iPhone Duo teardown: 5/10 repairability, a foldable record, but some screens crack along the fold, possibly because a hinge support bar fails to drop far enough  —  Apple's folding iPhone finally made it to our teardown table.  Some owners' screens didn't make it through setup.

Elon Musk says SpaceX closed $40B in GPU debt, debt markets have shut off credit for AI data center firms, and 200+ neoclouds face “death and consolidation”  —  Pretty much. As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn't have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers. SpaceX closed $40B of debt for GPUs, but we're investment grade and have Starlink & launch revenue. That means...

Sources: Apple tweaked macOS for its OLED touch MacBook Pro, due Wednesday, with a dynamic interface that adapts to whether touch or the trackpad was last used  —  Also: The company rolls out a retail store tool to reduce wasted inventory.  —  Apple's touch-screen MacBook Pro will arrive on Wednesday …

Sources detail how Ramp investors Joe Lonsdale and Keith Rabois pushed US lawmakers to probe rival Airwallex's China ties after Airwallex scrapped a Ramp deal  —  In April 2025, Eric Glyman, co-founder and co-CEO of Ramp, received some bad news: A deal was falling apart.

Data center tenants now demand $5M+ a day in late-delivery fees, up from $1M this spring, spawning new “delay-in-delivery” coverage from brokers like Marsh  —  This spring, Mike Mathews, who leads the global digital infrastructure practice at insurance broker Marsh …

The iTunes Store is re-emerging as a venue for big pop stars, including Taylor Swift, to hawk collectibles to superfans and bolster their chart positions  —  Record labels and artists including Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande are using the throwback music store to bolster their chart position and cash in on their fandom

Lawmakers and Hill staffers in both parties say AI leaders are becoming a political liability as they swing between claims of prosperity and existential dangers  —  Washington has always viewed Silicon Valley as culturally strange.  But the current crop of AI leaders is becoming …

Moderators of r/opensource ban submissions of projects using, made by, or intended for AI, exclude non-English speakers over AI translation concerns, and more  —  The opensource subreddit's new rules against AI have sparked a revolt. … The post made Saturday evening opens by saying …

High-frequency trading firms such as Jane Street are investing in AI and chip startups and neoclouds, and building data centers to gain an edge in the AI era  —  High-frequency trading firms are even building their own data centers as they compete for an edge in the AI era.

Report: SK Hynix gained ~$15B from selling down its Kioxia stake earlier this year, and plans to return ~$12B to shareholders via a special dividend  —  SK Hynix Inc.'s shares bucked a broad selloff in AI-related stocks thanks to the prospect of a large dividend payout related …

Outside of tech there has been no financial payoff to US companies for using AI, now viewed as a margin-hurting cost center, as VC-backed firms burn more tokens  —  Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech.

Instagram launches an Apple TV app for watching Reels, longer videos, and live shows; the app previously launched on Fire TV, Google TV, and Samsung smart TVs  —  Instagram is now available on the Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows via the platform to Apple's streaming device for the first time.

How a Blackstone-led $2.3B private credit loan to CoreWeave in 2023 became a blueprint for chip-backed debt, which is on track to become a $1T market  —  “What is a GPU?”  Blackstone Inc. executives asked CoreWeave Inc.'s leadership.  Also: “Is AI real?”  —  These were entirely logical queries …