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Apple Intelligence is officially cleared for China, with regulators approving a partnership between Apple and Alibaba to bring the Qwen AI models to Apple's operating systems. It's a significant moment for Apple, which has been navigating a delicate regulatory landscape in one of its most critical markets for years.
Meanwhile, the decentralized finance world is absorbing another costly blow. A hacker exploited Ostium's own price-reporting infrastructure, submitting falsified future-dated oracle data to manufacture fake trading profits and walk away with eighteen million dollars. It's the latest in a pattern of oracle attacks that continue to expose structural vulnerabilities across DeFi protocols.
And on a quieter front, Valve has silently stopped selling replacement LCD screens for the original Steam Deck through iFixit. No announcement, no explanation — just a disappearing parts listing. For a company that once positioned repairability as a feature, the move raises real questions about long-term support commitments to early adopters.
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