Apple revealed the iPhone 15 during their annual September event in Cupertino, California.

The world’s most valuable firm, currently valued at $2.75 trillion, presented four new models on Tuesday:

• iPhone 15 ($799 – $1099)
• iPhone 15 Plus ($899 – $1199)
• iPhone 15 Pro ($999 – $1499)
• iPhone 15 Pro Max ($1199 – $1599)

What has altered?

The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will use the A16 Bionic chip from last year, while the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will use the latest 3nm process, the A17 Pro chip.

The most significant change this year is how phones will be charged. Apple has adopted the USB-C charging standard, replacing the old Lightning connection, to comply with European legislation. The new cable should enhance data transmission speeds and reduce the need for consumers to purchase several chargers for different devices.

How much more expensive are Apple iPhones today?

Since the late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, presented the first iPhone in 2007, the custom of unveiling the latest iPhones each year has remained. The technological landmark has become the world’s most popular smartphone and Apple’s best-selling product.

The original iPhone sold for a staggering $499. The following year, though, Apple’s redesign of the iPhone 3G was significantly more reasonable at $199.

Following the launching of the iPhone 3GS in 2009, iPhone prices remained stable. That was until the iPhone 5c was released in 2013, with more bright hues and a more affordable $99 price tag. The product was the cheapest iPhone ever made.

With gradually rising pricing and the market’s need for a technologically advanced phone, iPhone prices have risen since the introduction of the Plus models–the larger and more expensive shape built to carry a larger screen.

It wasn’t until 2017 that Apple unexpectedly introduced the new iPhone X, causing iPhone prices to skyrocket. The $999 price tag intimidated many, but more people began to adapt.

The entry-level iPhone 15 costs $799, the same as the previous three generations, from the iPhone 12 (2020) to the iPhone 14 (2022).

SOURCE – (AJ)

The announcement was made at Roblox’s annual Developers Conference.

The company also stated that an open beta version launched earlier this year on Meta Quest was well-received.

The beta version, which made an unfinished version of the game available to players with a Quest 2 or Quest Pro headset, garnered more than one million downloads in its first five days, and the company stated it would be released on Quest later this month.

However, despite popular demand, a PlayStation version remained unreleased until today.

The launch’s specifics were scarce, although the company stated that players on past and current generation PlayStation consoles can “access the full catalogue of Roblox experiences.”

Connect, a mechanism that would allow players to call people in the game using their real identities, body language, and facial expressions, was also unveiled by Roblox.

The game will overlay users’ real-world expressions onto their in-game persona by aiming a camera at their actual faces.

The announcement was made at Roblox’s annual Developers Conference.

This motion-capture technology was first made accessible in August, but Roblox Connect is the company’s first attempt to link it with phoning pals.

The company stated in a blog post outlining the motion-capture technology available to gamers aged 13 and over.

Players must first permit the game to use their camera before it can be used. The firm stated in a privacy notice that it does not record or store anything obtained from a player’s camera and that “video from your camera never leaves your device.”

It is still being determined in which countries Roblox Connect will be available, and the company promises additional information will be released in the future.

SOURCE – (BBC)

Peloton faces legal action after a man was killed in an accident involving one of its cycles.

Johanna Furtado filed a lawsuit against the workout equipment manufacturer, which has denied any wrongdoing, more than a year after her son Ryan Furtado, 32, was killed while using a Peloton spin bike for an exercise in January 2022. Johanna alleged in court records filed in March 2023 that her son, who had purchased the bike six months prior, was killed while performing a virtually-instructed “Core” workout given by the equipment.

“The workout requires riders to disembark the bike and conduct exercises on the floor,” according to the documents. “Ryan got off the bike and started doing floor exercises.” Ryan utilized the bike to help him get up after finishing those workouts. The bike turned around and hit him in the neck and face, severing his carotid artery and killing him instantaneously.”

The New York Police Department discovered Ryan with the “bike still resting on his neck and face,” according to the lawsuit.

Peloton faces legal action after a man was killed in an accident involving one of its cycles.

Johanna also claims in her filing that Peloton sold her son the bike “in a defective and unreasonably dangerous condition” and “knew or should have known of the risk of personal injury associated with continuously stretching on the bike during workouts, causing the Subject Bike to destabilise and fall, injuring the user.”

She seeks compensatory damages, medical expenses, and other economic damages and a jury trial.

Peloton Interactive, Inc. claims in a response filed in June and obtained by the Daily Beast that Ryan’s “alleged injuries or damages, if any, were caused or contributed to by [his] own negligence, intentional act and/or fault” and not by the company, which is not legally responsible.

In a statement to E! News on September 8, a Peloton spokeswoman said, “We offer our deepest sympathy and condolences to the Furtado family for this unfortunate accident.” The health and safety of our Member community is a primary priority for us as a Member-first company.”

According to the Furtado family’s lawyers, Mike Morgan and Gennady Voldz, Peloton “has a duty to communicate clearly and honestly with customers about the dangers inherent in their products.”

Peloton faces legal action after a man was killed in an accident involving one of its cycles.

“The sympathy and condolences Peloton has offered to our client in public statements ring hollow while their lawyers deny any responsibility and blame Mr. Furtado for his own tragic and avoidable death,” they said. “We will do everything in our power to hold Peloton accountable for their actions and inactions that allegedly led to the death of a kind and funny 32-year-old man who should still be with us today.”

Johanna’s lawsuit, initially reported by the Daily Beast on September 6, features the first-known death involving a Peloton cycle, which became popular after the COVID-19 epidemic began in 2020 as people increasingly worked out at home.

However, the company’s treadmills have been involved in disastrous situations in the past. A 6-year-old child died after being pushed into a Peloton treadmill in 2021, while a 3-year-old had a “significant brain injury” following an accident that left him “trapped under a Peloton Tread+,” according to an incident report filed with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

The product was later recalled, and the CPSC announced in January that Peloton had agreed to pay a $19 million civil penalty that “resolves CPSC’s charges that Peloton knowingly failed to immediately report to CPSC, as required by law, that its Tread+ treadmill contained a defect that could create a substantial product hazard and created an unreasonable risk of serious injury to consumers.”

“By the time Peloton filed a report with the Commission, there were more than 150 reports of people, pets, and/or objects being pulled under the rear of the Tread+ treadmill,” according to the CPSC, “including the death of a child and 13 injuries, including broken bones, lacerations, abrasions, and friction burns.”

Peloton later told NBC News and other publications that it was happy with the settlement and that “it continues to pursue the CPSC’s approval of a Tread+ rear guard that would further augment its safety features.” The firm also stated that it “remains deeply committed to our members’ safety and well-being, as well as the continuous improvement of our products.”

SOURCE – (E)