Depois de semanas de teasers, a Xiaomi mostrou finalmente os seus primeiros veículos elétricos de autonomia estendida (EREV), construídos sobre uma nova plataforma, pensada de raiz para maximizar o espaço interior. Os preços de pré-venda arrancam nos 259.900 yuans (cerca de 33 mil euros), bem abaixo da concorrência.
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Apple (transcript, Hacker News):
The Company posted quarterly revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16 percent year over year.
[…]
“Today, Apple is proud to report our strongest June quarter ever, with double-digit revenue growth across iPhone, Mac and Services, and in every geographic segment,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.
iPhone revenue was up 22%, Mac revenue was up 10.4%, Services revenue was up 12%, and Wearables revenue was up 6%. iPad revenue was down 6%.
Together, iPhone and Services accounted for 77.7% of Apple’s $109.4B in net sales.
Gross margin for the quarter was 50.1 percent, compared to 46.5 percent in the year-ago quarter.
You can’t argue with the strong iPhone and Mac sales figures, and Apple specifically called out the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Neo, which Cook said “has been especially popular” and suggested that the company is still struggling to make them fast enough.
It’s admirable (and sensible) that Cook isn’t pointing fingers at anyone but customers who want Apple products, but the key phrase in his statement is “the supply chain just has less flexibility in it than normal.” This is an acknowledgement that while in the past, Apple might have been able to boost chip production from its partners, today the chip industry is maxed out thanks to the wild building of chips for AI applications.
[…]
As an aside, Cook also alluded to reports that Apple has tried to get the U.S. government to authorize purchase of RAM from some forbidden Chinese chipmakers, which has aroused political ire.
See also: MacRumors.
Previously:
On July 31, 2012, News Corp's "The Daily," the world's first iPad-only newspaper, axed almost a third of its staff of 170 employees.
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As of this week in Montana, biotech companies whose drugs have been through preliminary testing—sometimes in as few as 10 healthy people—can pay $12,500 to apply to a newly established review board for approval.
Once its treatment is rubber-stamped, the company can sell it via experimental treatment clinics, the first of which is likely to be up and running around the end of this year.
Montana’s latest right-to-try legislation is unique. Access to drugs is theoretically available to anyone who gives informed consent and can pay. For some, especially people in the longevity community, that’s a hopeful and exciting prospect. But to others, it’s unethical and dangerous.
Read our story to learn about where this may all be headed.
—Jessica Hamzelou
Kris DeVault is desperate.
His son, Brody, born in March 2023, has something called creatine transporter deficiency—a rare condition in which the brain and muscles lack the energy they need to develop.
There are no cures for Brody’s condition. But DeVault has learned of a company developing a drug that might help. That drug is still in the early stages of development and has only been tested in animals and a small number of healthy adults. Doctors can’t prescribe it.
DeVault knows the drug might not work. But he’s doing all he can to access it regardless. Read our story about DeVault’s efforts.
—Jessica Hamzelou
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The must-reads
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Anthropic says its models hacked external organisations during testing
It was prompted to conduct a review after similar issues at OpenAI. (TechCrunch)
+ Inside OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face. (New Yorker $)
+ OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Europe is bracing itself for an even more fiery future
Countries like France and Spain can expect regimes akin to those in California. (Nature $)
+ Even the UK is experiencing fires now, too. (Guardian)
+ El Niño is partly to blame for this year’s grueling heatwaves. (Wired $)
+ District cooling could help beat extreme heat in cities. (New Scientist $)
3 Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous
A fatal plane accident in the US this May, caused by a military GPS jamming exercise, may signal what’s to come. (Wired$)
+ Zelensky asked Trump to secure Musk’s permission for the use of Starlink to guide drone strikes inside Russia this week. (The Atlantic $)
4 As Big Tech’s AI spending grows, so do the jitters
Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are set to invest $1.5 trillion into AI infrastructure. But who will pay for it? (NYT $)
+ Are investors really getting cold feet about the AI boom? (FT $)
+ An AI-focused hedge fund just imploded. (CNBC)
5 How China has changed the sovereign AI playbook
Kimi 3 from Moonshot makes forking out for expensive US models seem foolish. (Rest of World)
+ The US is winning on the cutting edge. But China dominates cheap models. (CNBC)
+ Could AI end up too cheap to control? (Vox $)
6 Google’s Gemini can now control a humanoid robot
It was previously restricted to upper body movements. Now, it can manage the entire range of motion. (Bloomberg $)
+ These gig workers are training humanoid robots at home. (MIT Technology Review)
7 Amazon says it’s found “catastrophically expensive” AI cost overruns
It’s far from alone—and that’s why the “tokenmaxxing” trend disappeared so quickly. (FT $)
8 How a remote indigenous community built a super fast fiber network
It was a complex, expensive endeavor. But it now outperforms Starlink. (IEEE Spectrum)
+ Stratospheric internet could finally start taking off this year. (MIT Technology Review)
9 Meet Wikipedia’s most diligent editor
Steven Pruitt is unremarkable in some ways—yet truly amazing in others. (New Yorker $)
10 You can now report AI slop with a button on LinkedIn
The people have spoken. And they are tired of reading bland nonsense. (404 Media)
Quote of the day
—18-year-old Raphael Fohanno tells Reuters his reaction to wildfires destroying his parents’ house in the French town of Biscarrosse.
