๐ฑ iPhone Ultra: September is holding, with caveats
Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Ultra, gets its official debut at next week's September event โ alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup.
Recent supply chain sources agree: no delay, September ship date stands. The catch is availability โ extremely limited by territory and volume. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo draws a parallel with the iPhone X in 2017: announced in September, widely sold later in the fall. An earlier Nikkei Asia report pointing to a 2027 slip was refuted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
The underlying logic is straightforward: a soft launch limits production risk on a brand-new form factor and gives Apple a demand read before scaling.
The question isn't whether Ultra ships in September โ it's how narrow Apple intends to keep that opening, per 9to5Mac.
Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Ultra, gets its official debut at next week's September event โ alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup.
Recent supply chain sources agree: no delay, September ship date stands. The catch is availability โ extremely limited by territory and volume. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo draws a parallel with the iPhone X in 2017: announced in September, widely sold later in the fall. An earlier Nikkei Asia report pointing to a 2027 slip was refuted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
The underlying logic is straightforward: a soft launch limits production risk on a brand-new form factor and gives Apple a demand read before scaling.
The question isn't whether Ultra ships in September โ it's how narrow Apple intends to keep that opening, per 9to5Mac.
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๐ธ History's first
Kalshi โ a prediction market where users trade contracts on real-world outcomes โ just issued its first-ever lifetime ban. Recipient: George Santos, ex-congressman, convicted fraudster, current self-described "entertainer."
The play: bad weather cancels his trip, Santos buys contracts betting he'll *miss* the State of the Union, then announces on social media he's coming anyway and sells for $17,500 profit. Kalshi caught it, flagged regulators. The CFTC fined him $35,000 and issued a three-year ban.
Kalshi went further: a lifetime block plus
Santos fired back from X, suggesting Kalshi "won't be around much longer." This from a man who received an 87-month prison sentence before Trump commuted it. The prizes really do match the games.
Engadget
Kalshi โ a prediction market where users trade contracts on real-world outcomes โ just issued its first-ever lifetime ban. Recipient: George Santos, ex-congressman, convicted fraudster, current self-described "entertainer."
The play: bad weather cancels his trip, Santos buys contracts betting he'll *miss* the State of the Union, then announces on social media he's coming anyway and sells for $17,500 profit. Kalshi caught it, flagged regulators. The CFTC fined him $35,000 and issued a three-year ban.
Kalshi went further: a lifetime block plus
$71,356 for refusing to cooperate โ the platform's first ever, per WSJ.Santos fired back from X, suggesting Kalshi "won't be around much longer." This from a man who received an 87-month prison sentence before Trump commuted it. The prizes really do match the games.
Engadget
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๐ฎ Rockstar opens the taps
After 13 years of waiting and several delays, GTA 6 has a release date that finally looks real: November 19, 2026, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
A week after the 27-minute gameplay premiere, Rockstar dropped 99 more screenshots. Three are brand new โ Jason and Lucia in a car, a shot-for-shot recreation of Miami's Two Tequesta Point condos in Vice City, and the pair looking down at someone who is, let's say, no longer a going concern.
A pre-order tab appeared in GTA Online, and Rockstar is reportedly in talks with Florida officials about a marketing rollout. The machine is moving.
Thirteen years is a long time to wait โ but Vice City was always fashionably late.
IGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRLujxTm3c
After 13 years of waiting and several delays, GTA 6 has a release date that finally looks real: November 19, 2026, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
A week after the 27-minute gameplay premiere, Rockstar dropped 99 more screenshots. Three are brand new โ Jason and Lucia in a car, a shot-for-shot recreation of Miami's Two Tequesta Point condos in Vice City, and the pair looking down at someone who is, let's say, no longer a going concern.
A pre-order tab appeared in GTA Online, and Rockstar is reportedly in talks with Florida officials about a marketing rollout. The machine is moving.
Thirteen years is a long time to wait โ but Vice City was always fashionably late.
IGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRLujxTm3c
YouTube
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2
Vice City, USA.
Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across theโฆ
Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across theโฆ
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๐ Apple has a new CEO
John Ternus has officially taken over as Apple's chief executive, succeeding Tim Cook, who led the company for 15 years. Ternus previously served as Apple's senior VP of Hardware Engineering.
