Apple has apparently accidentally leaked images of both its upcoming “iPhone XS” and Apple Watch Series 4 models ahead of its just-announced media event on September 12th.

The Apple Watch Series 4 models seems to feature smaller bezels for more visible screen space, which allows for new complications arranged in a round configuration.

This also jibes with recent rumors of larger displays that have been circulating as well.

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You can’t knock a good announcement, especially when it’s live-streamed.

Apple on Thursday announced that it will livestream its “Gather Round” iPhone media event on September 12th.

The company set up a special webpage just for the event, and even included a handy link for adding it to your Calendar.

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Intel’s spiffy new Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake processors for notebooks are officially available and should start surfacing in new systems this fall. The processors offer longer battery life, improved performance and built-in Gigabit WiFi support, and could be optimal for Apple’s upcoming MacBook and MacBook Air lineup.

Both processors stick with the 14nm process Intel is using for the Kaby Lake processors we’re seeing in Macs now. That means no 10nm chips from Intel for a while longer, and not in any Mac this year and maybe even next year.

Intel has stated that the new chips are twice as fast compared to a five-year-old PC, albeit the company has yet to offer comparisons to the current Kaby Lake processors.

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If you’re willing to pay for a piece of history, an extremely rare fully functional Apple-1 computer will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction during its Remarkable Rarities live auction event in September.

The Apple-1 being auctioned is one of only 60-70 remaining of the original 200 that were designed and built by Jobs and Wozniak and sold for $666.66 at The Byte Shop in Mt. View, CA, one of the first personal computer shops in the world.

The record auction price for an Apple-1 is $815,000, established in 2016.

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A newly-released firmware update has just added new functionality to a discontinued product.

On Tuesday, Apple quietly released a firmware update to the now-discontinued AirPort Express product line, introducing support for AirPlay 2 to the router ahead of the expected public release of iOS 12 this fall.

AirPlay 2 functions as Apple’s update to its media streaming protocol, enabling features such as stereo pairing on the HomePod and multi-room audio for compatible devices.

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This might come in handy.

On Tuesday, Apple released its macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for the 2018 MacBook Pro. The update is specifically for MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (2018) models, and is being labeled by Apple as a “stability and reliability” update.

The standalone update files weighs in at a 1.3GB download.

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The current word from the rumor mill is that Apple will only release two OLED iPhones come September.

The report comes from long time supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who predicted that the 6.1-inch iPhone would be the entry-priced model in the flagship lineup and will ship “slightly later” than the two OLED models that Kuo says will be available in September. The timing suggests a release in October, although Kuo doesn’t specify. Apple announced the iPhone 8 and iPhone X last September, but the premium model wasn’t actually released until early November.

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If you’ve been hankering for more iCloud storage space for free, you’re going to like this.

Apple is partnering with the Big Four carriers in the U.S. to offer 200GB of free iCloud storage for two months, just in time for the new iPhones

Generally, the 200GB iCloud tier retails for $2.99 per month. This offer is only available to new iCloud customers, and this is also being interpreted as Apple ceding that its free iCloud tier of 5GB is simply not enough.

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And now the less-than-terrific news.

Wireless carrier T-Mobile has confirmed that it suffered a server breach wherein attackers accessed customer data, with the recently-discovered intrusion involving personal data potentially affecting as many as two million users of the major U.S. carrier.

The company published a notice to customers on its web site after T-Mobile’s cyber-security team “discovered and shut down an unauthorized access to certain information” on August 20. After discovering the breach, T-Mobile notes it “promptly reported it to authorities.”

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If you’re a T-Mobile customer looking to upgrade your iPhone next month, there’s some good news.

T-Mobile customers have now been added to the iPhone Upgrade Program online.

Prior to this, T-Mobile customers could only upgrade by going into an Apple Store. Customers can now enroll in the program in the Apple Store app. T-Mobile joins other carriers to the program, including Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T.

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