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Apple is adding Apple TV and Apple Arcade to iCloud+ subs for free in over 100 markets
Published: September 15, 2026 23:14
Apple has announced that is adding Apple TV and Apple Arcade to every paid iCloud+ tier in more than 100 countries, including the 50GB plan, at no additional cost. Existing subscribers will receive access automatically, and Family Sharing can extend…
Apple officially releases iOS 27 with the new Siri AI and expanded Apple Intelligence
Published: September 15, 2026 22:43
After previewing its next generation in June, Apple has now officially released iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27, and tvOS 27. The main addition is the long-awaited new Siri AI, a new version of Siri with personal context, onscreen…
Snapchat is making it easier to organize IRL events and meetups with your friends
Published: September 15, 2026 12:00
Snapchat is rolling out a new feature designed to help users transition digital conversations into real-world meet-ups. The company has announced “Snapchat Plans”, a dedicated toolset allowing users to create, share, and manage in-person gatherings…
Shopify reverses course and moves from React Native back to Swift & Kotlin for mobile dev
Published: September 15, 2026 09:00
In a notable shift for mobile strategy, Shopify announced on September 10, 2026 that it will migrate its mobile applications back to native development using Swift and Kotlin, reversing its 2020 decision to adopt React Native. The e-commerce platform's…
Spark brings hands-free email and calendar controls to iOS 27
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/spark-brings-hands-free-email-and-calendar-controls-to-ios-27/
Published: September 15, 2026 07:42
Spark for iOS 27 adds Siri on-screen awareness, allowing users to summarize visible email threads and manage visible messages with voice commands. The update also exposes Spark Calendar events to Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight for creating, changing, and…
Inoreader introduces mentions, a redesigned search, and smarter monitoring feeds
Published: September 15, 2026 07:30
Inoreader has rolled out a significant upgrade to its newsfeed platform, introducing a new mentions feature alongside redesigned search and monitoring feed capabilities. The update enables the RSS aggregator to identify real-world entities, including…
End of an era: Remove.bg shuts down standalone service and moves to the Canva ecosystem
Published: September 14, 2026 15:00
The automated background removal landscape is losing one of its most recognizable names. Remove.bg, the AI-powered service that popularized one-click background elimination, will discontinue its standalone website on December 1, 2026. Remove.bg's…
KaOS stable ISO switches fully to Dinit and Noctalia
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/kaos-stable-iso-switches-fully-to-dinit-and-noctalia/
Published: September 14, 2026 14:48
KaOS has released a second stable ISO built fully around Dinit, using Turnstile and seatd for startup, seats and services while retaining limited systemd components for udev and tmpfiles. The release defaults to a Niri and Noctalia desktop setup with…
Shotwell 33.0 brings GTK4 and improved Wayland support
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/shotwell-33-0-brings-gtk4-and-improved-wayland-support/
Published: September 14, 2026 14:42
Shotwell 33.0 is the photo manager's first major release in three years, moving the application to GTK4. The update improves Wayland compatibility, including drag-and-drop exports working again, and expands its use of modern desktop portals. A Flathub…
Plasma 6.8 beta adds Kup backups and expands Union theming
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/plasma-6-8-beta-adds-kup-backups-and-expands-union-theming/
Published: September 14, 2026 14:30
KDE Plasma 6.8 beta expands the Union theming system’s public tech preview to QtWidgets applications, including Dolphin and Kate. The release also adds Kup, a backup scheduler module for the Plasma desktop. Union can be enabled in System Settings by…
Grok models begin rolling out to Microsoft Copilot users
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/grok-models-begin-rolling-out-to-microsoft-copilot-users/
Published: September 14, 2026 14:26
Microsoft is rolling out preview access to Grok models in Copilot for eligible Frontier Program customers using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Organizations must first enable a dedicated administrative setting, which is disabled by default, and SpaceXAI has…
Waterfox 6.7.3 lets vertical tabs auto-hide at the edge
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/waterfox-6-7-3-lets-vertical-tabs-auto-hide-at-the-edge/
Published: September 14, 2026 14:18
