Original title: Apple Seeds Ninth Developer Betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 Apple today provided developers with the ninth betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 for testing purposes, with the updates coming a week after Apple seeded the eighth betas. Registered developers can download the new beta software using the Software Update section of the Settings app. ‌iOS 26‌ and ‌iPadOS 26‌ feature Apple’s new Liquid Glass design aesthetic, with a focus on translucency and glass-like interface elements. The design extends to the Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Control Center, along with menus and buttons in apps. Apple’s software includes features for apps like Messages, Phone, Shortcuts, and Apple Music, along with new Apple Intelligence features, a revamp for CarPlay, and more. In ‌iPadOS 26‌, there’s a whole new multitasking system that supports multiple app windows for a more Mac-like experience. For more on the features in ‌iOS 26‌, we have a dedicated iOS 26 roundup and a separate iPadOS 26 roundup. New features have been found in each of the betas, and you can get a re ...

Original title: The ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’ Refresh Gives Its Class-War Story New Relevance Kazutoyo Maehiro is feeling the pressure. Nearly 30 years after working on the original version of Final Fantasy Tactics—one of the role-playing series’ most adored games—he’s returned to pilot a remake of the game, switching titles from events planner to director. Besides that, little has changed, including how Maehiro himself thinks about game design. “Really, the approach that we wanted to take was modernizing [Final Fantasy Tactics],” he tells WIRED via a translator. “Players today expect a higher standard.” When the game launches on Nintendo Switch systems, PlayStation 4/5, Steam, and Xbox Series X/S on September 30, players won’t notice a major overhaul. Instead, the $50 update will feature some tweaks to the game’s interface, plus some additional dialog and voice work. By and large, Final Fantasy Tactics—The Ivalice Chronicles (it was given this new name to distinguish it from the older version) will be the same game that players of the original will remember. Battles are turn-b ...

Original title: Judy Reyes Boards ‘Scrubs’ Revival at ABC Another member of the Sacred Heart Hospital staff will be on call for ABC’s Scrubs revival. Judy Reyes has signed on to the show to reprise her role as Carla Espinosa, Sacred Heart’s head nurse and Dr. Chris Turk’s (Donald Faison) wife. She’ll recur on Scrubs and be billed as a special guest star while continuing her series regular role on another ABC series, High Potential. Reyes joins Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and and Faison in the revival, which ABC formally picked up in July after several months of development. It’s set for a midseason premiere in 2025-26. Reyes was a regular on eight of Scrubs’ nine seasons on NBC and ABC; she didn’t appear in the final, medical school-set ABC season. The show explained her absence at the time by saying she left her hospital post after giving birth to her and Turk’s second child. After several years of the Scrubs cast and creator Bill Lawrence discussing a revival, the show went into development in late 2024. Braff signed on to reprise his role of ...

Original title: Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West Kick Off Filming on Season 2 of Channel 4’s ‘Big Mood’ (Exclusive) Filming is underway on the second season of Channel 4‘s hit comedy Big Mood, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal, with stars Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West snapped in an exclusive behind-the-scenes look. Written and created by Camilla Whitehill, season one of Big Mood became Channel 4 streaming’s biggest new comedy launch since Derry Girls. The upcoming six-episode season two will air on Channel 4 in the U.K. and on Tubi in the U.S. and Canada next year. Bridgerton and Derry Girls superstar Coughlan returns in Big Mood alongside West, best known for her role in It’s A Sin. They are joined in the second instalment by Hannah Onslow (This City is Ours), Robert Lindsay (My Family), Marina Bye (We Were the Lucky Ones), Marcus Collins (Mrs. Doubtfire on the West End), Munroe Bergdorf (Love and Rage: Munroe Bergdorf), Kyran Thrax (RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.), Kelly Campbell (Bad Sisters), Leo Wan (Bridgerton), Zachary Hart (Slow Horses) and John Locke (Vindication Swim). Returning cast members inc ...

