You might want to hold off on updating to macOS 15 Sequoia. What, exactly, is Europe trying to get Apple to do? The AI energy crunch means they’re turning Three Mile Island back on. Could AI usage mean we use up all our 5G capacity? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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• Apple’s new macOS Sequoia update is breaking some cybersecurity tools (TechCrunch)
• EU to tell Apple how to do interoperability, DMA style (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft AI Needs So Much Power It's Restarting Site of US Nuclear Meltdown (Bloomberg)
• AI is stressing networks out - Nvidia thinks AI can help (Fierce Network)
• Huawei 'super fans' fuming as left empty handed by $2,800 phone launch (Reuters)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• American Vulcan - Palmer Luckey (TabletMag)
• The Death of the Minivan (The Atlantic)

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Looks like they finally got around to suing that Palworld game. Google volunteered to break up some of its businesses but the EU said no. AI is coming to YouTube in a big way. A new social media platform that is ENTIRELY AI. And Amazon wants to get into the Shark Tank business.

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• Nintendo and Pokémon are suing Palworld maker Pocketpair (The Verge)
• Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers (Reuters)
• YouTube will use AI to generate ideas, titles, and even full videos (The Verge)
• Apple Gets EU Warning to Open Up iPhone Operating System (Bloomberg)
• Musk's satellites 'blocking' view of the universe (BBC)
• SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your posts (TechCrunch)
• Amazon’s New ‘Shark Tank’-Style Show Gives Winners Top Billing in Its Store (WSJ)

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Messages between Android and iOS are about to be encrypted. A new XR headset from HTC and new Spectacles from Snap. A big movie studio has signed up to use AI. Neuralink has implants for blindness. And why I’m kinda NOT gonna do a review roundup of the new iPhones.

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• RCS texts on the iPhone aren’t encrypted now, but that could change (The Verge)
• Here’s how green bubbles are getting upgraded in iOS (The Verge)
• HTC Vive's Focus Vision is a $999 stab at high-end VR and mixed reality (Engadget)
• Snap’s new Spectacles inch closer to compelling AR (The Verge)
• Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes (NYTimes)
• Lionsgate, Studio Behind ‘John Wick,’ Signs Deal With AI Startup Runway (WSJ)
• Musk's Neuralink gets FDA's breakthrough device tag for 'Blindsight' implant (Reuters)
• Apple iPhone 16 Pro review: small camera update, big difference (The Verge)

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