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A short video teardown by REWA Technology reveals that Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro retains its overall design but introduces a larger vapor‑chamber cooler that now contacts the A20 Pro processor directly, improving thermal management. The battery is about 1.7 % larger than the iPhone 17 Pro, confirming modest capacity gains reported by Joanna Stern. The Dynamic Island has been narrowed, with the infrared camera cutout shifted to a screen corner, a change that may complicate aftermarket display repairs. The teardown also notes new materials [...]

Anthropic reported that its AI model Claude now leads roughly 26% of the company’s research and development on systems, up from virtually none in February. The metric means Claude can execute a task from a prompt while human staff supervise and guide the work. Although Claude does not operate autonomously, more than 90% of Anthropic’s R&D now occurs at a level where the model either collaborates with researchers or takes the lead. The firm said the rise [...]

Applied quantum‑technology firm EigenQ, Inc. and SPAC Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. (SVAQ) have signed a securities purchase agreement for $45 million in convertible notes, arranged by Cohen & Company Securities. The financing provides $22.5 million upfront, with an additional $22.5 million payable upon completion of their previously announced $3 billion enterprise‑value merger. The combined entity is slated to list on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker EIGQ in Q4 2026. EigenQ will use the proceeds to speed commercial rollout of its [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi, unveiling the “Semicon 2.0” roadmap that aims to transform India’s semiconductor sector from policy‑driven incentives to full‑scale manufacturing. The event highlighted the emergence of a domestic ecosystem that now includes design, packaging and research capabilities, and featured the launch of new commercial production lines for chips. Modi invited multinational firms to set up fabrication facilities in the country, emphasizing India’s readiness to host advanced fabs. Government officials said the roadmap will [...]

Family offices, which collectively managed about $5.5 trillion in 2024, are rapidly shifting toward direct AI investments after a lull in deal activity. Advisors say the allure of “3‑times‑in‑three‑months” returns outweighs longer‑term bets such as green energy, prompting many offices to bypass traditional venture‑capital funds and buy existing shares or negotiate single‑company deals. This trend reflects a new, risk‑tolerant generation of offices that prefer the secondary market’s perceived de‑risking, where companies already have revenue and customer traction. UBS’s [...]

The European Commission unveiled a draft “EU KIDS Act” on Sept 17 that would impose strict age limits and safety requirements on social‑media, gaming and AI services for minors. Children under 13 would be barred from creating accounts, while 13‑ and 14‑year‑olds could only use “mini‑accounts” linked to a parent’s profile and limited to one hour of screen time. Users aged 15 and older could sign up. The proposal also forces platforms to prove their services are before [...]

Theranautilus, the winner of the 2026 ET Startup Awards, announced that its nanorobot platform will enter human clinical trials before the end of the year, marking the first Indian‑developed nanomedicine to reach this stage. The company, backed by Accel, aims to use the trials to validate its targeted drug‑delivery technology for cancer and other chronic diseases. In a separate development, steel‑maker JSW One disclosed plans to file a draft prospectus for a Rs 3,000‑crore initial public offering, seeking [...]

A freelance writer who frequently uses ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini discovered that switching between these AI chatbots often forces him to restart conversations, losing valuable context. To address this, he tried SkillSync, a tool that transfers entire chat histories from ChatGPT to Claude and vice‑versa. He selected a 20‑message ChatGPT thread containing a detailed project brief, tone guidelines and formatting rules, moved it to Claude with SkillSync, and then asked Claude to continue the work without providing [...]