Apple Inc. will hold its biggest product launch event of the year Tuesday, when the company is set to unveil the new iPhone 17 lineup, smartwatches and AirPods ahead of the holiday season.

For the past four years, some Apple Inc. customers have been waiting for a fresh design before buying a new iPhone. The time has come for those consumers, with the iPhone 17 Pro, Pro Max and

Apple unveiled its iPhone 17 lineup on Tuesday, featuring its thinnest smartphone ever, as the tech giant works to prove it can keep pace in the AI race. | TAG24

Empire Armadillo BBQ & Deli owner John Vink stands beside a display case featuring iPhones at the former Armadillo BBQ & Deli in Sunnyvale, now Empire Armadillo. Vink, a longtime Apple engineer who had been a customer for 26 years bought the restaurant. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

The bill could force Gov. Gavin Newsom to choose between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, with powerful groups taking different sides.

TMTPOST -- TetherIA.ai, a Silicon Valley-based robotics startup founded in early 2025, is making waves in the robotics industry with its development of a next-generation humanoid dexterous hand platform. Co-founded by veterans from Tesla and Waymo, the company seeks to push the boundaries of AI-integrated robotics for commercial applications.

Pratik Pandey, a 35-year-old Indian-American software engineer at Microsoft, was found dead at the company’s Silicon Valley campus on August 20. He had arrived at the office the previous evening and was discovered unresponsive early the next morning.