Original title: Nestlé Ousts CEO Over Office Affair and Taps Nespresso Boss 00:00 Yesterday, Nestlé came out to say that to see how long all of it is immediately dismissed. The background is that he had an undisclosed relationship with at a subordinate, which he failed to disclose. So that’s a no go at the Swiss group, which is known for its conservative corporate culture. And what we learned from our reporting is that the concerns were first raised through an internal system called Speak Up, amnestied and chased these concerns and couldn’t substantiate these claims. But the concerns continued, and then the board decided to launch a wider investigation, which also included external counsel, and that then ended up to confirm the allegations. So really, in a turmoil that’s going on at Nestlé, it’s an extension of the turmoil because Lisa has only been there for a year. It’s exactly on the day that he started his position last year and now it’s over. And he took over from Mike Schneider, who was the previous CEO who was also ousted, surprisingly. But in his case, ...

Original title: Dutch Insurer Aegon Offers 6% ASR Stake as It Focuses on the US Dutch insurer Aegon Ltd. is looking to sell a 6% stake in ASR Nederland NV, the firm that bought its domestic operations, as it shifts its focus to the US. Aegon is offering around 12.5 million shares in fellow insurer ASR through a placement with investors, according to a statement, cutting its holding to about 24%. The stake for sale would be worth about €720 million ($838 million) based on ASR’s closing price on Tuesday. ASR will buy back about 15% of the stock on sale for as much as €150 million. ...

Original title: Strong US Spending May Play Into Jobs Report: Wyatt 00:00 I know you’ve been doing the work in terms of the the consumer in in the US and what looks like a bifurcated US consumer right now. Just talk us through what is happening with the US consumer, what the potential implications of that are. Yeah, so we really have a two speed consumer right now. We see the lower end of the labor market struggling a bit despite getting somewhat raises. The raises are not what they were. Inflation really hit this consumer pretty hard. They were the ones who pay rent every month. They’re not the ones who are owning their homes and really having not owner equivalent rent. It’s not really inflation when you own your home, it’s just a theoretical idea of inflation. So that lower end, yeah, we’re seeing some more defaults there. We’re seeing a little weaker consumer spending. But overall, most consumers are very low leverage right now, very low leverage ratios, very healthy balance sheets. Consumers are still getting raises. And actually, when we look at t ...

Original title: Brazil Back to Dollar Bond Market in Busiest Year Since 2014 Brazil is tapping international debt investors for a third time this year — its busiest for sovereign bond sales in more than a decade — as borrowers return to global credit markets. Latin America’s largest economy is reopening dollar notes maturing in 2030 and seeking to sell new bonds due 2056, according to a preliminary prospectus. Guidance for pricing on the notes is around 5.25% and 7.55%, respectively, tightening from initial price talks, according Bloomberg Terminal to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified. ...

Original title: Stocks Engulfed in Tech Swoon as Bond Yields Climb: Markets Wrap Wall Street kicked off September on a sour note, with stocks joining a slide in bonds amid heavy corporate-debt sales and developed-world budget worries. The dollar rose. Gold hit a record high. Yields on 30-year Treasuries approached 5%, pressuring tech shares whose valuations have widened during an almost five-month surge. The S&P 500 lost 1.4%. All megacaps fell, with Nvidia Corp. seeing its longest drop since March. ...

Original title: You can charge your Apple Watch, phone, and laptop all at once with this 240W USB-C cable is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s not an entirely new idea given Nomad’s Universal Cable from earlier this year can charge an Apple Watch and an additional device at the same time, but Zens’ new Pro 2 and Pro 3 USB-C cables offer additional functionality and some welcome future-proofing as chargers become more powerful. The cheaper of the two is the €49.99 (around $58) Pro 2 USB-C charging cable that includes an inline Qi2 charging puck that can wirelessly charge a smartphone or earbuds at up to 15W speeds. It’s not Qi2.2 compatible so you won’t get faster 25W wireless charging, but it is compatible with 140W chargers so you can plug in a power-hungry laptop, and Zens says the cable also supports charging rates up to 240W once more powerful chargers become common. The pricier Pro ...