Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 14. Today we are covering:

* Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays

* Russia restricts calls via WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest step to control the internet

* Google Messages rolls out Sensitive Content Warnings on Android

* Apple returns blood oxygen monitoring to the latest Apple Watches

* I used Microsoft's elusive 'Surface Neo' dual-screen Windows PC - its biggest-ever hardware failure

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