Apple offers a built-in tool called Apple Diagnostics that tests a MacBook's internal hardware to determine whether issues like shutdowns, display glitches or keyboard failures stem from hardware or software. The tool isn't found in System Settings but is accessed during the startup sequence, and the steps differ depending on whether the machine uses Apple silicon or an Intel chip. On macOS 26 Tahoe and later, users can run individual tests on components like the display, keyboard or trackpad, while older systems run the full diagnostic automatically.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-05
Taiwan's Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau has pursued 166 investigations into companies illegally operated by Chinese owners disguised through shell firms or local nominees, resulting in at least 36 convictions since 2020. These businesses skirted Taiwan's Cross-Strait Act, which requires Chinese entities to obtain government permits before operating on the island, permits that are increasingly hard to secure amid rising cross-strait tensions.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-05
Yang Zhilin, a 33-year-old researcher, chose to return to China rather than pursue a U.S. career, founding Moonshot AI. The startup's open-weight model has drawn significant attention and is reportedly unsettling established players in the global AI industry.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-04
Celeste Amadon, founder of AI dating app Known, launched a public nomination campaign called 'San Francisco's Hot List,' inviting people to nominate attractive, accomplished singles in the city. The X post drew mixed reactions—mockery alongside genuine engagement—but generated over 15,000 submissions within a day, according to Amadon. The campaign taps into a growing narrative pushing back on San Francisco's reputation as an undateable, style-deficient tech hub.
wired.com
· 2026-09-04
UGreen has introduced three smart home hubs — the HomeAgent HA100, HomeAgent HA100 Pro, and MasterAgent MA100 — that handle voice commands, camera monitoring, and Matter device control entirely on-device rather than through cloud servers. Each unit combines a two-bay NAS with dedicated video storage and varying levels of onboard AI horsepower, including NVIDIA hardware in higher-end models, with the base HA100 offering 16GB of RAM and 26 TOPS of AI performance.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-03
Security personnel working at San Francisco offices of major AI firms, represented by SEIU-United Service Workers West, voted this week to authorize a strike. The vote gives union leadership the go-ahead to call a walkout if labor negotiations with contractors fail to produce an acceptable deal.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-03
Indian wearable maker Ultrahuman has closed a $70 million funding round backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Labcorp, Alpha Wave, Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners and Alteria Capital, valuing the company at $365 million—roughly three times its 2023 valuation. The round includes $65 million in equity and $5 million in debt, and Ultrahuman is now developing a new ring built on Qualcomm silicon instead of its current Nordic Semiconductor chip.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-03
Sequoia Capital chairman Doug Leone, worth an estimated $11.7 billion, told his dentist to perform a root canal without novocaine so he wouldn't miss a scheduled meeting. He described gritting through the drilling by comparing it to a soldier's battlefield injuries, then went straight to his meeting before changing his sweat-drenched shirt.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-03
Apple emailed Mac App Store developers saying universal apps requiring macOS 13 or later can now remove Intel-based Mac support entirely and build for arm64 only. This follows Apple's completed six-year transition to its own silicon and its earlier statement that macOS 26 Tahoe would be the last major release supporting Intel Macs. Rosetta, the tool letting Apple-silicon Macs run older Intel apps, will lose general-purpose support after macOS 27.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-03
Perplexity has introduced Hybrid Compute, a feature that divides AI tasks between cloud-based models and models running locally on a user's device. It flags files or data containing personal information and lets users choose to process those locally while sending the rest of the task to the cloud, or send everything to the cloud. The feature currently works only in the Perplexity app on Apple Silicon Macs, supporting local models like Gemma 4 E4B and Qwen 3.6 alongside cloud options such as Claude Opus 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-02
Apple emailed developers announcing that universal macOS apps requiring macOS 13 or later can now be built as arm64-only, removing Intel compatibility. Developers must update build settings to arm64 and resubmit; Intel Mac users can still use the last compatible version of an app they already have.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-02
Apple has named John Ternus as its new chief executive, ending Tim Cook's 15-year tenure atop the company as Cook transitions to executive chairman. Ternus, 51, spent 25 years at Apple, rising from a product design engineer to senior vice president of hardware engineering, where he oversaw AirPods, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, Apple silicon, and the MacBook Neo.
hardware.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-01
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