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David F. Sandberg Will Direct the 756th ‘Amityville Horror’ Movie

First came the very real massacre of the DeFeo family by one of their own, in 1974. Then, in 1977, came the best-selling book chronicling the ghostly terrors experienced by the Lutzes, the next family to occupy the DeFeo’s Long Island Dutch Colonial Revival with those distinctive eye-shaped windows. Then came the 1979 movie based on the book—by which time the haunting claims were being called into question. But who cares if The Amityville Horror is a hoax if it continues to fascinate audiences?

Apple’s New Accessory Lets You Wear Your iPhone Like a Purse

Apple’s annual iPhone event had a lot in store for anyone in the Apple ecosystem. We got several new versions of the iPhone 17, including a first-ever slim variant in the iPhone 17 Air, a new Apple Watch Ultra, new AirPods Pro 3, and much more. But it’s not all about the hardware; it’s also about what you put on your new $1,000+ phone, and this year we got some of the weirdest accessories yet. Case in point? A phone leash, or a leash for you that your phone holds? It’s hard to say which one it i

Did Anyone Ask for a Super Thin iPhone Air?

The star of Tuesday's "awe dropping" Apple event was undeniably the iPhone Air, a slim, much-rumored version of its new iPhone 17. It's only 5.6mm thick -- thinner than three stacked credit cards -- if you ignore the huge camera bump. But does anyone actually want a super-thin iPhone? Apple has loaded up the iPhone Air with better battery life and faster processing power via the A19 Pro chip. It's also got a 48-megapixel fusion camera and a 12-megapixel 2x telephoto camera. Apple said this is t

I'm Dying to Touch the New iPhone Air, and I Bet You Are, Too

Even if you're an Android user, you know very well what a standard iPhone looks like. Sure, there are slight variations but for the past few generations, Apple hasn't exactly done anything radical to the design of its phones -- so much so that most people wouldn't necessarily be able to tell whether you have the latest version of its flagship or not. But at Tuesday's Apple event, which brought us the iPhone 17 lineup along with the AirPods Pro 3 and the Apple Watch 11, the company has shaken th

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 10, #1544

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Will the iPhone 17 Be Able to Run GTA 6?

Apple held its big annual iPhone event Tuesday, showing off the upcoming ultrathin iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 11, the Apple Watch SE 3 and the Apple Watch Ultra 3. There were a few mentions of video games during the show, but in one sequence showing off the new camera for the iPhone 17, it was hard to ignore that this particular shot looked like something out of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6. Megan Nash, product manager for iPhone, spoke during the event abou

Apple Makes Bold Claim For New A19 Pro Chip in iPhone 17 Air and 17 Pro

When Apple releases a new iPhone, it's always quick to point out how much faster it is than last year's iPhone. Often, it boasts a big percentage jump in performance. After showing off iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro at its "awe dropping" September event, Apple did just that with the new A19 Pro chip. Apple says the iPhone 17 Pro offers up to 40% better sustained performance than the iPhone 16 Pro. Regarding the iPhone Air's AI performance, Apple estimates that the new neural accelerators located

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Everything Apple Announced: iPhone Air, iPhone 17, Apple Watches, AirPods Pro 3

Another September, another Apple event. Today, Apple revealed its new iPhone 17 lineup in regular and Pro models, as well as the new and very thin iPhone Air. The company also showed off the new Apple Watches—Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE—and the refreshed AirPods Pro 3. There wasn’t much talk of software, or about Apple’s ongoing efforts to seamlessly integrate AI into all its products. But we got lots of hardware! Here’s everything Apple announced today. New iPhones There are four iPhones as u

The iPhone 17 comes with Apple’s new in-house networking chip

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Inside Apple’s splashy iPhone 17 lineup is a new chip: the N1. It’s a wireless networking chip made in-house by Apple, allowing its devices to support the latest networking technologies, including Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and the smart home protocol Thread. Apple

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Apple barely talked about AI at its big iPhone 17 event

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Apple’s hotly-anticipated Apple event was chock-full of news about updates to AirPods, the Apple Watch, the new suite of iPhones, and more. But during the one-hour-and-fifteen-minute presentation, which was considerably shorter than usual, there was one notable buzzword missing from a good chunk of the fanfare: AI. Although CEO

The iPhone Air’s battery pack is slim, but not as slim as the iPhone Air

Apple’s chunky old MagSafe Battery Pack was beloved by a subset of iPhone owners, and now the company is bringing it back and slimming it down for the iPhone Air. I took a first look at the battery pack this afternoon, and it has a significantly slimmer design than the old version. This version of the battery pack is thinner and longer, stretching as far across the back of the phone as it can before bumping into the camera bar. Slimming it down reduces the potential battery size, but it makes t

