Apple hit turbulence on Siri AI while Amazon expanded same day prescriptions to 4500 cities; BlackRock x Uniswap. Meanwhile xAI lost leaders & robots raised $520M.

Apple reportedly plans 5G satellite connectivity in iPhone 18 Pro via a new C2 modem. Satellites as cell towers means coverage gets weirdly good in weirdly empty places, and carriers get a new frenemy.

Latvia just funded a lunar energy generator concept. Deep Space Energy raised €930K, which is not enough to buy the Moon, but apparently enough to power something on it.

Amazon Pharmacy expanded same day prescription delivery to nearly 4500 US cities. This puts logistics pressure on retail pharmacies already facing closures and staffing gaps, and it pulls more healthcare spend into Prime shaped gravity.

BlackRock integrated its tokenized Treasury fund with Uniswap, pushing UNI sharply higher. This legitimizes DeFi rails for real yield, exposing exchanges, brokers, and fintechs that still treat onchain liquidity as a hobby.

BlockFills halted customer withdrawals during the crypto downturn. Liquidity risk just became customer reality, and every counterparty, market maker, and allocator now re-checks who actually honors redemptions.

Apptronik raised $520M to accelerate commercial deployments of its Apollo humanoid robot. This injects serious capital into labor automation, pressuring warehouses and manufacturers to decide if pilots become procurement or permanent science projects.

xAI saw key founders and senior engineers exit in a fast wave of departures. This raises execution risk for anyone betting on its roadmap, from enterprise buyers to partners building on tooling that may change owners or priorities.

Apple shipped iOS 26.3 and a full stack of companion OS updates with security fixes. Patch now or invite trouble later, especially for fleets and regulated orgs where unpatched devices become the easiest door.

Foxconn reportedly scrapped a planned Sharp LCD plant deal, raising Apple display supply concerns. This exposes iPad and Mac panel sourcing, and it signals more supplier instability right when hardware planners want boring predictability.

A Dutch court upheld suspension of Nexperia’s Chinese CEO and ordered an investigation into management. This turns governance into a supply chain variable for European semis, with customers exposed to delays from compliance and oversight turbulence.

Google launched Android 17 Beta 1 with a continuous developer release model and better app adaptability. This tightens the feedback loop for Android teams and pressures app orgs to keep pace or watch UX fracture across form factors.

T-Mobile began trials of live call translation across 50+ languages without a separate app. This makes the carrier the AI layer, exposing call centers, telecom rivals, and compliance teams to new expectations around recording, accuracy, and consent.

London defense startup Occam raised about £2.6m to scale autonomous drone trials in GPS challenged environments. This pushes autonomy from lab to battlefield reality, accelerating demand for resilient navigation, edge compute, and anti-jam supply chains.

Uber Eats launched an AI Cart Assistant for grocery baskets via text or images. This nudges convenience up and basket size with it, and it pressures grocery apps to match the interface, not just the prices.

Threads introduced Dear Algo, letting users prompt the feed to change what they see. This turns feed tuning into plain language, exposing social teams and publishers to more volatile reach as users actively steer away from junk.

Berlin’s Andercore raised $40M Series B for its AI powered industrial trade platform. This modernizes boring but profitable procurement, putting legacy industrial marketplaces on notice that spreadsheets no longer qualify as a moat.

Porters raised €2.7M pre-seed to automate banking back office operations with AI. This targets the most error prone workflows, exposing banks that still run ops on tribal knowledge and swivel-chair compliance.

Seamflow raised $4.5M to apply AI to testing, inspection, and certification workflows. This speeds up the paperwork that blocks shipping, which matters to any hardware team stuck waiting on stamps and signatures.

Mozart AI raised $6M seed to enhance AI music creation tools. This makes audio production more accessible, and it forces rights holders and platforms to get crisp about provenance fast.