Hello there, welcome to another round of weekly Global tech roundups. This week’s edition features Apple’s iPhone 15 series launch later this year, Uber’s broken jinx, and Elon Musk finally reinstating the X account of Kanye.

It is customary for Apple to unveil its new iPhone models in September, and the tradition is set to continue with the iPhone 15 series. After nearly a year after the iPhone 14 lineup was launched, the tech giant is expected to introduce its latest phone model, the iPhone 15 series, on September 13, as per multiple sources.

E-hailing giants Uber finally recorded its first profit since its founding in 2009, immediately rebuking the narrative that e-hailing companies can not be profitable. The company earned an unexpected profit in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, marking its first profit since its establishment.

After successfully rebranding from Twitter to ‘X’, Elon Musk, in his gracious self, has finally reinstated the account of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, after it was suspended nearly eight months ago because the rapper had violated the platform’s rules prohibiting incitement to violence.

In other news, Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has said it will launch the desktop version of Threads after it saw more than a 50% decline in active users following its launch.