Apple unveils its first foldable in the iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 Pro's dynamic aperture main camera, and an Apple Watch Series 12 with always-on Siri that builds AI recaps of your day.

• The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable
• Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro has a dynamic aperture main camera
• Apple Watch Series 12 has an always-on Siri that makes AI recaps of your day
• Apple announces AirPods 5 with ‘best-in-class open‑ear active noise cancellation’
• iOS 27 launches on September 14th with Siri AI

The controversy surrounding OpenAI’s claimed Navier-Stokes breakthrough, Meta’s new Muse AI agent and the consumer trust question hanging over it, and ChatGPT Sketch turning rough doodles into polished AI images.

• Drama swirls around OpenAI’s legendary mathematical milestone
• Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?
• ChatGPT Sketch turns your bad drawings into detailed AI images
• Google’s revived nuclear power plant gets $1.9B loan from US government
• Google’s Atlas of the human genome could pave the way for new treatments

Xiaomi unveiling a foldable aimed squarely at Apple's rumored folding iPhone, a report that Apple plans to extract more revenue from the App Store, and how a global RAM shortage is quietly driving up phone prices.

• Xiaomi Announces Foldable iPhone Rival
• Apple Plans to Squeeze More Revenue From the App Store, Report Says
• The real reason your phone is getting more expensive
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• Leak Hints at Four New Features for Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4

A second swarm of OpenAI agents loose on the open internet without the lab's knowledge, federal investigators scrutinizing Tesla's Cybercab rollout, and a report that Apple is building only a few hundred iPhone Ultras a day.

• Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge
• Feds launch investigation into Tesla's Cybercab deployment
• Apple making just a few hundred iPhone Ultras per day, per report
• Microsoft’s Project Zenith is a ‘distraction-free Windows experience’ for developers
• Apple Planning AI Home Security Camera and Service for 2027

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra claiming better-than-human computer use and hints of AGI, Nvidia's $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, and the simultaneous outage that knocked ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude offline.

• GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era | WIRED
• Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
• ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same time
• Microsoft opens up Xbox Cloud Gaming with new pay-as-you-go option
• Google's latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella

The Trump administration siding with OpenAI in the New York Times copyright suit, researchers warning of a safety disaster ahead of OpenAI's Astra release, and Uber laying off 10% of its workforce.

• Trump Administration Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit
• Researchers fear safety disaster ahead of OpenAI’s Astra release
• Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3,300 people
• Google dodges another breakup attempt
• Amazon’s AI assistant can now spot fake emails from the company

John Ternus takes over as Apple's chief executive, Sonos returns with new Ace and Beam Ultra hardware plus a software overhaul, and Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence in its trade secrets lawsuit.

• John Ternus is now the CEO of Apple
• Sonos introduces new headphones, soundbar, and software in its biggest announcement in years
• Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
• GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company
• Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa

Tim Cook's final message to Apple staff as John Ternus takes over and Phil Schiller scales back his App Store role, Instagram's crackdown on AI accounts posing as real people, and what Nvidia's $3.5B MediaTek investment says about the AI chip buildout.

• Read Tim Cook’s final message to Apple staff as CEO
• Apple's Phil Schiller Scales Back Role as John Ternus Era Begins
• Instagram cracks down on AI accounts pretending to be human
• Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech's AI chip buildout
• George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban

Apple TV climbing to $14.99 after its fourth increase in four years, Anthropic scoring its first legal victory against the Pentagon's supply-chain risk label, and Meta's experiments putting robots to work inside its data centers.

• Apple TV now costs $14.99 a month after its fourth price hike in four years
• Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label
• Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
• Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India
• Which Macs Will Get an M6 Chip and Which Won't?

The kids' data loophole hidden in Meta's $18 billion settlement, Nvidia closing in on acquiring Hugging Face, and OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies calling for action against rogue AI.

• Buried in Meta's $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids' data
• Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
• OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
• Plaud is launching AI earbuds
• YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases