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Sources: Apple plans three high-end iPhones for fall 2026 and lower-end iPhones and an Air 2 six months later; Mac Pro gets deprioritized; Jeff Williams retires — Apple's iPhone is getting its biggest makeover yet — both to its features and release schedule. Here's what's happening to the company's flagship product.
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Sources: AI startup Project Prometheus raised $6.2B, including from Jeff Bezos, who will become co-CEO, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in 2021 — Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft.
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| Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: |
Chinese toymaker FoloToy suspends sales of its GPT-4o-powered teddy bear, after researchers found the toy gave kids harmful responses, including sexual content — Consumer advocacy researchers at PIRG tested four AI toys, and none of them passed muster — Picture the scene …
More: Futurism, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Futurism, WinBuzzer, GameRevolution, and Newsweek
X: @ichbingisele. Bluesky: @ketanjoshi.co, @cuthrell.com, @chrisbaraniuk.com, @kathyhirshpasek, and @lukeoneil47
| Nikkei Asia: |
Tokyo-based Sakana AI raised a ~$135M Series B from MUFG, Khosla Ventures, and others at a ~$2.6B valuation, becoming Japan's most valuable unicorn — TOKYO — Artificial intelligence company Sakana AI has completed a funding round that pushed its value to approximately 400 billion yen …
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X: @keytryer, @dannycrichton, @leeminjeong83, and @wolfejosh
| Bloomberg: |
US filing: Peter Thiel's Thiel Macro sold 537,742 Nvidia shares, worth ~$100M as of September 30, during Q3, amid rising concerns about an AI investment bubble — Peter Thiel's hedge fund Thiel Macro LLC sold off its holdings in Nvidia Corp. during the third quarter, marking another retreat … | New York Times: |
Investigation: $28B+ in crypto tied to illicit activity flowed into crypto exchanges like Binance over the last two years, as President Trump embraces crypto — President Trump has started his own cryptocurrency business and vowed to make the United States the world's “crypto capital.”
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LinkedIn: Richard H.P. Sia. Bluesky: @bhgreeley, @metacurity.com, and @metacurity.com. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Zoë Schiffer / Wired: |
Q&A with OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo on joining OpenAI, ChatGPT users' mental health, profitability, data center deals, her chronic illness, and more — As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
The FT's Tim Cook retirement story could be a “trial balloon” from people close to him, if Cook decides to leave on a high note after Apple's Q1 earnings report — Might Tim Cook retire as CEO of Apple in early 2026? There are signs... Two weeks ago, Tim Cook turned 65.
More: 9to5Mac, PCMag, TechCrunch, The Information, Pixel Envy, Dataconomy, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, Daring Fireball, PhoneArena, Engadget, The Verge, Financial Times, and iPhone in Canada
X: @markgurman, @sirgoofy28, @michaelbatnick, and @spyglass_feed
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Empower: US BNPL use has grown to 91.5M users, with 25% financing groceries, as default rates accelerate and most loans aren't reported, creating “phantom debt” — When Nigel Morris tells you he's worried about the economy, you listen. As industry observers know …
X: @simonkhalaf and @mlstotts
| Kieran Smith / Financial Times: |
Sources: UK companies and groups tell the UK that a planned ban on paying ransoms to ransomware gangs is unlikely to stop attacks and risks collapsing services — Companies and security groups warn government's proposed measure is unlikely to stop hacking attacks| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Sources: Demis Hassabis pursued a Nobel as a DeepMind goal and favored high-minded work over short-term revenue or a stronger AI race position for Alphabet — Demis Hassabis has spent much of the past decade trying to unlock the secrets of the universe through artificial intelligence.
X: @andrewcurran_, @kimmonismus, @jldastin, @ceo_aisoma, @jldastin, @jldastin, and @jldastin. Bluesky: @petertl
| Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: |
Voize, an ambient AI voice company targeting skilled nursing facilities, raised a $50M Series A led by Balderton Capital and plans a US launch in Q1 2026 — Voize, an ambient AI voice company focused on skilled nursing facilities (SNF), raised a $50 million Series A round, CEO Fabio Schmidberger tells Axios Pro exclusively.
More: Tech.eu, Tech Funding News, and Silicon Canals
| Tech Policy Press: |
Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2025 report: for the 15th straight year, global internet freedom is in decline; of the 72 countries surveyed, Kenya fell most — Since Tech Policy Press launched nearly five years ago, it has made a habit of reporting on the findings of the annual Freedom …
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