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Apple disclosed John Ternus’s compensation in an SEC filing on his first day as CEO. The headline number is $58 million for fiscal 2027, but three quarters of the equity only pays out if Apple’s shareholder return beats the rest of the S&P 500.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the folding iPhone Ultra will likely ship with MagSafe magnets built into the phone. Samsung has shipped eight generations of foldables without ever doing that, leaving the magnets in a case you buy separately.
Astra is the first OpenAI model to hit the Critical cybersecurity threshold under the Preparedness Framework, finding two zero day vulnerabilities on its own during testing. Its strongest cyber capabilities stay restricted to OpenAI’s vetted Daybreak coalition.
An AI generated clip of US forces destroying Iran’s Kharg Island was posted from the President’s Truth Social account, and the Department of Defense had to step in and clarify it was not real. The verification shortcuts most people rely on all failed at once. Here is why, and what actually works.
The Sonos Ace Ultra arrives at $449 with 35 hours of battery, aptX Lossless, and a user replaceable battery and ear cups. The AirPods Max is $549 with 20 hours and no lossless over Bluetooth. Here is where the gap is real and where Apple still wins.
Galaxy owners across four countries woke up to the same message: account deactivated due to a security issue. Wallet, SmartThings and Samsung Find went with it. Changing the password does nothing, and Samsung has not explained the trigger. Here is what has actually worked so far.
A researcher showed that a WhatsApp video call can open the full photo gallery on a locked Android phone, with no PIN, pattern or fingerprint anywhere in the chain. It worked on a fully patched Pixel and failed on a Galaxy. Here is the thirty second permission change that shuts it down.
OpenAI connected ChatGPT for Healthcare to Epic’s 325 million patient records on September 1, 2026. Access is read only, but privacy lawyers warn HIPAA protection does not travel with data patients share directly with the chatbot.
Gal Gadot says it took her lawyers six months to write the AI terms for Doug Liman’s Bitcoin, and that SAG-AFTRA rang them afterward asking how it was done. The clause protects her performance completely. It protects nobody who built the sets, because the sets were the point.
The September Android Drop lets you tell Gemini where you put your passport and ask for it back later. It is a genuinely useful feature built on a much smaller idea than the headline suggests, and the version requirements mean most people will only get two of the five things Google announced.