Here’s everything you need to know about preordering the 2025 iPhone lineup

is a commerce writer covering deals and buying guides. Previously, he was a freelance writer for Popular Mechanics, Men’s Health, and Esquire. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple announced its new iPhone 17 lineup during its “Awe dropping” event on Tuesday. As expected, the company introduced the iPhone 17, the flagship iPhone 17 Pro, and a bigger iPhone 17 Pro Max. There’s also a new addition to the lineup this year: the slimmed-down i

The iPhone Air is a hint at the iPhone’s future, which could include foldables

The iPhone Air looks great with its sleek, thin new shape, but you may not want to choose this phone as your daily driver just yet. The new device announced on Tuesday is thinner and lighter than other models, at 5.6mm with a 6.5-inch display. But for the time being, it’s also less capable in some areas than the base model iPhone 17, which could deter potential buyers. For instance, the Air’s battery lasts up to 27 hours, while the iPhone 17 lasts up to 30. It lacks the iPhone 17’s Ultra Wide

Apple’s creator-centric iPhone 17 Pro will make the vlogging camera obsolete

Apple unveiled its new line of iPhones on Tuesday, and the iPhone 17 Pro is making a direct appeal to content creators. The iPhone camera has long checked all the boxes for anything that a casual user might need, making a digital camera obsolete for most consumers. But for millions of content creators — an industry encompassing an estimated 200 million potential customers — it has remained necessary to buy handheld video cameras from companies like Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Nikon, and Fujifilm. S

Apple raises iPhone Pro starting price in U.S. for first time since 2017

A next generation iPhone 17 is held during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 9, 2025 in Cupertino, California. Apple increased the starting price of one of its iPhone models and replaced another with a pricer device on Tuesday, as analysts and investors widely expected. Apple's iPhone 17 Pro now starts at $1,099. That's $100 more than last year's iPhone 16 Pro. Apple also replaced last year's $899 iPhone 16 Plus in its lineup with a new thin-and-light device called the

How to watch Apple debut the iPhone 17 lineup today at its 'Awe Dropping' event

We've officially made it to iPhone season (it comes around every September), and today, Apple is finally going to showcase its latest iPhone 17 lineup. That means we'll get to separate fact from rumor once and for all. Apple has dubbed the upcoming event "Awe dropping," so we're hoping for several big announcements that'll warrant the tagline. The show starts at 1PM ET/10AM PT. If you want to tune in to hear what Tim Cook and crew have to say about the presumed iPhone 17, you can stream the sho

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Hollow Knight: Silksong's first patch should give you a chance against its early bosses

Video game difficulty is a real balancing act. You want to be challenged and earn each new level, but when it's too hard there's more frustration than fun. Apparently, a number of players have found the new Hollow Knight: Silksong game a bit too hard, struggling to defeat some of the bosses. Now, Team Cherry, the indie studio behind the Hollow Knight series, is making things a bit easier. Team Cherry has announced Hollow Knight: Silksong's first patch, which includes a "slight difficulty reduct

Apple AirPods Pro 3 hands-on: Impressive ANC improvements

Apple's "pro" AirPods were due for an update. Despite continuously upgrading the AirPods Pro 2 with new features since their introduction in 2022, Apple hadn't produced another robust overhaul of its priciest earbuds yet. At today's iPhone 17 event (or iPhone Air event, depending on who you ask), the company unveiled the latest model: the AirPods Pro 3. Apple has refined the design, added heart rate sensing, improved active noise cancellation (ANC), delivered live translation and more. And most

Apple iPhone 17 hands-on: No Plus, no problem

The iPhone Air may get most of the attention at today's Apple event, but the "regular" iPhone 17 is the one a lot of the iOS faithful will buy. This year's new model may not look like a massive overhaul since the design is mostly the same, but don't let that fool you. The company has massively upgraded the display to include ProMotion and a 120Hz refresh rate. There's more power under the hood, ready to harness all of the features that Apple Intelligence and iOS 26 provide. Plus, there's eight m

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iOS 26 will be available next week: Find out if your iPhone is compatible with the free update

The Apple iPhone 17 event just concluded, and Apple largely delivered on all of the rumors ahead of the show. The company announced the iPhone 17 lineup, the iPhone Air and several other devices. (Check out Engadget's real-time Apple event liveblog for full details.) In addition to finally seeing the new hardware, Apple confirmed after the event that we'll be able to download the final versions of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 on Monday, September 15. (That's when all of Apple's other operating system up

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iPhone Air hands-on: The super sleek precursor to Apple’s upcoming foldable

Apple might not admit it (at least not yet), but the iPhone Air is more than just a slimmed-down version of the company's latest handset or a more sophisticated take on its usual Plus model. It's a super sleek preview of its upcoming foldable. Now this might seem like a stretch and there's something to be said about the difference between a traditional OLED display and one that's meant to be bent. However, the arrival of a foldable iPhone has become one of the tech world's worst-kept secrets. S

