Daily Edition · Page 1

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

Across today’s newsletters

Today’s Index

APPLE TO KICK OFF THREE-YEAR PLAN TO REINVENT ITS ICONIC IPHONE

Apple will lay the foundation for a once-in-a-generation iPhone overhaul at its next product launch event. The company has planned three straight years of major iPhone redesigns. The plan starts with the iPhone Air, a skinny new model that follows the MacBook Air laptop strategy. Apple's first foldable iPhone will arrive in 2026. 2027 will see the iPhone's 20th birthday and the introduction of a curved-glass 'iPhone 20'.

BOOKING.COM PHISHING CAMPAIGN USES SNEAKY 'ん' CHARACTER TO TRICK YOU

Attackers are using the Japanese hiragana character 'ん' (n) in phishing domains to impersonate Booking.com, creating URLs that appear legitimate but redirect victims to credential-stealing sites. The campaign exploits how the character renders similarly to the Latin 'n' in many fonts, making malicious domains harder to detect. Users should verify URLs carefully and avoid clicking links in unsolicited emails claiming to be from Booking.com.

EUROPE ACCELERATES DIGITAL EURO PLANS AFTER U.S. STABLECOIN LAW

The EU is fast-tracking its digital euro initiative in response to the U.S. GENIUS Act, which set strict rules for stablecoin issuers and reinforced the dollar's dominance in cross-border payments. Officials are now debating whether to issue the digital euro on public blockchains like Ethereum or Solana to boost efficiency and adoption, though concerns remain over privacy risks versus a closed ECB-led system. The decision could shape Europe's competitiveness in the global digital payments race.

ELON MUSK TAKES AIM AT BILL GATES' MICROSOFT WITH NEW AI VENTURE “MACROHARD”

Elon Musk's new software venture, Macrohard, is a purely AI software company designed to generate hundreds of specialized coding and generative AI agents that could one day simulate products from companies like Microsoft entirely through artificial intelligence. The company appears to be closely linked to xAI's Colossus 2 supercomputer project in Memphis. Musk has confirmed plans to acquire millions of Nvidia GPUs. Colossus is already one of the most powerful supercomputer clusters in the world, and it is still being expanded.

THE NEXT STARSHIP FLIGHT WILL TEST MUCH MORE THAN HARDWARE

SpaceX has planned for a controlled splashdown for Super Heavy in the Gulf of Mexico and an Indian Ocean splashdown for Ship for the next Starship test flight. The launch window for the flight opened on August 24 at 7:30 PM, but the launch was scrubbed 30 minutes from the planned liftoff to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems. SpaceX has beach and road closures scheduled for Monday and Tuesday all day, so it is highly likely it will reattempt a launch very soon.

META'S NEW 2MM LASER DISPLAY COULD ENABLE TRUE AR GLASSES

Meta researchers have found a new use for photonic integrated circuits (PICs), chips that can receive, modulate, and direct light. Their PICs can receive RGB light from laser light sources integrated into a panel, process it, then shine light onto a liquid crystal on a silicon panel for final display. The overall complex is just two millimeters thick and has a dramatically better color gamut over similar displays. These PICs are manufactured using a CMOS-compatible process, which means they should be affordable to create at scale.

TLDR IndexPage 1