Apple Wallet is an iPhone app that stores digital cards and passes (debit/credit cards, auto insurance cards, boarding passes, IDs, tickets), while Apple Pay is the payment service that uses those cards to pay merchants in store via NFC and online via authentication like Face ID/Touch ID or PIN.
Sep 9, 2026 ·
Engadget
China’s drug regulator accepted Novo Nordisk’s marketing application for oral Wegovy, making it an early step toward potential authorization but not an approval yet.
Sep 9, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Parents can set up Cash App Families from an existing Cash App account using the Family Applet to create parent-managed accounts for kids ages 6–12 or sponsored accounts for teens ages 13–17, with $0 fees and 3.25% APY high-yield savings on balances.
Sep 9, 2026 ·
CNET
Apple has added a black option back to the iPhone Pro lineup for the iPhone Pro after the prior iPhone 17 Pro lineup launched without black or dark gray.
Sep 9, 2026 ·
The Verge
Apple used its September “Surprise and shine” event to lay out Apple Intelligence as a core, iPhone-centered AI system that defaults to on-device processing and uses Private Cloud Compute when additional capability is needed, with data protections that ensure no one (including Apple) can access personal data.
Sep 9, 2026 ·CNET
A newly observed exploit kit, BlueMoon, chains a Chromium V8 type-confusion flaw (CVE-2026-85046) and a V8 sandbox escape with a Windows privilege-escalation bug (CVE-2026-85880) to run browser-surveillance and credential-stealing payloads, with Microsoft patching CVE-2026-85880 on Tuesday and Google patching CVE-2026-85046 in Chrome by Sept. 3.
Sep 9, 2026 ·
The Register
Cash App Families is a fee-free digital banking and money management tool for ages 6–17 that provides 3.25% APY on savings, customizable Cash App Visa debit cards, 24/7 fraud monitoring, and FDIC pass-through insurance up to $250,000 (via partner banks).
Sep 9, 2026 ·CNET
Paul Christiano, who warned of a “meaningful risk” of rapid AI acceleration causing “catastrophic and irreversible loss of control,” is joining the OpenAI Foundation board and the Safety and Security Committee.
Sep 9, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Apple’s newly announced folding-screen iPhone Duo is neither Apple’s first “Duo” product nor the first device called “Duo,” with prior examples spanning laptops (PowerBook Duo in 1992), VoIP (Google Duo in 2016), foldables (Surface Duo in 2020), and dual-screen gaming laptops (Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo).
Sep 9, 2026 ·The Verge
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has been placed on a paid leave of absence, and Mark Davies will lead the company as interim CEO.
Sep 9, 2026 ·The Verge
Corn futures closed Wednesday’s session with contracts down 3 to 5 ¾ cents near session lows, including the CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price down 5 3/4 cents to $4.81.
Sep 9, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
GE Aerospace agreed on Sept. 8, 2026 to buy Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) for $11.75 billion to secure precision engine casting capacity, a constraint that has capped production and aftermarket servicing.
Sep 9, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple’s iPhone Duo foldable was launched, with Engadget describing it as building on a form factor Samsung pioneered.
Sep 9, 2026 ·Engadget
CrowdStrike reported Q2 FY2027 total revenue of $1.47B (+26% YoY) with ARR of $5.84B (+25% YoY) after adding a record $333M in net new ARR, while Rubrik reported Q2 FY2027 revenue of $427.3M (+38% YoY) with Subscription ARR of $1.66B (+33%).
Sep 9, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple said Siri AI “already works seamlessly with over 300,000 apps,” and demonstrated third-party app Stuff as one of them during its September iPhone event.
Sep 9, 2026 ·CNET
F5 federated its F5 AI Guardrails into Salesforce’s MuleSoft Agent Fabric Omni Gateway, enabling centralized policy enforcement and proactive threat mitigation for agentic AI governance without re-architecting existing infrastructure.
Sep 9, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Playdate Season 3 launches October 8, runs four weeks with two games per week (eight total), and costs $39 with pre-orders live now.
Sep 9, 2026 ·Engadget
Apple’s new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max start at $1,199 and $1,299—$100 more than their predecessors—while older iPhones were also raised by $100 this year.
Sep 9, 2026 ·The Verge
iPhone Duo is a foldable with a 5.4-inch external OLED display and a 7.6-inch flexible OLED interior, plus titanium framing with IP68 dust and water resistance and a 254-gram weight.
Sep 9, 2026 ·Engadget
Massachusetts executive order requires data centers with peak demand above 25 MW to meet the state’s clean-energy requirements—ultimately requiring 100% of electricity demand from clean energy generation—by generating it onsite, funding nearby clean power construction, or paying into a ratepayer protection fund.
Sep 9, 2026 ·TechCrunch
