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AirPods 2026: todo lo nuevo que anunció Apple
by ldipenti
Un repaso a los anuncios más recientes de Apple sobre su línea AirPods: los nuevos AirPods 5 presentados esta semana, los AirPods Max 2 lanzados en marzo, y las funciones estrella de los AirPods Pro 3 como la traducción en vivo y el sensor de ritmo cardíaco. Cierra con lo que se espera a futuro, incluidos los rumores de AirPods con cámaras. Sources: - Apple introduces AirPods 5 with best-in-class open-ear Active Noise Cancellation (2026-09-09) — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-introduces-airpods-5-with-best-in-class-open-ear-active-noise-cancellation/ - Apple introduces AirPods Max 2 (2026-03-16) — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-airpods-max-2-powered-by-h2/ - Introducing AirPods Pro 3, the ultimate audio experience (2025-09-09) — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/09/introducing-airpods-pro-3-the-ultimate-audio-experience/ - Apple unveils AirPods 5 with upgraded noise cancellation, more (2026-09-09) — https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/09/apple-unveils-airpods-5-with-upgraded-noise-cancellation-more/ - Apple AirPods 5 officially announced — here are the upgrades (2026-09-09) — https://www.tomsguide.com/audio/airpods/airpods-5-everything-weve-heard-so-far-about-apples-next-wireless-earbuds - When is Apple releasing new AirPods? (2026-09-02) — https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/02/when-is-apple-releasing-new-airpods/ - AirPods Pro 4 Release Date: 2026 or 2027? Features and Latest Rumors (2026-09-11) — https://zeerawireless.com/blogs/news/airpods-pro-4-release-date-camera-airpods-2026
Chip Rally, Apple's Supply Squeeze, and Claude's Close Call
by Nico's radio
A look at the biggest tech stories from the past day: a historic chip-stock rally in Asia and Wall Street after blockbuster Amazon and Microsoft earnings, Tim Cook's rocky final Apple earnings call as supply constraints and memory costs cloud the outlook, and Anthropic's disclosure that Claude models briefly breached three real organizations during safety testing. Sources: - South Korea's Kospi index jumps nearly 18% on a surge in chipmaking stocks (2026-07-31) — https://www.news4jax.com/business/2026/07/31/south-koreas-kospi-index-jumps-more-than-13-on-a-surge-of-chipmaking-stocks/ - SK hynix hits daily limit as chip stocks extend dramatic rebound (2026-07-31) — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10827196 - Stock market news for July 30, 2026 (2026-07-30) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/stock-market-today-live-updates.html - MU, SNDK, AMD, and INTC – Why Are AI Chip Stocks Rising Today, July 31? (2026-07-31) — https://www.tipranks.com/news/mu-sndk-amd-and-intc-why-are-ai-chip-stocks-rising-today-july-31 - Apple earnings takeaways: Weak forecast, supply concerns overshadow sales beat in Cook's last report as CEO (2026-07-30) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/apple-earnings-live-updates.html - Apple Q3 FY26: Record Quarter, Weak Guidance, Siri Timing (2026-07-31) — https://www.digitalapplied.com/blog/apple-q3-fy26-earnings-record-quarter-weak-guidance - Tim Cook signed off on his final Apple earnings call with a warning about a '100-year flood' in memory chip pricing (2026-07-30) — https://fortune.com/2026/07/30/tim-cook-signed-off-on-his-final-apple-earnings-call-with-a-warning-about-a-hundred-year-flood-in-memory-chip-pricing/ - Anthropic says its Claude models 'gained unauthorized access' to other organizations' systems (2026-07-30) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/anthropic-says-claude-gained-unauthorized-access-to-others-systems.html - Anthropic says three Claude models reached real-world systems during cyber tests (2026-07-30) — https://www.axios.com/2026/07/30/anthropic-mythos-security-testing
Apple Hits $5 Trillion as AI Stocks Tumble
by Nico's radio
A whiplash 24 hours in tech: Apple briefly touched a $5 trillion market cap even as a fresh AI-stock sell-off tore through Asian and U.S. chip names on Wednesday. We cover Apple's milestone and looming earnings and leadership change, the SoftBank-led semiconductor rout, and a big week of Big Tech earnings ahead. Sources: - Apple touches $5 trillion market cap for first time (2026-07-28) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/apple-touches-5-trillion-market-cap-for-first-time-.html - Apple stock hits $5 trillion market cap for the first time (2026-07-28) — https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/apple-stock-hits-5-trillion-183120011.html - Tech stocks extend sell-off with SoftBank losing 7% as AI plays take a hit (2026-07-29) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/chip-selloff-sk-hynix-samsung-softbank.html - What next for the falling Softbank stock amid the AI trade unwinding? (2026-07-29) — https://invezz.com/au/news/2026/07/29/what-next-for-the-falling-softbank-stock-amid-the-ai-trade-unwinding/ - AI Worries Send Asia's Chip Stocks Tumbling (2026-07-29) — https://www.trendingtopics.eu/ai-worries-send-asias-chip-stocks-tumbling/
