Tech
Apple opens Core AI so apps load a model like a font
WWDC, 8 June. The inference stack behind Apple Intelligence is now a Swift API, a .aimodel file, and a public Qwen, Mistral, and SAM 3 repository.
Owen Briggs
Video Desk
The tape
Official video, filed with the story it belongs to.
Tech
Apple’s bigger on-device model needs 12 GB and an iPhone 17 Pro
WWDC, 8 June. Expressive Siri and advanced dictation stay on the 12 GB phones. The base iPhone 17, at 8 GB, does not get them.
Vera Lund
Game Reviews
Split Fiction has sold more than seven million copies
Hazelight's co-op adventure Split Fiction has sold more than seven million copies since its 6 March 2025 launch. Steam reviews are 97 percent positive.
Leo Brightwell
Game Reviews
Lost in Tandem and Wild Ice bring finished co-op games to Steam
Tempete Studio's Lost in Tandem shipped on 22 July, and Journey Bound Games' Wild Ice followed on 19 August. Both are finished co-op games.
Marnie Cole
Australia
Hanson took the energy package to the Press Club on 17 June
Pauline Hanson used her 17 June National Press Club address to lay out One Nation's energy plan, including treating gas as a strategic asset.
Rory Keane
Australia
Hanson's Press Club speech put nuclear back in the argument
Pauline Hanson's 17 June Press Club speech put civil nuclear back in the national argument, with a call for a reactor and repeal of the net-zero law.
Niamh Frost
United States
Washington is telling the NRC to stop taking a decade
President Trump has ordered a US nuclear rebuild, from about 100 gigawatts toward 400 by 2050. The Energy Department put $2.7 billion into enrichment.
Sienna Brook
Game Reviews
Commodore puts six Alien Breed games on modern machines
Commodore's Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection brings six Amiga games to PC, PlayStation and Xbox on 24 September, with Switch later in 2026.
Wren Solace