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Tech Across the Globe

Apple sets a date: The company will reveal its new iPhone 17 lineup on Sept. 9, including an expected slimmer version of its signature device.

Anthropic settles: The well funded AI startup had protested vociferously in court about the potential “death knell” situation of a class-action suit brought by authors, so to avert such a scenario it has now reached a settlement with authors.

Netflix has a hit: KPop Demon Hunters, a cartoon musical about a fictional female singing group, is the streaming service’s most-watched original film. In addition to the 236 million views since its June 20 release, the movie was No. 1 in the US box office last weekend when it had a two-day run as a sing-along version in theaters.

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Nikon Corp.’s Tokyo-traded shares shot up 21%, the most they’ve ever risen in a day, after Bloomberg reported that Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica is exploring a deal to more than double its stake in Nikon to about 20%. The companies have operated an eyewear joint venture since 2000.

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Elon Musk’s xAI sued Apple and OpenAI, accusing the companies of unfair competition and harming xAI’s Grok chatbot over a deal that embeds OpenAI’s ChatGPT into Apple devices, including the latest iPhone models. But some of the claims have been undercut by Musk’s recent pronouncements about the effectiveness of Grok and its popularity in Apple’s App Store, Austin Carr writes in analyzing the lawsuit in today’s Tech In Depth. 

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This Week in Game On

After years of feverish anticipation, Silksong, the sequel to the indie hit Hollow Knight, is scheduled to be released Sept. 4, Jason Schreier writes in this week’s Game On. He interviews Ari Gibson and William Pellen, the co-founders of Team Cherry, the group behind both games, about the long, but “joyful” process.

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