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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-06-18-pm/
- Published: 2026-06-18T23:06:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-18T23:06:47.000Z
- Description: Apple is raising prices and making chips with Intel. One reading: coherent industrial policy. Another: a busy news cycle for one company. Anthropic is collecting regulatory entanglements on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

Apple is raising prices and making chips with Intel. One reading: coherent industrial policy. Another: a busy news cycle for one company. Anthropic is collecting regulatory entanglements on both sides of the Atlantic.

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#### [Tim Cook Says Apple Price Increases Are 'Unavoidable'](https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-price-increases-memory-supply-199845b1?st=Yox4Dc&reflink=desktopwebshare%5Fpermalink&ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Cook told the WSJ the memory situation has become "unsustainable" — Apple's way of signaling a price increase on the iPhone. *(Wall Street Journal)*

#### [Apple to Make Chips in US With Intel, Trump Says](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/18/apple-make-chips-us-intel-trump-says/?ref=adjacent.media)

Intel stock jumped \~9% in premarket on the news, which originated from a Trump announcement rather than Apple — so calibrate your confidence accordingly. *(MacRumors / CNBC)*

#### [White House Wants Anthropic to Block All Jailbreaks — That May Not Be Possible](https://www.wired.com/story/the-white-house-wants-anthropic-to-block-all-jailbreaks-that-may-not-be-possible/?ref=adjacent.media)

The administration's condition for rereleasing Claude requires solving a problem researchers have yet to solve. That puts both sides in a difficult negotiating position. *(Wired)*

#### [Midjourney Unveils an Ultrasound Body Scanner](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/952011/midjourney-medical-ai-ultrasound-scan?ref=adjacent.media)

The image-generation company's first hardware product is a full-body medical scanner. Whether that's a bold pivot into health AI or the strangest brand extension of the year remains unclear. *(The Verge)*

> “The situation has become unsustainable.” — *Tim Cook, on memory costs, Wall Street Journal*