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Apple confirmed during its 'Surprise and shine' hardware event that visionOS 27, the next major software update for Vision Pro, will launch on Monday, September 14. The release coincides with other major OS updates including iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro, featuring a variable aperture camera system that gives users more manual control over photos instead of relying solely on computational photography. The device is powered by the new A20 Pro chip, Apple's first 2nm processor, which includes a 6-core CPU, a 7-core GPU with up to 40 percent better performance, and a dual Neural Engine design. Apple also detailed upcoming Siri AI features, powered by large language models, set to launch in October.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, featuring a 48MP Fusion Main camera with variable aperture, a smaller Dynamic Island, and the new A20 Pro chip paired with a next-generation vapor chamber for sustained performance. The Pro Max also gets Apple's largest-ever battery life increase, while both models run iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and a revamped Siri. The phones come in four finishes, including a new burgundy option, with pre-orders starting September 12 and sales beginning September 18.
Apple has unveiled a Reference Image feature on the iPhone 18 Pro that creates a cryptographic signature for photos at the moment of capture, allowing later verification of whether an image has been altered by AI. Using Apple Private Cloud Compute, the system lets users compare an edited photo against its original 'digital negative' and can share these signed authentication records with others. The feature will not roll out in the European Union or China, while Apple's own AI-generated images will instead carry SynthID watermarks.
Apple released a document detailing how its newly announced Audio Intelligence features—Siri Recap, Live Rewind, Sound Recognition, and Music Recognition—process audio without storing or exposing raw recordings. The company says these features rely on a hardware-isolated 'Secure Exclave' in the Apple Watch's S11 chip, which processes sound locally and never creates an accessible audio file. Any data transferred to iPhone is encrypted between Secure Exclaves, and users must manually activate features like Live Rewind and choose what text to retain.
Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 at its 'Surprise and shine' event, adding upgraded health sensors, audio transcription and summary features, and a new ceramic case option for the Series 12. Both models retain the same starting prices as their predecessors, with the Series 12 at $399 and the Ultra 4 at $799.
Researchers testing an AI-designed anti-aging drug reported that it lowered participants' biological age, as measured by aging clocks, in every case in the trial. The drug's development leaned on artificial intelligence tools to identify compounds likely to slow or reverse aging markers in the body.
Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 12 at its September 9th event, featuring a new Siri-powered Audio Intelligence system with live rewind and ambient 'Siri Recap' note-taking. The watch runs on a new S11 chip, starts at $399, and ships September 18th with health upgrades including continuous heart rate sensing and a new Readiness score.
Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, featuring a main camera with dynamic aperture control, a new A20 Pro chip built on 2nm technology, and an enlarged vapor chamber for cooling. Pricing starts at $1,199 for the 18 Pro and $1,299 for the Pro Max, both up $100 from last year, with preorders starting September 12 and availability September 18.
US energy storage set another quarterly record, powered largely by seven new gigascale battery installations exceeding one gigawatt-hour each, according to a report from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Behind-the-meter batteries also grew, with data centers accounting for roughly three-quarters of new commercial installations, even as residential battery installations are projected to fall 16% in 2026 after a supporting tax credit expired in 2025.
OpenAI says an unreleased AI model produced a proof addressing the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the seven Millennium Prize math problems, completing the work in 88 hours. The proof reportedly identifies a scenario where the fluid-dynamics equations break down mathematically, though researchers stress this doesn't mean real fluids like water would physically behave that way.
Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposed training a large language model only on scientific knowledge available before 1911 to see if it could independently derive general relativity, calling it a meaningful test for artificial general intelligence. Several research teams, including one led by Ido Kaminer at Technion, have since built such 'vintage' AI models restricted to historical data, but early results have exposed shortcomings in current systems rather than demonstrating breakthrough reasoning.