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Nicole Saphier, a former Fox News contributor and Trump's third nominee for Surgeon General this term, has disclosed personal investments spanning technology, tobacco, fast food and pharmaceutical companies. The disclosure comes as her nomination heads toward Senate consideration after two earlier picks for the post fell through.
Apple's new Ultra 4 keeps the same design as Ultra 3 but adds a new S11 chip, doubles RAM to 4GB, and introduces a redesigned Health Sensing System with upgraded heart rate and HRV tracking. New features include high-frequency background heart rate monitoring, a heart rate watch face complication, more frequent HRV readings, a new Recovery HRV metric, and more accurate real-time step tracking.
A study found Seattle hosts roughly nine times more coyotes per area than nearby wild lands in Washington state. Researchers attribute the surge to the abundance of easy food sources in urban environments, which reduces the need for coyotes to hunt as extensively as their rural counterparts.
Microsoft has updated its Copilot iPhone app to support Apple CarPlay, requiring iOS 26.4 or later and a subscription to function. The voice-driven integration mirrors chat history from the phone app, including text-based conversations, and joins Siri AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok, Meta AI and Claude as chatbot options available in CarPlay.
A retired NYPD officer treated for lung cancer linked to ground zero exposure describes losing multiple friends—construction workers, firefighters and police—to cancers and respiratory illness in the years after 9/11. The 25th anniversary ceremony at the World Trade Center will include a new moment of silence honoring those who died from post-exposure illnesses rather than the attacks themselves.
Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions have struck a new publishing and development deal with Microsoft after Sony decided to stop funding his upcoming titles, including Physint and OD. Sony reportedly canceled its backing of Physint, prompting a three-month search that ended with Xbox stepping in to finance the games through to release.
A growing debate is unfolding among parenting commentators over the popular 'gentle parenting' approach, which emphasizes empathy and minimal punishment. Critics argue the method may leave children without boundaries, while defenders say it is widely misunderstood and often confused with permissiveness. The discussion highlights confusion over what gentle parenting actually entails versus how it is practiced.
Ahead of Mike Flanagan's upcoming Stephen King series for Prime Video, a retrospective examines the various actresses and productions that have portrayed Carrie White on screen over the decades. The piece surveys prior film and TV versions of the character as context for the new adaptation.
Multiple restaurant chains are rolling out cheese-heavy items this fall, including Applebee's new O-M-Cheese-adilla Burger, Golden Chick's $1 queso, Freddy's Baconfest with cheese-topped tots, Denny's all-American-cheese burger lineup, Panera's Three-Cheese Lasagna Soup, and Qdoba's dip-focused 'Diptember' promotion featuring Queso Fundido.
An Entrepreneur contributor writing from experience scaling a regulated payments company argues that surpassing roughly 100,000 customers does not mark the end of hard problems but the start of new, more dangerous ones. Early shortcuts in engineering, treasury, compliance and onboarding that worked at small scale begin to buckle under volume, often without warning until systems are already strained.
9to5Mac's daily podcast episode for September 11, 2026 rounds up ongoing coverage of Apple Intelligence developments and speculation about a possible dual-device iPhone product referred to as iPhone Duo. The episode is a spoken recap of stories the site has already published, rather than new reporting.
Austin Fire Department Chief Matthew McElearney told NBC that Tesla's Cybercab, which relies on a touchscreen instead of a steering wheel for manual control, could hinder first responders trying to move the vehicle during emergencies. He noted the touchscreen requires power, training, and precision, which may not be feasible if responders are wearing gloves, covered in dust or sweat, or if the car is damaged.