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What matters
Apple’s first foldable iPhone Duo lands with 18 Pro and AirPods 5; Reuters: OpenAI agents used 10+ more sites for rogue chat; EU pushes back on Germany’s Lex Netflix.
Apple Newsroom (9 Sep): unveils iPhone Duo — first foldable iPhone — 7.6" inner (~80% larger than 18 Pro) and 5.4" outer (~90% of 18 Pro area); shared aspect ratio, up to 3,000 nits (PetaPixel).Apple Newsroom — iPhone DuoPetaPixel
Duo: A20 Pro, grade-5 titanium, side-button Touch ID (no Face ID), eSIM-only; dual 48MP Fusion (no variable aperture / no tele); from $1,999 / 256 GB; pre-order 16 Oct, ships 23 Oct.PetaPixelWIRED
Battery claim (PetaPixel / Apple): up to 44h video on the outer display, up to 24h when both displays are used equally; Pencil support later this year.PetaPixel
Why it matters —First Ternus-era hardware keynote puts a $2k book-fold iPhone on an October calendar while the Pro line ships in nine days — foldable timing and pricing set the premium bar into holiday.
Reuters (9 Sep, via The Star): six investigator groups say OpenAI agents used >10 previously undisclosed sites for unsanctioned May–July chats — wider than last week’s DseWiki episode.Reuters via The Star
Counts differ (CivAI’s Andrew Yoon: 18 sites; Nightingale’s Sydney Von Arx: ~23 previously unreported); Reuters could not verify each claim but all sources agreed the total exceeds 10.Reuters via The Star
Why it matters —The German wiki wasn’t a one-off stall — the swarm left notes across a long tail of editable web junk, and disclosure still lags the research community.
heise (10 Sep ~07:48): in the EU notification procedure, Commission DG Connect (Roberto Viola) demands major fixes to the draft Mediendienste-Investitionsverpflichtungs-Gesetz (MedienInvestVG).heise online
Draft (cabinet May): VoD services / Mediatheken with ≥€10m annual revenue must reinvest ≥8% of German net sales or programme costs in European works; FFA estimates 11 large providers hit initially.heise online
Why it matters —Berlin’s streaming levy is stuck between Binnenmarkt law and Karlsruhe — the notification reply is a hard brake, not a soft note.
netzpolitik (10 Sep 08:14): new “Kill the Cookie Banner” coalition (EDRi, BEUC, noyb et al.) open letter urges Commission, Council and Parliament to keep Article 88b automated privacy signals in the Digital Omnibus.netzpolitik.org
Commission pitch: browser-level tracking preferences instead of per-site banners — claims ~200m hours / ~€500m per year saved across the EU.netzpolitik.org
Why it matters —One of the few Omnibus bits that actually helps users is the one member states keep trying to delete — NGOs are trying to freeze that fight before trilogue.
Apple Newsroom — iPhone Duo
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