
The Vergecast
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This week Apple announced a Mac Mini made for AI and a Mac Studio made for AI, both with faster M6 and M5 Pro chips made for AI. But that's all an amuse-bouche to Sept. 9's (expected) main course: the long-awaited folding iPhone. Nilay Patel, Jake Kastrenakes, and David Imel run through all of this week's Apple news, including the most important story: a surprise discount on the legendary polishing cloth.Then, they react to Meta's settlement in its latest kids safety trial, geek out about Grand Theft Auto VI with the Hype Desk's Ashley Esqueda, check out the Pokémon Fitbit, and decide if Nvidia just saved the global economy. Further reading: File a comment with the FCC Apple announces September iPhone launch event Apple’s new M6 chip gets more cores and more AI compute Apple launches new Mac Studios with its ‘most powerful chip ever’ — the M5 Ultra Apple’s new Mac Mini has fresh M6 and M5 Pro chip offerings — and higher prices Apple’s ‘new’ polishing cloth is the same except $10 cheaper Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major lawsuit settlement Meta is planning an ad blitz urging TikTok and YouTube to follow it