Wrtn Technologies Raises Funding at $870 Million Valuation

Geoff Keighley’s showcase delivered a Witcher 3 remaster, new Gears of War footage, and several other Xbox and PC trailers while the industry clears space for Grand Theft Auto VI.

Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Dataverse move to a single continuous AI roadmap that ends the prior pattern of scheduled release waves.

Apple refreshed its smallest desktop Mac with an M6 option that doubles the Neural Engine count and raises peak memory bandwidth to 170GB/s.

Apple connects two dual-die M5 Max chips into a quad-die M5 Ultra using next-generation UltraFusion interconnect, delivering up to 36 CPU cores and 80 GPU cores while also introducing an M6 processor and refreshed Mac Mini and Mac Studio sy

Apple introduces its first 2nm processor in a refreshed Mac mini and pairs the new M5 Ultra with an updated Mac Studio to target AI workloads.

Apple replaces the prior Mac Studio models with M5-series chips that double storage bandwidth and add Thunderbolt 5.

Apple will extend its beta-era waitlist for the updated Siri to the official release of iOS 27 and macOS 27 next month, so devices that receive the update will not deliver the new AI capabilities right away.

Two events held in China this month displayed incremental hardware and software gains, yet the sector continues to lack the sudden capability jump that would mark a true inflection point.

Parallels Desktop 27 adds a Metal-based driver that delivers OpenGL 4.3 to Windows virtual machines on Apple silicon and accelerates local AI workloads.

Airbound raised $37 million to build ultra-lightweight drones that aim to replace trucks on short-haul routes in India.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports the new model could launch before both the iPhone 18 Pro event and Tim Cook’s final day as CEO on September 1.

Bloomberg reporting cited by 9to5Mac indicates the updated desktop could reach customers before Apple’s expected iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra showcase next month.

Apple plans its first Mac mini refresh in almost two years, with the move reported by sources close to the plans.

Rampant gas projects now proposed or under construction mark the clearest measure yet of data center growth.

European regulators accept revised Apple business terms but leave open whether the changes satisfy the Digital Markets Act.

AI cloud provider Lambda, backed by Nvidia, is negotiating a large round that could lead to a public listing next year.

Apple will continue issuing new Hide My Email addresses under icloud.com while moving future Sign in with Apple relay addresses to private.icloud.com.

Select users of the Apple Store app on iPhone now see an early preview of an AI chatbot that answers questions about products, orders, trade-ins, and payments.

Apple reverses its plan to move Hide My Email addresses to private.icloud.com and will keep using the existing icloud.com domain after user concerns about easier blocking.

Apple has made the seventh developer beta of macOS 27 Golden Gate available for download.

Apple continues testing its next mobile operating systems with developers, one week after the prior builds.