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Apple's Sept 10 Event Is Official: With a Rumored NT$60,000 Foldable iPhone Ultra, Should You Wait or Buy Current Stock Now?
Apple officially confirms its Sept 10 event at 1:00 AM. The first foldable iPhone is rumored to start around NT$63,000 for 256GB—roughly 1.6 times the current iPhone 17 Pro. Here is our breakdown of how to watch the livestream, whether the first-gen foldable is worth the gamble, and how to pick from in-stock models if you're on a budget.
Major Chrome Zero-Day Under Active Exploit: Edge and Brave Users Need to Update Too
Google confirmed that CVE-2026-85046 in Chrome's V8 engine was actively exploited in the wild before a patch was released. Rated at CVSS 8.8, this marks the sixth exploited Chrome zero-day this year. Because the flaw resides in the Chromium engine itself, browsers sharing the same foundation—like Edge and Brave—are all affected, and the Android version requires a separate update. Here is a walkthrough of how to check and update each browser.
LINE Is Deleting Accounts by Year-End: Heads Up If You Only Linked Facebook Without a Phone Number!
The notices claiming "LINE will delete accounts without a linked phone number by year-end" are real, but they only target one specific group: accounts linked solely to Facebook with no registered phone number. Here is how to check if you're affected, how to set up your phone number, email, password, and Apple/Google link all in one go, the major pitfall where linking a number deactivates another account, and the only path left if you're already locked out.
Gemini 3.8 Flash Drops: Official Benchmarks Tie or Beat Opus 5 on Most Tasks, but Two Big Gaps Are Impossible to Hide
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash on September 2, just three weeks after 3.7 Flash, priced at only one-sixth to one-seventh of Claude Opus 5. I broke down Google's official benchmark table into plain English: it ties or beats Opus 5 across most tasks, but the gap in Terminal-bench 4.0 and computer-use tests isn't nearly as small as the marketing pitch suggests.
Silicon Wafers See First Across-the-Board Price Surge in 3 Years: Amid Massive Memory Shortages, Should You Buy Laptops and Phones Now?
Memory and silicon wafers are seeing a rare across-the-board price surge, and PC brands have already signaled 15% to 20% price hikes in the second half of the year. Here's a breakdown of what's driving this spike, along with 5 laptop picks that still offer reasonable value right now—ranging from everyday productivity machines and gaming laptops to used Macs.
Claude Fable 5.1 Is Live: Why Your $20/mo Claude Pro Plan Doesn't Actually Include It, and How to Choose Between the Big Three AI Subscriptions
Claude Fable 5.1 launched on September 1 and shot straight to the top of Hacker News—yet official docs state it isn't included in Claude Pro's quota. Here's a breakdown of the real-world differences and local NT$ pricing across Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini at the $20, $100, and $200 tiers, for anyone on the fence about which one to renew.
OpenAI Claims GPT-6 Astra Could Be AGI — Digging Into the Original Report, Another Harness Drops It to Just 62.7%
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on September 3, touting it as the world’s smartest and most aligned model, scoring 99.9% on ARC-AGI-3, with President Greg Brockman even mentioning AGI. I went digging through ARC Prize’s own benchmark report, and when the exact same model was switched back to their standard test harness, it managed only 62.7%. Meanwhile, independent benchmarks measured its intelligence score as identical to its predecessor—though the price has genuinely jumped 2.5x.
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