Apple updates AirPods Max headphones with a USB-C port and new colors

Apple released a new version of its premium over-the-ear headphones, AirPods Max, on Monday during its 2024 Apple Event. The revamp replaces the AirPods Max’s lightning port with a USB-C port and comes in five new colors: midnight, blue, purple, orange, and starlight. The company announced th

Apple's iPhone 16 arrives with AI features and devoted camera button, starting at $799

Apple on Monday unveiled the iPhone 16 at its “It’s Glowtime” event in Cupertino. CEO Tim Cook claimed that the new device is “designed around Apple Intelligence, from the ground up,” a reference to new generative AI features announced at WWDC in June. The new handset

Apple says AirPods Pro 2 can be used as ‘clinical-grade’ hearing aids

Apple says that the AirPods Pro 2, its latest flagship wireless earbuds, can be used as “clinical-grade” hearing aids. The feature hasn’t been FDA-cleared, however, although the company says that it expects approval “soon.” The new AirPods were announced at the Apple &

Apple is adding a sleep apnea detection feature to the Apple Watch Series 10, 9 and Ultra 2

At its It’s Glowtime event on Monday, Apple announced that it’s adding a new Apple Watch feature that can alert users to sleep apnea, a health condition that causes you to stop breathing when you’re asleep. The FDA approved the feature for use on the Apple Watch 10, as well as t

Apple’s redesigned AirPods 4 feature $179 active noise cancelling option, ship September 20

At any Apple event, new AirPods are never a given. The earbuds have been around nearly as long as the Apple Watch, but the company has only released three generations of the baseline model — until today. Three years after their predecessors hit the market, the AirPods 4 have debuted at MondayR

Apple Watch Series 10 debuts with bigger screen, thinner display and sleep apnea detection

Apple Watch Series 10 debuted at Monday’s “It’s Glowtime” event, just under a decade after the iPhone maker released its first smartwatch. Headlining the new wearable is a redesign — arguably the largest since the device’s launch. The Apple Watch Series 10 has “

Alpha Partners raises $153M third fund for pro-rata investments

Steve Brotman started Alpha Partners in 2014 with a novel idea at the time: investing alongside early-stage VCs to help preserve their ownership in promising companies as they transition to later funding rounds. Alpha’s first fund was a mere $10 million. But as startups started staying priva

Progress acquires file management platform ShareFile for $875M

Automation and IT monitoring company Progress on Monday announced that it intends to acquire file management platform ShareFile for $875 million in cash and credit. Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta said that the deal, which is expected to close by November 30, will bolster Progress’ portfolio with

How to watch the iPhone 16 reveal during this year’s big Apple Event

It might have been a brat summer, but Apple thinks it’s “glowtime” for its iPhone 16 event. The company announced that it will host the event to unveil new devices on September 9 at 10 a.m. PT. The event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple’s campus. But for p

Bug lets anyone bypass WhatsApp’s ‘View Once’ privacy feature

WhatsApp, the most popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app in the world with more than two billion users, allows users to exchange pictures and videos that disappear soon after opening. But a bug in how WhatsApp implements its so-called “View Once” feature in its browser-based web a

YC alum Odigos aims to help enterprises find errors and stamp out latency in their systems

Companies’ data architecture today looks nothing like it did 20 years ago, but monitoring and tracing tools haven’t followed suit, making it difficult for engineering teams to identify the root cause of errors and latency issues.  Israeli developer Eden Federman (pictured above, r

Miami-based AI bookkeeping startup Finally has raised another big round: $200M in equity and debt

The SMB-focused bookkeeping, accounting and finance startup Finally has raised $50 million in a Series B round of funding and secured a $150 million credit line, technewss is the first to report. The financing comes just seven months after the fintech company announced it had raised $10 million i

Thousands of Avis car rental customers had personal data stolen in cyberattack

Car rental giant Avis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that their personal information and driver’s license numbers were stolen in an August cyberattack. The New Jersey-headquartered company said in a data breach notice filed with several U.S. attorneys general over the past

Sonos delays set-top box after flawed app update

It’s been an infamous year for software updates gone wrong. But what's the worst-case scenario for a buggy update? Sonos may be trying to find the answer as its mobile app update continues to derail its best laid plans. In its most recent earnings call, the company announced that it had