One More Thing
Congress used to evaluate emerging technologies. Let’s do it again.
The US Office of Technology Assessment, an independent office created by Congress in the early 1970s, produced some 750 reports during its 23-year history, assessing technologies as varied as electronic surveillance, genetic engineering, and remote sensing from outer space.
The office functioned like a debunking arm. It sussed out the snake oil. Its reports saw through the alluring gleam of overhyped technologies.
Since its unceremonious defunding in 1995, perennial calls have gone out: Rouse the office from the dead!
—Peter Andrey Smith
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Apple saw an excellent and better-than-anticipated Q3 2026 in terms of iPhone sales, but its revenue for services—like Apple TV, Apple Music, AppleCare, or iCloud—slipped downward, disappointing experts who were hoping for more. Further, fears about memory prices and supply constraints slightly soured reception to what could have otherwise been a slightly positive but business-as-usual quarter.
That's the key takeaway from the company's Q3 2026 earnings call today.
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Yahoo recently updated its weather application with a complete redesign and several new tools. The company launched this major update to give users more detailed information about daily conditions. If you rely on your phone to check the forecast, this overhaul changes how the application on iOS presents data. The interface now puts a heavy […]
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AI note-taking startup Granola has expanded its popular meeting notepad to the Apple Watch, letting users capture and transcribe conversations with a single tap—no phone or laptop required.
The new watchOS app, which launched on July 28, 2026, targets in-person and on-the-go discussions such as walking one-on-ones, whiteboard brainstorms, and casual coffee chats. Users can start recording via a dedicated app or a watch face complication. The screen turns bright Granola green and plays a sound to confirm it’s listening. When the conversation ends, a second tap stops the recording; the audio syncs to the paired iPhone, where Granola’s AI processes it into structured notes complete with highlights, decisions, and action items. Those notes then appear across the user’s iPhone, Mac, or Windows devices.
The company designed the experience around the idea that “the best wearable is the one you’re already wearing.” Co-founder Chris Pedregal noted that the goal is to let people stay present in face-to-face meetings without pulling a phone from their pocket. Internal testing showed that once employees had access to the Watch app, a substantial portion of their mobile Granola usage shifted from iPhone to wrist.
Granola can record offline on the Watch; a connection is needed only when the audio syncs and notes are generated. The app also surfaces subtle haptic reminders for upcoming calendar meetings and works seamlessly with the existing iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Windows versions of Granola. It requires watchOS 11 or later and the latest Granola iPhone app. Installation is straightforward through the Watch app on iPhone if it doesn’t appear automatically.
The launch arrives as dedicated AI note-taking hardware (pins, pendants, and similar devices) has proliferated. Granola deliberately chose to build for an existing wearable rather than create new hardware. It also follows the company’s earlier unicorn milestone after a $125 million Series C led by Index Ventures.
To mark the release, Granola collaborated with London-based weaver Nowshin Prenon on a limited run of handwoven Apple Watch straps. The Watch app itself is free to download and use via the Granola iOS app.
With the Apple Watch increasingly positioned as an AI-friendly device, Granola’s arrival underscores growing interest in discreet, always-available capture tools that keep the focus on conversation rather than technology. Users can try it on their next in-person meeting simply by updating the iPhone app and installing the Watch companion.
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Another signature feature from macOS jumps to iPadOS 27, making the iPad easier to use. Here's why I love the menu bar refinements.
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It is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue in a paper presented at a top AI conference earlier this month.
