Apple faces setbacks in AI race as around a dozen key AI talents, including Ruoming Pang, head of Apple's Foundational Models team, depart for rivals like Meta and OpenAI, hindering efforts to integrate large language models and update Siri, which lags behind competitors.
In a groundbreaking move, Samsung secures a deal to manufacture advanced three-layer stacked camera sensors for Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 at its Texas facility, challenging Sony's long-standing dominance as the sole supplier and allowing Apple to circumvent tariffs on foreign-made chips.
In a groundbreaking move, AI facilitates multilingual dialogues as Lex Fridman and Mark Zuckerberg converse in Hindi, Amazon expands into wearable AI by acquiring 'Bee,' and Meta acquires voice AI firm PlayAI, revolutionizing communication and interaction.
In a nostalgic move, Elon Musk revives the Vine video archive, allowing users to relive and share viral moments from the once-popular short-form video platform, although the ability to create new Vines remains unavailable.
Apple celebrates 3 billion iPhones shipped since 2007, announces ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air with 6.6-inch screen and single camera lens for $900 amid double-digit iPhone growth.
Fundamental Research Labs secures $33 million to develop AI agents like Fairies, a consumer assistant, Shortcut for financial analysis, and digital humans, focusing initially on productivity apps across various industries.
Vogue's recent ad featuring an AI-generated model sparks debate over the future of human models as brands increasingly use AI models for cost and scalability benefits, raising concerns about job losses and cultural appropriation in the fashion industry.
Apple launches an 'Answers, Knowledge, and Information' team to develop a ChatGPT-like system that crawls the web and provides direct answers, aiming to enhance its AI capabilities with potential integration into Siri and other products.
Apple surges on a 13% increase in iPhone sales, reporting 10% revenue growth, its biggest since December 2021; CEO Tim Cook vows to 'significantly grow' AI investments, open to acquisitions accelerating its AI roadmap, while seeing a 4% sales boost in China aided by device subsidies.
Meta's Reality Labs division posts a $4.53 billion operating loss in Q2 despite $370 million in sales, while EssilorLuxottica reports Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses sales more than tripled year-over-year in the first half of 2025.