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Apple planning to sell AI servers powered by M8 Ultra chips, says report

16 September 2026 at 14:46

Apple is working on plans to make enterprise servers powered by M8 Ultra chips, according to a new report. The report specifically says that the company plans to offer the AI-focused servers for sale, not just use them internally.

Two versions are said to be in development, with Apple considering incorporating Nvidia networking tech in the machines …

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Four ways to prevent AI killing us all within 10 years

16 September 2026 at 13:34

Two high-profile computer scientists from Princeton University, and coauthors of the book AI Snake Oil, have weighed in on the question of whether AI will kill us all by the end of the decade.

The pair have become well known for their work in separating fact from fiction in the AI world, and have now responded to an admission by Anthropic that there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next ten years …

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Samsung reportedly rushing new trifold phone in response to iPhone Duo

16 September 2026 at 12:03

It was already clear that Samsung was worried about the impact of the iPhone Duo on its foldable phone range, and there’s now further evidence of the Korean company’s concern.

A blogger who aggregates reports from Chinese social media says there are signs that the company is bringing forward the launch of its Galaxy Z Trifold 2, despite the seeming failure of its predecessor …

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Which new Apple products will launch this year – and which won’t?

15 September 2026 at 14:01

Apple may still be cleaning up after the end of the iPhone launch, but attention is already turning to an October event.

There are still a lot of new products we’re expecting the company to unveil, with the most exciting of these including touchscreen MacBooks and a smart home hub we’ve been dubbing the HomePad. But which ones will launch this year, and which ones will have to wait until next year … ?

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New Apple Watch features may require new legal precedent for privacy

15 September 2026 at 13:17

Two new Apple Watch features may see the device running up against privacy laws in multiple US states. That’s because the new Live Rewind and Siri Recap features audio-record conversations.

The devil is very much in the detail here, since neither feature makes audio recordings accessible to anyone, and it seems likely that the issue will need to be tested in the courts in order to set a new legal precedent …

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Lukewarm orders for iPhone 18 Pro, says analyst – but it doesn’t mean much

15 September 2026 at 12:27

A high-profile analyst has said that demand for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max appears “lukewarm” based on pre-order wait times.

Jeff Pu notes that most iPhone 18 Pro configurations are available for immediate delivery and that the longest wait for the most popular iPhone 18 Pro Max extends only to three to four weeks …

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iOS 27 code shows you may be able to replace Siri AI with Claude or ChatGPT [Poll]

14 September 2026 at 14:12

It’s been more than a year since we asked whether Apple should give us the option of choosing our own AI chatbot to replace Siri AI. At that time, the majority of you were in favor.

A developer who has been studying the code in iOS 27 and macOS 27 has discovered that it does indeed appear at least some people will have this option …

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Here’s how the iPhone Duo compares to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8

14 September 2026 at 13:09

CNET has a series of pieces comparing the iPhone Duo to three current Android foldables. While it’s a little frustrating to tackle the comparisons separately, it seems clear that the site views Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 as the device the Duo needs to beat.

That’s in large part because the two devices share similar passport-style aspect ratios rather than the tall and thin design of other foldables, and are priced only $100 apart …

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Is the iPhone Duo just the start, with most iPhones foldable within a decade?

14 September 2026 at 12:22

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has made an interesting prediction in his latest newsletter, suggesting that the iPhone Duo is just the start and that most iPhones will be foldable within a decade.

He argues that in that kind of timescale, even budget devices like the iPhone SE could go foldable as manufacturing costs fall …

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Microsoft invented the iPhone Duo back in 2009 [Video]

10 September 2026 at 15:02

Those with very long memories might have spotted a resemblance between the iPhone Duo and a prototype device seen way back in 2009, the Microsoft Courier.

My headline is, of course, tongue-in-cheek: Microsoft never got any further than the prototype, and abandoned the project less than a year later. All the same, it is remarkable now to look back at it and see just how similar it is in terms of the integrated user-interface …

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The Duo is drool-worthy, but the iPhone 18 Pro camera features win for me

10 September 2026 at 14:21

If ever there was a head versus heart moment in terms of Apple tech, it was in yesterday’s unveiling of the new iPhones.

I already started the morning by wiping the drool from my desk after watching the iPhone Duo sections of yesterday’s keynote, but the true hero of yesterday’s show for me was the iPhone 18 Pro/Pro Max, thanks to the new camera features …

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The iPhone Duo is Apple at its absolute best (and a little bit at its worst)

10 September 2026 at 12:34

Wow. After Samsung had a seven-year head start on Apple in the foldables market, the company really had to live up to its ethos of waiting until it could do a far better job than everyone else, and boy did it deliver with the iPhone Duo!

It was abundantly clear that Apple had thought through every detail of what a foldable iPhone needed to be, and has taken advantage of every benefit the form factor has to offer …

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No iPhone Ultra today? Three possible explanations …

9 September 2026 at 13:38

It was widely expected that the first foldable iPhone set to be launched later today would be named the iPhone Ultra. However, a report yesterday said that the device will instead be called the iPhone Duo.

If accurate, it’s an interesting development as it might potentially point to the company reserving the Ultra suffix for a completely different future model …

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Samsung ‘advice’ to Apple suggests it fears the build quality of the iPhone Duo

9 September 2026 at 11:58

Samsung says it welcomes Apple’s entry into the foldable smartphone market, although the company appears to feel threatened by the likely build quality of the iPhone Duo/Ultra.

A Samsung exec said he sees Apple’s launch as “acknowledging and recognizing” the Korean company’s “pioneering” lead …

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