Reviewers are out with first looks at the new iPhone 13 lineup, including the mini, 13, 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber nails it on the head when he writes: “The two ways that Apple could best improve the day-to-day utility of using an iPhone are improving the camera system and improving battery life. And those are exactly where Apple focused its attention for this year’s new iPhones.” Also worth a read: Dieter Bohn’s take for The Verge and Joanna Stern writing for the Wall Street Journal.

Apple is working on tech to help diagnose depression and cognitive decline using sensor data that includes mobility, physical activity, sleep patterns, typing behavior and more, reports the Wall Street Journal in an exclusive. It’s the device maker’s latest foray into the “potential gold mine” that is healthcare. Apple has teamed up with UCLA researchers studying stress, anxiety and depression and with pharma giant Biogen, which is studying mild cognitive impairment. No timeline has been set for a roll out, with the tech still in “early phases.”

Oh, and while you’re reading the Journal: Go check out its 2022 US college rankings. The newspaper says Harvard, Stanford and MIT top the list. Shocking, no?

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Ice hockey is coming to a desert near you: Canadian national and owner of Performance Edge Hockey Development, Justin Scott, is planning to set up a hockey academy for Egyptian kids ages 6-14 — and to help build the men’s program with the Egyptian Ice Hockey Federation, according to Med Hat News. The hockey coach is coming to Egypt for two weeks on 28 September to lead training sessions for young and adult players. Most of the lessons will be off the ice due to the small ice rink available and Scott will bring hockey gear with him from Canada. You can follow his trip and larger project on Instagram @hockey_sporttest.

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German auto giants BMW and Audi are increasing their investments in hydrogen: BMW is building a fleet of around 100 cars to be tested on the roads by 2022, BMW vice president Jürgen Guldner told Reuters. Meanwhile, Audi also told the newswire that it launched a research team developing hydrogen fuel cells and had already built a few prototype cars. This comes just after BMW was sued by climate activists and NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) for refusing to curb carbon emissions. “Whether [hydrogen] is driven by politics or demand, we will be ready with a product,” Guldner said, adding that BMW sees hydrogen fuel-cell cars complementing electric vehicles in the future. “When the future is zero emissions, we believe having two answers is better than one,” he says.