clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile
Will you help keep Vox free? Vox's journalism is free, so that everyone can understand our world. Reader support helps us do that. Will you give today?

Filed under:

Today's Apple iPhone event: The known unknowns | Recode Daily: September 7, 2016

What's the justification for eliminating the headphone jack? Any changes in pricing or the upgrade program? Will anyone say "bokeh"?

By John Murrell
The Verge

.By now we have a pretty fair idea of some of the things Apple will reveal about the new iPhones and the Apple Watch at its event this morning, but there are still plenty of questions awaiting answers — details on the new cameras, Apple's explanation for eliminating the headphone jack and any changes in pricing or the upgrade program, to name a few. The event starts at 10 am PDT (livestream here). Check Recode for live coverage and analysis all day.
[Dan Frommer | Recode]

.Jim VandeHei, who co-founded Politico but decided to move on after clashing with owner Robert Allbritton, will launch his latest venture early next year: A subscription media outlet aimed at corporate executives and other professionals and focusing on areas such as tech, health care and business news. The new company lined up about $10 million in financing last week.
[Lukas I. Alpert | Wall Street Journal]

.LG has launched a new flagship phone, the V20, and may benefit from fortunate timing, what with Samsung's massive Galaxy Note 7 recall and likelihood that Apple's new iPhones won't sport any new game-changing features. The V20 will be the first phone to ship with Nougat, the latest flavor of Google’s Android operating system.
[Ina Fried | Recode]

.Under a new deal, MasterCard customers will be able to designate PayPal as their payment method when using their cards in stores using MasterCard's tap-and-pay system. PayPal, which is looking to expand its reach in the physical world, cut a similar deal with Visa in July.
[Telis Demos | Wall Street Journal]

.General Electric aims to build a billion-dollar business out of industrial 3-D printing by 2020, and to that end, it will shell out $1.4 billion for a pair of European companies that make 3-D printing machines. GE uses the technology to produce aircraft components and prototypes.
[Ted Mann and Eyk Henning | Wall Street Journal]

Apple
By Ina Fried
Because you know it will.
Transportation
By Johana Bhuiyan
This robot car is brought to you by deep learning.
Music
By Peter Kafka
CEO Tim Westergren is speaking at a Citi conference, and wanted to deliver some news when he does.
Advertising
By Peter Kafka
Forty-plus minutes of sex, publishing and Snapchat talk with Kara Swisher.
And there sure are a lot of dogs. This is what you get when you run some ordinary grocery store footage through Google's DeepDream a few times.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

Will you support Vox’s explanatory journalism?

Most news outlets make their money through advertising or subscriptions. But when it comes to what we’re trying to do at Vox, there are a couple of big issues with relying on ads and subscriptions to keep the lights on:

First, advertising dollars go up and down with the economy. We often only know a few months out what our advertising revenue will be, which makes it hard to plan ahead.

Second, we’re not in the subscriptions business. Vox is here to help everyone understand the complex issues shaping the world — not just the people who can afford to pay for a subscription. We believe that’s an important part of building a more equal society. And we can’t do that if we have a paywall.

So even though advertising is still our biggest source of revenue, we also seek grants and reader support. (And no matter how our work is funded, we have strict guidelines on editorial independence.)

If you also believe that everyone deserves access to trusted high-quality information, will you make a gift to Vox today? Any amount helps.

Yes, I'll give $5/month

Next Up In Technology

The Latest

There are now more land mines in Ukraine than almost anywhere else on the planet

By Jen Kirby

There’s less meat at this year’s climate talks. But there’s plenty of bull.

By Kenny Torrella

The Supreme Court seeks a middle path between following the law and blowing up the government

By Ian Millhiser

Nikki Haley’s “rise” and the Republican flight from reality

By Zack Beauchamp

What Matt Rife’s baffling Netflix special tells us about comedy

By Aja Romano

US life expectancy no longer catastrophic, now merely bad

By Keren Landman