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Most users will enable this without reading the fine print, and that is the problem. OpenAI released the Apple Messages plugin for the ChatGPT desktop app on 20 August 2026, giving the AI the ability to read, search and send iMessages, SMS and RCS conversations on Apple silicon Macs.

Testers praised how the device fits in a pocket and the feel and durability of its hinge mechanism, two elements that have historically plagued rivals in the book-style foldable category.

Apple's fiscal third quarter, ending 27 June 2026, looked strong on the surface. Revenue came in at US$109.4 billion, up 16 per cent year-on-year, and diluted earnings per share reached US$2.02, a 29 per cent jump.

Total net sales came in at $109.42 billion, up 16 per cent on the same period a year earlier, and net income of $29.79 billion was up 27 per cent from $23.43 billion. By any measure those are exceptional numbers for a June quarter. The market's reaction was to sell the stock.

Apple filed its complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on 10 July 2026, Case No. 5:26-cv-07078, naming Chang Liu, Tang Yew Tan, OpenAI Foundation, OpenAI Group PBC, and io Products, LLC as defendants.

Apple inked a multiyear supply agreement with Broadcom on 8 July 2026 valued at more than US$30 billion and covering the production of over 15 billion US-made chips. Apple called it the largest single commitment made under its American Manufacturing Program.

Apple filed a trade secret misappropriation complaint on 10 July 2026 against OpenAI and two former Apple employees in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Nvidia announced the RTX Spark superchip at Computex 2026 with over 30 laptops and 10 desktops shipping in autumn. An engineering teardown of what Spark does and where it sits against Apple Silicon.