Apple unveiled the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, both built around a redesigned health-tracking system that checks heart rate every five seconds and HRV every five minutes, which Apple calls its most accurate wearable heart sensor yet. The watches also debut Audio Intelligence, featuring sound recognition, a 15-second 'live rewind' transcription tool, and Siri-generated meeting recaps, all powered by Apple's new S11 chip.
Apple introduced the Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 at its September event, keeping familiar designs but adding faster processors, upgraded health sensors, and the new watchOS 27 software. The sensor update allows continuous heart rate readings every five seconds, and both devices ship alongside watchOS 27's redesigned interface and smarter Siri.
Apple confirmed during its 'Surprise and shine' hardware event that visionOS 27, the next major software update for Vision Pro, will launch on Monday, September 14. The release coincides with other major OS updates including iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate.
Suno released version 6 of its AI music generator, the first built using licensed content from Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe alongside user-submitted data. The update ships as three variants—v6, v6-wild, and a free lightweight v6-mini—with notable improvements in recognizing and reproducing musical genres accurately.
Cisco has verified that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-20079, a maximum-severity (CVSS 10.0) flaw in its Secure Firewall Management Center software that lets unauthenticated remote attackers bypass login and run commands as root. The company first disclosed the bug in March without evidence of exploitation, but updated its advisory this week to acknowledge PSIRT detected active attacks in August, though it hasn't shared attacker identity or attack timeline details. CISA has since added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, giving federal agencies until September 12 to patch.
Apple unveiled AirPods 5, bringing Active Noise Cancellation to its entry-level earbuds for the first time, cutting up to 50% more outside noise than the prior AirPods 4 ANC model. The buds also gain a new acoustic design, upgraded Adaptive EQ, hands-free Siri AI access, head-gesture responses, and Live Translation support. Pre-orders open today at $129, with a $149 version adding wireless charging and on-stem volume control, both arriving in stores September 18.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro, featuring a variable aperture camera system that gives users more manual control over photos instead of relying solely on computational photography. The device is powered by the new A20 Pro chip, Apple's first 2nm processor, which includes a 6-core CPU, a 7-core GPU with up to 40 percent better performance, and a dual Neural Engine design. Apple also detailed upcoming Siri AI features, powered by large language models, set to launch in October.
Reports indicate Samsung is already developing a successor to its still-unreleased smart glasses, suggesting the company is planning a multi-year product roadmap before the debut device even reaches consumers. Details on the follow-up model's features remain unclear at this stage.
Apple announced at its fall iPhone event that the overhauled Siri AI, currently available in English through iOS 27 and related betas, will add support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish next month. The English version rolls out publicly on September 14, while broader language support follows in October. Apple also confirmed daily limits on cloud-based AI prompts, with iCloud+ subscribers getting higher usage caps.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, featuring a 48MP Fusion Main camera with variable aperture, a smaller Dynamic Island, and the new A20 Pro chip paired with a next-generation vapor chamber for sustained performance. The Pro Max also gets Apple's largest-ever battery life increase, while both models run iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and a revamped Siri. The phones come in four finishes, including a new burgundy option, with pre-orders starting September 12 and sales beginning September 18.
Apple has unveiled a Reference Image feature on the iPhone 18 Pro that creates a cryptographic signature for photos at the moment of capture, allowing later verification of whether an image has been altered by AI. Using Apple Private Cloud Compute, the system lets users compare an edited photo against its original 'digital negative' and can share these signed authentication records with others. The feature will not roll out in the European Union or China, while Apple's own AI-generated images will instead carry SynthID watermarks.
A new project called BPF Capsule compiles large C programs, including a complete DOOM implementation, into standard eBPF bytecode that passes the unmodified Linux verifier and JIT. The system runs game initialization, logic, and rendering entirely inside the kernel, with userspace only supplying the WAD file and keyboard input and receiving back a finished framebuffer each tick. It works without kernel patches or a separate virtual machine, targeting kernels as old as Linux 5.15 on both x86-64 and arm64.
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