With iOS 26.4, Apple is adding video podcast capabilities to the Apple Podcasts app. The feature uses HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) to provide podcast creators with ”unprecedented control and monetization opportunities” while also providing a high-quality viewing experience.

Logan Paul has set a new world’s record — for the auction price of a trading card.

The wrestling and social media star’s rare Pickachu Illustrator Pokémon card, a “Holy Grail” for collectors, sold for $16.5 million Monday at Goldin Auctions after 41 days of bidding. Paul had purchased the card in 2021 for $5.275 million, a Guinness record at the time for a Pokémon card. He had added a diamond necklace and custom case and wore the card at WrestleMania 38 in 2022.

Apple maintained public silence in response to a pressure campaign from Trump administration officials who want to see more MAGA-sympathetic content in its popular news app.

But the technology giant has shown in recent months that it can be swayed.

In September 2025, the Daily Mail claimed in a filing to UK government regulators that it had been “arbitrarily” blocked from joining Apple News and Apple News+ in the UK multiple times since 2022. Apple never said anything publicly in response to the filing. But after coming onto the radar of regulators, Apple quickly worked to reverse the decision, partnering with the Mail to launch its UK program, Semafor has learned.

Apple added RCS support to iPhone with iOS 18.1, enabling richer cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android users. This included things like typing indicators, read receipts, and high-resolution photo and video attachments.

Last March, Apple announced its plans to add support for end-to-end encryption for RCS messages.

Now, iOS 26.4 beta 1, which is rolling out today, adds an early way to test end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone.

First, I want to note that what’s included in iOS 26.4 is a limited initial test of RCS end-to-end encrypted messaging that is meant for limited testing.

Peter Steinberger, the developer behind the open-source project OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI. His focus will be on building the next generation of personal AI agents. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Steinberger a ”genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people.” Altman expects this work to quickly become a core part of OpenAI’s product lineup.

OpenClaw, Steinberger’s original hobby project, which blew up over the past few weeks, will ”live in a foundation as an open-source project” and will be supported by OpenAI, Altman says, calling the future ”extremely multi-agent.”

Ring’s AI-powered “Search Party” feature, which leverages the company’s network of cameras to find lost dogs, is now available to all Ring customers in the U.S. For the first time, the feature will be made available to those who don’t own a Ring camera, too.

Launched last fall, Search Party uses AI to find possible matches for lost dogs across neighbors’ camera footage.

When a neighbor reports a lost dog in the Ring app, nearby outdoor cameras use AI to scan for possible matches. If a match is found, that camera owner receives an alert and can optionally choose to share any related video clips with their neighbor who reported the pet missing. They’ll also have an option to call the owner or send them a message, without sharing their own phone number.