Apple's new wireless chips give it even more control of the iPhone

Apple introduced two new wireless chips in the iPhone Air, a preview of a world where all the key components of the company's products are custom-designed. The C1X and N1 chips enable wireless features like 5G connectivity and Wi-Fi 7, building on the original C1 modem the company introduced in the iPhone 16e. At least one reason Apple was able to pull off the thin design of the iPhone Air was the power-efficiency these new chips offer. The C1X modem supports sub-6Ghz 5G and 4G LTE and is up to

Apple iPhone 17 Pro vs. iPhone 16 Pro: I compared both models, and here are the differences

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Apple's long-awaited iPhone 17 lineup is here, and as speculated, it replaces the Plus model with an iPhone 17 Air. However, the focus remains on the more expensive Pro series. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max now offer better thermals to keep the device cool, an aluminum build for more funky colors, and a few other essential quality-of-life improvements. If you're eyeing the iPhone 16 Pro at lower prices in the market or own

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Apple Events live updates: iPhone 17, iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, and new wearables just unveiled

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The curtains have lifted at Cupertino, with Apple unveiling the iPhone 17 series, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, AirPods Pro 3, and more during its hour-long keynote today. What, were you expecting less when the event was literally titled "Awe Dropping?" ZDNET is on the ground in Cupertino to cover everything, and we've rounded up the biggest announcements of the day. Stay tuned for updates as they come. Wha

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Selfie Fans, the New iPhone 17 Camera Is Optimized for You

If you use your iPhone to take selfies more than anything else -- and Apple says users took more than 500 billion selfies last year -- take heart. At Apple's fall iPhone event Tuesday, held at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, the company not only debuted the 5.6mm-thick iPhone Air, but demonstrated that phone's new selfie camera. The iPhone 17's center-stage front camera has the company's largest-ever front camera sensor, nearly twice the size of the last one, Apple said. In addition, the

Apple Debuts the iPhone Air, AirPods 3 and Much More at Its 'Awe Dropping' Event

Every September, like clockwork, Apple launches its newest iPhone line with a variety of gadgets. This year brings us the iPhone 17 in all its variations, most notably the new skinny iPhone Air, along with new Apple Watches -- Series 11 and Ultra 3 -- and an upgrade to its 2-year-old AirPods Pro 2 earbuds. Along with the hardware, Apple is rolling out the new versions of the devices' respective operating systems, iOS 26 and WatchOS 26, both of which have been in public beta all summer. The new

Did Anyone Ask for a Super Thin iPhone?

The star of Tuesday's "awe dropping" Apple event was undeniably the iPhone Air, a slim, much-rumored version of its new iPhone 17. It's only 5.6mm thick -- thinner than three stacked credit cards -- if you ignore the huge camera bump. But does anyone actually want a super-thin iPhone? Apple has loaded up the iPhone Air with better battery life and faster processing power via the A19 Pro chip. It's also got a 48-megapixel fusion camera and a 12-megapixel 2x telephoto camera. Apple said this is t

Don't Preorder the New iPhone 17 Without Picking Up a Case Too

Apple officially announced the new iPhone 17 lineup at the Apple Event 2025, which includes the base iPhone 17, the new iPhone 17 Air and the 17 Pro. You can start preordering the new phone on Friday Sept. 12, but don't forget about grabbing something to protect it. Some of your favorite brands like Casetify have already revealed their lineup of cases for the new iPhone 17 models. Even Apple has dropped their new line of cases, with some fun new accessories too. We will continue to update this

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Apple Unveils Its Super-Slim iPhone Air, at Just 5.6mm Thick

Apple on Tuesday unveiled its highly anticipated iPhone Air, which starts at $999 (£999, AU$1,799). The company debuted the 5.6mm-thick phone at its fall keynote at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. It has a titanium frame for a durable, lightweight build, clocking in at 165 grams. The company's Ceramic Shield covers the front and back. The Air has a big 6.5-inch display. Like the baseline iPhone 17, it has a 120Hz variable refresh rate, meaning it supports an always-on display, so you can s

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A Split-Second Hint in the iPhone Air Launch Shows Apple's Ready for the Smart Home

Apple's "awe dropping" Tuesday event has wrapped up, and we're all still taking in the new paper-thin iPhone Air line (not everyone's in awe of it) as well as the iPhone 17 Pro. But something caught my ear in the middle of the iPhone Air announcement. Along with other connectivity support, Apple made sure to add that the iPhone Air would support Thread. In a presentation where every second and word was intentional, it means a lot that the company included it. "So, what's Thread?" is probably yo