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Analyst Ben Thompson, commenting on Apple's outlook following the launch of the iPhone 17 lineup: Apple, to be fair, isn't selling the same sugar water year-after-year in a zero sum war with other sugar water companies. Their sugar water is getting better, and I think this year's seasonal concoction is particularly tasty. What is inescapable, however, is that while the company does still make new products -- I definitely plan on getting new AirPod Pro 3s! -- the company has, in the pursuit of easy profits, constrained the space in which it innovates. That didn't matter for a long time: smartphones were the center of innovation, and Apple was consequently the center of the tech universe. Now, however, Apple is increasingly on the periphery, and I think that, more than anything, is what bums people out: no, Apple may not be a sugar water purveyor, but they are farther than they have been in years from changing the world.

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Defence Secretary John Healey said he has asked UK Armed Forces "to look at options to bolster Nato's air defence over Poland" after Russian drones were shot down over the eastern European country.

The men had planned to smuggle drugs internationally by entering a yacht race

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Keir Starmer is facing Labour dissent after defending the peer, despite acknowledging he was 'right' to express regret for an extraordinary birthday message.

The two universities, which have both announced cuts to courses and staff this year, said the move would help them 'weather economic challenges'.

During a phone call recorded by his sister and shared with the Daily Mail, Decarlos Brown explained what was going through his mind when he launched the fatal attack.

Are you sure you know who has access to your systems?

Feature  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the latest UK household name to fall victim to a major cyberattack. IT systems across multiple sites have been offline for over a week after what the company described as a "severe disruption."…

Both Witherspoon and Swift have dated the same actor: Jake Gyllenhaal. Witherspoon dated Gyllenhaal from 2007 to 2009 while Swift was linked to the Everest star in 2010.

The new season of the hit Disney+ show set in New York has been released after weeks of anticipation.

MIKE KEEGAN: Bosses at UK Sport, the government agency which invests lottery funding into Olympic and Paralympic sport, were quick to condemn the 30-year-old.

The narrative podcast industry that exploded after Serial's 2014 debut has largely collapsed. Pineapple Street Studios shut down in June after producing hits like Missing Richard Simmons. Amazon dismantled Wondery in August, laying off 110 employees less than five years after acquiring the studio for $300 million. Spotify terminated Gimlet in 2023 despite paying $230 million for the company in 2019. Major outlets including Pushkin Industries and This American Life have conducted layoffs. Talk shows and celebrity podcasts continue growing while investigative audio series struggle to find funding. Edison Research reports 55% of Americans consumed podcasts last month, but advertising dollars are flowing to cheaper chat formats rather than resource-intensive narrative productions.

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It was late August when Serena Williams posed for a picture that provoked thousands of words and left a few more unsaid.

Systems offline as specialists continue to comb through wreckage

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says "some data" was affected after the luxury car maker suffered a digital break-in early last week.…

Classes moved to VBA, but upgrading and testing is unavoidable

With the end of Windows 10 looming, Microsoft has reminded hard-pressed admins that other critical technologies are on the endangered list, notably VBScript.…

One of them will be named this year's best restaurant in Essex

One of them will be named this year's best pub in Essex

One of them will be named this year's best takeaway in Essex

One of them will be named this year's best café in Essex

Arbitrarily inflated lock-in-tastic fees curbed as movement charges must be cost-linked

Updated  Most of the provisions of the EU Data Act will officially come into force from the end of this week, requiring cloud providers to make it easier for customers to move their data, but some of the big players are keener than others.…