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Wildcard suggestion of ‘iPhone Air’ name, with claimed warranty leaflet

Just hours ahead of the official announcement, a leaker has suggested that the iPhone 17 Air may instead simply be named the iPhone Air. They show a photo of what is claimed to be a Chinese warranty leaflet for the phone showing this name. Although it may well be fake, there is one reason to give it perhaps a little credence … We’re expecting Apple to announce four iPhones today: iPhone 17 iPhone 17 Air iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 17 Pro Max However, leaker DuanRui shows what is claimed to be a

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Leak says AirPods Pro 3 will be available to purchase starting today

Apple’s big iPhone 17 launch event is now just hours away. A last-minute leak indicates at least one new product unveiled today—AirPods Pro 3—will be available for purchase immediately after the event ends. Best Buy is notifying members of AirPods Pro 3 availability starting today AirPods Pro 3 are expected to be one of the highlights of Apple’s ‘Awe dropping’ event today, with a packed array of new features rumored. But a leak shared on Reddit seems to point to the new product being availabl

Xbox and LG are bringing cloud gaming to cars

LG's in-vehicle entertainment platform will soon come integrated with an Xbox app for select internet-connected vehicles. Yes, people will be able to play full games on their infotainment systems, as long as they have an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription so that they can stream titles available on the service, as well as games they already own. They'll, of course, need to switch on internet access on their cars and to use a compatible Bluetooth controller to be able to play games, including D

Microsoft: Anti-spam bug blocks links in Exchange Online, Teams

​Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes an anti-spam service to mistakenly block Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams users from opening URLs and quarantine some of their emails. In a service alert seen by BleepingComputer, the company stated that the issue is caused by the anti-spam engine incorrectly tagging URLs contained within other URLs as potentially malicious, which has also led to some emails being quarantined. The issues began impacting Exchange Online and Microsoft

If Apple unveils the iPhone 17 Air with these features today, I'm ready to upgrade

The iPhone Plus model (pictured) may potentially be replaced by the iPhone Air/Slim. Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways iPhone 17 Air may debut as Apple's thinnest phone ever today. Single rear camera shows Apple's thinness trade-offs. Expected to debut on Sept. 9, 2025, priced around $900. Apple is rumored to be spicing things for today's iPhone event. It could introduce an ultra-thin model for the 2025 iPhone lineup called the iPho

Majority in EU's biggest states believes bloc 'sold out' in US tariff deal

A majority of people across the EU’s five biggest member states believe the European Commission sold citizens out when negotiating a “humiliating” tariff deal with Donald Trump that “benefits the US” far more than Europe, a survey has shown. The poll, by Cluster17 for the European affairs debate platform Le Grand Continent, found 77% of respondents – ranging from 89% in France to 50% in Poland – thought the deal would benefit above all the US economy, with only 2% believing it would benefit Eur

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AI Use at Large Companies Is in Decline, Census Bureau Says

For the past few years, the AI industry has been charging full steam ahead, in what can sometimes feel like a pell-mell mad dash to take over the world. Ever since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, the industry has leveraged an ever-expanding arsenal of political, cultural, and economic power in its effort to lay claim to many different parts of society. Yet, despite the AI industry’s attempts to make itself seem omnipresent, a new report this week shows that adoption at large U.S. companies has de

Your Stove Isn't the Only Source of Poor Air Quality. Here Are 6 Culprits for Contamination

Many assume their indoor air is clean if they live away from wildfire smoke zones, smoggy cities, or other sources of outdoor pollution. But this assumption may be misguided. According to Michael Rubino, founder of HomeCleanse and chairman of Change the Air Foundation, "Unfortunately, our indoor air is not as healthy as you may think." Rubino, who also hosts the Never Been Sicker podcast, points to factors many homeowners overlook when assessing air quality. According to Dr. James Langer, a Mat

The 15 Best Fans to Cool You Year Round (2025)

Honorable Mentions Photograph: Kat Merck Shark FlexBreeze HydroGo for $100: I love the original Shark FlexBreeze (above), so I was very excited to see Shark had released a rechargeable portable fan in seven colors, including ones not normally seen in fans, like Lilac and Honeydew. Shark says it can run 30 minutes with the mister consistently on or 60 minutes with it in "interval mode," and after testing it at my son’s soccer practices, I found these estimates to be more or less accurate. Howev

