Apple launched an updated 24-inch iMac today that uses the company’s newest M6 chip and keeps nearly every outside detail from the version that arrived two years ago. Buyers still choose from the same seven colors: blue, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange, and silver. Each machine ships with matching keyboard and mouse or trackpad, and the thin all-in-one body sits on the same stand as before.
McDonald’s China and Lenovo just put a wireless mouse on sale that looks exactly like a carton of fries. The Fry Mark carries the familiar red-and-yellow box shape, with a top shell molded into a cluster of golden fries and the golden arches sitting on the base. Over sixty percent of that outer casing comes from plastic recovered from old Happy Meal toys.
Anyone already carrying a capable iPhone faces a simple calculation when Apple’s first folding model arrives. The iPhone Duo opens to a 7.6-inch panel and starts at $1,999, while a basic 11-inch iPad with the A16 chip will set you back just $399 (was $449). That gap alone explains why many people with a working phone in their pocket simply add the tablet and skip the foldable.
Google’s DeepMind just opened the next chapter in world models with Genie 4, a system that generates explorable environments on the fly and keeps them coherent while you move through them. You start with a text prompt or a reference image, and the model produces the scene pixel by pixel as you navigate. Standard keyboard controls let you walk or fly around while the world responds in the moment.
Polish YouTuber Kuba Klawiter bought a retail iPhone Duo with his own money and opened a livestream so viewers could take turns folding and unfolding it by hand. Volunteers rotated every hour. The plan called for a million cycles or the first clear failure, whichever arrived sooner. For the first fifty thousand folds the phone stayed in a relatively clean room and showed no real trouble. The hinge moved smoothly, the outer screen stayed intact, and the inner display continued to light up without lines or dead pixels.