In his first memo to staff, Ternus said the company has "a huge launch next week that's going to be phenomenal," according to Bloomberg. The launch in question is Apple's annual iPhone event on September 9, expected to include the company's first foldable iPhone and a broader rollout of the redesigned Siri.
Cook, in a farewell note to employees, called Ternus "brilliant and wonderful and capable" and said few people understand what it takes to build world-changing products the way Ternus does.
Also in Apple's pipeline: camera-equipped AirPods, smart glasses, and a touchscreen laptop.
TechCrunch
John Ternus has officially taken over as Apple's chief executive, succeeding Tim Cook, who led the company for 15 years. Ternus previously served as Apple's senior VP of Hardware Engineering.
In his first memo to staff, Ternus said the company has "a huge launch next week that's going to be phenomenal," according to Bloomberg. The launch in question is Apple's annual iPhone event on September 9, expected to include the company's first foldable iPhone and a broader rollout of the redesigned Siri.
Cook, in a farewell note to employees, called Ternus "brilliant and wonderful and capable" and said few people understand what it takes to build world-changing products the way Ternus does.
Also in Apple's pipeline: camera-equipped AirPods, smart glasses, and a touchscreen laptop.
TechCrunch
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๐ฎ Okay, did not see this one coming
So apparently you'll soon be able to actually sleep inside a Pokรฉball in Japan. Not a themed room with Pokรฉball wallpaper โ a literal spherical pod shaped like one, with a big round bed taking up most of the floor. There's even a window, IGN confirms.
It's a collab between Pokรฉmon Sleep and luxury hospitality brand Not a Hotel. Details drop September 15th, same day the booking lottery opens โ and yes, it's a lottery, because of course it is. The pod is up in Hokkaido, so factor in the flights.
I don't know if that's worth the trip, but honestly, people are going.
So apparently you'll soon be able to actually sleep inside a Pokรฉball in Japan. Not a themed room with Pokรฉball wallpaper โ a literal spherical pod shaped like one, with a big round bed taking up most of the floor. There's even a window, IGN confirms.
It's a collab between Pokรฉmon Sleep and luxury hospitality brand Not a Hotel. Details drop September 15th, same day the booking lottery opens โ and yes, it's a lottery, because of course it is. The pod is up in Hokkaido, so factor in the flights.
I don't know if that's worth the trip, but honestly, people are going.
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Sep 02
๐ฑ iPhone Ultra lands in September, but good luck finding one
๐ธ George Santos becomes Kalshi's very first lifetime ban
๐ฎ GTA 6 locked for November 2026, 99 new screenshots dropped
๐ John Ternus is officially Apple's new CEO, Tim Cook out
๐ฎ Japan is selling literal Pokรฉball sleeping pods now
Someone you know definitely spent today in back-to-back meetings โ send them this so they're not completely lost tomorrow
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ฑ iPhone Ultra lands in September, but good luck finding one
๐ธ George Santos becomes Kalshi's very first lifetime ban
๐ฎ GTA 6 locked for November 2026, 99 new screenshots dropped
๐ John Ternus is officially Apple's new CEO, Tim Cook out
๐ฎ Japan is selling literal Pokรฉball sleeping pods now
Someone you know definitely spent today in back-to-back meetings โ send them this so they're not completely lost tomorrow
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ธ Britain's transfer record, broken twice in one summer
Enzo Fernandez is heading from Chelsea to Man City for ยฃ125m โ matching the joint-British record set when Liverpool signed Isak a year ago.
The Argentine joined Chelsea from Benfica in 2023 for a then-record ยฃ107m. The club now gets that back, plus ยฃ18m. This is already City's second record deal of the summer โ Elliot Anderson cost ยฃ116m โ and manager Maresca, who worked with Fernandez at Chelsea, clearly hasn't forgotten.
Medical is a formality, per BBC Sport. Fernandez missed Chelsea's last two games โ reportedly at his own request.
Chelsea bought a record, kept it two years, sold a record. Questionable strategy; immaculate results.
Enzo Fernandez is heading from Chelsea to Man City for ยฃ125m โ matching the joint-British record set when Liverpool signed Isak a year ago.
