Damian Pickett · No. 7
Thursday 10 September 2026
John Ternus gave his first keynote as Apple CEO, opening with a nod from Tim Cook and echoes of Steve Jobs before unveiling the iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable, alongside new AI-equipped Apple Watches.
Disney says the next Avengers film has taken $50 million in advance ticket sales a full three months ahead of its cinema release, an early sign of demand for Marvel’s next big crossover.
New England lost their season opener 13-10 in a rematch of last season’s Super Bowl, with quarterback Drake Maye throwing three interceptions against Seattle.
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OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, a model built for business use with stronger reasoning, computer use and writing and design judgement.
An unreleased OpenAI model produced a resolution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize problems.
Filmmakers worked with Google DeepMind to use AI to recreate a couple’s unrecorded past for the short film Love, Rendered, turning memory into moving images that never existed.
OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.5, the latest version of its image generation model, which the company says has now produced more than 3 billion images across ChatGPT and the API.
Google will build a €13bn data centre in Finland, its largest single investment in Europe, which it says will create tens of thousands of jobs.
The rock band Muse lost control of its social media handles after Meta executives appear to have accidentally tagged the band instead of the company’s new Muse AI agent.
Motorola teased a new, wider foldable Razr timed to Apple’s iPhone Duo launch, setting up more competition in the foldable phone market alongside Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8.
The UK’s medicines regulator says new laws are needed as AI becomes routinely used within the NHS, according to its chief executive Lawrence Tallon.
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, with an updated pro camera system and improved battery life and performance.
After the event, MacRumors got hands-on time with the iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable, and found the fold crease much less noticeable than on rival devices.
Apple Watch Series 12 arrives with a new Health Sensing System that Apple says delivers the most accurate heart rate sensing yet in a wearable.
Apple launched AirPods 5, its first open-ear earbuds with active noise cancellation, alongside improved sound quality, starting at $129.
Imax has passed $600 million in global box office receipts this quarter, with CEO Rich Gelfond noting there are still weeks left to run in the studio’s third quarter.
AFI Fest has selected Laika’s stop-motion animated feature Wildwood as its opening-night film for the festival’s 40th edition, launching in October.
Moshe Rosenthal’s Tell Me Everything won Best Picture at Israel’s Ophir Awards and will be the country’s official submission for the 2027 Best International Feature Oscar.
Los Angeles genre festival Beyond Fest will open with Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime and close with Bassam Tariq’s Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother in its full 2026 lineup.
Patriots receiver A.J. Brown left Wednesday night’s season opener in a walking boot after appearing to injure his ankle against Seattle.
Ahead of his third season, Drake Maye described what he has taken from Tom Brady and the health routine he has built as he enters the year as New England’s starting quarterback.
Robin Raikkonen, the 11-year-old son of 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen, has signed for Red Bull’s driver development programme.
Charles Leclerc avoided engine damage in his high-speed Monza crash, so will not carry a grid penalty into this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
Roman Anthony ended his slump with a home run, but Boston still lost to the Angels as the Red Sox dropped the series.
Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Tomlin has spent the past 12 years building a city in Minecraft, a hobby he took up the same way many parents do: to spend time with his kids.