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iOS 27 introduces a bill-splitting feature in Apple Wallet that uses the iPhone camera and Apple Intelligence to scan receipts and calculate what each person owes, including tax and tip. The tool works across Messages, Wallet, and Visual Intelligence, with a new Siri camera mode able to identify receipt items and trigger a split-payment option automatically.
Disney has established a new Chief Technology Officer position and named Karandeep Anand, currently head of Character.AI, to fill it. Anand will report directly to CEO Josh D'Amaro, signaling elevated priority for technology within the company's leadership structure.
Boston Longevity Week, an 11-day series of events including biomarker conferences, an AI hackathon and an investor pitch night with over 30 venture firms, culminates in a Translational Longevity Summit. The event's organizers argue the longevity field's core challenge isn't a lack of innovation or even regulation, but a failure to translate promising research into validated, clinically usable treatments.
Google’s threat intelligence team secretly embedded an undercover analyst within the hacking group TeamPCP during its extensive supply chain attack campaign. This inside access allowed Google to monitor the group’s activities, warn potential targets, and assist law enforcement in identifying key members. The operation uncovered critical security lapses and contributed to arrests in Australia last month.
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are increasingly being nicknamed 'perv glasses' due to misuse by people secretly filming others in public, echoing the 'Glasshole' stigma that doomed Google Glass in 2014. The author says this backlash has changed their own stance, now favoring reports that Apple's rumored smart glasses, expected next year, might launch without photo or video recording capability.
Wealthy family offices are increasingly skipping traditional venture capital fund commitments in favor of buying secondary shares or striking direct deals with AI companies, according to Atlas Capital advisor Djoann Fal. He says these investors are drawn by the prospect of tripling returns in months rather than years, and want direct exposure to top AI names rather than ceding control to fund managers for a decade.
Researchers analyzing lithic tools from the oldest layers of the Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter in Uzbekistan identified 20 pieces that appear to be projectile weapon heads, including retouched points, bladelets, and previously overlooked unretouched triangular micropoints. Based on hunting-weapon design principles, the micropoints are argued to be too narrow for anything but arrow-like shafts, suggesting a sophisticated projectile technology roughly 80,000 years ago that resembles finds from a much later Sapiens site in France's Rhône Valley.
A tech newsletter roundup covers preparations for an extreme El Niño event, new developments in jet-powered drone warfare, the emergence of credit cards designed for AI agents to make purchases, and a GLP-1 drug manufacturer partnering with Anthropic's Claude to accelerate medicine development.
Treasury Department data shows foreign official holdings of US Treasuries fell to $3.77 trillion in July, roughly the same level as 2012, even though total Treasury debt outstanding has tripled since then. Their share of marketable Treasuries has dropped to 12.8%, the lowest since 1993, while overall foreign holdings—including private investors—still hit $9.25 trillion, buoyed by activity in offshore financial centers like the Cayman Islands.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope had largely concluded that mysterious compact objects called 'little red dots' were supermassive black holes obscured by dust. But two newly analyzed dots studied by teams led by de Graaff and Naidu show a distinctive Balmer break—a spectral signature usually associated with hot stellar surfaces—that standard black hole models don't produce, complicating the picture.
Elegoo is running a month-long promotion discounting nearly its entire catalog of FDM and resin 3D printers, along with filament and resin consumables. Highlights include the Neptune 4 Plus at $269 (37% off), the Mars 5 Ultra resin printer at $259, and the large-format OrangeStorm Giga at $2,299. The sale, timed to celebrate Elegoo's maker community, runs through late September but stock may run out before it officially ends.
Cybersecurity teams from the FBI and U.S. Coast Guard boarded two U.S.-bound oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico between August 21-24 after discovering their networks had been compromised, giving attackers apparent control over navigation, propulsion, and cargo systems. One vessel was identified as VL Prosperity, a massive oil tanker that reportedly lost communications for over a day and experienced interference with its speed and fuel systems while sailing from Egypt to the U.S. in early August.