The Argentine joined Chelsea from Benfica in 2023 for a then-record ยฃ107m. The club now gets that back, plus ยฃ18m. This is already City's second record deal of the summer โ Elliot Anderson cost ยฃ116m โ and manager Maresca, who worked with Fernandez at Chelsea, clearly hasn't forgotten.
Medical is a formality, per BBC Sport. Fernandez missed Chelsea's last two games โ reportedly at his own request.
Chelsea bought a record, kept it two years, sold a record. Questionable strategy; immaculate results.
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๐ Dropbox breached via Lenovo SSO gap
Between August 4โ21, attackers accessed Dropbox accounts without passwords: they registered Lenovo IDs under victims' email addresses โ Lenovo skipped email verification, and Dropbox never asked users to confirm the new login link. According to 9to5Mac, no files were accessed; all affected sessions have since been invalidated and the flaw patched.
Between August 4โ21, attackers accessed Dropbox accounts without passwords: they registered Lenovo IDs under victims' email addresses โ Lenovo skipped email verification, and Dropbox never asked users to confirm the new login link. According to 9to5Mac, no files were accessed; all affected sessions have since been invalidated and the flaw patched.
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๐ฎ GTA 6 topped Netflix in 87 countries
Between Aug. 27โ30, the 27-minute *Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look* drew 31.1 million views on Netflix โ ranking No. 1 in 87 of 93 countries the platform tracks.
The video had a six-hour exclusive window on Netflix before Rockstar posted it to YouTube, where it has since crossed 17 million views. The numbers aren't directly comparable: Netflix counts total hours viewed divided by runtime, while YouTube logs every individual play.
The footage was captured entirely on PS5. The game releases for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on Nov. 19, per Variety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbzMqJGH4k
Between Aug. 27โ30, the 27-minute *Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look* drew 31.1 million views on Netflix โ ranking No. 1 in 87 of 93 countries the platform tracks.
The video had a six-hour exclusive window on Netflix before Rockstar posted it to YouTube, where it has since crossed 17 million views. The numbers aren't directly comparable: Netflix counts total hours viewed divided by runtime, while YouTube logs every individual play.
The footage was captured entirely on PS5. The game releases for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on Nov. 19, per Variety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbzMqJGH4k
YouTube
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
Captured entirely from in-game footage on PlayStation 5, this extended look at the next Grand Theft Auto showcases the biggest, most immersive evolution of the series yet.
Grand Theft Auto VI plays best on PlayStation 5. Coming November 19.
Grand Theft Auto VI plays best on PlayStation 5. Coming November 19.
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๐ธ One Blockchain, Off Switch Included
Cronos is Crypto.com's blockchain; Tectonic was its largest lending protocol, holding nearly half of all DeFi capital on the network. Someone took that as an invitation.
Classic 2022 playbook: pump
Cronos killed the entire chain to contain the damage. Only ~$6 million escaped to Ethereum; the rest sits frozen โ along with positions of users who never touched Tectonic. No restart timeline, no word on depositor recovery, per Decrypt.
The Crypto.com exchange is fine. It's just the blockchain underneath it that's on indefinite leave.
Cronos is Crypto.com's blockchain; Tectonic was its largest lending protocol, holding nearly half of all DeFi capital on the network. Someone took that as an invitation.
Classic 2022 playbook: pump
TONIC 100x in 20 minutes, borrow against the inflated price, exit with ~$75 million. It worked because Tectonic gave its own governance token a 20% collateral factor against just $1.34 million in liquidity โ essentially lending against a valuation it invented.Cronos killed the entire chain to contain the damage. Only ~$6 million escaped to Ethereum; the rest sits frozen โ along with positions of users who never touched Tectonic. No restart timeline, no word on depositor recovery, per Decrypt.
The Crypto.com exchange is fine. It's just the blockchain underneath it that's on indefinite leave.
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๐งฑ Wallace & Gromit finally get their LEGO moment
Britain's most beloved cheese enthusiast and his unflappable dog have landed in LEGO Ideas โ and it looks exactly right.
