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# Folding Phones, Everywhere but Cupertino, Money Moves, AI's Growing Pains
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-09-09-am/
- Published: 2026-09-09T10:10:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-09T10:10:15.000Z
- Description: Apple’s foldable event is finally here, but Xiaomi, Huawei, and Samsung have all made their moves before Cupertino says a word. The crypto world had a heist with a conscience, and Mistral just wrote Europe’s biggest check yet in the AI arms race.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-am, #scan

Apple's foldable event is finally here, but Xiaomi, Huawei, and Samsung have all made their moves before Cupertino says a word. The crypto world had a heist with a conscience, and Mistral just wrote Europe's biggest check yet in the AI arms race.

> **$320M** — What hackers stole from Blockstream's Liquid Network over the weekend, before returning most of it once the bug got patched. *(SiliconANGLE)*

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### Connected World

#### [The Xiaomi 18 Fold may upstage Apple and Samsung](https://open.substack.com/pub/multicore/p/xiaomi-18-fold-hands-on-preview)

Xiaomi timed this hands-on for maximum shade, landing days before Apple's own foldable debut. *(Multicore)*

#### [Xiaomi's wide foldable promises more power than Samsung's](https://www.theverge.com/tech/991008/xiaomi-18-fold-hands-on-impressions-specs-wide?ref=adjacent.media)

The short-wide form factor is now the industry consensus — Apple's version just hasn't shipped yet. *(The Verge)*

#### [Huawei just showed Samsung how a tri-fold should be done](https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/huawei/huawei-mate-xt-2-ultimate-design-just-showed-samsung-how-a-tri-fold-should-be-done?ref=adjacent.media)

An outward-facing hinge and a 10.2-inch panel — Huawei's a design generation ahead on this one. *(Android Central)*

#### [What we expect from the upcoming Apple launch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/07/what-we-expect-from-the-upcoming-apple-launch/?ref=adjacent.media)

Foldable iPhone Ultra headlines, but AirPods and HomePod updates are riding shotgun. *(TechCrunch)*

#### [iPhone 18 Pro Event Could Hit Apple Shares, KeyBanc Warns](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/07/iphone-18-pro-event-could-hit-apple-shares/?ref=adjacent.media)

The big reveal itself could be the sell signal rather than the buy one — a rare warning worth noting. *(MacRumors)*

### Connected World

#### [French A.I. Start-Up Mistral Raises $3.5 Billion as Part of Strategy Shift](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/business/mistral-ai-fund-raising.html?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Europe's AI answer just got a war chest to match the rhetoric. *(NYT)*

#### [Robinhood secures its first IPO underwriting role, in Oura's IPO](https://www.wsj.com/finance/robinhood-wins-a-new-role-in-the-oura-ipo-underwriter-9a76c632?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

A retail-trading app muscling into how shares get allocated on Wall Street's terms. *(WSJ)*

#### [Canada Imposes New Tariffs on U.S. Goods, as Trade War Intensifies](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/business/canada-tariffs-trump.html?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Tit-for-tat escalation with no off-ramp in sight. *(NYT)*

#### [Weekly Roundup: Uber Cuts 3,300 Jobs, As It Invests $10B Into Robotaxis](https://therideshareguy.com/weekly-roundup-uber-cuts-3300-jobs-as-it-invests-10b-into-robotaxis/?ref=adjacent.media)

Corporate layoffs funding the robot future — a familiar trade in 2026\. *(The Rideshare Guy)*

### Machines & Minds

#### [OpenAI's Egregious Pattern of Misconduct](https://open.substack.com/pub/garymarcus/p/openais-egregious-pattern-of-misconduct)

A week's worth of hack, coverup, and IP-theft allegations piling up faster than OpenAI's PR can respond. *(Marcus on AI)*

#### [Matt Clifford steps down as chair of UK's science and tech research unit after joining Anthropic](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/07/architect-uk-ai-policy-quits-anthropic-conflict-of-interest-concerns?ref=adjacent.media)

The revolving door between AI policy and AI labs just got a very visible hinge. *(The Guardian)*

#### [Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, Meta's biggest AI bet yet](https://open.substack.com/pub/sourcesnews/p/mark-zuckerberg-meta-muse-ai-podcast-interview)

"Personal superintelligence" now has a product name and an agent that works while you sleep. *(Alex Heath)*