Do Not Disturb fully silences iPhone notifications so you won’t see any banners, calls or alerts, while Focus modes are highly customizable versions of Do Not Disturb that can selectively allow notifications from specific apps and people for situations like work or sleep.
Sep 12, 2026 ·
Engadget
Amazon lets eligible Alexa+ or Prime members select from eight voice types and multiple personality styles (including Brief, Chill, Sweet, Sassy, and Original), and the article says these changes don’t affect Alexa’s accuracy.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Engadget
The Spanish Grand Prix is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3 p.m. CET (9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT in the US and Canada; 2 p.m. BST in the UK).
Sep 12, 2026 ·
CNET
Signet Jewelers (SIG) closed 53 stores between January 1, 2026, and August 1, 2026, as it continues a restructuring plan that targets about 100 more store closures in fiscal 2027.
Sep 12, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Blizzard announced StarCraft will return in 2030 as an open-world shooter rather than an RTS sequel, after the project’s earlier attempt (StarCraft: Ghost) was canceled in 2014.
Sep 12, 2026 ·
The Verge
Tesla says it will unveil the second-generation Roadster on October 1, posting an X graphic marked “10.01.”
Sep 12, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
You can add a digital driver’s license to Apple Wallet on iPhone in specific US states and use it at participating venues, and Apple says the ID is encrypted on your device with access shown before you authenticate via Face ID or Touch ID.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Engadget
LG says its smart TVs do not continuously record or transmit users' conversations, and that speech-to-text processing starts only after a user activates a voice interaction via a supported wake-word feature or the remote’s voice button.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Engadget
Sabalenka vs. Rybakina in the US Open women’s singles final is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, with live US broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Plus and ESPN Deportes.
Sep 12, 2026 ·CNET
Blizzard announced Starcraft for a 2030 launch, Diablo 5 for 2029 as Sanctuary falls again, and a new animated Diablo series coming to Netflix.
Sep 12, 2026 ·CNET
Ring’s newest Battery Doorbell Pro is $250 but the RG100CNET code takes $100 off, dropping it to $150.
Sep 12, 2026 ·CNET
Leaving a VPN on 24/7 generally improves privacy by masking your IP address and encrypting traffic, especially on public Wi‑Fi and when accessing sensitive accounts or non‑HTTPS sites—but you may need to turn it off for some services and can see speed, latency, or battery impacts.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Engadget
You can fully power an RV on solar energy if you size your system to generate your daily watt-hours needs plus about 20% extra, using a battery bank, inverter (DC to AC), and charge controller to store and run RV systems when the sun is down.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Engadget
Sylvan Esso’s new album, Ow ∞, released on Friday, swaps the glitchy modular drums and glossy dance production of Free Love for turn-of-the-century breakbeats and distorted guitars while keeping modern vocal production and bleeps/bloops.
Sep 12, 2026 ·The Verge
iOS 27 Find My adds expanded location sharing timeframes, including sharing for 15 minutes, a few hours, a few days, or up to 30 days via a Custom option with rolling dials or an exact end date/time.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Engadget
Real Madrid hosts Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium with kickoff at 9 p.m. CEST (3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT), and ESPN is streaming all 380 La Liga matches in the US via ESPN Select ($14/month) and ESPN Unlimited ($32/month).
Sep 12, 2026 ·CNET
Free VPNs can work by encrypting traffic between your device and a VPN server, but they may still leak data, sell or share identifiers, or run traffic outside the VPN tunnel depending on how the app makes money and what it collects.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Engadget
Complete battery failure is uncommon: a Department of Energy analysis of about 15,000 plug-in vehicles found only 1.5% needed battery replacements due to failure (excluding recalls), with replacement rates below 1% for every model year from 2016 through 2023.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Engadget
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay is facing pricing pressure in U.S. salty snacks as national chip prices have “price[d] themselves out of the market,” with case-store data showing Casey’s chips up 16% in units while national brand chips are down around 8%.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Victoria’s Secret & Co. reported Q2 net sales up 10% to $1.611 billion, with adjusted diluted EPS nearly tripling to $0.95 (from $0.33) and its fifth straight quarter of positive comparable sales.
Sep 12, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
