Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and said it’s purpose-built for advanced AI workloads for “the agentic era,” enabling on-device agentic AI, upgraded imaging, and new gaming features.
Sep 23, 2026 ·
CNET
Philip Morris International (PM) raised its quarterly dividend by 8.8%, from $1.47 to $1.60 per share, bringing the annual payout to $6.40 per share.
Sep 22, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
iOS 27 adds a Settings control (Settings > Apps > Messages > Show in Text Field) that lets you show the iMessage audio record button as the default record icon, switch it to a microphone dictation icon, or hide it entirely (None).
Sep 22, 2026 ·
Engadget
You can customize CarPlay on your iPhone by rearranging CarPlay apps under Settings > General > CarPlay > (your vehicle) > Apps, and (starting with iOS 26) by organizing CarPlay widgets under the same Apps menu and optionally enabling Smart Rotate for automatic widget swapping.
Sep 22, 2026 ·Engadget
RoboForm offers a Free plan for one device, a Premium plan for one user across unlimited devices at $2.49/month billed annually ($29.88/year) and a Family plan for up to five users at $3.98/month billed annually ($47.75/year), with a 60% discount on the first year.
Sep 22, 2026 ·CNET
Anti-aliasing reduces jagged “stair-step” edges from rendering curved/diagonal shapes on square pixels, but methods trade off GPU cost and side effects like softer detail or ghosting/shimmering.
Sep 22, 2026 ·Engadget
Apple’s rumored home hub smart display—powered by an upcoming Siri AI—could debut as soon as October, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman saying it is widely tested and may arrive next month.
Sep 22, 2026 ·CNET
Songs can appear grayed out on Apple Music because the device is offline or because the track’s licensing was revoked, in which case the track will show “No Longer Available” in Cloud Status and can’t be fixed by the listener or Apple.
Sep 22, 2026 ·Engadget
RBC initiated coverage of The Kraft Heinz Company with an Outperform rating and a $32 price target, citing innovation (including PowerMac and Capri Sun Hydrate), pricing and marketing efforts, and a forecast that 2027 will be a “step-function” improvement amid an attempted turnaround that already saw its breakup plan paused about six weeks after Steve Cahillane took over.
Sep 22, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Rabbit is rolling out OS3, a standalone “agentic operating system” AI agent that runs in the cloud but operates locally across Windows, Mac, and Linux without needing the company’s R1 hardware.
Sep 22, 2026 ·
The Verge
Saudi startup Ceer unveiled the Exobot EV sedan and SUV, with plans to launch five additional Exobot models by 2030 and start sales in Saudi Arabia in 2027.
Sep 22, 2026 ·The Verge
American Horror Story: 13 premieres Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on FX and Hulu, with the first three episodes available that night.
Sep 22, 2026 ·CNET
Motorola’s Signature 27 is its first announced phone to run Qualcomm’s top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset and will launch globally before the end of the year.
Sep 22, 2026 ·The Verge
Motorola will release the Signature 27 in the US as a high-end Android flagship built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, featuring a 50-megapixel main camera and a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto lens plus a “seven-year commitment” to software and security support.
Sep 22, 2026 ·CNET
Qualcomm launched Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, targeting local AI features including up to 200M-parameter sensing hubs and a 30B-parameter MoE model (with selective activation).
Sep 22, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Apple says its Texture and Grain controls in Photographic Styles are only available when editing photos captured on iPhone 18 Pro models, using the Ultra Wide, Main, and Center Stage cameras on iPhone Duo.
Sep 22, 2026 ·The Verge
Best Buy will add a free pair of Pixel Buds 2A (hazel) when you preorder a qualifying Googlebook, with the preorder window running until October 25, 2026.
Sep 22, 2026 ·The Verge
The iPhone 18 Pro’s main upgrade over the iPhone 17 Pro is variable aperture with four presets (f1.48, f1.8, f2.8, f4.0), letting it control exposure at the hardware level—while other differences are small, and battery life is reported as effectively the same (~24 hours).
Sep 22, 2026 ·CNET
J.Jill’s reported Q2 adjusted EPS rose to $1.24 (from $0.81), but the $13.3 million tariff refund largely drives the quarter’s bottom-line momentum: gross margin was 76.8% with the refund versus 68.3% excluding it, and adjusted EBITDA fell to $20.1 million excluding the refund.
Sep 22, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
TCL’s Eye-Friendly NxtPaper 70 Pro is $50 off, dropping from $330 to a new record-low $280 on unlocked Android phones, with the deal applying to both color options.
Sep 22, 2026 ·CNET
