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Apple says the concert hall lets artists perform for fans, record in Spatial Audio and capture multicamera video—all in one venue.

The Financial Times reports that multiple staff at Britain’s AI Security Institute have been signed off work with stress and are undergoing counselling.

Forbes reports that Xbox announced Halo's move to Activision, with major layoffs planned at Halo Studios. The Verge reports 268 Xbox job cuts and says Ninja Theory may close.

The Information reports that Anthropic alleged both companies had been routing sensitive user data to its Claude models.

SpaceXAI says the update improves on Grok 4.6 at the same price and speed. TestingCatalog says it offers close to Opus 5 performance on certain tasks.

MacRumors reports that the new Photographic Styles controls aren't available on older iPhones, despite Apple's original wording suggesting broader compatibility.

9to5Mac calls Beats 360 the closest Apple headphones to AirPods Max, with one caveat. Gizmodo favors them over AirPods Max 2 for workouts.

The Android release comes a year after Premiere’s iOS launch, Engadget reports.

CEO Gagan Biyani says the San Francisco school raised $42 million in funding led by a16z and will emphasize learning through students’ own projects.

WIRED reports that Cisco Talos researchers created a framework to identify malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots.

The Atlantic reports that an MIT working group advised against relying on AI detectors. Turnitin tells the magazine its results should start a conversation, not serve as hard evidence of wrongdoing.

A stock briefing post lists Intel up 5%-plus and Nvidia up 0.8%, attributing semiconductor gains to an agreement on US–China AI talks.

Engadget reports that the Tread Flex is Peloton’s cheapest treadmill to date. Axios says the company is also introducing AI-powered coaching tools.

A post says the V900 is designed to train and run AI models, with mass production and commercial release expected in Q1 2027. It describes claimed performance roughly 3x higher than the chip’s predecessor.

A post citing JPMorgan says Meta's Muse could become the most-used AI app since ChatGPT.

Techmeme, citing Crunchbase News, says Baselayer uses AI to help financial institutions verify businesses and assess fraud risk.

The Information reports that the temporary reassignment followed an AI hacking incident that alarmed employees.

Engadget reports that Polymarket, which lets people bet on event outcomes, is telling regulators it is not for gambling.

The equipment could help chipmakers manufacture 2D semiconductor materials at scale, TechCrunch reports.

Techmeme, citing Axios, reports that RAISE France and Orange Ventures co-led the French pharma software startup’s round, bringing its total funding to €36M.