THE RUNDOWN

Both iFixit's official teardown and a separate YouTuber's deep-dive have shed light on the design choices behind the Duo's very public failure streak. iFixit found specific structural details around the hinge and display assembly that appear to leave the screen more exposed to stress than it should be. The YouTuber's independent dissection points in the same direction — this looks less like bad luck and more like a design trade-off that didn't survive contact with real-world use. If you've been eyeing a foldable, our phones coverage has a full breakdown of the best alternatives right now.

An Apollo Global economist has delivered a blunt assessment that's going to sting Silicon Valley: AI has delivered 'zero financial payoff' to most companies despite eye-watering investment and years of hype. The argument is that productivity gains are either too small, too narrow, or simply not showing up in the numbers yet. For African businesses being sold expensive AI transformation packages, this is worth filing away as a very useful data point.

A deep investigation into Google's AI-powered search overhaul confirms what many in online media have suspected — the shift toward AI-generated answer summaries is gutting referral traffic to independent publishers and news sites. When Google answers the question itself, readers have no reason to click through. It's a structural problem that's reshaping who can survive as a digital publisher, and it's hitting everyone from small blogs to established outlets.

xAI's Grok has released the opening seven minutes of 'Odyssey', its AI-generated film project, and the reaction has been mixed at best. The visuals are technically coherent but critics are already pointing out what's missing: any real sense of artistic intention, emotional weight, or human storytelling instinct. It's a useful reminder that generating images and telling a story are very different things — explore more on this at our AI coverage.

In a move that's sparked fierce debate, the moderators of r/opensource — one of Reddit's major open-source communities — have banned submissions for projects that use AI. The new rules also restricted non-English posts and tightened several other criteria. Supporters say it's about keeping the community focused; critics argue it's an ideological overcorrection that could exclude legitimate work.

Instagram has officially launched Instagram for TV on Apple TV, bringing short-form video from your phone to the big screen in your living room. It's part of Meta's broader push to compete with YouTube and TikTok in the TV environment, where longer viewing sessions and shared household screens make for more valuable ad inventory. Whether Ghanaian users will get access to the Apple TV app in the near term remains to be seen.

A team of scientists has managed to trap an antimatter particle for several months — far longer than any previous attempt — opening the door to experiments that could fundamentally test our understanding of physics. Antimatter annihilates on contact with regular matter, making it extraordinarily difficult to study. The new containment method could finally allow researchers to probe whether antimatter behaves differently from matter in ways that might explain why the universe exists at all.

New research has found that oil from spills doesn't just affect the ocean surface — over time it sinks and penetrates deep marine habitats, with animal populations at the seafloor declining by as much as reported even a decade after a spill. For a continent whose coastlines and fishing economies are increasingly at risk from offshore oil activity, this long-term damage picture matters enormously.

From memory-recording pendants to ambient listening devices, a new wave of AI wearables — including products like Muse Charm, Bee, Friend, and Plaud — are competing for space on your body and in your daily life. Most are still finding their use case, and the privacy questions haven't been answered convincingly. But the category is clearly moving fast, and some of these gadgets are genuinely practical for productivity-minded users.

That's your Monday sorted. The iPhone Duo situation is the one to watch this week — if Apple doesn't respond publicly, the pressure from repair communities and regulators is only going to build.