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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.
Amazon has cut $40 off the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 FE, bringing the noise-canceling earbuds down to $109.99. The retailer says it's the lowest price on these buds since Prime Day.
Engadget's podcast hosts Devindra Hardawar and Karissa Bell discuss Apple's newly unveiled iPhone Duo, the company's first foldable phone, and how it compares to Samsung's earlier foldable designs. They also cover the iPhone 18 Pro, which introduces a variable aperture camera but is expected to draw less attention than the Duo this year.
During its September iPhone event, Apple showcased its upgraded Siri AI's ability to work with third-party apps, using the note-organizing app Stuff as a key example. Stuff lets users convert speech and handwritten notes into task lists with dates, and now integrates with Siri so users can create and manage lists through voice commands and camera scans.
After its 'Surprise and Shine' event, Apple updated its Design Resources portal with Photoshop and PNG bezel assets for the new iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro. The additions include the iPhone Duo shown in open and closed states across both color options, plus iPhone 18 Pro mockups featuring its smaller Dynamic Island.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker announced they are renaming South Park to 'South America' for its new season, mocking President Trump's pattern of renaming geographic features like the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. The change was unveiled on the show's social media with a doctored sign reading 'South America' instead of 'South Park', shortly after the series won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program. The creators also sarcastically thanked parent company Paramount Skydance, referencing its pending $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery.