
iPhone 15 and Pro: Apple opens sales for new line-up – but new orders might not be delivered for months
The iPhone 15 has gone on sale – though customers might struggle to actually get hold of one today. The four new versions of the iPhone as well as updated Apple Watches were revealed at an event in California last week, and opened for pre-orders on Friday, 15 September. A week later, those pre-orders have arrived in the hands of the first customers and the iPhones are now available in stores. In recent years, Apple has discouraged the long queues that used to greet the launch of the iPhone, instead encouraging people to pre-order online even if they intend to eventually pick them up in store. The new launch was nonetheless met with lines at large Apple Stores. Some versions of the phones are already showing long waiting periods until they are delivered, however. Most models of the iPhone 15 Pro Max are not expected to be delivered until the end of October – and some even later than that. Numerous rumours had suggested that Apple would increase the price of this year’s models. But in fact the cost remained the same – and was reduced in the UK, in a surprise move. The iPhone 15 line-up comes in four different options: the base iPhone 15, a Plus model, and the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. The iPhone 15 gets many of the upgrades that came to the Pro phones last year – an updated chip, better cameras and the “Dynamic Island” at the top of the screen – while this year’s Pro models feature a new titanium design, camera improvements and a much faster processor. It also released a new version of the Apple Watch, the Series 9, which brings an improved display and a “Double Tap” feature that lets people control the device just by using their hands. The Apple Watch Ultra was also updated to get that feature.
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Instacart Names Sequoia Partner, Ex-COO Ravi Gupta to Board
Instacart named former chief financial and operating officer Ravi Gupta to its board of directors Friday, formalizing a
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Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Headquarters in Crimea Hit by Ukrainian Missile
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the port city of Sevastopol in Crimea was hit by a Ukrainian
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Who is playing college football tonight, Sept. 22?
Get ready for a weekend full of college football! Big matchups on Saturday, but also some exciting games on Friday night. Check out the schedule and don't miss any of the action!
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Intel hit with $400 million EU antitrust fine in decades-old case
By Foo Yun Chee and Bart H. Meijer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Intel was fined 376 million euros ($400 million) on Friday
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Podcasting’s No. 1 Agent Now Copes With Crash of Market He Hyped
In the fall of 2014, a young and largely unproven talent agent in Hollywood found himself listening intently
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Amazon to roll out ads on Prime Video in 2024
(Reuters) -Amazon Prime Video users will see ads on shows and movies from early next year unless they subscribe for
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EU set to demand e-fuel cars have no climate impact -document
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union is set to demand that cars running on e-fuels must be 100%
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Intel Hit by $400 Million Fine as Clash With EU Rumbles On
Intel Corp. was slapped with a fresh €376.36 million ($400 million) fine by European Union antitrust regulators after
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Scientists baffled by discovery of completely mummified man just 16 days after he was last seen alive
Warning: This article does contain images some readers might find disturbing. Investigators have been left puzzled after finding a man’s body in a stage of “complete mummification” just 16 days after he was last seen alive. The man was found alongside a railway line in Bulgaria on 3 September. Identity checks later found he was 34 when he died, with a history of alcoholism, and was last seen alive on 16 August. However, his insides had been reduced to “structureless masses”, and case workers have been unable to explain how the body reached such an advanced state of mummification so quickly. A report published in Cureus journal shows a full set of pictures of the corpse – linked at the foot of this article. Trigger warning, they’re pretty gruesome. It has got scientists fascinated though. The report’s authors reveal that the “skin surface showed coloration ranging from light to dark brown, and it was hard and leathery.” “The internal examination of the body showed that the internal organs in the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal cavities had decayed into dried, brownish-black masses,” they write. Researchers stressed that natural mummification “usually takes several weeks to 6-12 months”, and that such a fast transformation would only normally happen in extreme heat. The temperature in Sofia has ranged from 16 to 33 degrees Celsius in the time period, which scientists said is not hot enough. The authors speculated that passing trains could have created a windy environment that could have contributed to drying out the body and causing bodily fluids to evaporate. They said it almost certainly wasn’t the weather in Sofia that caused the bizarrely fast mummification process. As of yet, it remains a mystery. Here’s the journal article. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Activision Nears Microsoft Offer Price as UK Approval in Sight
As the $69 billion deal between Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. looks ever more likely to win
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Another top Silicon Valley investor is splitting off its China business as pressure mounts
GGV Capital, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has become the latest big investor to break up its US and China operations into separate companies as tensions between the two countries over tech and geopolitics continue to rise.
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