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LG pushed back after GamersNexus published a video alleging that its G5 TVs could be hacked via a man-in-the-middle attack to capture ambient audio and viewing data, even with the microphone switch off. LG stated its TVs only process voice data when the remote's voice button is pressed or a wake word is spoken, and that unrecognized audio is never sent to its servers.
Apple's latest product event introduced hardware like the Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, AirPods 5, iPhone 18 Pro models, and the foldable iPhone Duo, but not everything ships immediately. While the Watch and AirPods models arrive September 18 alongside the iPhone 18 Pro, the iPhone Duo won't ship until October 23, and several Apple Intelligence features—including expanded Siri AI language support—won't roll out until later in 2026.
Apple confirmed that not all products and features unveiled at its latest event will ship simultaneously. The Apple Watch Series 12, Watch Ultra 4 and AirPods 5 arrive Sept. 18, followed by the iPhone 18 Pro models on the same date, while the foldable iPhone Duo won't ship until Oct. 23. Software updates including iOS 27 land Sept. 14, but Siri AI remains a beta feature rolling out gradually, first in English, then in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish by October.
Automattic's board voted to place founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid leave, a move he says was orchestrated behind his back by CFO Mark Davies alongside board members Ann Dunwoody, Toni Schneider, and Sue Decker. Davies has been named interim CEO, though Mullenweg reportedly remains on the board. WordPress.org's executive director Mary Hubbard says the open-source project itself is unaffected and Mullenweg still leads it.
After unveiling the iPhone Duo alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and new AirPods at its 'Surprise and Shine' event, the company published a dedicated developer page for its first foldable phone. The resources include Group Labs on September 16-17, Q&A sessions on Photos & Camera, SwiftUI and UIKit on September 23, global hands-on workshops, and upcoming tools like an Xcode 27.1 beta and guides for designing resizable apps.
At its 'Surprise and Shine' event, Apple introduced its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, priced around $2,000, which automatically adjusts its display based on orientation. The company also launched the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max at higher prices, alongside updates to iOS 27 and WatchOS 27, including a revamped Siri. This event also marked John Ternus' debut as CEO leading an Apple hardware launch.
Apple's 'Surprise and Shine' event introduced the company's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, which automatically adjusts its display based on orientation and starts around $2,000. Alongside it, Apple raised prices on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, which run the previously announced iOS 27 software, while John Ternus made his debut as CEO leading a product-design-heavy presentation.
Apple's Sept. 9 event under new CEO John Ternus introduced updated Apple Watches, the iPhone 18 Pro, and the company's first foldable device, the iPhone Duo, but left out a standard iPhone 18 model. Apple gave no explanation, though rumors point to an early 2027 release, with the iPhone 18 Pro and even the existing iPhone 17 seeing $100 price increases.
Apple Wallet is the iPhone (and Apple Watch) app that stores digital cards, IDs, boarding passes, tickets and loyalty cards, while Apple Pay is the payment service that actually processes transactions using cards saved in Wallet. Making a purchase in-store involves tapping an NFC terminal and double-pressing the side button, then confirming identity via Face ID, Touch ID or a PIN, whereas online purchases work much like PayPal by selecting a stored card and authenticating.
A developer has introduced Transparent Continuation Checkpointing (TCC), a prototype recovery approach for durable execution systems that captures a program's live continuation at checkpoints instead of replaying stored execution history after a failure. On restart, the runtime loads the committed continuation and resumes directly, rather than re-running prior steps to reconstruct state. The prototype already supports durable effects, external waits, child executions, cancellation, and crash recovery.
Jim Cramer said on 'Mad Money' that despite rising oil prices hitting retail, staples and discretionary stocks like Comcast, Procter & Gamble and Stanley Black & Decker, he remains optimistic about the broader market. All three major indexes fell for a third straight session, but Cramer pointed to strong AI-related semiconductor stocks, resilient bank shares, and the potential for oil prices to ease as reasons for his continued confidence.
OpenAI has appointed Paul Christiano, a former researcher who helped develop reinforcement learning from human feedback, to its Foundation board and its Safety and Security Committee. Christiano said he sees a meaningful risk that rapid AI capability gains could lead to catastrophic, irreversible loss of control, and that neither OpenAI nor the industry is doing enough to address it.