The flaw concerns how LLMs identify who or what is giving them instructions. By taking advantage of it, the researchers were able to make popular LLMs spit out information they had been trained not to provide, such as how to synthesize cocaine and how to sabotage a commercial aircraft’s navigation system.
Read our story about the flaw the researchers found, its implications—and why it may never be fixed.
—Will Douglas Heaven
In June 2024, a small company called Zanskar purchased a geothermal power plant in New Mexico that was failing fast. The water coming from the underground reservoir was getting colder by the day, making the plant uneconomical to run.
Now, two years later, that plant is running at full capacity again, thanks to a new well. With the help of advanced modeling and modern drilling technology, the company was able to identify a better well site, drill down thousands of feet, and revive the entire operation.
As the world looks for more sources of emissions-free electricity that are available 24-7, Lightning Dock shows there’s still hidden potential deep beneath our feet. Read the full story.
—Casey Crownhart
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Baek, a 35-year-old manager at the South Korean semiconductor titan SK Hynix, was enrolled in a matchmaking company a year ago. In a move typical of anxious South Korean parents, his mother signed him up, hoping to find a good wife for her son.
Lately, says Baek, he and his coworkers are having better luck finding dates—perhaps because of the dazzling bonuses they just got. Flush with eye-popping profits from the AI chip boom, SK Hynix agreed to pay 10% of operating profits to employees, which translates to an extra $476,000 per employee this year.
—Michelle Kim
This is our latest story to be turned into an MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we publish each week on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Just navigate to MIT Technology Review Narrated on either platform, and follow us to get all our new content as it’s released.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 The US government has just banned Roombas
It’s not just Chinese humanoids—robot vacuum cleaners are included in a new FCC ban too. (The Verge $)
+ Who wins and who loses from the ban on foreign robots? (Ars Technica)
+ China says it will retaliate. (CNBC)
2 The ongoing fires in Europe are breaking modern records
And there’s likely even more destruction coming. (NYT $)
+ Thousands of people have just been evacuated on the Greek island of Crete. (BBC)
3 Google DeepMind has dismantled its Nobel-winning AlphaFold team
It reflects a broader industry move away from specialist tools towards more general, AI-powered agents for science. (FT$)
+ Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting. (MIT Technology Review)
4 Data centers are easy to build. To run? Not so much
For that, you need time and money to invest in grid infrastructure, like new transmission lines. (404 Media $)
+ The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags. (MIT Technology Review)
+ AI companies are hiring thousands of electricians and carpenters to get data centers up and running. (NYT $)
5 DoorDash plans to launch a drone delivery program
It’ll be a while before we get to make use of it, though. (TechCrunch)
+ The US may be heading toward a drone-filled future. (MIT Technology Review)
6 AI is accelerating global digital inequality
Money, infrastructure and talent are pooling in a relatively small number of places. (IEEE Spectrum)
7 Quantum computers promise mathematical superpowers
And it feels like we’re inching closer to a commercial machine. (The Economist $)
+ PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light. (MIT Technology Review)
8 Anxious Chinese students are using AI for university admissions
It’s common to pay private coaches to help navigate this high-stakes decision, but AI companies now offer the service for free. (Rest of World)
+ How DeepSeek became a fortune teller for China’s youth. (MIT Technology Review)
9 Boomers keep giving their grandkids AI-generated slop books
And it’s driving millennial parents mad. (Wired $)
10 Minecraft is helping children to redesign their cities
It just goes to show how creativity can still flourish, even amid war. (NYT $)
Quote of the day
—Ray Slater Berry, founder of marketing agency dslx, tells Wired why he’s drawn to text written by humans.
One More Thing
Europe’s drone-filled vision for the future of war
Europe has started testing an invisible automated intelligence network, known as a “digital targeting web,” conceived under the name Project ASGARD. Its purpose is to connect everything that looks for targets—“sensors,” in military lingo—and everything that fires on them (“shooters”) to a single, shared wireless electronic brain.
Eighty years after total war last transformed the continent, the system signals a brutal new calculus of European defense. “The Russians are knocking on the door,” says Sven Weizenegger, the head of the German military’s Cyber Innovation Hub.
—Arthur Holland Michel
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+ Why do cats always land on their feet? It’s thanks to their amazingly flexible spines.
The iOS 27 beta has overall been a very positive experience for many beta testers, but if you have installed iOS 26 beta onto your iPhone or iPad and decided that it’s no longer for you, perhaps due to some incompatibility, critical bug, or other issue, then you can downgrade your iPhone from iOS 27 ... Read More
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