Waterfox 6.7.3 adds an option to auto-hide the vertical-tabs sidebar until the pointer reaches the edge of the window. It also lets users stop audio indicators from widening tabs, and restores loading for older extensions including Roomy Bookmarks Toolbar…
Debian 13.7 updates trixie with security and bug fixes
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/debian-13-7-updates-trixie-with-security-and-bug-fixes/
Published: September 14, 2026 14:16
Debian 13.7 is the seventh point release for Debian 13 “trixie”, combining security corrections with fixes for serious bugs. The update includes changes to packages such as glibc, OpenSSL, QEMU, Python 3.13, ImageMagick and dnsmasq. Existing installations…
DietPi 10.7 brings new images for ARMv8 VMs & containers, LubanCat 4 support, and more
Published: September 14, 2026 13:30
The open-source lightweight Linux distribution DietPi has rolled out version 10.7, introducing significant hardware expansion and new utility tools for its growing user base. The update brings native support for the LubanCat 4 single-board computer…
Linux Mint unveils new ebook reader, calendar app, and revamped document library
Published: September 14, 2026 12:00
The Linux Mint's development team has released a detailed preview of upcoming enhancements for the distribution's next version, highlighting significant improvements to the desktop experience. The centerpiece of the update is a redesigned document library,…
Brave 1.95 adds encrypted sharing for Leo conversations
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/brave-1-95-adds-encrypted-sharing-for-leo-conversations/
Published: September 14, 2026 09:49
Brave 1.95 for desktop adds share links for its AI assistant conversations, Leo. The shared conversations are encrypted and can be decrypted only by people with the generated link. Links expire after seven days, and users can revoke them earlier through…
Slackforce Surfaces brings live Salesforce data into Slack
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/slackforce-surfaces-brings-live-salesforce-data-into-slack/
Published: September 14, 2026 09:44
Slack and Salesforce introduced Slackforce Surfaces, which lets Slackbot create interactive dashboards, reports, decks, calculators, and other interfaces inside Slack using connected enterprise data. Surfaces can be pinned to channels for teams to filter,…
Google Flow arrives on iOS with camera roll access and syncing
Published: September 14, 2026 09:32
Google Flow is now available on iOS. Users can pull inspiration from photos and videos in their camera roll or capture media in the moment, while cross-device project syncing lets them continue work on other devices. View article on AlternativeTo »More…
ChatGPT Library adds Dropbox, Box and SharePoint access
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/chatgpt-library-adds-dropbox-box-and-sharepoint-access/
Published: September 14, 2026 09:27
ChatGPT Library now natively integrates with Dropbox, Box and SharePoint across ChatGPT and ChatGPT Work. The integrations are rolling out to paid users during this week. View article on AlternativeTo »More about ChatGPT | ChatGPT Alternatives
Roblox plans standalone game apps for PC, mobile and console
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/roblox-plans-standalone-game-apps-for-pc-mobile-and-console/
Published: September 14, 2026 09:18
Roblox says developers will soon be able to release their games as standalone apps across PC, mobile, and console through its Roblox Everywhere initiative. Cross-play will be enabled by default, allowing standalone-app players to join friends using the…
ChatGPT Sites now lets teams co-edit and share privately
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/chatgpt-sites-now-lets-teams-co-edit-and-share-privately/
Published: September 14, 2026 09:12
ChatGPT Sites now lets teammates edit, save, and publish shared Sites, while private Sites can be shared with specific invitees without being public. The service also adds custom domains and lets ChatGPT inspect a Site’s database, which editors can view as…
Tuta Mail shared mailboxes can now send from email aliases
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/tuta-mail-shared-mailboxes-can-now-send-from-email-aliases/
Published: September 14, 2026 09:03
Tuta Mail shared mailboxes now support aliases, letting users choose the sender address when composing email. Primary and shared mailboxes can also now be expanded or collapsed, and inbox rules for shared mailboxes are planned for the coming months.…
Shattered Pixel Dungeon unleashes its most ambitious update yet with massive new quest
Published: September 14, 2026 09:00
