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Apple TV has been inaccessible since September 30 at 4:43PM, according to Apple's System Status page. The same page had also shown outages for the iOS and Mac App Stores, Fitness+, Music, and subscription and AppleCare+ purchases, but those services were restored within a few hours while Apple TV remained down.
Apple's System Status page listed eight active issues Tuesday evening, including Apple TV, App Store, Fitness+, Apple Music, Mac App Store and Subscription Purchase. Apple attributed most disruptions beginning around 4:22 p.m. ET to routine maintenance, though Apple TV's outage at 4:43 p.m. ET was described as scheduled maintenance that could leave the service unavailable. Some apps also briefly showed internal localization text instead of normal interface labels shortly before the outages began.
Qalo has introduced the SL-1 Smart Band, a screenless fitness tracker positioned as a rival to Whoop that requires no subscription fee. The device can function independently or be paired with Qalo's existing smart ring for expanded tracking capabilities.
Google has launched its screen-less Fitbit Air fitness tracker in India at ₹13,999 (about $146), compared to $99 in the US. The device tracks heart rate, A-fib alerts, blood oxygen, sleep stages and more, and goes on sale October 2 via Google Store, Flipkart, Croma, Reliance Digital and Vijay Sales, bundled with a free three-month Google Health premium membership.
WIRED's 2026 smartwatch guide picks the Apple Watch Series 12, priced at $399, as the best option for iPhone owners, and Google's $400 Pixel Watch 5 as the top choice for Android users. The review highlights the Series 12's new Health Sensing System, S11 chip, more frequent heart rate and HRV tracking, a new Readiness score, and faster charging, while noting battery life remains largely unchanged.
Sam Tooley founded Alpha Fit Club in a 700-square-foot New Jersey studio in 2019, starting as a personal training business before his father's sudden death pushed him to grow it into a full venture. The strength-and-conditioning franchise now has 20 studios operating and 30 more sold across the East Coast, and will host its largest event yet, Alpha Games, on October 3 at American Dream Mall, featuring 1,550 members and 750 teams.
Bloomberg has reported that Apple is developing a screenless fitness tracker, described as a thin fabric band with a sensor-equipped computing module, similar in concept to WHOOP or Fitbit Air. The device is early in development and would not launch before 2028.
Spotify has launched Running Mode, a new feature available to Premium subscribers in select markets on both iOS and Android. The AI-powered tool builds playlists around song BPM to match a chosen run type, offering structured intensity curves, voice guidance and a Prompted Playlist option for further customization. Unlike the earlier Spotify Running feature discontinued in 2018, it does not track pace but instead lets users select their preferred run style upfront.
In the latest episode of 9to5Mac's Happy Hour podcast, hosts Benjamin Mayo and Chance Miller give hands-on impressions of the new M6 Mac mini and AirPods 5, discuss early bug fixes for Apple's latest operating systems, and touch on Apple Music Hall. A Happy Hour Plus segment separately assesses how Apple's Siri AI has performed since launch.
Gwynda Jones, a 30-year PepsiCo executive who survived a heart attack, stroke and a rare cancer diagnosis that doctors said would kill her within months, opened a Hotworx franchise in downtown Chicago in 2023. She funded the roughly $500,000 venture largely with retirement savings built up over 38 years, choosing the infrared-sauna fitness concept because it required a small staff and no in-house instructors.
Researchers studied how cancer cells repair DNA breaks that occur at TA-repeat sequences within extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA), circular fragments that often carry amplified oncogenes like MYC. Using cell lines including COLO320DM, HeLa-derived clones and engineered mouse neural stem cells, the team found that a repair mechanism called microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) helps preserve these ecDNA elements and the growth advantage they give cancer cells.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple has spent months investigating a screenless wearable, testing prototypes with a fabric band and sensor module built by the team behind the Vision Pro headset. The company has not decided whether to actually launch the product, though executives Tim Cook and Eddy Cue are said to be interested. Apple did not respond to a request for comment.