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Apple is making its biggest hardware bet in years with the iPhone eighteen lineup, which includes the long-rumored folding iPhone Duo alongside refreshed Pro models. It's a pivotal moment for the company — folding phones have struggled elsewhere, and now Apple is staking its reputation on getting the form factor right for mainstream buyers.
Shifting to gaming, Nintendo Switch two owners have been waiting over a year for variable refresh rate support in docked mode, and it's finally arriving via system update. The catch is a familiar one from Nintendo — VRR works on a title-by-title basis, meaning individual games will need their own updates before players see any benefit. Progress, but measured.
And in a sign that prediction markets are growing up fast, Polymarket has hired Warren Jenson — former finance chief at Amazon — as its first ever CFO. The move signals that the platform is serious about building a regulated exchange in the United States and expanding its global footprint, bringing institutional credibility to a space that has long operated on the edges of mainstream finance.
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