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A full 47‑minute video of the post‑launch Q&A that followed Apple’s 2010 “Antennagate” press conference has been uploaded to YouTube by the channel Sir Mix‑A‑Lot Rare Music. The original event, held weeks after the iPhone 4’s release, featured Steve Jobs, then‑COO Tim Cook and SVP Bob Mansfield fielding press questions about signal loss when the phone was held a certain way. Jobs offered a free case or a full refund, and the session became famous for a photo [...]

The article reviews six AI‑powered helpdesk solutions available in September 2026, highlighting stark differences in functionality, pricing and deployment. Options range from a free DIY build using Microsoft 365 Copilot Studio to full‑scale enterprise ITSM suites, each evaluated on strengths, weaknesses and cost. The piece spotlights a largely overlooked Microsoft‑centric approach: publishing a SharePoint‑based knowledge base to Teams via Copilot Studio, enabling employees to ask questions directly in the chat app. This method requires no new vendor, leverages existing [...]

Meta unveiled its next‑generation VR glasses at Meta Connect, promising a 100‑gram frame that relies on a detachable pocket‑sized puck for processing, battery and storage. The glasses will retail for $1,299.99 and launch in spring 2027, offering a “controller‑free” experience with built‑in micro‑OLED displays, pancake lenses, speakers and passthrough cameras. By moving the Qualcomm Snapdragon Reality Elite chipset and a three‑hour battery into the puck, Meta claims the device is five times lighter than the current Quest 3, [...]

Apple’s latest iPhone 18 Pro is driving a surge in Indian demand despite higher prices, with analysts noting a near‑20 % increase over the iPhone 17 Pro and a projected market‑share rise to 10 % in 2026, up from 4 % in 2022. Consumers queued for hours at Mumbai and other flagship stores, motivated more by owning the newest model than by its technical upgrades. Zero‑interest financing, allowing monthly payments under 10 % of the $1,700 price tag, has softened the cost barrier. While [...]

Azulene Labs, a Berkeley‑based startup founded by Harvard chemical‑physics PhD Nicolas Sawaya, announced a $3.4 million pre‑seed round led by Ground State Ventures. The company is developing physics‑grounded AI foundation models that are trained directly on quantum‑mechanical data to overcome the large errors of conventional computational biochemistry and the physically implausible outputs of unconstrained generative AI. By embedding fundamental physical laws into its machine‑learning architecture, Azulene claims its platform achieves roughly one‑hundred‑fold greater computational efficiency than existing simulation [...]

Google has begun rolling out new health metrics for Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5, adding blood pressure trends, insulin resistance trends, and sleep breathing quality metrics. The blood pressure feature passively tracks pulse and motion over a month, requiring at least five consecutive days per week, while insulin resistance analysis uses multi‑week physiological data and needs seven days per month. Both trends appear in the Google Health app on the first of each month. Sleep breathing [...]

Apple released the Series 12 smartwatch for $399, retaining the Series 11 design and a 24‑hour battery. Internally, Apple introduced a new S11 chip and a redesigned health‑sensing platform that samples heart rate every five seconds, splits heart‑rate variability into two metrics, and delivers a new Readiness score. These upgrades position the watch against competitors like the Oura Ring and Whoop. The device offers enhanced health tracking while keeping the familiar exterior and price point.

Meta unveiled its new VR glasses at Connect, pricing them at $1,299—matching Valve’s Steam Frame. The lightweight headset weighs 100 g, while processing occurs in a pocket‑sized “computing puck” that houses 12 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite chip. Compared to the Quest 3, the glasses feature less internal memory and storage, but the puck can accept a microSD card. Meta plans to monetize the device through subscriptions and data collection, positioning the glasses as [...]