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August 25, 2026, 9:35 AM
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Apple:
Apple updates the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra, with up to 4.3x faster AI performance, faster graphics, and up to 512GB of unified memory for $2,499+  —  Apple's most powerful Mac raises the bar for local AI with up to 4.3x faster performance, more advanced graphics, up to 512GB of unified memory, and extensive connectivity
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Apple unveils M6, a 2nm chip with a 12-core CPU and GPU, and up to 32GB of unified memory, saying it provides “the world's fastest single-threaded performance”  —  Apple is introducing the M6 chip with a new Mac Mini.  It's also launching a new M5 Ultra alongside an upgraded Mac Studio.
Apple:
Apple unveils a Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro, with up to 4x faster AI performance and up to 2x faster graphics, for $899+ with M6 and $1,699+ with M5 Pro  —  Mac mini delivers up to 4x faster AI performance, up to 2x faster graphics and storage, along with enhanced connectivity — all in its ultracompact footprint
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
OpenAI restores five-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users, after weeks without the restriction, saying it would smoothen the load on its compute  —  Following several weeks during which ChatGPT users were subject only to a weekly usage cap, OpenAI announced today that it is restoring …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Asus opens pre-orders for the standalone Xbox Ally X20 at $1,300+, with shipments from October 15; a $2,500 bundle includes the X20 and ROG Xreal R1 glasses  —  Is the best handheld screen worth an extra $300 to you? … The Asus Xbox Ally X20 looked like it could be one of the best handheld gaming PCs yet …
Aaron Tilley / The Information:
Tim Cook is set to step down on September 1, and a source says Apple hosted an intimate farewell party; sources say Cook's assistant will work with John Ternus  —  Next Tuesday, Tim Cook will officially pass the baton as Apple CEO to his successor, John Ternus.
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Google launches Gemini Enterprise for Legal, expanding its platform with specialized AI agents and integrations with Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and Harvey  —  Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with new tools for lawyers and law firms …
Cam Wilson / ABC:
Australia's ARIA says songs created mostly or entirely by AI will be excluded from its charts; a song that used AI became the most-played song on radio in July  —  In short:  —  Australia's main music charts have announced a ban on AI-generated music to start this week.
Jordyn Holman / New York Times:
Q&A with Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine on lessons from Apple's Beats acquisition, creativity, being pro-AI music creation, AI as a tool like drum machines, and more  —  The hit-making duo turned tech moguls also have thoughts about why corporate America isn't collaborative enough.
Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC:
OpenAI bans a cluster of Russian ChatGPT accounts that used VPNs to evade restrictions and run an influence operation, including creating social media comments  —  OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts originating in Russia that it said were being used to support a covert online influence campaign to spread misinformation.
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Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Nvidia says its inference accelerator Groq 3 LPX has entered full production, with Nebius signing on as the first customer, and SpaceX will deploy Vera CPUs  —  Chipmaker Nvidia Corp. says its dedicated artificial intelligence inference accelerator Groq 3 LPX has now entered full production …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple reverses its plan to move iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses to private.icloud.com after user backlash; the feature will continue using the icloud.com domain  —  Apple today said it is reversing its decision and will not change the email domain used for the iCloud+ Hide My Email feature.
Sri Muppidi / New York Times:
Emerald AI, which uses AI to optimize data center power consumption based on grid demands, raised $150M led by DCVC and Energize Capital at a $1.05B valuation  —  Emerald AI, now valued at $1.05 billion, uses software to keep power demand at the computing facilities from getting out of control.

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Bloomberg:
Sources: bankers approached potential buyers about acquiring WBD's New Line Cinema, and its cable networks draw interest, as Paramount's legal fight drags on

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Memo: Disney offers longtime US-based executives across Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and corporate divisions early retirement packages amid cost-cutting efforts

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
An arbitrator orders the Washington Post to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired for “gross misconduct” last year over posts made after Charlie Kirk's shooting

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Michael Kan / PCMag:
Mercury Research: AMD's share of x86 client CPU shipments tops 30% for the first time, hitting 30.3% in Q2, up from 21.1% in Q2 2024, below Intel's 69.7% share

Earlier Picks

Raphael Boyd / The Guardian:
The UK backs Ofcom to take “tough action” under the OSA against social media sites failing to remove dangerous driving videos, after a crash killed seven people
Cassandre Coyer / Bloomberg Law:
Alabama AG Steve Marshall launches an investigation into OpenAI's security procedures following the Hugging Face breach in July
Financial Times:
The UK becomes the first foreign nation to gain access to Ukrainian combat data used to train AI models to strike Russian targets, as part of an AI partnership
Andrew Kreighbaum / Bloomberg:
The Trump administration proposes a $103,265 fee on H-1B applicants hired within the US after a court blocked a more limited fee on workers from outside the US
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at startups like General Intuition working on large action models, aka world models, which are trained on videogames and simulations, to pilot robots
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
IBM says it is developing a dual-architecture processor for IBM Z and LinuxONE systems that can natively execute both IBM's z/OS workloads and Arm applications
Reuters:
Taiwanese prosecutors indict nine people, including Nvidia and Super Micro employees, for allegedly helping illegally export 74 high-end AI servers to China
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