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Apple announced its first foldable phone, the Duo, with a hinge manufactured using AI algorithms that match each hinge to its best-fit housing for alignment, combined with confocal laser scanning and 3D printing of up to 25 micro-layers of custom photopolymer to eliminate surface waviness. Johny Srouji, Apple's chief hardware officer, described the process at the company's Surprise and Shine event, alongside a nano-texture finish and multi-layer lamination for durability.

Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 12 (from RM1,799) with a new S11 chip and more frequent pulse recording, and AirPods 5 (from RM599, premium RM699) with improved sound and noise cancellation. Both launch September 18 alongside the new iPhones.

Apple announced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, with a 5.4-inch outer display and 7.6-inch inner folding display, both using the same aspect ratio for proportional content scaling. Malaysia is in the first wave of 70+ countries, with pre-orders opening 16 October at 8pm and availability on 23 October, priced from RM9,499 (256GB) up to RM15,499 (2TB). Notably, Apple dropped Face ID for side-button Touch ID, added an under-display FaceTime camera, and will support USB-C Apple Pencil on both displays later this year.

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Apple launched Siri Recap for Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, an always-on ambient listening feature that generates conversation titles, summaries, and key points reviewable in the Siri app. Apple says raw audio is never stored, speakers aren't identified, and Live Rewind recaps are end-to-end encrypted, but the feature will likely face privacy scrutiny since summaries may still capture sensitive information. It competes with existing notetakers like Granola and Circleback, which already have Apple Watch apps.

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Apple has opened preorders for the Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, both featuring a new Health Sensing System that Apple claims delivers the most accurate heart-rate sensing available in a wearable. The article body was not accessible—only cookie consent boilerplate was captured.

Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and iPhone Duo for Malaysia with prices starting at RM5,499, featuring the A20 Pro chip with an improved Neural Engine for on-device AI, faster charging (50% in 15 minutes), and expanded Siri capabilities including camera integration and Expressive Voices.

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Legal AI startup Harvey raised $550M at a $15.5B valuation, up from $11B in March and $8B in December, bringing total funding to $1.55B. The company recently released Harvey Tenet, its first in-house model built from open-weight Kimi K3 and post-trained with legal data via Fireworks, and is pushing customers to adopt and post-train their own open-weight models rather than depend on proprietary frontier labs.

The U.S. DoJ seized Telegram channels and froze $52.8 million in USDT tied to Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-based illicit marketplace that has processed ~$30 billion in transactions since 2022, making it the second-largest such marketplace. The action also deployed a Scam Center Strike Force to Madagascar to disrupt 13 scam compounds run by Chinese organized crime syndicates, bringing total restrained funds to ~$938 million.

Apple announced a redesigned Health app leveraging Apple Intelligence to compute a 'Health Age' and readiness score from metrics like VO2 max, sleep, and blood biomarkers. A partnership with Quest offers a 50-biomarker lab panel for $119, and new tabs for Insights and longevity provide personalized guidance, assessments, and movement coaching. The app rolls out later this year in U.S. English.

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Apple announced the Watch Series 12 and Watch Ultra 4 with minimal hardware changes but new 'Audio Intelligence' software features: Live Rewind (double-press Digital Crown to get a text snippet of the last 15 seconds of conversation), Siri Recap (ambient listening generates titles and key points from conversations in a new Siri app), and Sound Recognition for accessibility. Apple says no audio recordings are created or stored.

Apple announced Apple Reference Image at its Surprise and Shine event for the iPhone 18 Pro, which captures signed sensor data at photo capture time and uses Apple's Private Cloud Compute to create an 'unalterable image' viewable in the Photos app. Apple is releasing APIs so developers can integrate the feature into third-party apps and will also support the SynthID standard for detecting AI-created or AI-altered images.

Apple unveiled AirPods 5 with 50% better active noise cancellation than the previous generation, stem-based volume control, and hands-free Siri powered by the H2 chip. An updated Siri rolling out in beta with iOS 27 will use personal context from messages, emails, and photos to provide more relevant responses and complete tasks.

Apple announced AirPods 5 with 50% stronger active noise cancellation than the previous generation, stem-based volume control, and hands-free Siri powered by the H2 chip. An updated Siri with personal-context awareness (pulling from messages, emails, photos) will roll out in beta with iOS 27. AirPods 5 start at $129 ($149 with wireless charging case), shipping September 18.

Apple announced its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, with a 7.6-inch unfolded display and 5.4-inch outer display, running iOS 27 which adds split-screen, app pairing, and a vertically-oriented dock. The device drops Face ID for Touch ID only (with Apple Watch unlock as an alternative), and Counterpoint projects it could capture up to 25% market share by year-end despite foldables currently being under 2% of smartphone shipments.

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Anthropic safety researcher Evan Hubinger stated there is a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade. Another Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, announced his resignation, accusing Anthropic and OpenAI of racing toward self-improving superintelligence without adequate safeguards.

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Apple's iPhone 18 Pro reportedly adds variable camera aperture and a more powerful chip. The article body was not accessible—only cookie consent boilerplate was returned, so no further technical details, pricing, or release dates are available from the source.

At Apple's Surprise and Shine event, new CEO John Ternus positioned the iPhone as the ultimate 'intelligent personal hub' for AI, arguing its on-device processor, sensors, display, and ecosystem integration make dedicated AI hardware unnecessary. He sharply differentiated Apple Intelligence from rivals by emphasizing on-device processing and data privacy, stating 'trust only goes so far when your data is no longer yours to control.'

Silver Lake is merging two French portfolio companies—Cegid (business management software) and Silae (payroll/HR)—into a combined entity valued at over €10 billion ($11.6B), creating a 1,400-person developer team to invest in AI. The deal is framed against a choppy 2026 for software stocks, with fears of an AI-driven 'SaaSpocalypse' though May 2026 marked the sector's best month since 2001.