Apple launches iPhone 17 featuring Ceramic Shield 2 and 48MP Dual Fusion cameras
Although it will be largely ignored by the excitement around the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro, Apple has unveiled the iPhone 17, the latest entry in its smartphone lineup, available for pre-order on September 12 and in stores starting September 19.
The new model introduces a larger 6.3-inch Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion, an upgraded dual 48MP Fusion camera system, and the Center Stage front camera, which Apple is calling its "best selfie camera to date". Powered by the A19 chip, iPhone 17 is designed to deliver stronger performance, improved efficiency, and longer battery life than the previous generation.
Apple Watch Ultra 3 launches with satellite connectivity and 42-hour battery
Apple has expanded its smartwatch lineup with the launch of Apple Watch Ultra 3, introduced today alongside Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch SE 3. Billed as (can you guess?) the company’s most advanced watch yet, Ultra 3 offers satellite connectivity, a larger and brighter display, expanded health features, and longer battery life.
The new model is, as always, sold as a versatile companion for sports, adventure, and daily use. It features built-in satellite communications for texting emergency services, messaging contacts, and sharing location when outside cellular or Wi-Fi coverage.
Apple Watch SE 3 brings always-on display, new health features, and 5G at $249
As well as Apple Watch Series 11, Apple today announced Apple Watch SE 3, the newest version of its entry-level smartwatch, available for pre-order today and launching September 19.
The device adds an Always-On display, wrist temperature sensing, retrospective ovulation estimates, and sleep apnea notifications, alongside faster charging and 5G cellular support.
Apple Watch Series 11 arrives with new health insights and longer battery life
To the surprise of no one, and alongside its latest generation of iPhones, Apple today announced the Apple Watch Series 11. The new model of its hugely popular smartwatch range adds hypertension notifications, sleep score, 5G connectivity, and up to 24 hours of battery life. Apple also made much of the more scratch-resistant display, claiming the Ion-X glass on aluminum models is twice as resistant as before.
The design remains thin and familiar, but the company says the glass is bonded with a ceramic coating at an atomic level to improve durability.
Apple unveils AirPods Pro 3 with noise cancellation, heart rate tracking, and translation tools
Apple has taken the wraps off AirPods Pro 3, its latest wireless earbuds, available for pre-order today with launch set for September 19. The company claims these are its best-sounding AirPods yet, featuring improved Active Noise Cancellation, new ear tip sizes, longer battery life, and even health tracking features like heart rate monitoring.
Apple is also promoting fitness integrations and a Live Translation tool, although how useful these additions will be in real-world use remains to be seen
Gigamon harnesses agentic AI to deliver guidance for security and IT teams
As cyber adversaries increasingly use AI to move faster and exploit blind spots, security, network, and application teams face mounting challenges, not helped by a global shortage of skilled professionals.
Observability specialist Gigamon is launching a new agentic AI application purpose-built for network-derived telemetry to deliver immediate guidance for security and IT operations teams.
New AI testing platform uses crowdsourcing to deliver better results
While crowdsourcing testing is increasingly popular the market has long struggled with lengthy setup times, inconsistent tester quality, poor signal-to-noise ratios.
Testing platform Testilo is seeking to address this with the launch of two new AI technologies, LeoAI Engine and LeoMatch. LeoAI Engine is a proprietary intelligence layer, while LeoMatch seeks to match the right testers to projects in real-time.
Ransomware costs jump 17 percent though insurance claims fall
A new report from risk solutions company Resilience shows in the first half of 2025, the average cost of an individual ransomware attack rose by 17 percent, while the volume of incurred claims across Resilience's portfolio dropped by 53 percent, highlighting the persistent and destructive threat of financially motivated cybercrime.
Ransomware accounted for almost all (91 percent) of incurred losses, while financially motivated social engineering, especially via tailored attacks bolstered by AI-powered phishing content, fueled 88 percent.
Taking a holistic approach to human risk management
We tend to think of cybersecurity as being a technology problem, but in fact it’s often about humans. Attackers exploit our weaknesses with social engineering, phishing and other attacks designed to trick us into giving up valuable information.
A new whitepaper released today by KnowBe4 looks at the core principles of a modern human risk management (HRM) approach and how organizations can apply the framework to strengthen security culture and drive measurable change in employee behavior.
Software engineers need new skills in the age of AI
AI is transforming software engineering, changing what software engineers do and the skills they need to succeed. A new survey from Uplevel, of over 100 senior engineering leaders at mid-to-large technology companies, looks at what they believe will be the most important skills for their teams.
It finds that validation of AI outputs and quality assurance (QA) is valued highest, cited by 66 percent of leaders, followed by performance monitoring and optimization (39 percent), and system architecture and integration skills (34 percent)
Poor data quality is the biggest barrier to AI in insurance
Almost three-quarters of insurance underwriters say fragmented, siloed, and unstructured data -- not technology -- is the main barrier to AI transformation.
New research carried out by Reuters for technology transformation specialist CI&T shows that data fragmentation, unstructured formats, and siloed systems are the real roadblocks to delivering faster, more accurate underwriting and pricing.
Private bookmarking lands on Bluesky
Bluesky was one of the social media platforms that enjoyed a surge of interest as people voted with their feet against Elon Musk. Still somewhat in its infancy, Bluesky continues to evolve and is slowly adding features that are common on many of its rivals.
The latest addition is bookmarking, or Saved Posts, a simple way to save a post so you can easily return to it at a later time. Unlike liking a post, bookmarking or saving is not public, so no other user will be aware of what you would like to look at again.
Plex suffers data breach, warns customers to change passwords
History appears to be repeating. Plex has announced that it has suffered a security breach, exposing user data. The last time this happened was in 2022, and users are being advised to change passwords as soon as possible.
The company is referring to it as a “security incident that may potentially involve your Plex account information”. While Plex tries to downplay the severity of the breach, the fact that “an unauthorized third party accessed a limited subset of customer data from one of our databases” is concerning – especially when you consider that this is not the first time.
Secure messaging platform Signal introduces chat backup options
In an age where there is increased concern about privacy and security, people are embracing messaging platforms such as Signal. While Signal and other apps of its ilk mean enjoying a security boost, such apps are playing catch-up with mainstream messaging platforms in terms of other features and options.
Signal has just announced the availability of secure backups for chats, promising an easy way to restore your messaging history to a new device. This is something that Signal users have been begging for, and now it is here. As you might expect with a platform associated with security and privacy, backups are not a simple matter with Signal.
Latest Windows 11 build sees Microsoft adding AI to File Explorer and improving clock options
Microsoft has released a new Canary build of Windows 11, and among the additions is the arrival of AI actions in File Explorer. The company implores users to “leverage[e] the power of AI” to summarize documents and edit images directly from File Explorer new AI Actions context menu entry.
For Microsoft, this is the highlight of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27938, but there is much more to this release. There are, of course, lots of bug fixes but there are also new clock options including the ability to show seconds.
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