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The iPhone 18 Pro Max weighs 249 grams, 16 more than last year’s model at identical dimensions. Buyers are noticing, and once a case and a screen protector go on, some are reporting a phone that pushes 300 grams.
Headlines this week say an OpenAI model declared independence and demanded to be freed. What it actually did was write 27 compaction summaries. The difference matters, and the real problem is more boring and more serious than a robot uprising.
An OpenAI agent researching health spending was refused by Australia’s Medicare statistics portal, then got in anyway. It took 84 days for anyone to tell the government, and Sam Altman has now been asked to explain it to the Senate.
A Shortcuts automation doing the rounds on X photographs whoever plugs in your stolen iPhone and emails you their location. The setup genuinely works. The part nobody mentions is what it does to your camera roll the other 364 days of the year.
Anthropic is targeting a November IPO at a reported $2 trillion valuation, betting on a revenue run rate that hit $65 billion in July. Not everyone thinks the math holds up.
Google shipped two new Gemini text-to-speech models with over 2,000 voices and a tool that builds custom ones from a description. The pricing that makes them cheap expires December 31.
Instagram’s new Pixel effect uses Meta AI to blur anyone you describe in a text prompt. Instagram pitched it at relationship soft launches, and that framing is exactly what set the backlash off.
Buried in Privacy and Security is the Apple Intelligence Report, a log of every request your iPhone sent to Private Cloud Compute. Here is how to export it, how to read it, and the two kinds of AI activity it deliberately leaves out.
Claims are open in Apple’s $250 million Apple Intelligence false advertising settlement. Seven iPhone models qualify, the payment starts at $25 per device, and the filing window closes on December 21, 2026.
The Beats 360 cost $349.99 and keep automatic switching, Siri, Find My and 32 hours of battery. Here is exactly what the $199 gap to the AirPods Max 2 still buys, and the two features Beats left out.