fold’ is still about a year away from launching, but according to a new analyst note, the company recently raised shipment expectations significantly for the new model. more…
2025-09-02 18:13
Here’s why Apple’s cheapest iPad is actually the most practical model
As a techie, it’s easy to get caught up in the trap of buying the most expensive devices with the most features. And, for the most part, it’s still a problem. That said, I recently made the decision to switch to Apple’s , the budget model with an...
2025-09-02 17:52
GIMP 3.1.4 Adds Non-Destructive Link Layers and Vector Support
A new development release of GIMP, the open-source image editor, is available for testing. Like all development builds, features introduced here will — barring any upsets — ship in the next stable release, GIMP 3.2. The GIMP 3.1.4 snapshot includes...
2025-09-02 17:31
GIMP 3.1.4 Dev Release Adds Link Layers, Vector Support
A new development release of GIMP, the open-source image editor, is available for testing. Like all development builds, features introduced here will — barring any upsets — ship in the next stable release, GIMP 3.2. The GIMP 3.1.4 snapshot includes...
2025-09-02 17:31
U.S. gov't revokes TSMC's authorization to ship tools to its fabs in China — special export license to be pulled by end of 2025
The U.S. will revoke TSMC’s special export license for its Nanjing Fab 16 by the end of 2025, potentially disrupting its 16nm and 28nm-class operations and shifting Chinese customer demand toward rivals like SMIC and HuaHong. However, SMIC vows to en...
2025-09-02 17:31
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The State of Open Source in Europe: From Passion, to Prioritization
When the first World of Open Source: Europe Spotlight 2022 report was published in Dublin at the time we launched Linux Foundation Europe, it painted a picture of a continent with an undeniable passion for open source — a “romantic” relationship...
2025-09-02 17:26
Apple releases beta 9 for iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, more
Apple has just released another wave of beta updates for its forthcoming major software versions, including beta 9 for iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, and more. more…
2025-09-02 17:23
Apple releases beta 9 for iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, more [U]
Apple has just released another wave of beta updates for its forthcoming major software versions, including beta 9 for iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, and more. Update: Apple has now shipped public beta versions of the same builds, just a few hours after the devel...
2025-09-02 17:23
Join Canonical at the first-ever African OpenInfra Days
For the second time, and in less than one month, Canonical is coming to East Africa! Three weeks ago, we had the first-ever UbuCon Africa, which was co-located with DjangoCon Africa 2025, and on September 6, Canonical will be coming to Kenya to support...
2025-09-02 17:22
macOS Tahoe 26 beta 9 now available
Contrary to expectations, Apple is rolling out a new wave of developer betas ahead of next week’s “Awe Dropping” event. Here’s what to expect. more…
2025-09-02 17:21
macOS Tahoe 26 beta 9 now available [U: Public betas]
Contrary to expectations, Apple is rolling out a new wave of developer betas ahead of next week’s “Awe Dropping” event. Here’s what to expect. more…
2025-09-02 17:21
Apple releases iOS 26 beta 9 for iPhone
Turns out iOS 26 development isn’t quite over yet. After only shipping eight beta versions of major iOS releases over the last several years, Apple has released the ninth developer beta version of iOS 26. We expect the redesigned version of the iPhon...
2025-09-02 17:20
SDL Merges X11TK: A Basic X11 Toolkit
It looks like the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library widely used by cross-platform games for software/hardware abstractions isn't done enhancing its support for running on the X.Org/X11 Server. Similarly, Valve is still committing resources to enha...
2025-09-02 17:18
Palo Alto Networks confirms breach involving customer info and support records
Last month's Salesloft-Drift breach hit major firms, including Google and Palo Alto Networks. We're now learning the full extent of the fallout, with attackers gaining access to customer data. Read more...
2025-09-02 17:16
Shadow AI Discovery: A Critical Part of Enterprise AI Governance
The Harsh Truths of AI Adoption MITs State of AI in Business report revealed that while 40% of organizations have purchased enterprise LLM subscriptions, over 90% of employees are actively using AI tools in their daily work. Similarly, research from Ha...
2025-09-02 17:00
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Files gets a massive update to version 4.0 with a long list of new features
Files, a popular and feature-packed file manager for Windows, has been updated to version 4.0, which is chock-full of new features. Read more...
2025-09-02 16:58