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Ep 11: Apple says affected iPhone 18 Pro Max phones on AT&T must be replaced, not patched. · MAG 7 Daily

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  Apple says affected iphone 18 pro max phones on at and t must be replaced, not patched. This
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  is MAG 7 Daily, episode 11. At the top of the tape, Apple said on october 2nd that a small
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  number of those phones can drop cellular service, so calls, texts, and mobile data stop. Bloomberg
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  says the bug hits customers who recently upgraded. Apple shipped iOS 27.0.1 earlier in the week,
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  Plus, an AT&T Carrier Settings update on October 2nd.
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  And it wants every iPhone 18 Pro Max owner to install the software update now.
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  The path is Settings, General, then Software Update.
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  The carrier update should download by itself over the next 14 days.
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  Opening Settings, General, then About, can force it.
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  Owners of phones that already lost service are told to contact Apple Support or AT&T,
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  or to walk into an Apple store or an AT&T store.
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  Apple says it has seen this only on that one model,
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  and only on AT&T.
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  Apple is also planning new privacy controls on the Mac.
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  Bloomberg says the warning is about broad data access
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  for third-party software,
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  including artificial intelligence agents.
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  Mac stories calls the plan
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  new full-disc access controls on Mac developers.
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  R's Technica sets that against meta.
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  Meta says FDA is not enough for muse reading messages and Apple disagrees.
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  Meta wants muse in a television and in a toaster.
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  TechCrunch reported on October 2nd that Meta is giving the code away for free so other
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  companies can build those gadgets.
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  Google is cutting which Gemini models the lower tiers can open, XDA reports.
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  On October 9th, free users lose flash and keep only flash light.
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  Google AI Plus loses Gemini Pro and keeps flash and flashlight.
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  Plus, subscribers get an email naming the day Pro ends,
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  and they still keep the storage that comes with the tier.
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  AI Pro and Ultra keep Pro.
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  Google says every other subscription tier is unchanged.
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  The Netherlands is considering a ban on Meta's AI glasses,
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  business insider reports, and some retailers have already pulled them from shelves.
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  A separate report says a Dutch retailer has halted sales.
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  Microsoft is pushing the date when usage-based billing becomes the default for co-pilot out to December 1st, CRN reports.
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  That change also adds a spending cap.
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  Amazon's $1 billion plan to answer data center opposition is drawing more backlash, or as Technica reports.
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  The same piece praises Amazon for ending non-disclosure agreements and slams it for downplaying data center pollution.
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  That replacement order sits against thousands of complaints on the Apple support community
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  and other platforms, Mac rumors reports, next to Apple's phrase a small number.
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  US iPhone 18 Pro Max models use Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80 modem.
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  Models sold in every other country use Apple's C2 modem, and Mac rumors says it is unclear
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  whether that's split matters.
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  It is also unclear whether Apple will open a service program.
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  MacRumors says it sounds as if Apple stores will replace affected phones for free.
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  Across the seven, the robot brainwound that touches Nvidia and Meta is a $700 million raise at a
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  $10 billion valuation. Benzinga reports from a Friday business insider account. That is more than
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  four times a $2 billion valuation from just over a year ago. Which venture firm led this round
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  is not clear. A person familiar with the deal says field AI has added at least 35 million
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  dollars in revenue and customer contracts since June, taking the total above 135 million dollars.
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  The California company was founded in 2023 and is building what it calls a universal general
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  purpose brain for humanoid robots, robot dogs, drones, and industrial rovers. Last year,
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  it raised $405 million across two rounds at that $2 billion mark.
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  Backers then included N Ventures and Vidya's Venture Arm and Intel Capital, plus Bezos
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  Expeditions, Gates Frontier, Samsung, Coastal Ventures, Tomasik, Prysm Capital, and Cain
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  and Partners.
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  Field AI did not immediately answer Benzinga.
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  Chief Executive Ali Aga told Business Insider in June, we have seen very, very fast growth
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  in the last several months.
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  The new valuation sits near physical intelligence at roughly $11 billion, and skilled AI at more
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  than $14 billion.
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  The $10 billion mark is a bet that the brain works in unpredictable places, not on one
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  task in a controlled room.
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  A citriny research report in September, after meetings with robotics labs, engineers and
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  investors in the San Francisco Bay Area, found most humanoid robots still in development,
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  and training or tele-operated demonstrations.
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  Those deployments look closer to pilots
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  than to a clear return.
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  The same report says basic humanoid walking
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  is effectively solved, and complex dexterity is not.
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  On October 9, 2026, free users of Google Gemini
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  lose flash and keep only flash light.
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  On December 1, 2026, usage-based billing becomes the default
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  for Microsoft co-pilot, with a spending cap added.
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  Before we go, October 9th is the day free Gemini users lose flash.
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  That's Mag 7 Daily for today.
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  Nothing in this show is financial advice.
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  I'm Patrick in Vancouver.
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  This episode used AI voice synthesis of my voice.
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  Editorial selection and analysis are my own.