Shattered Pixel Dungeon, the beloved open source roguelike game, has officially released version 4.0, marking what developers describe as the project's largest update to date. Launched on September 9th, 2026, some 281 days after the previous major release,…
BatFi 4.0 updates charging controls on macOS 27
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/batfi-4-0-updates-charging-controls-on-macos-27/
Published: September 14, 2026 08:59
BatFi 4.0 replaces version-based charging detection with a firmware-aware backend, hiding unsupported controls and supporting charge limits below 80% on macOS 27. The release fixes Charge to 100% so it remains enabled until manually disabled or a charger…
SteamDB joins Nexus Mods while remaining a separate service
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/steamdb-joins-nexus-mods-while-remaining-a-separate-service/
Published: September 14, 2026 08:55
Nexus Mods has taken over SteamDB, with creator xPaw continuing to support the transition over the coming months. SteamDB will retain its name, brand, community spaces, free access, browser extension and status as a separate service that does not require a…
Grav 2.1 adds native Markdown output and llms.txt support
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/grav-2-1-adds-native-markdown-output-and-llms-txt-support/
Published: September 14, 2026 08:50
Grav 2.1 adds core Markdown output: appending .md to a page URL, or requesting Accept: text/markdown, returns the rendered main content with YAML frontmatter, navigation links and resolved URLs. Sitemap 5.3.0 adds /llms.txt, which indexes sitemap pages…
Homebrew 7.0 arrives with faster installs, hardened security, and a native macOS app
Published: September 14, 2026 07:30
The open-source package manager Homebrew has released version 7.0, marking a major milestone for the project widely used by developers and users to install software on macOS and Linux. Announced by longtime maintainer Mike McQuaid, the release represents…
Move passwords and passkeys between Android managers safely
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/move-passwords-and-passkeys-between-android-managers-safely/
Published: September 11, 2026 15:52
Android now lets users transfer passwords and passkeys directly between supported password managers, without downloading an unencrypted file. A new Android-managed flow detects eligible password managers, then sends users to their existing app to select,…
Gemini app arrives on Windows with Alt + Space shortcut
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/gemini-app-arrives-on-windows-with-alt--space-shortcut/
Published: September 11, 2026 15:48
Google has launched the Gemini app globally for Windows 10 and 11, bringing Gemini to a dedicated desktop app. Users can press Alt + Space to open it over their active work, while the app also supports a dedicated workspace with Google app connections. It…
Cursor Projects puts long-running coding tasks on autopilot
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/cursor-projects-puts-long-running-coding-tasks-on-autopilot/
Published: September 11, 2026 15:43
Cursor has launched Projects in beta, a workspace for longer-running coding work that uses a coordinator agent to plan tasks and delegate implementation to parallel subagents. Projects run on cloud computers and can start a local agent when testing is…
Penpot 2.18 brings Enterprise and stroke-to-path tools
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/penpot-2-18-brings-enterprise-and-stroke-to-path-tools/
Published: September 11, 2026 15:32
Penpot 2.18 adds stroke-to-path for users of the new WebGL renderer, plus shape and free-draw tool flyouts in the toolbar. Moreover, font names in the selector now appear in their own typefaces. The release also introduces Penpot Enterprise, a paid plan…
Disney+ unveils redesigned app with modern homepage
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/disney-unveils-redesigned-app-with-modern-homepage/
Published: September 11, 2026 15:22
Disney+ has released a redesigned app experience with a modernized homepage and a new top navigation bar. The update also includes wider user experience changes while retaining the service’s existing shows, movies and stories. View article on AlternativeTo…
Immich 3.2 debuts new search API, cluster groups, workflows' expansion, and much more
Published: September 11, 2026 15:00
Immich, the widely used open-source, self-hosted alternative to Google Photos, has released version 3.2, headlined by a ground-up rebuild of its search infrastructure. The new search API v2 on the server side supports searching within albums and combining…
Stockfish 19 brings stronger neural network, universal binaries and wider platform support
Published: September 11, 2026 13:30
