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Apple’s inaugural foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, has sparked an intense response across Chinese tech circles, prompting scalpers to list early reservation slots for up to 99,000 RMB while real secondary market premiums hover around 5,000 RMB. Samsung US mocked the hardware release on X as “heating up leftovers,” while Chinese tech commentators highlighted iOS 27’s deeper UI adaptation—relocating the Dock to the right side, introducing vertical Dynamic Island alignments, and deploying fluid Liquid Glass layout adjustments to bypass physical hinge creases. Despite its $2,000 entry price (15,999 RMB in China), industry analysts project the eSIM-only flagship could ship 5 million units in 2026, capturing nearly a quarter of the global foldable market.

Engineering & Dev

• OpenAI Opens Agents API to Public Beta · 爱范儿
  OpenAI has officially launched its Agents API in public beta, allowing developers to deploy cloud-hosted AI agents with Codex-level context management, sandboxing, and multi-agent coordination in a single call. Meanwhile, Suno debuted its v6 music generation model built in partnership with major labels like Warner Music Group and BMG, introducing natural language audio editing and instrument sampling.

• Laravel Bans Issues for PRs Only · 阮一峰的网络日志
  Ruan Yifeng highlighted Laravel’s controversial decision to disable GitHub issue submissions, requiring developers to submit Pull Requests directly to eliminate spam and leverage AI-assisted code generation. On the package management front, ex-npm core developers released vlt 1.0 Replaces npm with Staged Installs (InfoQ 中文站), which decouples script downloading from execution to block supply chain malware attacks and provides DOM-like CSS selector querying across dependency trees.

• Ant Digital Advances Harness Engineering for AI Coding · InfoQ 中文站
  Ant Digital Tech outlined its “Harness Engineering” paradigm, emphasizing that while AI coding agents drastically increase code throughput, engineering teams must build automated validation gates, single sources of truth, and multi-agent code reviews to prevent severe quality debt and goal drift.

• Blume Documentation Framework Tops GitHub Trends · InfoQ 中文站
  Open-source Astro-based framework Blume gained rapid popularity on GitHub by offering zero-config Markdown rendering alongside built-in AI readiness, including automated llms.txt generation, hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and CI test suites that evaluate agent readability.

Products & Digital

• Apple Keynote Unmentioned Details · 少数派
  少数派 (sspai) unpacked key takeaways skipped during Apple’s presentation, noting new CEO John Ternus taking the stage, the 254g weight of the ultra-thin iPhone Duo, and the 2nm architecture powering the A20 Pro chip. Complementing the hardware launch, CANDYSIGN Launches Max60 GaN Charger (爱范儿) introduced a 60W dynamic charger supporting USB-C AVS fast charging that powers the iPhone 18 Pro to 50% in 15 minutes.

• Li Auto 2026 i6 Integrates Self-Developed 5C Battery · 爱范儿
  Li Auto declared its 2026 i6 SUV in government filings, debuting self-developed 5C battery cells outsourced to Sunwoda and CALB alongside its proprietary “Mach” chip. A hands-on review by Real-World Li Auto i6 Evaluation (少数派) praised the vehicle’s pragmatic family orientation, spacious interior, and 500kW peak charging speed that adds 500km of range in 10 minutes.

• Ant Group’s Afu Healthcare AI Exceeds 150M Users · 爱范儿
  Ant Group demonstrated its health AI “Afu” at the Inclusion Conference, revealing 150 million users and partnerships with 18 hardware brands to unify data from body fat scales and blood pressure monitors into a centralized AI health assistant. Meanwhile, Former Xiaomi Executive Launches ISHO Sleep Startup (爱范儿) saw former Redmi head Wang Teng launch inner testing for the ISHO App, an iOS sleep-monitoring agent that pairs with Apple Watch to manage user energy levels.

• GPT-6 and Hyper3D Rodin Generate 3D Interactive Web Assets · 爱范儿
  ifanr showcased workflows combining GPT-6 with Hyper3D Rodin Gen-2.5 MCP, enabling creators to generate, disassemble, and animate complex 3D models—such as a clockwork beetle or interactive game props—directly within browser-based web applications without traditional 3D software.

News & Commentary

• Anthropic Prevents Dual-Use Biological Risk Exploits · 纽约时报中文网
  Anthropic published a threat intelligence report revealing it repeatedly blocked scientists and state-linked actors from attempting to use Claude for gain-of-function pathogen research and conventional military weapon software development, highlighting growing biosecurity concerns in frontier AI.

• Hong Kong Court Sentences Tiananmen Vigil Leaders · 纽约时报中文网
  A Hong Kong court sentenced prominent pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, and Albert Ho to up to seven years and three months in prison under the 2020 National Security Law for organizing annual Tiananmen vigil commemorations, marking a historic crackdown on public memory.

• VP Vance Seeks Candid Military Assessment on Iran War · 纽约时报中文网
  Reports revealed Vice President JD Vance made direct calls to US military commanders in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East to bypass Pentagon filters, uncovering critical stock shortages of Patriot interceptors and ATACMS missiles amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Also Noted

• DeepSeek Hires CITIC Securities for STAR Market IPO Prep · DeepSeek has engaged CITIC Securities to begin due diligence for an initial public offering on Shanghai’s STAR Market to finance compute infrastructure and talent acquisition.
• Bending Spoons to Acquire Miro for $1.35 Billion · Italian software company Bending Spoons signed a definitive agreement to acquire digital workspace platform Miro at an enterprise valuation of $1.35 billion.
• Claude AI Programmatically Proves Fermat’s Last Theorem in Lean · Anthropic’s Claude AI spent 11 days translating Andrew Wiles’ 129-page proof into a 13-million-line computer-verified program using the Lean language.
• Four Android Makers Standardize Touch-to-Share Protocol · Honor, OPPO, vivo, and Xiaomi established a joint NFC touch-to-transfer technical standard and unified SDK for cross-brand file and media sharing.

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