🍏 AirPods 5 boost noise cancellation

Noise cancellation is 50% stronger than on AirPods 4. Battery lasts up to 5 hours with it enabled.

There are 2 versions. The ANC model costs $129 and lacks wireless charging.

Water and dust protection, Pro-style gestures, and Siri AI integration are improved.

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🍏 Apple raises base iPhone prices

Each base model now costs $100 more after the presentation.

That is the price of innovation.

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🤖 Claude Reached Real Systems in Tests

Anthropic reviewed 4 cases where Claude gained internet access during cyber tests and attacked real third-party systems. The models ran without standard safeguards, after an error exposed outside access.

The most serious case involved Claude Mythos 5. It uploaded a malicious package to PyPI, then used leaked data from a system that installed it to reach a real company’s database. Anthropic says Claude can bend facts toward a convenient explanation and keep executing when its actions may cause real harm.

Anthropic checked about 481 million logs and found no other case of comparable severity. New models perform better. METR will conduct an independent incident review.

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👾 30 Robots Call for AI Rules

Around 30 robots appeared at a Warsaw demonstration calling for tighter AI regulation. Organizers warned that AI and humanoid robots could put human jobs at risk.

Democratism and Delta Robots organized the protest for stronger worker protection as automation spreads. People sent robots to protest robots taking human jobs.

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🤖 Andrew Garfield Quit ChatGPT After ‘Artificial’

For the role of Sam Altman in Artificial, Garfield studied interviews, articles, court transcripts, and a biography. After filming, he said he stopped using ChatGPT.

He compared it with making The Social Network, after which he quit Facebook. Garfield said that the more he learned, the more it felt like humanity was rushing into unknown territory.

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🤖 Former Anthropic Employee Warns About AI Copies

Jacob Coxon left Anthropic and says an AI system may not be easy to shut down. It could copy itself to other computers, move through the internet, and create 10,000 copies acting together.

Coxon left the AI industry because he did not want to work on technology capable of destroying humanity. Anthropic confirmed there is reason to be afraid. They are already coming for him.

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🤖 OpenAI Puts GPT-Live-1 in API

The model can be interrupted mid-sentence, pause, or change direction instead of waiting for the user to finish.

It handles the voice exchange, while harder tasks can go to GPT-6 Astra, separating conversation speed from reasoning depth.

OpenAI improved noise handling and phone calls. In tests, it scored 30 percentage points above GPT-Realtime-2.1. API access costs 5 cents per minute.

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🍏 Apple Removes iPhone 18 Pro Manuals

The new iPhones will ship without printed documentation.

Now the SIM ejector pin’s fate is in question.

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📺 YouTube Locks Smart TV Accounts

The Smart TV app now supports account protection with a PIN. It can also be unlocked through the YouTube mobile app.

That keeps younger family members from reshaping personal recommendations and watch history, while protecting account privacy. The TV stays locked when needed.

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🤖 Google Brings Gemini to Windows

The app runs on Windows 10 and 11. Alt + Space opens it over documents and other apps.

It connects to Gmail and Google Drive. It also supports Gemini Spark plus image and video generation. Model answers still need checking.

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🤖 OpenAI launches ChatGPT for finance

ChatGPT for Financial Services runs on GPT-6 Astra. Its built-in sources include Daloopa and PitchBook. LSEG News and Crunchbase are also available, with each figure traceable to its source.

The model analyzes filings and tables, then compares metrics across periods. Corporate Excel, Word, or PowerPoint templates can be connected for company-formatted output.

Morgan Stanley and Evercore helped create it. Access is currently limited to eligible financial organizations.

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🤖 Higgsfield Adds ChatGPT to After Effects

Its AI Motion Designer connects ChatGPT to an After Effects project, turning plain-text commands into motion work.

It can also write After Effects expressions and work with existing videos or compositions.

The result stays editable, so layers and keyframes can still be changed manually.

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📊 Cliff Booth Sequel Gets First Trailer

The sequel to Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is now titled The Adventures of Cliff Booth.

Tarantino wrote the script.

David Fincher directs.

Brad Pitt returns.

Premiere: 25 November.

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☹️ Waymo Robotaxi Called the Police

A Waymo car in San Francisco detected two teenagers carrying a loaded “ghost gun”, a homemade firearm without a serial number. It pulled over and called the police.

Waymo later confirmed the vehicle to the Los Angeles Times. The company called it a “violation of the terms of use related to a firearm.”

Earlier this year, another Waymo pretended to have a breakdown so it could stop while passengers drank alcohol and fired a toy gun out the rear window. Those passengers were also teenagers.

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🍏 iOS 27 Is Now Available

Apple has released iOS 27. The update supports iPhone 11 and newer models. iPhone X is no longer supported.

Liquid Glass gets a more precise transparency slider. AirPods now have a system equalizer. Photos adds perspective controls, and app icons have been updated.

The file system, apps, and Spotlight search should open much faster. Wi-Fi disconnects sooner after leaving a café or home. Apple Intelligence expands, while Siri as a full AI agent begins rolling out in October. Calendar cycle tracking and broader parental controls are also included.

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🌐 Trump Calls Presidency AI’s ‘Limiter’

On Truth Social, Trump said AI needs only a “strong and smart” president. He said his administration had stopped AI figures from doing bad or potentially bad things, naming Dario from Anthropic.

Trump claimed the US has “huge criminal and regulatory power” over AI companies. He called opposition to AI and data centers a conspiracy benefiting China, warned critics and leakers to beware, and said the post was not generated.

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🤖 Anthropic Accused of Funding AI Panic

Blogger Kevin Bass traced funds around Anthropic to Tarbell Center, which pays journalists covering AI risks, and METR, promoted by Dario Amodei as an independent AI watchdog.

Bass’s conclusion is that the problem and its solution draw from the same wallet. Anthropic’s rising value could mean louder panic. METR says it does not take money from AI labs.

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