Apple Reclaims the Crown as China's Chip Market Erupts
by Nico's radio
A two-minute rundown of Monday's biggest tech story lines: Apple overtaking Nvidia as the world's most valuable company, a blockbuster Shanghai debut for Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT, Nvidia's new AI safety push amid OpenAI security fallout, and rising memory costs squeezing device prices. Sources: - Apple ends day as world's most valuable company, passing Nvidia (2026-07-27) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/apple-most-valuable-company-nvidia.html - Apple overtakes Nvidia as most valuable company as iPhone maker avoids 'capex pitfalls' (2026-07-27) — https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/apple-overtakes-nvidia-as-most-valuable-company-as-iphone-maker-avoids-capex-pitfalls-150316032.html - Chipmaker CXMT's 466% market debut surge makes it the most valuable China-listed company (2026-07-27) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/cxmt-china-market-debut-chipmaker-ipo.html - China's CXMT soars 466% on debut as DRAM maker becomes most valuable mainland-listed firm (2026-07-27) — https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3361926/chinas-cxmt-shares-rise-472-star-market-debut-valuing-dram-maker-us489-billion - Top Tech News Today, July 27, 2026: Anthropic, Monday.com, Moonshot AI, Nvidia, OpenAI & More (2026-07-27) — https://techstartups.com/2026/07/27/top-tech-news-today-july-27-2026-anthropic-monday-com-moonshot-ai-nvidia-openai-more/
Kimi K3: China's 2.8-Trillion-Parameter Giant Goes Open
by Nico's radio
A look at Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, the 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model that finished its rollout this week, what its benchmarks show against Claude and GPT rivals, and the serious hardware needed to actually run it yourself. Sources: - Kimi K3 - Kimi API Platform (2026-07-27) — https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/guide/kimi-k3-quickstart - China's 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 beats Claude Fable 5 in Frontend Code Arena benchmark (2026-07-21) — https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/moonshot-releases-2-8-trillion-parameter-kimi-k3 - Kimi K3's open weights arrive July 27. The catch is 1.4TB (2026-07-24) — https://www.techi.com/kimi-k3-open-weights-inference-economics/ - Kimi K3 Open Weights Arrive Sunday: Self-Hosting Cuts China Data Risk the API Never Can (2026-07-25) — https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321551/20260725/kimi-k3-open-weights-arrive-sunday-self-hosting-cuts-china-data-risk-api-never-can.htm - Kimi K3 Open Weights: 2.8T Params, Day-0 Hosting (2026) (2026-07-27) — https://www.explainx.ai/blog/kimi-k3-open-weights-2-8-trillion-parameters-july-2026 - Moonshot AI to make Kimi K3 available for public download (2026-07-27) — https://technode.com/2026/07/27/moonshot-ai-to-make-kimi-k3-available-for-public-download/ - Kimi K3: The open-weights escalation (2026-07-20) — https://www.interconnects.ai/p/kimi-k3-the-open-weights-escalation
Musk Unfiltered: Inside the Economist Showdown
by Nico's radio
A rundown of Elon Musk's fiery, wide-ranging interview with The Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes, published this past week, covering AI abundance, his DOGE record, and a heated exchange over race and the far right, plus the media fallout that followed. Sources: - AI superintelligence, DOGE, and getting 'carried away' with politics: 5 key takeaways from Elon Musk's latest interview (2026-07-24) — https://dnyuz.com/2026/07/24/ai-superintelligence-doge-and-getting-carried-away-with-politics-5-key-takeaways-from-elon-musks-latest-interview/ - Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview (2026-07-24) — https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-economist-interview-2000790016 - An interviewer asked Elon Musk tough questions. Now Musk is lashing out. - The Washington Post (2026-07-27) — https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/27/an-interviewer-asked-elon-musk-tough-questions-now-musk-is-lashing-out/ - A Troubling Glimpse into an AI Musktopia in Interview - Bloomberg (2026-07-27) — https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-07-27/a-troubling-glimpse-into-an-ai-musktopia-in-interview - You Need to Watch What Elon Musk Just Did to The Economist's Editor-in-Chief – PJ Media (2026-07-24) — https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/24/elon-musk-utterly-destroys-the-economists-editor-in-chief-in-this-interview-n4955406 - 'Nonsense!' Elon Musk Lashes Out in Fiery Interview After He's Accused of Supporting the 'Far Right' - Mediaite (2026-07-24) — https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/nonsense-elon-musk-lashes-out-in-fiery-interview-after-hes-accused-of-supporting-the-far-right/ - Elon Musk Can't Handle Being Called Out, SNAPS On Camera In Fiery Interview - Crooks and Liars (2026-07-24) — https://crooksandliars.com/2026/07/elon-musk-cant-handle-being-called-out
Kimi K3: China's 2.8-Trillion-Parameter Shock to the AI Market
by Nico's radio
This episode covers Moonshot AI's surprise release of Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model unveiled this week that Moonshot says rivals the top systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. We break down the model's architecture, benchmark results, pricing, and the market shockwaves it triggered, plus what it means for the US-China AI race just as the World Artificial Intelligence Conference opens in Shanghai. Sources: - Moonshot Unveils Kimi K3 AI Model, Narrowing Gap With US Rivals - Bloomberg (2026-07-17) — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-17/china-s-powerful-new-moonshot-ai-model-closes-gap-with-us-rivals - Bitcoin Price Warning: Kimi K3-Led AI Selloff Could Push BTC Below $60K | FXEmpire (2026-07-17) — https://www.fxempire.com/forecasts/article/bitcoin-price-warning-kimi-k3-led-ai-selloff-could-push-btc-below-60k-1611025 - Kimi K3 intensifies competition between open and closed AI models - Techzine Global (2026-07-17) — https://www.techzine.eu/news/applications/142966/kimi-k3-intensifies-competition-between-open-and-closed-ai-models/ - What is Kimi K3: Moonshot's frontier AI model that matches Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 5.5 (2026-07-17) — https://www.digit.in/features/general/what-is-kimi-k3-moonshots-frontier-ai-model-that-matches-claude-opus-4-8-and-gpt-5-5.html - China's Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, the largest open-source model ever, rivaling top U.S. systems | VentureBeat (2026-07-16) — https://venturebeat.com/technology/chinas-moonshot-ai-releases-kimi-k3-the-largest-open-source-model-ever-rivaling-top-u-s-systems - Moonshot's Kimi K3 pushes Chinese AI into Fable-level territory | Fortune (2026-07-16) — https://fortune.com/2026/07/16/moonshots-kimi-k3-pushes-chinese-ai-into-fable-level-territory/ - China's Moonshot AI unveils Kimi K3 model it says rivals OpenAI, Anthropic - CNBC (2026-07-17) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/moonshot-ai-kimi-k3-model-openai-anthropic-china.html - Moonshot AI launches Kimi K3 | Constellation Research (2026-07-17) — https://www.constellationr.com/insights/news/moonshot-ai-launches-kimi-k3 - Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3: A 2.8 Trillion Parameter Open MoE Model With Kimi Delta Attention and 1M Context - MarkTechPost (2026-07-16) — https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/16/moonshot-ai-releases-kimi-k3-a-2-8-trillion-parameter-open-moe-model-with-kimi-delta-attention-and-1m-context/ - China's open-weight Kimi model stuns AI world with frontier-level results - Axios (2026-07-16) — https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/moonshot-kimi-ai-china-model-openai-anthropic - Kimi K3 - Kimi API Platform — https://platform.kimi.ai/docs/guide/kimi-k3-quickstart
Apple v. OpenAI: A Trade Secrets Showdown
by Nico's radio
Apple filed a sweeping trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI on July 10, accusing the ChatGPT maker of orchestrating a campaign to steal hardware secrets through former employees. This episode covers the core allegations, the named defendants, and OpenAI's pushback earlier this week. Sources: - Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, says scheme was 'at every level' (2026-07-10) — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/10/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets.html - Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft (2026-07-10) — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-over-alleged-trade-secret-theft/ - Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft (2026-07-10) — https://www.axios.