The day in tech.

Apple trained a large language model for China with Alibaba's support, making it the first foreign company approved to offer a proprietary AI model there. The Cyberspace Administration of China registered Apple's generative AI service, clearing Apple Intelligence for Chinese iPhones.

Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash three weeks after Gemini 3.6 Flash, calling it its most intelligent workhorse model for coding and agents. It outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI models on nine benchmarks, including FrontierCode 1.1 Main, and powers Gemini Spark for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Uber and Pony AI are expanding their robotaxi partnership to deploy over 2,000 vehicles across five European cities, building on existing service in Zagreb, Croatia, with plans to enter the Middle East.

OpenAI released a preview ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, supporting Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44 on x64 and ARM64 via DEB and RPM packages. The app includes ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex, though native computer use is unavailable.

Google Meet's Gemini-powered "Take Notes for me" feature now works for in-person meetings, capturing a transcript, summary, and action items saved to a Google Doc. It requires Google AI Pro or AI Ultra for consumers and rolls out first on Android, with iOS support arriving at the end of August.

SharpEmu, an open-source PS5 emulator, now runs on the Steam Deck, booting Astro's Playroom to the PlayStation Studios loading screen. Performance fluctuates between 0.5 and 1 FPS, yet marks the first PS5 game load on the device without streaming.

Anthropic investors are floating a $2 trillion valuation target for its October IPO, citing projected revenue of $100 billion to $120 billion by end of 2026. CFO Krishna Rao leads early meetings without discussing financials. The company confidentially filed with the SEC in June.

Microsoft patched the LegacyHive Windows zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-62832, in August Patch Tuesday updates. Researcher Nightmare Eclipse disclosed the flaw after July Patch Tuesday, with a PoC requiring additional credentials. The vulnerability allows local attackers to gain administrator privileges via the Windows User Profile Service.

Nightmare Eclipse disclosed ShieldBreak, a new Windows privilege-escalation zero-day that bypasses a recent patch and works on fully updated Windows 11 systems. The researcher released the research hours after Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday cumulative update, leaving multiple Windows vulnerabilities still unpatched.

Apple TV added a collection of classic movies, including Arrival, The Martian, Gone Girl, and E.T., for subscribers at no extra cost. The new "Great Movies Available Now on Apple TV" carousel offers 19 titles in the U.S. and six in the U.K.