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Apple Wallet has evolved well past its 2015 origins as the rebranded Passbook app, now serving as a hub for far more than boarding passes and movie tickets. With iOS 27, the app adds features like custom passes and bill-splitting, alongside several lesser-known tools already built into Wallet that many users never explore.
A new open-source repository accompanies a technical blog post detailing how to build a rv32ima instruction-set emulator and run a minimal Linux system on it from the ground up. The project includes emulator code, a small set of emulated devices, machine configuration files, and WebAssembly-exposed functions, along with the Linux build configs needed to reproduce the setup.
A security researcher tested how generative AI models behave when fed their own outputs repeatedly, using Nano Banana 2 to make a video poster undergo successive localized edits until the image degraded into visual noise. Testing the same recursive approach on text rewrites, the researcher found that unlike images, text doesn't spiral into total chaos because encoding is lossless and per-token entropy is low—but open-ended rewrites still drift substantially from the original, eventually stabilizing into a distinct, homogenized style.
A longtime version control industry veteran, who competed against Git with Plastic SCM and now works on Git performance at Origin, argues the field is undergoing its most significant transformation in two decades. He points to two converging pressures: AI coding agents generating commits at unprecedented volume, and growing developer interest in alternatives to GitHub's dominance.
WhatsApp is developing a feature that lets users generate an API key inside the app to link outside AI agents to individual chats, then message those agents directly for responses or task execution. According to WABetaInfo, the feature limits agents to reading only the messages shared in that one conversation, with no access to other chats, contacts, or media, and currently supports only one-on-one chats rather than groups or communities.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the 21 Air Boeing 767-300 operating Prime Air Flight 7598 overshot Miami International Airport's runway by roughly 1,300 feet after arriving from San Juan on Sunday. The jet struck a cleaning-company van inside the airport, broke through a perimeter fence and hit a passenger car outside, killing at least five people and injuring five more before sliding through a second fence near parked Tesla robotaxis.
In a personal blog post, the author details how their views on AI evolved from cautious optimism to deep concern, focusing first on economic disruption. They argue that while past automation created more wealth and leisure, a truly general AI that outperforms humans in every domain could eliminate the human economic role entirely, leaving society dependent on universal basic income.
A researcher describes developing an economic theory over several months with help from Anthropic's Opus and Fable AI models, which surfaced counterarguments and relevant papers during the process. The work has evolved into a formal paper co-authored with a researcher from the Stockholm School of Economics, building on the task-based automation framework of Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo. The paper claims to combine classical economic scarcity models with technology-driven wage effects to explain how aggregate wages are set, a question the author says mainstream economics has not fully resolved.
Nintendo will air a dedicated Legend of Zelda showcase on September 8 at 10AM ET, lasting roughly 30 minutes, separate from its regular Switch 2 Direct later that week. The stream is expected to cover the Ocarina of Time remake, likely with a release date, plus new details on the upcoming live-action Zelda film set for an April 2026 theatrical release.
Retroid, maker of Android gaming handhelds, posted a short teaser video announcing a new device called the Retroid Pocket Duo. The clip shows only a silhouette featuring two built-in screens without hinges or cables, resembling a Nintendo 3DS shape but with larger displays. No specs, price or release date were disclosed.
An essay examines why Shakespeare's Macbeth, despite its cultural notoriety and superstition-laden reputation, is uniquely difficult to produce well onstage. The piece argues that unlike 'actor-proof' scripts that survive weak performances or direction, Macbeth demands that every element—acting, design, pacing—align perfectly or the production collapses. Central to this difficulty is the play's embedded supernatural elements, starting with the witches, which set a challenging tone that productions must sustain throughout.
Instructors at the University of Baltimore's writing program are moving away from surveillance-style tracking of student edits in Google Docs toward assignments that deliberately incorporate generative AI. Using the university's BoodleBox platform, faculty built chatbots with personas like the 'Confrontational Parent' for students to debate in simulated scenarios, such as a mock school board meeting on book bans. New assignments now require transcripts of chatbot conversations, handwritten outlines, and video reflections alongside traditional writing.