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The Download: a nuclear landmark, and China eyes Nvidia chips

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Four nuclear reactors hit a big milestone in the U

Four nuclear reactors hit a big milestone in the US

I was really looking forward to July 4, and not just because I love a poolside barbecue. This year the American holiday also marked a big symbolic deadline for US nuclear power. Last year the Trump ad

EmTech AI 2026: The Rise of the AI Platform

The Download: worms fight pollution, and geoengineering faces reality

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manu

The Download: your stake in OpenAI, and the Treasury’s AI warning

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI Sam Altman’

The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale

With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces ris

Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution

Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy farmer, pulls a rake through a bed of dark, wet wood chips on his family’s land in Hickman, a tiny town in the state’s agricultural heartland. H

Ubisoft is in crisis, and a 13-year-old pirate game is part of the escape plan

Ubisoft has remade the best-loved game in its biggest franchise. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced arrives 13 years after the original, and the BBC found it largely worth the wait. The Caribbean

Netflix is reportedly considering always-on channels and bundles, which is to say, cable

Netflix executives have reportedly discussed adding always-on live channels to the service. The channels would run genre-based programming around the clock, all comedies or all action films, according

M7 Ultra to potentially feature up to 1.5TB of RAM, finally matching 2019 Mac Pro: report

According to the latest Power On newsletter from Mark Gurman, Apple is preparing to include up to 1.5TB of RAM in the upcoming M7 Ultra chip. This’ll mean Apple Silicon will finally match the highes

Apple developing new Apple Pencil models for release next year, possibly with replaceable batteries

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple is developing a new lineup of Apple Pencil stylus accessories, set for launch next year alongside new iPad Pro models in spring 2027. This would mean new gene

Gurman: Apple’s ‘Back to School’ deal for U.S. students likely launching later this week

Every year, Apple has a ‘Back to School’ promo for students – offering some kind of special incentive if they buy a Mac or iPad during the promotional window. Typically, this has come in the for

iPadOS 27 still needs simpler multitasking, here’s what I’d like to see

Last year, Apple completely reinvented multitasking on the iPad, with the introduction of windowing in iPadOS 26. At first, this meant the removal of the simpler version of multitasking, Split View an

Indie App Spotlight: ‘Route 25’ is an all-in-one social app for Pokémon collectors

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. M

SANDISK Phone Drive for iPhone is a great solution to low storage 

Each time we buy a phone, we have to decide which storage tier to go for, and that requires a judgment call – not just about how much storage we need today, but how much we are likely to need for ho