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Nebius shares soar 55% in premarket on Microsoft AI deal

Nebius, which was spun out from Russian internet giant Yandex, provides graphics processing units or GPUs for training artificial intelligence models. Artificial intelligence infrastructure firm Nebius Group soared in U.S. premarket trading on Tuesday, following the company's announcement of a multi-billion-dollar deal with Microsoft . Nebius' stock was up 55% at around 1:20 p.m. ET. The Amsterdam-based firm announced it had struck a multi-year deal with Microsoft worth $19.4 billion to provi

Abu Dhabi launches low-cost AI reasoning model in challenge to OpenAI, DeepSeek

Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images A new challenger in the global artificial intelligence race has entered the ring. The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), an AI-focused research university established by the United Arab Emirates, announced on Tuesday the release of a new, low-cost reasoning model to rival OpenAI and DeepSeek. It comes after DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, earlier this year shocked the world with the release of a reasoning model called R1 which

Apple Could Debut the iPhone 17 Air Today: What We Might See

Key takeaways The iPhone 17 Air will reportedly replace the iPhone Plus model. It could measure 5.5mm thick and have a 6.6-inch display. iOS 26's Adaptive Power feature could help mitigate battery compromises with a skinnier iPhone. This slim iPhone 17 could cost $900, but the price may be affected by tariffs. It could come in four color options, including a buzzed-about sky blue hue. The anticipated reveal of the next iPhone -- which could include the thinnest iPhone ever -- is finally here

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The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has released an open source model that performs advanced reasoning as well as the best offerings from both the United States and China—one of the strongest signs so far that the nation’s big investments in artificial intelligence are starting to pay off. The new model, K2 Think, comes from researchers at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) located in UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi. The model—one of the first so-called “sovereign” AI models th

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Blackrock-backed Minute Media acquires Indian AI startup that extracts sports highlights

BlackRock and Goldman Sachs-backed media startup Minute Media, which owns properties like Sports Illustrated, The Players’ Tribune, and 90 Minutes, announced Monday that it is acquiring VideoVerse, an Indian AI startup that lets broadcasters extract highlights and create content from sports footage. VideoVerse’s clients include the Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League Cricket tournaments, FIFA+, and broadcasters Nippon TV and Cubber TV. Mumbai-based VideoVerse was founded in 2016 by

Nuclearn gets $10.5M to help the nuclear industry embrace AI

Companies that have dug deep into AI have fallen in love with nuclear power for its promise of 24/7 electricity. Meta, Google, and Microsoft have all made deals with startups or reactor operators. But does the nuclear industry love AI back? Yes, with caveats. No one is proposing to let an AI run a reactor, but power companies are increasingly interested in the technology’s potential to tighten things up on the business side, Bradley Fox, co-founder and CEO of Nuclearn, told TechCrunch. Fox an

Nebius shares soar 51% in premarket on Microsoft AI deal

Nebius, which was spun out from Russian internet giant Yandex, provides graphics processing units or GPUs for training artificial intelligence models. Artificial intelligence infrastructure firm Nebius Group soared in U.S. premarket trading on Tuesday, following the company's announcement of a multi-billion-dollar deal with Microsoft . Nebius' stock was up 51% at 10:39 a.m. London time (05:39 a.m. E.T.) The Amsterdam-based firm announced it had struck a multi-year deal with Microsoft worth $1

Chinese auto giant GAC targets 17-fold boost to European sales by 2027

The Aion V is one of the cars GAC is launching in Europe as it looks to expand its presence in the region. The Aion V is on display at the company's stand at the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich, Germany on September 9, 2025. Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) aims to increase its European electric car sales 17-fold over the next two years, becoming the latest Chinese player to take on the region's traditional automakers through aggressive expansion. The entrance of the Chinese state-owned carma

Three big things we still don’t know about AI’s energy burden

The problem with finding that number, as we explain in our piece published in May, was that AI companies are the only ones who have it. We pestered Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft, but each company refused to provide its figure. Researchers we spoke to who study AI’s impact on energy grids compared it to trying to measure the fuel efficiency of a car without ever being able to drive it, making guesses based on rumors of its engine size and what it sounds like going down the highway. But then this

AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?

