Iran reportedly struck two U.S. bases in Jordan after American forces hit Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island, the first direct exchange of fire between the two countries in over a month. The clash, confirmed by U.S. Central Command, followed concerns that Iran was preparing to launch sea-mine-equipped rockets into the Strait of Hormuz, and it sent oil prices up more than 3%. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh headed to North Carolina for G20 finance meetings, and Trump separately announced a deal giving the U.S. control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves.
Phil Schiller is relinquishing his roles overseeing the App Store and Apple's product events, according to Bloomberg. He will retain his Apple Fellow title and continue working on unspecified projects, while the App Store division moves under services chief Eddy Cue, with Carson Oliver remaining in charge of daily store operations.
OpenAI confirmed a partial outage of ChatGPT Work beginning around 11:04 AM ET on Monday, August 31, causing elevated errors and latency for users on multiple subscription tiers. Plus subscribers appear hit hardest, with Work mode unavailable for some, leaving them unable to start or continue tasks. As of 12:02 PM ET, OpenAI said the issue was still unresolved and a fix was in progress.
Apple's earlier-than-usual update to the Mac mini and Mac Studio was driven by unexpected demand from businesses using the machines to run AI models, according to The Information. The company touted the ability to cluster multiple Mac Studios for larger AI workloads, but reportedly lacks a dedicated enterprise engineering team or developer relations staff, and has declined requests from businesses to access its Private Cloud Compute infrastructure directly.
ChangXin Memory Technologies, the Hefei-based DRAM maker, has filed suit against the Department of Defense seeking removal from its list of companies linked to China's military. CXMT argues its chips are civilian memory products built to JEDEC standards, and that the Pentagon's classification lacks factual or legal support. The DoD briefly announced plans to delist CXMT earlier this year before reversing that decision.
YouTuber Mark 'Markiplier' Fischbach has purchased an 8.5 percent stake in GoPro, making him the camera maker's biggest shareholder, according to Bloomberg. He told the outlet he views GoPro as undervalued and frames the investment as supporting his broader goal of making filmmaking more accessible, following his debut feature film Iron Lung.
Tim Cook has stepped down as Apple's chief executive, marking his final day in the role after leading the company for over a decade. In a farewell memo to employees, Cook expressed gratitude for their work and reflected on Apple's culture, though he noted he is not leaving the company entirely.
Google's Call Assist feature can screen unknown or suspicious calls before they ever ring through, either by prompting users manually or, on supported Pixel devices, handling the interaction automatically. If the call is identified as spam, the phone disconnects it; otherwise it rings and shows details about how the caller responded. The feature runs locally on the device without needing internet access, and Google says it doesn't store call audio or transcripts in user accounts.
Google's latest Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 introduces a new way to manage the 'Install unknown apps' permission, letting users choose between permanently allowing an app to sideload APKs or requiring approval each time. This replaces the old all-or-nothing toggle that previously granted permanent installation rights until manually revoked through a buried settings menu.
Following an executive order from Trump renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, Google Maps updated its labeling based on user location, showing 'Lake America' to US users while Canadian and international users still see 'Lake Ontario'. Apple Maps, however, has not made any change and continues to display the lake's traditional name to all users, including those in the US.
SlideOps is a new pair of Agent Skills for Claude Code and compatible coding assistants that generates presentation slides directly from a codebase, then tracks the source each slide came from. When the underlying code changes, it detects which slides no longer match reality and rebuilds only those, rather than the whole deck. It installs via a two-line Claude Code marketplace command or a git clone plus install script for Codex, Copilot CLI, and OpenCode.
Tony Greenstein, a Jewish socialist and peace activist, was prosecuted over three social media posts and a blog piece criticising Israel's actions in Gaza, facing up to 14 years in prison for allegedly inviting support for Hamas. He chose to address the jury directly rather than risk his barrister being punished for a robust defence, and after the judge dismissed his speech as rambling, jurors acquitted him within two hours.
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