A leak reveals Apple's upcoming iPhone, Santa Monica gives the go-ahead to e-scooter startups and scientists make a scroll-like touch tablet. Here's your Daily Crunch for August 31, 2018.

1. Huge leak shows off the new iPhone XS

9to5Mac has gotten its hands on an image of Apple's next generation of iPhone hardware, and the future looks pretty swanky.

It appears that the company's flagship devices will have 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch screens, and will feature a new gold color shell. We'll learn more about the new devices (and a new Apple Watch) at the company's next press event, scheduled for September 12.

2. Santa Monica will allow Lime, Bird, Lyft and Jump to operate e-scooters

The city of Santa Monica has officially awarded Bird, Lime, Lyft and Jump Bikes (acquired by Uber in April) permits to operate both electric scooters and/or bikes in the city as part of its 16-month pilot program.

3. Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls

Research scientists at Queen's University's Human Media Lab have built a prototype touchscreen device that's neither smartphone nor tablet but kind of both — and more besides. Dubbed the MagicScroll, the device is inspired by ancient papyrus/paper/parchment scrolls, so it takes a rolled-up, cylindrical form factor.

4. Firefox will soon start blocking trackers by default

That means the Firefox browser will soon automatically block all attempts at cross-site tracking. In fact, the features are already available in the Firefox Nightly release.

5. Chat app Line hopes its own crypto token can solve its user growth problem

Link — Line's token — isn't being minted through an ICO. Instead, it'll be given out to Line users as an incentive for using certain services, presumably to promote engagement.

6. To boost Amazon Pay in India, Amazon reportedly acquired Tapzo, an 'all-in-one' aggregator app, for $40M

The startup aggregates a number of services — such as Uber, Ola, food delivery services Swiggy and Zomato, Book My Show, bill payment service BillDesk and more — into a single app.

7. YouTube launches a suite of fundraising tools

The launch of YouTube Giving will allow creators to do more by making it easier for fans to donate to over 1 million nonprofits.

Google pushes back against President Trump's claim of anti-conservative bias, Apple buys an augmented reality startup and Lego builds a life-sized, drivable Bugatti. Here's your Daily Crunch for August 30, 2018.

1. Google denies Trump's claim that it did not promote his State of the Union address

President Donald Trump continues to complain about Google's supposed bias. He posted a video that claims while the search engine promoted the State of the Union speeches of President Barack Obama, it did not do the same for Trump's speeches in 2017 or 2018.

However, Google said that's just not true: "On January 30, 2018, we highlighted the livestream of President Trump's State of the Union on the google.com homepage. We have historically not promoted the first address to Congress by a new President, which is technically not a State of the Union address. As a result, we didn't include a promotion on google.com for this address in either 2009 or 2017."

2. Apple buys Denver startup building waveguide lenses for AR glasses

The startup in question is Akonia Holographics, which manufactures augmented reality waveguide lenses. This acquisition offers the clearest confirmation yet that Apple is investing in technologies that support the development of a lightweight AR headset.

3. Lego built a life size, drivable Bugatti from over a million Technic pieces

Technic, for the unfamiliar, is Lego's line of interconnecting rods, gears, axles, motors, and other parts a bit more complex than the bricks and blocks the company is best known for.

4. This is Google's Titan security key

The Google-branded and in house-developed security keys are now available to buy. One is a USB key, and the other supports Bluetooth and NFC for mobile devices.

5. SurveyMonkey files for NASDAQ IPO

Most recently, SurveyMonkey brought in $250 million from Tiger Global, ICONIQ Capital and Social+Capital Partnership. The financing valued the company at $2 billion.

6. Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City 'Jewtropolis' has been 100% fixed, was 'human vandalism'

This caused maps in Snapchat and elsewhere to display NYC under the anti-Semitic name. The company says it's still investigating how this happened.

7. Taking a spin with Garmin's vivosmart 4 activity tracker, out today

This sleek new wristband not only tracks steps, activities and gives you the weather, but it also comes with a blood oxygen sensor and will tell you how much energy you have saved up for your next full throttle burn session.