The set recreates the iconic motorbike and sidecar from *A Close Shave*: 1038 pieces, out October 1,
Hidden inside the motorcycle's hatch: crackers and a diamond, a quiet nod to *The Wrong Trousers*. Gromit gets wearable goggles. The 18+ rating makes the target audience clear โ this is a shelf piece, not a toy box one, per IGN.
Twenty years of plasticine patience. Gromit has clearly been practicing.
Britain's most beloved cheese enthusiast and his unflappable dog have landed in LEGO Ideas โ and it looks exactly right.
The set recreates the iconic motorbike and sidecar from *A Close Shave*: 1038 pieces, out October 1,
$99.99 on preorder. It began as a fan submission by Sรฉbastien Esnault, who won a LEGO Ideas challenge โ the company then refined the faces and made it official.Hidden inside the motorcycle's hatch: crackers and a diamond, a quiet nod to *The Wrong Trousers*. Gromit gets wearable goggles. The 18+ rating makes the target audience clear โ this is a shelf piece, not a toy box one, per IGN.
Twenty years of plasticine patience. Gromit has clearly been practicing.
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Sep 03
๐ธ Chelsea sells Fernandez to City for ยฃ125m
๐ Lenovo SSO loophole quietly unlocked Dropbox accounts
๐ฎ GTA 6 trailer beat Netflix charts in 87 countries
๐ธ Classic DeFi exploit drained Cronos's biggest lending protocol
๐งฑ Wallace and Gromit's iconic sidecar gets a LEGO set
Someone out there had back-to-back meetings all day โ this is exactly what they missed.
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ธ Chelsea sells Fernandez to City for ยฃ125m
๐ Lenovo SSO loophole quietly unlocked Dropbox accounts
๐ฎ GTA 6 trailer beat Netflix charts in 87 countries
๐ธ Classic DeFi exploit drained Cronos's biggest lending protocol
๐งฑ Wallace and Gromit's iconic sidecar gets a LEGO set
Someone out there had back-to-back meetings all day โ this is exactly what they missed.
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ค South Korea is nationalising AI access
Seoul has made AI a public utility: the "AI for All" programme gives every citizen free, unlimited generative AI โ the first move of its kind by any national government, per the Wall Street Journal.
Three consortia splitting up to 512 Nvidia B200 chips will deliver the service by year-end. Operators must route 80% of queries through domestic models; foreign ones get no subsidy.
The EU is building infrastructure. India is handing out GPUs. Korea just opened the shop. What the programme costs, the ministry hasn't said โ some invoices are easier to sign quietly.
Decrypt
Seoul has made AI a public utility: the "AI for All" programme gives every citizen free, unlimited generative AI โ the first move of its kind by any national government, per the Wall Street Journal.
Three consortia splitting up to 512 Nvidia B200 chips will deliver the service by year-end. Operators must route 80% of queries through domestic models; foreign ones get no subsidy.
The EU is building infrastructure. India is handing out GPUs. Korea just opened the shop. What the programme costs, the ministry hasn't said โ some invoices are easier to sign quietly.
Decrypt
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๐บ Sony is turning the PS5 into a free TV
Sony Pictures Television is launching a free, ad-supported streaming service on PS5: over 100 channels of live and on-demand content โ series, anime, sports, news โ no subscription, no hidden fees. Just a PlayStation Network account and the Media tab.
It's a direct move into the FAST space, where Pluto TV and Tubi already operate. Sony arrives with real assets: the Crunchyroll library, Sony Pictures' catalogue, and exclusive channels around titles like Naruto and Black Clover that rivals can't match.
The PS5 already sits in the living room with a verified account attached โ a legible, engaged audience for advertisers, generating ad revenue while the console sits between gaming sessions. U.S.-only for now; Canada and further regions to follow, per IGN.
Sony Pictures Television is launching a free, ad-supported streaming service on PS5: over 100 channels of live and on-demand content โ series, anime, sports, news โ no subscription, no hidden fees. Just a PlayStation Network account and the Media tab.
It's a direct move into the FAST space, where Pluto TV and Tubi already operate. Sony arrives with real assets: the Crunchyroll library, Sony Pictures' catalogue, and exclusive channels around titles like Naruto and Black Clover that rivals can't match.
The PS5 already sits in the living room with a verified account attached โ a legible, engaged audience for advertisers, generating ad revenue while the console sits between gaming sessions. U.S.-only for now; Canada and further regions to follow, per IGN.
