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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple unveils its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, with a 5.4-inch outer and a 7.6-inch inner display, an 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.
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
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
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
The iPhone Duo supports Apple Pencil and features iOS 27 revamped for multitasking that auto-adjusts controls and apps depending on screen size and orientation
Madison Mills / Axios:
AI researcher Jacob Coxon says he quit Anthropic after four months, two months before his equity would have vested; he still has equity in prior employer OpenAI  —  Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job due to concerns about the safety of AI two months before his equity would have vested, he told Axios.
Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Q&A with AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who quit Anthropic, on the need for industry-wide, international coordination to limit recursive self-improvement, and more  —  Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment …
Paul Christiano / @paulfchristiano:
OpenAI Foundation board member Paul Christiano says the AI industry is currently not on track to reduce the acute loss-of-control risk to an “acceptable” level  —  I am excited to be joining the OpenAI nonprofit board, serving on the Safety and Security Committee to support safety oversight.
Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch:
Paul Christiano, an AI researcher and advisor at CAISI, is joining the OpenAI Foundation board of directors and its Safety and Security Committee  —  Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on keeping AI systems aligned with human interests and under human control …
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
More: Axios, The Guardian, BBC, Wall Street Journal, The Information, CBC News, CBS News, SiliconANGLE, BetaKit, Cal Newport, Washington Examiner, Fast Company, Washington Post, Straight Arrow, Second Opinion Media, Gizmodo, The New Stack, Yahoo Finance, MakeUseOf, Slate, and Techdirt
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Bluesky: @nigelfletcher, @douglasmack, @amandamarcotte, and @bluntrochester.senate.gov.  Mastodon: @techwire@social.gamefan.net
Forums: r/technology, r/TrueReddit, r/BetterOffline, r/inthenews, r/PrepperIntel, r/USNEWS, and Slashdot
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” …
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 …
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.
Lauren Goode / Wired:
Kepler Computing, which claims its 3D stacking and new material can increase HBM and SRAM density without relying on EUV, emerges from stealth with $468M  —  Kepler Computing claims a new approach to chip design—and a proprietary material—can help end the supply bottlenecks that have sent memory prices surging.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils a new Health app with Apple Intelligence, featuring an Insights tab, “readiness” and Health Age metrics, and more, rolling out later in 2026  —  Alongside the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, Apple on Wednesday introduced a redesigned Apple Health app …
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple unveils AppleCare One Family, extending AppleCare coverage to every eligible device in an Apple Family Sharing group of up to 6 people for $49.99/month  —  Apple today announced AppleCare One Family, a new option for U.S. customers that extends AppleCare coverage to every eligible device across …
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 …
More: Collusion.wiki and Fortune
X: @thlarsen and @suchenzang.  Bluesky: @raphae.li
Forums: r/BetterOffline and Slashdot
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
New opt-in Apple Watch Siri audio features can listen to and transcribe conversations all day; Apple says raw audio is inaccessible and deleted after processing  —  The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in.
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces two AirPods 5 models with ANC that removes up to 50% more noise than AirPods 4, for $129 or $149 with a wireless charging case
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
Bloomberg:
Sources: Grab is in talks to buy a majority stake in Advance Intelligence Group's Singapore-based BNPL platform Atome Financial at a $2B+ valuation  —  Grab Holdings Ltd., the biggest ride-hailing and food-delivery firm in Southeast Asia, is in talks to buy a majority stake in Singapore-based buy …
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 …
Emmy Martin / New York Times:
How Amazon's Zoox, which has ~100 AVs in its fleet, is utilizing social media influencers, community events, and ad campaigns to compete with Waymo in SF  —  The Amazon-owned driverless car company is a distant second to Waymo.  Its pitch to riders?  Wine pop-ups, festival sponsorships and a car built to be filmed.
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 …
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
The AI boom is fueling a resurgence in VC bets in “moonshot” sectors such as BCI; Dealroom says non-AI deeptech funding has topped $150B since the start of 2024  —  Tech investors are rediscovering the kind of long-shot sci-fi bets that helped build Silicon Valley.

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
WaPo says it is on track to break even and end 2026 “on its closest path to profitability in five years” and it sold 300K+ subscriptions so far in 2026

KiMi Robinson / USA Today:
ABC pushes back on Page Six's report that Jimmy Kimmel's show will end in 2027: “any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon's Prime Video plans to make English-language dubs look more natural by using AI to lip-sync actors' mouths in dubbed titles

More News

Christine Mui / Politico:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law two bills, backed by Anthropic and OpenAI, regulating how outside groups evaluate AI for safety
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
Cameron Faulkner / The Verge:
Apple raises iPhone prices by $100 on all of the older models it is offering, including the iPhone 16, the iPhone 17 lineup, as well as the iPhone Air

Earlier Picks

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
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple unveils the 2nm A20 Pro, featuring a 6-core CPU with two “desktop class” super cores, a 7-core GPU up to 40% faster, and 32 Neural Engine cores in total
Apple on YouTube:
A recording of Apple's “Surprise and Shine” event
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
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