Undersea Cable Chaos, iPhone 17 “Air” Reveal & $500B Cloud Bombshell – The Biggest Tech News (Sept 9–10, 2025)
Apple launched its iPhone 17 lineup, debuting the 5.6 mm-thin iPhone 17 Air at $999 and updating AirPods Pro and Apple Watch models, with prices mostly unchanged. Multiple undersea internet cables were cut in the Red Sea, disrupting service from Asia to East Africa; Microsoft warned Azure users of increased latency. U.S. prosecutors indicted a Ukrainian hacker linked to global ransomware attacks, offering an $11 million reward for his capture.