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Core and Premium combine paid features across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Meta says the apps’ core experience will remain free.

The company says it banned accounts, but has not established harmful intent or an imminent biological threat.

Meta is advancing custom MTIA silicon, planning to deploy MTIA 450 (Arke) in H1 2027 and MTIA 500 (Astrid) by end-2027. These target efficient inference workloads with better performance-per-watt and cost than Nvidia systems. Meta partnered with Broadcom and TSMC.

The services offered a way to view X posts without an account, TechCrunch reports. Engadget describes the shutdown as following threats of legal action.

Neowin reports that Pixel 6 and newer users can use the spam detection feature and pause distracting apps.

CoinDesk reports that two Chinese firms allegedly laundered oil-sale proceeds through Binance accounts on behalf of the IRGC.

The September 14 updates address Remote Desktop failures, Linux shared folders and multichannel audio. Microsoft says some USB audio devices still may not work.

Engadget says storing a driver's license in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet is convenient, but urges readers to consider the privacy implications.

Engadget says IMAX has a certification for content watched at home, not just in theaters.

Engadget calls Apple Silicon models solid but says buyers will probably want to avoid Intel-powered MacBooks.

Engadget says refurbished phones offer new parts and warranties, but a used device can still be a great deal if you know where it comes from.

Engadget says delivery robots too often don't understand the rules of the spaces they travel through.

Engadget describes a VPN kill switch as a feature that helps ensure you don't lose your VPN connection without realizing it.

Engadget points to streaming app settings, equalizers and speaker apps as ways to improve your iPhone's sound.

Apple’s rebuilt assistant starts in English as a beta, requires a newer iPhone and initially excludes iPhones and iPads in the EU.

Tom's Hardware reports that natural gas consumption by US AI data centers is projected to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day as demand for computing increases.

GitLab has released fixes for CVE-2026-85706. Administrators running their own servers need to update; GitLab-hosted services are already patched, the company says.

BofA raises growth forecasts for AI semiconductor sector while funding announced for quantum/AI chip facilities and data center ventures, contrasted against market dips from AI pacing debate.

Jacob Coxon, ex-OpenAI and recent Anthropic pretraining researcher, resigned and posted that AI labs are racing toward self-improving superintelligence. Senior Anthropic figure Evan Hubinger backed similar concerns, estimating >10% chance of human extinction in a decade without solid alignment plans.

Apple rolled out iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 featuring rebuilt Siri AI powered by next-gen Apple Intelligence. Beta available initially in English on iPhone 15 Pro+; features include conversational assistance, standalone Siri app, and improvements to Photos, Safari, and Visual Intelligence.