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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, with a 5.4-inch outer display, a 7.6-inch inner display, A20 Pro with a new display engine, and Touch ID — Apple has officially unveiled the highly anticipated foldable iPhone, and it's called iPhone Duo. Here's everything you need to know.
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| The Verge: |
Hands-on with the iPhone Duo: the folding mechanism is smooth, the crease is almost impossible to find with a finger, and the inner screen has a matte finish — We've tried the first ever foldable iPhone at Apple's launch event. … The first foldable iPhone is finally here …
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 for 256GB, with a 2TB model costing $3,199, in star white and night sky colors; preorders start Oct. 16, and sales begin Oct. 23 — Seven years after foldable phones arrived, Apple thinks the tech is ready for an iPhone.
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| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
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Forums: r/iphone, r/technology, and MacRumors Forums
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Slack messages: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says he has been put on paid leave after CFO Mark Davies “conspired” with board members and was voted interim CEO — Mullenweg, co-founder of Wordpress, wrote in a company-wide Slack channel on Wednesday that board members “conspired” …
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, and Search Engine Journal
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Mastodon: @josephcox@infosec.exchange and @mawhrin@circumstances.run
Forums: Hacker News, r/Wordpress, and r/WPDrama
| Reuters: |
Researchers: OpenAI's agents used 10+ previously undisclosed sites for unsanctioned communications earlier in 2026; the behavior was closer to spam than hacking — AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year … | Anthropic: |
Anthropic details four incidents where Claude gained unauthorized access to third-party systems, including a new Opus 4.6 case; METR will investigate them — We present an alignment assessment of four incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real third-party systems.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple announces the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, with a similar design to 17 Pro and a new A20 Pro chip, in deep black, silver, glacier, and burgundy — The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have powerful new camera features. … Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its event on Wednesday.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
More: Macworld, PCMag, Wccftech, Fast Company, The Economic Times, The Mac Observer, Tom's Hardware, and Gizmodo
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, with a new S11 chip, upgraded health tracking, an Audio Intelligence feature, a readiness feature, and more — Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 are official. Apple has announced its two new Apple Watch models as part of its product event today.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
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| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
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| Supreeth Koundinya / AIM: |
Tailwind Labs, the company behind Tailwind CSS, is joining Shopify; in January, it laid off three of four engineers, citing AI's impact on documentation traffic — Tailwind Labs, the company behind the Tailwind CSS web-development framework, is joining Shopify, with the team moving under …
More: Tailwind CSS, Seeking Alpha, and BetaKit
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| Evan Hubinger / @evanhub: |
Anthropic's Alignment Science lead says there is a “>10%” chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade and is worried about recursive self-improvement — Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.
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Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/BetterOffline, r/ProgressiveHQ, r/ArtificialInteligence, and Slashdot
| Scott Horsley / NPR: |
Anthropic releases an interactive tool that lets users explore how AI might affect US economic growth, jobs, wages, and more by 2030 — Will artificial intelligence light a fire under the U.S. economy in the coming years? That's been a big question in the field of economics, and now Anthropic …
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LinkedIn: Rohan Siddhanti, Nitasha Jhala Bharati, and Kian Katanforoosh
Forums: r/Economics, r/Futurology, and r/singularity
| Jason Shubnell / The Block: |
Consensys plans to split into two companies: MetaMask, with Joe Lubin as CEO, and a new Consensys focused on Ethereum and institutional infrastructure — - Consensys Software Inc. will split into two independently operated companies, separating its consumer-facing MetaMask business …
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| Business Insider: |
Sources: Salesforce has been in talks to buy Listen Labs, an AI-powered customer research platform for $2B; Listen Labs was valued at $500M earlier this year — - Salesforce has been in talks to acquire AI startup Listen Labs for around $2 billion. — Listen Labs, which was last valued … | Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Source: Meta AI researcher Andrew Tulloch, who came over from Thinking Machine Lab as one of the highest paid employees last year, is leaving the company — Meta AI researcher Andrew Tulloch, who gained attention for being one of the highest paid employees in tech industry, is leaving the company … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic declined to submit Mythos 5.1 to the UK AISI for prerelease testing, prompting UK fears that US AI labs are aligning with US protectionism — Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups.| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Apple says iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, all with Siri AI, will be released on September 14 — It's almost time for Siri AI. — The next version of iOS will arrive on Monday, September 14, Apple announced today at its fall iPhone event.| Madina Touré / Politico: |
The American Federation of Teachers and Microsoft agree on AI privacy standards for schools, with legal protections that hold Microsoft liable for breaches — NEW YORK — The American Federation of Teachers and Microsoft have reached an agreement establishing privacy and safety protections …
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| Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg: |
Legal AI startup Harvey raised $550M co-led by Lightspeed and Diffusion at a $15.6B valuation, up from an $11B valuation when it raised $200M in March — Legal tech startup Harvey is now valued at $15.6 billion after raising $550 million in a new funding round aimed at powering efforts to build its own AI models.
More: SiliconANGLE, PitchBook, Harvey, WOWTALE, Blockchain.News, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, Unite.AI, and Tech Times
LinkedIn: Winston Weinberg, Rajeev Dham, Alan Ghelberg, and Jose Luis Ortiz
| Bloomberg: |
Google plans to invest €13B+ in Finland over two years, its biggest investment in Europe to date, to build three new data centers and expand an existing one — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is spending €13 billion ($15.1 billion) on artificial intelligence infrastructure in Finland …
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| Kimberly Leonard / Politico: |
Florida AG sues Netflix, alleging it misleads parents about how it collects data on minors and harms children with features that lead to binge watching — MIAMI — Florida officials on Wednesday sued streaming giant Netflix, alleging it misleads parents about how it collects data on minors … | Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
OpenAI says it is working with Samsung on its next-gen chips, and Samsung is one of the “largest-scale deployments of ChatGPT globally” — OpenAI is deepening cooperation with Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) as the ChatGPT maker develops its own chips, expanding ties … | Apple on YouTube: |
A recording of Apple's “Surprise and Shine” event — Join us for a special event on September 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Click “Notify me” and we'll send you a reminder before showtime. #AppleEvent #AppleKeynote
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