Apple's iOS 27 update includes a new feature called Impersonation Risk Detection, designed to catch users in the middle of a scam, such as being tricked by a fake bank fraud department into transferring money or resetting a password. Supported apps can query the iPhone during sensitive actions like payments or password changes, prompting the device to analyze interaction patterns, timing, context, and sensor data to assess whether the activity looks legitimate or suspicious.
Amazon has cut the price of the Dangbei DBOX02, a 4K UHD laser projector, to $948.99 from its $1,199 list price, a 21% discount that matches its lowest recorded price. The device comes with Google TV, built-in Chromecast, and licensed Netflix support, along with 2450 ISO lumens of ALPD laser brightness and HDR10+ compatibility for screens up to 200 inches.
Even as OpenAI and Anthropic employees anticipate windfalls from potential IPOs, Bay Area tech layoffs hit over 14,500 workers in the year ending June, nearly double the prior year. Former Google employee Basem Istanbouli started un(PTO) in December to support unemployed tech workers, and the group has grown from three founding members to more than 1,700, with weekly hikes now drawing crowds of 80 or more.
Spotify is trialing a 'Premium Early Access' feature that withholds new album releases from free users for three days in select markets like India and Bangladesh, while paying subscribers get immediate access. The delay reportedly stems from licensing terms pushed by Universal Music Group rather than a decision Spotify made unilaterally, and the same restriction is expected to hit rival ad-supported services like YouTube Music and Amazon Music.
AMD has crossed a $1 trillion market valuation, becoming the fourth US chipmaker to hit that milestone after Nvidia, Broadcom and Micron. Its stock has nearly tripled in 2026, rising from around $223 in January to over $607 currently, fueled by strong AI-driven demand. Intel, despite a 208% year-to-date share gain, remains far behind with a market cap of about $643.5 billion.
Apple has built native live step tracking directly into the watch face on the new Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, joining live heart rate as a standard complication option from the Fitness app. Previously, step data was only viewable inside the Fitness or Health apps, even though third-party apps like Pedometer++ had offered on-face step counts for years.
A study examined how assigning different weights to training sequences affects loss reduction in language models of varying sizes, using both proprietary and open-weight models. It found that the relationship between sequence weight and learning is not linear across scale: small models learn general patterns regardless of weighting, medium-scale models learn patterns roughly proportional to their assigned weights, and large models again learn broadly regardless of weighting.
Apple has released iOS 27, adding faster performance, AI-powered photo editing and an expanded Siri assistant that can search messages, emails and photos and act across apps, plus a standalone Siri app that saves conversations by default. Users who find the transparent Liquid Glass interface hard to read or dislike Siri's persistent memory can adjust these features through dedicated settings menus rather than being stuck with the defaults.
Advanced Micro Devices stock hit a record intraday high of $613.92 on Monday, pushing the company's market valuation above $1 trillion for the first time. The gain extends a five-day rally in which AMD shares climbed roughly 24%, and the stock is now up more than 180% for the year.
A link-building agency analyzed pricing data from 16,625 publisher sites across 53 languages and found that the most expensive, high-authority publishers increasingly decline to sell traditional dofollow SEO backlinks. Instead, these premium sites charge based on audience size and brand credibility, with prices ranging from under $100 to over $2,500 per placement depending on domain authority and traffic.
USB to USB-C adapters may look identical externally but vary widely in the USB specification they support, power delivery capability and internal component quality. These differences affect transfer speeds, charging times and can even risk port damage if a mismatched adapter is used.
Benchmark's entire current partnership—Jack Altman, Peter Fenton, Chetan Puttagunta, Everett Randle and Eric Vishria—will join a single main-stage panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, marking the first time the full team has appeared together on the Disrupt Stage. The session, titled 'What We Believe Now,' will focus on where future startups may emerge and which founder assumptions deserve rethinking. The panel follows Benchmark's recent expansion, having raised roughly $2 billion this year across a new flagship fund and its first growth fund.
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