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Apple made peace with the EU, unveiling new App Store terms and a 5% Core Technology Commission. OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens, camera-equipped AirPods Ultra leaked, Alibaba's Qwen model blew past 1M downloads, and Harvey built its own legal model.

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• Apple squashes EU beef with new App Store rules (theverge.com/tech/981504/apple-app-store-eu-ru…) (The Verge)

• AirPods Ultra with cameras just leaked in video — and the privacy debate has already started (tomsguide.com/audio/airpods/airpods-ultra-with…) (Tom's Guide)

• OpenAI debuts ChatGPT for Teens, a mode that limits high-risk chats about self-harm, eating disorders, violence, and more, and has studying tools and guardrails (nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/chatgpt-for-…) (The New York Times)

• Comcast is rolling out Wi-Fi motion sensing to its Xfinity XB7 and newer gateways, a free opt-in feature that enables its routers to detect movement at home (theverge.com/news/981381/comcast-xfinity-shiel…) (The Verge)

• Alibaba says its new open-source multimodal model, Qwen3.8-27B, passed 1M+ downloads within a few days of release, making it one of its fastest-growing models (theinformation.com/briefings/alibabas-small-de…) (The Information)

• Harvey announces Harvey Tenet, its first in-house, proprietary model for legal work, trained on mock disputes and case files using a version of Kimi K3 (businessinsider.com/harvey-builds-tenet-ai-mod…) (Business Insider)

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