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Apple releases public beta 4 for iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27 [U: watchOS 27]

9to5mac | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:07 p.m. | Original

Update, August 18, 1:06 p.m. ET: Apple has now published watchOS 27 Public Beta 4 (Build: 24R5353a). The original story follows below

After releasing developer betas 6 earlier today, Apple is now rolling out iOS 27 public beta 4, alongside corresponding updates for some of its other platforms. Here are the details.

Will Washington’s tech crackdown test fragile US-China truce?

SCMP | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:07 p.m. | Original

FCC restrictions on Chinese technology are challenging Beijing’s restraint as Trump and Xi prepare for an expected summit next month

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Technology has become an increasingly contested front in the strategic competition between the US and China. Photo: Reuters

Published: 1:07am, 19 Aug 2026 Updated: 1:55am, 19 Aug 2026

Ahead of next month’s expected summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington, a low profile US regulatory agency has opened a new front in the technology battle between the world’s

Thermal Grizzly now sells pre-delidded Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 for $1,403 with its own warranty

VideoCardz | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:07 p.m. | Original

Thermal Grizzly delids the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

Thermal Grizzly has added AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 to its lineup of professionally delidded processors. The company is currently listing the CPU for $1,402.83 including VAT. Unlike a user-delidded processor, this version comes with a warranty provided by Thermal Grizzly.

AMD launched the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 in April at a $899 suggested price

25歲印尼選美皇后猝逝生日當天傳死訊才貌兼備攻讀法律碩士

Singtao | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:03 p.m. | Original

印尼選美界傳出噩耗。2025年「印尼地球小姐」（Miss Earth Indonesia）得主尤菲查（Putri Andriani Juficha）突然離世，終年25歲。死訊在她原定迎接26歲生日之際公布，消息震驚一眾親友、粉絲及選美界人士。其家人及選美組織暫未正式交代死

Fairphone brings its $649 repairable Gen 6+ smartphone to the US

TechSpot News | Aug. 18, 2026, 1:01 p.m. | Original

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Bottom line: Dutch electronics maker Fairphone is now selling the latest version of its namesake smartphone in the US. The Fairphone (Gen. 6+) features a dozen user-replaceable components and guaranteed software updates through at least 2033 for a price that seems… well, fair.

The Fairphone (Gen. 6+) is billed as the company's first device to feature 12GB of RAM

科技｜滑鼠都玩變身？MBox DS21拆出核心變身空中遙控器

Singtao | Aug. 18, 2026, 1 p.m. | Original

[星島綜合報道] MBox推出一款走模組化路線的DS21人體工學滑鼠，最大特色是機身採可拆式設計：平日在桌面上是一隻完整滑鼠，將核心模組從底座拔出後，則可變成僅重35克的「空中滑鼠」及簡報遙控器，嘗試以一件裝置

Disabling these 3 router settings cut my gaming ping jitter in half

XDA developers | Aug. 18, 2026, 1 p.m. | Original

Bandwidth and jitter aren't the same metric.

I modded GTA 5 into a life-sim RPG with mining, foraging, a mini-economy, and the ability to fall asleep in the middle of the road

PC Gamer | Aug. 18, 2026, 1 p.m. | Original

Which is what it's always been missing.

外媒︰AMD 不許合作伙伴送測 Radeon RX 9050 毫無性價比可言

HKEPC | Aug. 18, 2026, 1 p.m. | Original

【噤聲 🤬】AMD 已正式發佈全新入門級 Radeon RX 9050 顯示卡，但主流媒體卻未見針對此卡進行評測。據知名硬體評測頻道 Hardware Unboxed 爆料，AMD 不僅未向媒體提供評測樣品，更禁止旗下板卡合作夥伴（AIB）將該型號發送給媒體測試，以防媒

Most Canadians oppose concessions in Canada-U.S. trade negotiations: poll

Citynews | Aug. 18, 2026, 12:59 p.m. | Original

A new Leger poll suggests Canadians want the federal government to be tougher in trade negotiations with the United States.

It says slightly more than half of the respondents said they want the government to take a hard line and make no more concessions, compared with almost one-third who said Canada should be flexible and be open to concessions.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on $28 billion worth of Canadian goods is set to take effect just after midnight.

TThe poll surveyed 1,6

FCC restrictions on Chinese technology are challenging Beijing’s restraint as Trump and Xi prepare for an expected summit next month

Thermal Grizzly delids the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

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