Consumer Tech
Apple Called Vision Pro a Long Journey the Week Its Sequel Stalled
Apple's CEO praised Vision Pro in public the same week reports say its successor is on internal life support, right after Meta priced a lighter rival at 1,300 dollars.
Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech
Microsoft Quietly Killed The AI PC Badge It Invented
Microsoft's new Surface Pro and Laptop double the original AI PC spec bar, then drop the Copilot+ name. The identical 16GB configuration now costs 280 euros more than in 2025.
Consumer Tech
Apple's New Mac Costs More If You're Not American
Apple's new Mac mini and Mac Studio use the same price numeral in pounds as in dollars, and price higher in euros too, once the numbers are converted.
Consumer Tech
Meta Dodged the Memory Hike That Just Cost Apple $200
Meta's $1,299 VR Glasses skip the memory shortage that just pushed Apple's Vision Pro to $3,699, by moving compute off the headset entirely.
Consumer Tech
Meta Built a Camera-Free Exit From Its Privacy Mess
Meta launched camera-free glasses and a visual-data opt-out for its camera line on the same day. What an employer buying staff wearables should decide first.
Consumer Tech
World Launches Its Bank App on a Disputed ID
World Money went live in 150+ countries built on an Orb-verified identity system that a German regulator ordered partly deleted and Spain has formally warned about.
Consumer Tech
25,000 Robotaxis Are Coming to Europe. The Car Is Not Built Yet.
Lucid and Bolt announced a deal for 25,000-plus European robotaxis by 2028, but the vehicle platform is delayed and no autonomous-driving software has been chosen.
Consumer Tech
Snap's Enterprise Glasses Answer to Four Vendors
Snap's Specs glasses now run Salesforce, AWS, Nvidia and Trifork/Hololight software, but none of the five partners disclosed pricing or data terms.
Consumer Tech
Snap Still Wont Say How Bright Its Glasses Get
Snap held its flagship Specs event on 16 September and confirmed price, deposits and shipping. The brightness figure Servola flagged in August is still missing.
Consumer Tech
Apple's Real-Photo Proof Ships Everywhere Except EU
Apple's Reference Image mode signs iPhone 18 Pro photos inside the sensor at capture. EU owners can view but not capture one at launch; China is excluded too.
Consumer Tech
Siri AI Ships Worldwide, but Europe Still Waits
Siri AI began shipping worldwide on September 14, but Apple has no EU launch date after regulators rejected its 18-month compromise in June.
Consumer Tech
Your Child's iPhone Now Asks Before Every Site
Apple's iOS 27 defaults every child account under 13 into a closed browser that needs parental approval per website, while UK, French and Slovak regulators still argue over how to verify a user's age at all.
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