Chinese AI startup DeepSeek announces a permanent 75% price cut for tokens, Mark Gurman reports iOS 27 includes a Camera app update allowing settings to be moved around, and an HP BIOS update pushed by Windows Update rendered some high-end laptops unbootable.
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Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports the release of iOS 27 will include a revamp of the AirPods settings menu to improve functionality in response to user feedback, though specific details are not clear at this time. Gurman also shares Apple will improve Apple Watch heart-rate tracking with the watchOS 27 update and other stability and performance improvements, though other refinements will be minor to start. Project Mulberry, the future AI health agent, appears to be pushed back even further with new delays; possibly to be released later in the iOS 27 update cycle.
Source: Bloomberg, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac
Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter also includes how Apple will upgrade the Camera app with more customization options in iOS 27, including the ability to choose which features appear in the app “and where they’re placed”. Sources say this will include movable flash, exposure, timer, and resolution controls. The changes are aimed at making the standard Camera app more appealing and suited to professional use.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek announced a permanent price cut for the V4-Pro AI model by 75%. Usage costs now range from 0.025 to 6 yuan per million tokens, compared to the previous pricing range of 0.1 to 24 yuan per million tokens. 24 yuan is approximately $3.54 USD and 6 yuan is approximately and $0.88 USD. No specific reason for the price cut was revealed at this time.
Source: Digital Trends
A BIOS update pushed through Windows Update affected HP customers by making certain laptops unbootable. As the BIOS update was designated critical, the update was applied automatically without any user agreement required. Affected laptops include the ZBook Ultra G1a and the EliteBook X G1a. Some users have been able to revert the update, but only by using a specific HP USB-C to ethernet dongle. An HP spokesperson told The Register, “HP is aware of purported BIOS issues and is looking into the matter.”
Source: The Next Web
On Monday, Huawei announced a method to improve the company’s chip designs to rival TSMC and Intel’s offerings, without violating US sanctions, claiming the new approach will become an industry standard in the future. Huawei’s Kirin chipset line will be the first to implement the new process, which reduces data travel time by folding and stacking chips instead of fitting more transistors. No independent performance data has been shared at this time.
Source: Nikkei Asia and NBC News
Gaming On Linux reports the upcoming California and Colorado age verification bills, as currently written, will exempt open source operating systems. The current form of each state’s bills specifically exempt operating systems distributed “under license terms that permit a recipient to copy, redistribute, and modify the software.” Gaming On Linux notes SteamOS will likely not be exempt as the OS includes proprietary data from Valve.
Source: Gaming On Linux
Star Citizen, the space combat and trading simulation game which went into early access back in 2017, announced over the weekend it crossed $1 billion of funding raised. In the past 14 years Cloud Imperium Games released many in-game ships at a cost of thousands of dollars, with some ships still not able to fly in game. CIG reiterates that expensive ships are “not required to start or succeed at the game.” Star Citizen is currently expected to actually launch in 2027 or 2028.
Source: IGN
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