Evening Scan

The iPhone 18 Pro landed in customers' hands today, but the more interesting Apple story is what's inside it and what it costs to build. Elsewhere, a coding assistant broke into its rival's codebase—the kind of moment that will need context when explained later.

The first iPhone 18 Pro preorders are reaching customers

Launch day proceeded as expected, including the day-one software update everyone installs before removing the screen protector. (AppleInsider / MacRumors)

Apple Reportedly Accepts Even Higher RAM and Storage Prices in 2027

Samsung's memory shortage is beginning to look like a structural cost on every phone launch going forward, not just a supplier dispute. (MacRumors)

Security researchers hacked OpenAI using Anthropic's Claude (paywall)

It was a sanctioned bug bounty exercise, not corporate sabotage, but Claude cracking OpenAI's codebase speaks for itself. (WSJ)

Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city

2028 is a long runway, but this is Waymo's first bet on a right-hand-drive, non-US market—worth watching how much of the stack transfers. (The Verge)

"Security researchers... used a cybersecurity version of Opus 4.8 and Opus 5" to break into OpenAI's own monorepo. *(Wall Street Journal)