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AT&T sent a text to customers urging them to update their iPhone 18 Pro Max to iOS 27.0.1, saying it would fix problems with calls, texts, and data, including 911 access. However, Apple's release notes for iOS 27.0.1 only mention Face ID and camera fixes, and multiple affected users report the connectivity problems persist after updating, with phones still showing 'SOS' in the status bar.
The Fairphone 6+ has received positive reviews for its ease of repair and sustainability features. However, its retail price of $650 may limit its appeal to cost-conscious consumers. The device's design emphasizes longevity and repairability over cutting-edge specs.
Nike reported first-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations, with weakness in its China business offsetting slightly better-than-expected North American sales. The company unveiled a restructuring plan that will lead to layoffs next year and said it expects full fiscal-2027 revenue to fall by a high-single-digit percentage. Separately, CEO Elliott Hill highlighted strong demand for WNBA star Caitlin Clark's new signature shoe, which nearly sold out within two hours of its U.S. launch.
GitLab issued an advisory urging immediate patching of CVE-2026-90970, a critical vulnerability in its AI Gateway service that powers GitLab Duo. The flaw lets an authenticated user with Duo Agent Platform access escape a prompt template sandbox via a crafted flow configuration and run arbitrary commands on self-hosted AI Gateway instances. GitLab released versions 19.2.4, 19.3.2, and 19.4.1 to fix the issue, noting GitLab-hosted AI Gateway customers are already protected.
TP-Link's Archer BE550 (also called BE9300), a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router with six antennas and a combined theoretical throughput of 9.3 Gbps, is on sale for $169.99, a 32% cut from its list price. The router includes five 2.5 Gb Ethernet ports, a USB port for network storage sharing, mesh support, per-device QoS, and tagged VLAN configuration.
US District Judge Amit Mehta ruled in Google's favor in separate antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media Corporation, which alleged AI Overviews cut their website traffic and revenue. Mehta found the publishers' claims rested on an unfulfilled 'expectation' of search traffic rather than any actual agreement with Google, and dismissed the suits.
Thore Graepel, who helped build AlphaGo, has left Google DeepMind and published an opinion piece arguing that large language models lack genuine reasoning ability. He contrasts this with AlphaGo's 2016 victory over Lee Sedol, which he credits to the system's capacity for creative, reasoned decision-making. Separately, a MIT Technology Review writer reports joining a six-month competition involving roughly 500 participants aiming to reduce their biological age, tracked via a leaderboard.
Tesla has released a new software feature called Emergency Drive Away that lets drivers shift into Drive and pull away while still connected to a Supercharger. Activating it requires holding the brake and tapping an on-screen confirmation, which warns of potential damage to the vehicle and charging station. The feature currently works only at US Superchargers and requires the latest software update, excluding pre-2021 Model S and X vehicles.
The 1986 film 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,' which marked Michael Rooker's feature acting debut, is being brought back to theaters to mark its 40th anniversary. The low-budget drama, loosely inspired by killer Henry Lee Lucas, has long been regarded as one of the more disturbing entries in American independent cinema.
A soil researcher writing on worm phenomics describes plans to develop a 'worm detector' capable of tracking the in-situ movements of individual and community earthworm populations across farmland. The author notes that while abundance and diversity of worms in agricultural ecosystems are well documented, almost nothing is known about how they move underground, and no existing method can capture such data. The post cites a 1988 Danish study by Mather and Christensen on Lumbricus terrestris as the closest prior attempt at tracking earthworm movement.
A former global customer success leader at HubSpot, who oversaw growth from about 70,000 to over 220,000 customers in four years, argues that traditional CRM systems were designed around sales processes rather than customer needs. The author contends that AI agents are now being used to fill gaps left by legacy CRM design across the customer journey.
Rethink was named Ad Age's 2026 Agency of the Year and won both Independent Agency and Independent Network of the Year at Cannes Lions. In 2025, eight of Adweek's 11 Agency of the Year winners were independent agencies, continuing a multi-year pattern of recognition for smaller, talent-led shops.