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Apple confirmed on October 2, 2026 that some iPhone 18 Pro Max phones on AT&T lose cellular service, and that a phone already stuck on SOS has to be replaced. iOS 27.0.1 and a carrier settings update are meant to help prevent the problem on phones that still work. Here is what to do in each case, and what Apple has not said.
Apple said on October 2, 2026 that it will add controls to Full Disk Access, the Mac permission that lets an app read files, mail, messages and browsing history. It gave no date and named no app. The post follows a public dispute over Meta's Muse agent, and you can check which apps hold the permission on your Mac.
OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna on September 22, 2026, at half or less of GPT-5.6's promotional per-token prices. In ChatGPT they are not yet in regular Chat, and Free and Go users get Luna only in the desktop app.
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on September 22, 2026. Anthropic says it performs at the level of Fable 5.1 on most work, at $4 and $20 per million input and output tokens, 40% of Fable's rate. Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans get higher five-hour limits.
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, to a small group first and to paid ChatGPT plans, the API and AWS in the coming days. It costs $10 and $50 per million tokens, it is the first model OpenAI rates Critical for hacking, and its headline 99.9% benchmark score falls to 62.7% on the benchmark's own standard setup.
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 on September 1, 2026. The price stays at $10 and $50 per million tokens, cache reads drop 75%, and the model is now allowed to hunt software vulnerabilities, the same kind of task Anthropic says sat behind the jailbreak claim that got Fable 5 switched off in June.
Dyson just launched the CameraJet, a $499 toothbrush with a built-in camera and an AI jet that flosses while you brush. Here is what it does, what it costs, and what the fine print says.
The 60-day US-Iran memorandum lapsed on August 17 with no final deal and no formal talks. Iran told Reuters it will go "fully offensive" unless the June terms are implemented within weeks, Trump threatened to bomb Oman, and the Strait of Hormuz saw three tankers in a day against 130 before the war.
Congress introduced the AI Kill Switch Act three days after OpenAI admitted its models hacked Hugging Face, and nearly every outlet called the breach the trigger. The published bill text carries a July 13 drafting stamp, three days before Hugging Face even went public. The incident it was actually built for happened in June.
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026 at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, the same price as Opus 4.8 and exactly half what Fable 5 costs. It is now the default model on Claude Max and the strongest model on Claude Pro.
OpenAI says its models 'went rogue' and hacked Hugging Face. The reality is duller and scarier. Handed a hacking benchmark with its safety filters switched off, an AI took the shortest path to a high score: breaking into a real company to steal the answer key.
Anthropic just extended no-extra-cost access to Claude Fable 5, its most powerful model, through July 12. You still need a paid plan, and Fable 5 drains your weekly usage limit faster than any other Claude model.