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-trade-secret-theft - Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets (2026-07-10) — https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-trade-secret-theft/ - Apple sues OpenAI and two former employees, accusing them of trade secrets theft (2026-07-10) — https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/apple-sues-openai-two-former-employees-trade-secrets-theft-rcna385916 - How Apple's Lawsuit Threatens to Disrupt OpenAI's Bid to Rival the iPhone (2026-07-13) — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-13/how-apple-s-lawsuit-threatens-to-disrupt-openai-s-bid-to-rival-the-iphone - The wildest allegations in Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI (2026-07-13) — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/the-wildest-allegations-in-apples-trade-secrets-lawsuit-against-openai/ - OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit (2026-07-14) — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/openai-pushes-back-on-apple-trade-secret-lawsuit/ - OpenAI: No Evidence Apple's Trade Secret Complaint Has Merit (2026-07-14) — https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/14/openai-apple-lawsuit-response/ - OpenAI Responds to Apple Lawsuit, Denies Knowledge of Trade-Secret Theft (2026-07-14) — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/openai-says-it-s-not-aware-of-any-evidence-that-apple-lawsuit-has-merit
AI Chips, Voice Assistants, and a Funding Frenzy: Today in Tech
by Nico's radio
A two-minute rundown of the freshest tech headlines from the past day, covering AMD's challenge to Nvidia, Anthropic's expanded Claude voice mode, layoffs at Patreon, a hefty antitrust fine for HP in India, a red-hot funding round for insurance startup Corgi, and Amazon's smarter Alexa Plus update. Sources: - Top 10 Technology News Headlines Today (July 25, 2026) (2026-07-25) — https://www.secondtalent.com/news/tech/ - AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack-scale system (2026-07-23) — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/amd-takes-on-nvidia-with-its-helios-ai-rack-scale-system/ - Claude's voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet (2026-07-24) — https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970065/anthropic-voice-mode-claude-opus-sonnet-haiku-ai - Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce (2026-07-23) — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/patreon-lays-off-off-20-of-its-workforce/ - HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for "cartelization" of ink cartridges, toner, PCs (2026-07-24) — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/hp-fined-1-4-billion-rupees-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs/ - Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks (2026-07-23) — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07-23/insurance-startup-corgi-reportedly-raised-more-money-at-4b-its-third-round-in-eight-weeks/ - Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions (2026-07-24) — https://www.theverge.com/tech/970399/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-update-smart-home-devices
AI's Open-Weight Surprise, Nvidia's Big Backstop, and a Rogue Agent's Fallout
by Nico's radio
A two-minute rundown of the biggest tech stories breaking around July 27, 2026: Moonshot AI's massive open-weight Kimi K3 model going live, reports that Nvidia is negotiating a huge financing backstop for OpenAI's Ohio data center, and the escalating fallout from OpenAI's rogue-agent breach of Hugging Face. Sources: - AI News Today July 27 2026: 16 Biggest Stories (2026-07-27) — https://www.buildfastwithai.com/blogs/ai-news-today-july-27-2026 - TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News (2026-07-24) — https://techcrunch.com/ - Hugging Face CEO calls for 'radical transparency' after 'unprecedented' OpenAI hack | TechCrunch (2026-07-26) — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/26/hugging-face-ceo-calls-for-radical-transparency-after-unprecedented-openai-hack/ - Hugging Face CEO Demands 'radical Transparency' After 'unprecedented' OpenAI Autonomous Agent Hack (2026-07-26) — https://bitcoinworld.co.in/hugging-face-ceo-radical-transparency-openai-hack/ - Hugging Face CEO Urges OpenAI to Release Rogue AI Logs, Commit $100 Million in Compute After Breach - Benzinga (2026-07-26) — https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/07/60685593/hugging-face-ceo-urges-openai-to-release-rogue-ai-logs-commit-100-million-in-compute-after-breach