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๐ฌ Hogwarts is back โ with John Lithgow as Dumbledore
HBO released the second teaser for Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone โ eight episodes, Christmas 2026 on HBO Max.
The trailer delivers: Sorting Hat, Snape (Paapa Essiedu) radiating trademark disdain, the bathroom troll, Quidditch โ and a quick flash of what looks like Voldemort's first appearance.
The adult cast is unconventional: Lithgow as Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as McGonagall, Nick Frost as Hagrid. Which is precisely what makes it interesting.
Season 2 is already heading into production this autumn with Kit Harington as Lockhart. HBO isn't just remaking the films โ it's quietly reassembling the cast of Westeros.
IGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dIoOzgYFlM
HBO released the second teaser for Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone โ eight episodes, Christmas 2026 on HBO Max.
The trailer delivers: Sorting Hat, Snape (Paapa Essiedu) radiating trademark disdain, the bathroom troll, Quidditch โ and a quick flash of what looks like Voldemort's first appearance.
The adult cast is unconventional: Lithgow as Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as McGonagall, Nick Frost as Hagrid. Which is precisely what makes it interesting.
Season 2 is already heading into production this autumn with Kit Harington as Lockhart. HBO isn't just remaking the films โ it's quietly reassembling the cast of Westeros.
IGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dIoOzgYFlM
YouTube
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๐ When "ID scan" became a product category
Nexus is not a data breach โ it's a storefront. Over 153 million driver's licenses listed for sale, each bundled with infrared and ultraviolet captures: exactly the formats needed to clone an ID that passes hologram checks.
The entry point, in at least one documented case, was a car rental counter โ scan at check-in, listed within hours. KrebsOnSecurity found journalist Brian Krebs, his mother, an FBI assistant director and several security researchers in the database. The inventory also includes government building-access cards (
The risk model has shifted: a stolen physical document used to give one person one copy โ here any buyer gets a full cloning package. Every business that scans an ID is a potential link in that chain.
Ars Technica
Nexus is not a data breach โ it's a storefront. Over 153 million driver's licenses listed for sale, each bundled with infrared and ultraviolet captures: exactly the formats needed to clone an ID that passes hologram checks.
The entry point, in at least one documented case, was a car rental counter โ scan at check-in, listed within hours. KrebsOnSecurity found journalist Brian Krebs, his mother, an FBI assistant director and several security researchers in the database. The inventory also includes government building-access cards (
CAC), medical cards and employment authorizations. The FBI is investigating; the service keeps growing.The risk model has shifted: a stolen physical document used to give one person one copy โ here any buyer gets a full cloning package. Every business that scans an ID is a potential link in that chain.
Ars Technica
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๐ฆ AfterQuery is now Y Combinator's fastest-ever unicorn
The company hit a $3.2 billion valuation โ up from $300 million just five months ago โ at 18 months old. Founders Spencer Mateega, 23, and Carlos Georgescu, 22, sell AI labs something the open web can't provide: step-by-step expert reasoning from doctors, lawyers, and engineers. Forbes reports the company is already profitable.
Decrypt
The company hit a $3.2 billion valuation โ up from $300 million just five months ago โ at 18 months old. Founders Spencer Mateega, 23, and Carlos Georgescu, 22, sell AI labs something the open web can't provide: step-by-step expert reasoning from doctors, lawyers, and engineers. Forbes reports the company is already profitable.
Decrypt
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Sep 04
๐ค South Korea just made AI a free public utility
๐บ Sony drops 100+ free TV channels inside your PS5
๐ฌ John Lithgow is Dumbledore and HBO looks serious
๐ 153 million driver's licenses sold like grocery items
๐ฆ Two 20-somethings built a unicorn in 18 months
Someone you know definitely had a meeting-heavy day โ pass this along
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ค South Korea just made AI a free public utility
๐บ Sony drops 100+ free TV channels inside your PS5
๐ฌ John Lithgow is Dumbledore and HBO looks serious
๐ 153 million driver's licenses sold like grocery items
๐ฆ Two 20-somethings built a unicorn in 18 months
Someone you know definitely had a meeting-heavy day โ pass this along
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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