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1167 storiesApple's new CEO is reviving a Steve Jobs strategy from 25 years ago
New Apple CEO John Ternus is positioning the iPhone as central to the AI era, echoing how Steve Jobs championed the Mac months before unveiling the iPod in 2001.
Apple Watch's new AI features are normalizing always-listening tech
Apple's new Apple Watch audio features, including Live Rewind and Siri Recap, are pushing consumers to accept that their devices may always be listening.
Apple Watch's new feature listens to your chats and recaps them
Apple's new Siri Recap feature for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 uses ambient listening to generate notes and summaries of conversations.
Apple's Health app adds 'health age' and readiness scores
Apple redesigned its Health app with Apple Intelligence to add a readiness score, a "Health Age" calculation, and a new Insights tab.
Apple's new CEO says the iPhone is still the best AI device
Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, said the iPhone is the best AI device available and stressed the company's on-device privacy approach over rivals.
Viral AI assistant Instinct gets its own email address
Instinct, the AI assistant now valued at $2.5 billion, is giving users an Instinct email address so the agent can handle tasks on its own.
inDrive expands beyond ride-hailing into ads, delivery, loans
inDrive is scaling its advertising, delivery, and financial-services businesses beyond ride-hailing, installing new leaders as early traction emerges.
Shipt launches AI shopping assistant Ask Shipt
Shipt launched "Ask Shipt," an AI tool that turns prompts into customized, ready-to-buy carts for its same-day delivery customers.
Instacart launches AI shopping assistant Clementine
Instacart launched an AI-powered grocery assistant called Clementine that turns conversations, lists, or recipes into ready-to-buy carts.
CloudNC raises $20M extension to automate CNC machining decisions
U.K.-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC has raised a $20 million Series B extension, bringing its lifetime funding to $128 million, four years after its last major round.
Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers, users say
Anthropic says a bad actor used common infostealer malware to hijack Claude login sessions and drain subscribers' token usage, after several users reported unexplained spikes in consumption.
Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent that acts on your behalf
Less than two weeks after an $18 billion multistate settlement, Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent for US users that can book travel, pay bills, and make purchases on their behalf.
How to watch Apple's foldable iPhone announcement
Apple will livestream its "Surprise and shine" event on Wednesday, September 9 at 10 a.m. PDT, expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone.
Chrome moves to two-week release cycle, citing AI-driven security shifts
Google has shifted Chrome from a four-week to a two-week release schedule, starting with Tuesday's launch of Chrome 153 on desktop, iOS, and Android.
Phil Schiller's App Store exit was partly a bid to dodge a profit push, Bloomberg reports
Apple's Phil Schiller is stepping down as App Store chief, reportedly to avoid a new profit-margin push by CEO John Ternus and Eddy Cue.
Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for trip planning
Three hikers were rescued from California's Mount Shasta after using Google's Gemini chatbot to plan an expedition that turned into a multiday ordeal, according to the Siskiyou County sheriff's office.
Clucky's new alarm app wakes you up with a crowing rooster
Clucky, a new iPhone alarm app for habitual snoozers, offers a crowing-rooster wake-up sound and requires users to complete a mission before the alarm turns off.
Google's Gemini Spark can now manage your Photos library
Google's Gemini Spark AI agent can now edit photos, curate albums, and organize Google Photos, rolling out over the next few weeks to U.S. English-language subscribers.
Ollie bets on privacy to win the AI assistant race
Ollie, a family-focused AI assistant, achieved SOC 2 compliance and is betting that privacy — not more data collection — will differentiate it in the crowded AI assistant market.