The Stockfish team has announced the release of Stockfish 19, a new major version of the world's leading open-source chess engine. The update is available as a drop-in replacement, promising stronger play and more accurate analysis in any compatible GUI.…
Julia 1.13 released with major speed gains in precompilation, startup & garbage collection
Published: September 11, 2026 12:00
The Julia project has released version 1.13 of its programming language. The release focuses heavily on reducing latency, one of Julia's long-standing pain points. According to the announcement, package precompilation now takes roughly 30% less time than…
DeepSeek unveils V4.1-Flash, its smallest AI model with native visual understanding
Published: September 11, 2026 09:00
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek announced the launch of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on Wednesday, describing the release as “smarter, faster, more efficient”. According to the company, the model is the smallest member of its newly introduced architecture family and the…
ChatGPT Work adds Data agent for enterprise data analysis
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/chatgpt-work-adds-data-agent-for-enterprise-data-analysis/
Published: September 11, 2026 08:05
OpenAI has introduced a new Data in ChatGPT Work agent for analyzing company data through natural language. It can investigate questions, generate answers, build dashboards, and support follow up actions in the same conversation. Data connects to sources…
Kagi Translate returns as freemium service with new $8/month individual plan
Published: September 11, 2026 07:30
Kagi has brought back its popular translation service, Kagi Translate, roughly three months after abruptly cutting off free access over rising operational costs. The company announced that Kagi Translate is relaunching under a freemium model, with anyone…
Apple introduces a redesigned Health app and Apple Watch with continuous Siri AI listening
Published: September 10, 2026 20:12
Alongside the announcement of its new foldable iPhone, Apple has also announced the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, starting at $399 and launching September 18. More notably, the company is preparing a major overhaul of the Apple Health app and…
Vivaldi 8.2 lands on mobile, bringing extensions to Android and an address bar calculator
Published: September 10, 2026 18:00
Norwegian browser maker Vivaldi has released version 8.2 of its mobile browser for Android and iOS, one week after rolling out the same version to desktop users. The headline feature is exclusive to Android: full extension support, arguably the platform's…
Fantastical scans images and files to create calendar events
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/fantastical-scans-images-and-files-to-create-calendar-events/
Published: September 10, 2026 15:24
Fantastical can now scan photos, screenshots, PDFs, and other files for event details, then create calendar entries from the detected information. On iPhone and iPad, users can take or upload an image while creating an event, while Mac users can drag,…
Raycast shifts AI plans to credits and adds Max for heavy use
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/raycast-shifts-ai-plans-to-credits-and-adds-max-for-heavy-use/
Published: September 10, 2026 15:15
Raycast is moving its AI plans from rate limits to monthly AI Credits while retaining the $10 Pro and $20 Pro+ subscription prices, and it has added a $50-per-month Max tier with 7,500 credits. With the latest update, v2.3, the company also rebuilt AI Chat…
AdGuard for Android 4.14 adds activity filters and HTTP/3
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/adguard-for-android-4-14-adds-activity-filters-and-http-3/
Published: September 10, 2026 15:03
AdGuard for Android 4.14 adds filters to the Recent activity screen, allowing users to narrow network requests by app, company, event type, and status. The release also enables filtering of browser proxy and VPN extension traffic over HTTP/2 and HTTP/3,…
Opera moves vertical tab controls and new tabs to the top
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/opera-moves-vertical-tab-controls-and-new-tabs-to-the-top/
Published: September 10, 2026 14:54
Opera One now places the New Tab button at the top of the vertical tab strip, with newly opened tabs appearing directly below it. Users can restore the previous arrangement through Easy Setup. The update also increases active-tab contrast, adds a plus…
Farrago 2.2 adds Shortcuts controls and editor tools
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/farrago-2-2-adds-shortcuts-controls-and-editor-tools/
Published: September 10, 2026 14:50
Farrago 2.2 adds new Shortcuts for playing sound sets and configuring their properties, while expanding controls for playback behavior and sound tiles. Its built-in editor now supports draggable selection handles, timestamp displays, keyboard selection…
