SK Hynix Eyes Up to $14 Billion U.S. IPO to Fund AI Chip Expansion 
NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo 
SpaceX Eyes Historic IPO at $1.75 Trillion Valuation 
Chinese Universities with PLA Ties Found Purchasing Restricted U.S. AI Chips Through Super Micro Servers 
Federal Judge Blocks Pentagon's Blacklisting of AI Company Anthropic 
OpenAI Pulls the Plug on Sora, Ending $1 Billion Disney Partnership 
Google's TurboQuant Algorithm Sends Memory Chip Stocks Tumbling 
Microsoft's $10 Billion Japan Investment: AI Infrastructure and Data Sovereignty Push 
Reflection AI Eyes $25 Billion Valuation in Massive $2.5 Billion Funding Round 
Apple Turns 50: From Garage Startup to AI Crossroads 
Australia's Social Media Ban for Under-16s Sparks Global Movement 
Samsung Electronics Eyes Record Q1 Profit Amid AI-Driven Chip Boom 
MATCH Act Targets ASML and Chinese Chipmakers in New U.S. Export Crackdown 
Nanya Technology Shares Surge 10% After $2.5 Billion Private Placement from Sandisk and Cisco 
TSMC Japan's Second Fab to Produce 3nm Chips by 2028 
California's AI Executive Order Pushes Responsible Tech Use in State Contracts 
Several reports are shaping up the final look of Apple’s highly-anticipated flagship smartphone for 2017: the iPhone 8.
According to Taiwan-based market intelligence company TrendForce, the release of iPhone 8 will come with a storage capacity upgrade. Citing supply chain sources, TrendForce said the iPhone 8 will come in 64GB and 256GB variants. The move was unusual for the company, as Forbes notes, considering the company has been offering storage capacity variants in threes in the last few debuts. Moreover, iPhone 7 was released in 32GB, 128GB and 256B variants.
Apple Insider also reported that instead of a curved display, TrendForce claimed that it will have the same “2.5D” glass found on Apple’s latest devices, including iPhone 7, at 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches. Although Apple indeed has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with Samsung to purchase its OLED panels, production yields and drop-test results on smartphones with curved displays could be the contributing reason why.
Know Your Mobile also cited KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo, who has had a 100-percent track record when it comes to Apple and iPhone predictions, who said that the phone will also come with a "revolutionary" front camera setup, a part of it will incorporate a new 3D sensor to work in tandem with the 2D images to create “3D selfies.” Moreover, the phone will also have facial recognition technology, thanks no doubt to Apple-owned Israeli tech firm RealFace, a leader of this new technology.
It would be interesting to see whether reception for the iPhone 8, once it comes out, will be warmer than the previous flagship phone. For a price of USD1,000+, iPhone 8 will be a real test to Apple fans.
