Hayden Field / The Verge:
OpenAI officially closes its ~$6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products, after a trademark suit from hearing device startup Iyo  —  But it was careful to only refer to the startup as io Products Inc.  —  OpenAI originally announced the deal …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning the first Vision Pro upgrade later in 2025, with an M4 chip and a new strap, and a lighter, redesigned version for 2027  —  Apple Inc. is planning to introduce its first upgrade to the $3,499 Vision Pro headset as early as this year, aiming to improve the performance …

Disney Plus’ Ironheart is an underwhelming series for many reasons. It’s tonally inconsistent, zipping between whimsical singalongs and somber sequences tracking the long-term impact of gun violence. Like so many MCU shows, it’s more concerned with setting up the next part of the franchise than telling a satisfying standalone story. Its biggest fight scene takes […]

OpenAI’s page for io, minus the “Sam and Jony” short film that introduced the partnership, is back up, with a brief announcement that the deal has officially closed:

We’re thrilled to share that the io Products, Inc. team has officially merged with OpenAI. Jony Ive and LoveFrom remain independent and have assumed deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI.

Referring to the company as “io Products Inc.” rather than just “io” is seemingly their stopgap workaround for the trademark injunction they faced from rival startup iyO two weeks ago, which led them to temporarily take down this web page and the video. The video remains unavailable, presumably because of the ongoing trademark dispute.

Persona 5: The Phantom X version 1.1 is coming on Thursday, July 10 with potentially new characters and story content. The first update is on its way, but what’s actually in the update is a little ambiguous. All we know so far is when the update will occur, but as Persona 5: The Phantom X […]