🤐 No scrolling until 15

France's parliament has approved a ban on social media for children under 15, making the country the first in the EU to introduce such a restriction.

The new law also bans smartphones in French high schools.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/france-social-media-ban-under-15-children

🍏 Macs are getting busy

Apple is reportedly planning its biggest Mac refresh in years, with around 11 new models on the way.

Here's everything insiders say is coming:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-mac-lineup-refresh-11-new-models

⛔️ Enough is enough

Google's AI Overviews are pushing some of the world's biggest publishers to consider blocking → Googlebot.

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📱 Lease your next iPhone

Soon, you'll be able to get an iPhone much like you would a car.

Apple is preparing to launch Apple Upgrade, a subscription program covering most iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch models. The rollout is expected to begin on July 28.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-device-subscription-car-lease

😄 Smile for account recovery

Google now lets users recover → their accounts with a video selfie. A quick recording with a few head movements can be used if you lose access to your phone or passkeys.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

📌 Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5, delivering near-Fable performance at half the price.

📌 Reuters says OpenAI spent a week unaware that its own AI agent was behind the Hugging Face hack.

📌 Apple's next iPad mini could become the company's first water-resistant iPad.

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🍏 The camera dilemma

Apple is reportedly weighing a version of its first smart glasses without cameras, alongside another that wouldn't allow users to capture photos or videos.

Here's what Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-smart-glasses-no-video-recording-privacy

🧠 Complete nonsense

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called → two of AI's biggest fears — human extinction and mass job losses — "complete nonsense."

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