Morning 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)

Connected World

The Xiaomi 18 Fold may upstage Apple and Samsung

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

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

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

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

iPhone 18 Pro Event Could Hit Apple Shares, KeyBanc Warns

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 (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 (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 (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

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

Machines & Minds

OpenAI's 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

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

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