The Trump administration is pushing back against Apple's efforts to source memory chips from Chinese suppliers as the company looks for ways to ease an AI-driven supply crunch. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said after touring Apple's Houston manufacturing facility that the administration does not support the move, according to The Wall Street Journal.



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Apple has reportedly trained a large language model for the China market with help from Alibaba, according to Reuters. The move marks a shift in Apple's strategy for Apple Intelligence in China, where the company has previously relied on domestic AI partners because Western models such as Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude are unavailable.



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Apple has asked a federal judge to approve a new commission structure for purchases made outside the App Store after users follow external links in iOS apps, proposing rates of up to 15 percent for standard apps and lower commissions for qualifying programs.

In a remand proffer submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the company outlined the commission structure after Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers declined to pause the fee-setting proceedings.


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Google has introduced Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new AI model for coding and agent workflows that arrives just three weeks after Gemini 3.6 Flash. Google says the update delivers stronger performance across software engineering, web development, and knowledge work while cutting introductory pricing in half compared with the original 3.6 Flash cost per million tokens.



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Apple has added the iPhone X and 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro to its worldwide obsolete products list, according to an August 13 update to its vintage and obsolete products support page.



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