Tailwind Labs joins Shopify and keeps Tailwind CSS MIT-licensed
Published: September 10, 2026 14:34
Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify, where its team will continue to lead and maintain Tailwind CSS and the company's other open-source projects. Tailwind says those projects will remain MIT-licensed and that nothing changes for existing open-source users. It…
Apple Watch Recaps could summarize days without audio storage
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/apple-watch-recaps-could-summarize-days-without-audio-storage/
Published: September 10, 2026 14:34
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 are expected to add Recaps, a Siri feature that analyzes a user’s day and produces a summary that can include conversations. The feature reportedly will not provide transcripts or record or store audio, and can run…
iTerm2 3.7 released with iOS companion app, Claude Code integration, tab groups, and more
Published: September 10, 2026 13:30
The widely used open-source macOS terminal emulator iTerm2 has released version 3.7, a feature-packed update headlined by a new companion iOS app that puts the terminal in developers' pockets. The companion app, called iTerm2 Buddy, pairs with a Mac by…
n8n launches AI-powered assistant to build, run and debug automations from plain language
Published: September 10, 2026 12:00
Workflow automation platform n8n has announced the launch of n8n Assistant, an AI-powered tool designed to close the gap between describing an automation and actually building it. According to the company's blog post, users can describe the outcome they…
Privacy-focused email aliasing service addy.io now blocks email tracking pixels by default
Published: September 10, 2026 09:00
Email aliasing service addy.io announced this week that it has rolled out a new privacy feature to block tracking pixels, designed to stop senders from knowing when recipients open their messages. Available on the company's Lite and Pro plans, the feature…
Apple finally announces its foldable iPhone with dual displays, starting at $2,000
Published: September 10, 2026 07:48
After months of rumors, Apple’s first foldable iPhone is finally official, and yep, it starts at $1,999. The new iPhone Duo features a 7.6-inch Super Retina XDR inner display, around 50% larger than the also new iPhone 18 Pro Max, alongside a 5.4-inch…
Ente Photos introduces encrypted library sharing and faster on-device machine learning
Published: September 10, 2026 07:30
Ente Photos is rolling out two significant updates: a new library sharing feature that lets users share their entire photo collection with a family member in one step, and a machine learning overhaul that the company says makes on-device photo indexing up…
Suno launches v6 with song editing, mashups, and three new model tiers
Published: September 10, 2026 06:42
Suno has introduced v6, its new generation of AI music models with improvements to speed, expressiveness, audio quality, creative control, and prompt understanding. The lineup includes v6 for more predictable results and v6-wild for more experimental…
Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent designed to act on your behalf, not just answer
Published: September 9, 2026 13:30
Meta has unveiled Muse, which the company describes as “the world's first personal AI agent built for everyone”. Unlike conventional chatbots, Muse is designed not merely to answer questions but to take action, completing tasks and projects, converting…
Coherence X6 launches as the biggest update yet, bringing native-feel Chrome apps to Mac
Published: September 9, 2026 09:00
Mac software developer BZG today announced the release of Coherence X6, which the company calls its biggest update in a decade. Coherence turns any website into a standalone Mac application using Chrome as its engine, an approach the company says it…
LMMS releases 1.3.0-alpha.2, bringing the long-awaited DAW's update closer to stable
Published: September 9, 2026 07:30
The LMMS development team has released 1.3.0-alpha.2, a new preview build on the road to the long-awaited 1.3.0 stable version. Following 1.3.0-alpha.1, which shipped back in 2021, the new release marks continued momentum on the development branch. While…
ChatGPT Images 2.5 adds Sketch, faster editing and API models
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/chatgpt-images-2-5-adds-sketch-faster-editing-and-api-models/
Published: September 9, 2026 06:15
Just a week after releasing GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI has now launched ChatGPT Images 2.5, an update to its image generation system with sharper details, more natural lighting, richer textures, and better preservation of people, objects, and other subjects from…