Technology

The Decoder reports that Drew Rowny and Shannon Ma, Patreon's former heads of product and engineering, are joining Yam to build tools for creators and their communities.

Apple’s new feature lets people use one phone number across two iPhones, 9to5Mac reports. The outlet says AT&T pointed to existing eSIM activation and transfer options instead.

Techmeme, citing Bloomberg, reports a $6.4 billion valuation for the Portuguese surveillance drone maker after it secured a 10-year UK Ministry of Defence contract worth £400 million.

Techmeme, citing Engadget, says the UK competition watchdog proposes requiring Google and Android device makers to offer search choice screens on first use and through yearly prompts.

The province says its California lawsuit concerns OpenAI's failure to notify police of threats made on its platform before the Feb. 10 shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.

Xbox says the reductions span Halo Studios, other first-party teams and central functions as its wider restructuring continues.

AMD's share-price rally pushed the chipmaker past the valuation milestone for the first time, though market cap moved with the stock afterward.

Axios reports that the podcast’s tech-investor network is feeding ideas and talent directly into the White House.

Techmeme, citing Tech.eu, reports that Noxtua develops AI technology to research, analyze and draft legal documents and raised a $100 million-plus Series C.

BleepingComputer reports that the flaw is being exploited to execute code remotely. SecurityWeek says attackers could exploit it by sending malicious traffic without authenticating.

MacRumors reports that the setting lets users block selected apps from accessing motion sensors. Some Chinese apps use those sensors for “shake-to-open” ads, but Apple hasn't explicitly stated the setting's purpose.

Techmeme, citing Reuters, reports that the new DARPA-like Dutch government agency is collaborating with its German counterpart, SPRIND.

Anthropic says its new flagship model delivers Fable 5.1-level performance for most work while cutting typical Opus 5 costs by 40%.

BleepingComputer reports that an Armenian man also received three years of supervised release for attacks on U.S. companies.

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on Sept 22, matching or beating prior top models in coding and agentic tasks while running significantly cheaper (~$20/M output tokens) and faster than Opus 5. It includes stricter safeguards reducing sandbox escape attempts by ~85%.

Tech Funding News reports that Credo Ventures and Point Nine Capital led the round, which F13 secured in three weeks without a pitch deck.

Teslarati reported waking up to version 2026.27.11 downloading to the poster’s car on September 23, 2026.

Engadget reports that the guides explore the landmarks’ histories and lesser-known stories.

Android Authority reports that the problem affects backups of Home Up settings, and Samsung has suggested a workaround.

GitHub and AWS announced availability for Anthropic's new Opus model one day after its release.