“So that’s the gap that AI can help close. We can solve this more complex problem, fast enough and reliably enough that we can possibly use it and shave off emissions,” Baker says. In theory, AI could be used to operate the grid entirely without human intervention. But that work is largely still in the research phase. Grid operators are running some of the most critical infrastructure in this country, and the industry is hesitant to mess with something that’s already working, Baker says. If thi

Gmail may finally alert you when someone reacts to your Chat messages (Updated: Rolling out)

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Strings in the latest Gmail update hint at some new Google Chat features in testing. Notification summaries in Gmail might work independently of Android 16’s system-wide version, bringing the feature to more devices. Gmail may also offer auto-generated conversation summaries and finally notify you when someone reacts to your Chat messages. Update, September 9, 2025 (06:45 AM ET): Google has announced that real-time push notifications for reactions are n

The 4.2-inch Pocket AIR Mini is set to shake up the sub-$150 gaming handheld scene

TL;DR The AYANEO Pocket AIR Mini has a new 4.2-inch 4:3 screen, with a price “everyone can afford.” As the name indicates, the design is a smaller version of the AYANEO Pocket AIR. Rumors indicate it will cost less than $140, making it AYANEO’s most affordable device. If there’s one retro gaming handheld OEM that doesn’t rest on its laurels, it’s AYANEO. The company is currently juggling two very high-profile launches in the Pocket DS and KONKR Pocket FIT, but now we’ve finally gotten our fir

Microsoft testing new AI features in Windows 11 File Explorer

Microsoft is testing new File Explorer AI-powered features that will enable Windows 11 users to work with images and documents without needing to open the files. Known as "AI actions," they can currently only be used to remove the background, erase objects, and blur the background in JPG, JPEG, and PNG image files. The complete list of File Explorer AI actions also includes a tool designed to help users easily reverse search any of their images using Microsoft's Bing web search engine. "With

Deluxe Paint on the Commodore Amiga

Back when EA was cool, they packaged their software in album-style sleeves and promoted their developers like rock stars. I was a Dan Silva groupie. VisiCalc on the Apple II. Lotus 1-2-3 on the IBM PC. Aldus PageMaker on the Macintosh. Deluxe Paint on the Amiga. The computer industry loves a “killer app,” that unique piece of software that compels consumers to purchase new computer hardware just for the privilege of running it. I can personally attest to Deluxe Paint as it compelled even my tec

The Last Programmers

I quit my job at Amazon in May to join a startup called Icon. Best career decision I ever made, but not for the reasons you might think. At Amazon, I was on the Amazon Q Developer team, building their AI coding assistant. You'd think being at the center of Amazon's AI developer tools would be exciting, but it was actually deeply frustrating. It was apparent to anyone outside the Amazon bubble that we were losing the AI game badly. The leadership was constantly playing catch-up because there was

Mistral AI raises 1.7B€, enters strategic partnership with ASML

We are announcing a Series C funding round of 1.7B€ at a 11.7B€ post-money valuation. This investment fuels our scientific research to keep pushing the frontier of AI to tackle the most critical and sophisticated technological challenges faced by strategic industries. The Series C funding round is led by leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer, ASML Holding NV (ASML). “ASML is proud to enter a strategic partnership with Mistral AI, and to be lead investor in this funding round. The collab

Why accessibility might be AI’s biggest breakthrough

While tech companies market AI as a productivity tool for everyone, a UK government study reveals an unexpected result: Neurodiverse employees may be benefiting far more from chatbots than their neurotypical colleagues. The UK's Department for Business and Trade recently released evaluation results from its Microsoft 365 Copilot trial showing that while overall satisfaction was 72 percent, neurodiverse employees reported statistically higher satisfaction (at a 90 percent confidence level) and w

Firefox launches ‘shake to summarize’ on iPhones

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. Firefox will soon let you shake your iPhone to get an AI-generated summary of the webpage you’re on. The feature rolls out this week, and will operate using Apple’s on-device AI model on the iPhone 15 Pro or newer once iOS 26 launches. On older iOS versions, Mo

AI firm Mistral valued at $14 billion as chip giant ASML takes major stake

Nvidia -backed Mistral AI clinched a 11.7 billion-euro ($13.8 billion) valuation in a in a Series C funding round that saw Dutch chip equipment maker ASML secure a major stake in the French firm. ASML pumped 1.3 billion euros in Mistral AI's 1.7 billion-euro funding round as lead investor, gaining a 11% shareholding in the French company on a fully diluted basis. Other participants in the round included existing investors Nvidia, DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Bpifrance, General Catalyst, In