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Analyst Mark Gurman says Apple's newly unveiled iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, could spawn variants like a Duo Max, Duo mini, or Duo SE in coming years. He argues Apple deliberately picked a short name to leave room for such suffixes, mirroring its Air and Pro naming conventions.
X and SpaceXAI filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss with prejudice their antitrust claims against Apple, while continuing to pursue claims against OpenAI in the same lawsuit. The case originally alleged that Apple's deal to integrate ChatGPT into Siri unfairly favored OpenAI over rival AI apps on the App Store. The dismissal still requires approval from Judge Mark Pittman, and Apple has not opposed the motion.
A leaker known as pdfu shared iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate framework code showing Siri AI can hand off tasks to Anthropic's Claude or OpenAI's GPT-5.6 models, with Siri acting as an intermediary for system-level access. One demo even shows GPT-5.6 fully replacing Siri as the on-device agent, searching emails and sending iMessages while logging activity in OpenAI's interface.
Apple released detailed security changelogs for macOS 27 Golden Gate, macOS Tahoe 26.7, and macOS Sequoia 15.8, collectively addressing more than 200 vulnerabilities. The flaws include bugs that could let attackers execute code with kernel or root privileges, escape the sandbox, bypass Gatekeeper, or trigger remote code execution via Bluetooth, CUPS, and WebDAV.
OpenAI has reportedly acquired Glass Imaging, a Los Altos-based smartphone camera company, for more than $300 million according to the Wall Street Journal. Founded in 2019 by former Apple engineers Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop, who helped build Portrait Mode, the startup had raised roughly $30 million before the deal and uses neural networks trained on specific camera hardware to improve image quality directly at capture rather than through post-processing edits.
Apple has submitted its opening merits brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, formally contesting a lower court's decision that held it in contempt over its compliance with an antitrust injunction from the Epic Games case. The injunction required Apple to let developers link to outside payment options, but Apple's move to charge commissions on those external purchases prompted Epic to challenge its compliance, leading a court to find Apple in contempt.
Elon Musk's xAI has withdrawn the antitrust allegations it previously filed against Apple, which had accused the iPhone maker of favoring OpenAI's products within its ecosystem. The company is continuing to pursue its separate antitrust lawsuit against OpenAI.
Ahead of Friday's iPhone 18 Pro delivery day, 9to5Mac editors shared personal accessory picks including Apple's 40W Dynamic Power Adapter, the TechWoven case, Apple's FineWoven Wallet with MagSafe, a MagSafe car mount, and Anker's Prime 25W foldable 3-in-1 MagSafe charger currently discounted on Amazon. The recommendations span fast charging, wireless charging setups, cases, and wallets designed specifically for the new iPhone 18 Pro lineup.
Apple has released iOS 27 with an overhauled AI-powered Siri as one of its headline features, but access isn't immediate. Users must meet certain requirements, including a compatible iPhone and English language settings, then join a waitlist through the Siri menu in Settings before the feature activates.
Elon Musk has filed to voluntarily dismiss all claims against Apple in his lawsuit alleging the Apple-OpenAI ChatGPT integration created an illegal monopoly, agreeing never to sue Apple over these claims again. He is still pursuing OpenAI, arguing it used its non-exclusive iPhone deal to dominate the chatbot market, a claim OpenAI calls baseless harassment.
Fitness app SmartGym has released version 8, adding a feature called SmartGym Intelligence that lets users build workout routines by typing natural-language requests, such as specifying exercise types or restrictions. Because SmartGym isn't yet eligible for Apple's Private Cloud Compute, developer Matt Abras built a similar anonymized cloud infrastructure that routes requests to frontier AI models without logging or linking them to user identities. The update also deepens Siri integration and adds features tied to iOS 27, iPadOS, and watchOS 27.
Apple released iOS 27 on Monday, giving users an opt-in beta of its overhauled Siri AI assistant just before the new iPhone 18 lineup arrives in stores. Access requires enabling the feature in settings, and some users may be placed on a waitlist before it activates. CEO John Ternus, in his first product event since replacing Tim Cook, touted the iPhone as central to Apple's AI ecosystem.