Apple's First Touchscreen Mac, iPhone Duo Crack, WhatsApp Features & More | Tech+AI News of the Week

Everything that changed in tech and AI this week, in about nine minutes. Apple finally puts a touchscreen on the MacBook Pro (from ₹3,49,900 in India, $2,899 in the US), the iPhone Duo's folding screen starts cracking (and Samsung pounces), WhatsApp adds four group features you'll actually use, Instagram tests 90-minute videos, Anthropic shows its numbers, Meta raises billions, OpenAI's Terra uses your computer for you, and a lightning round. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome + this week in 15 seconds 0:28 Apple finally makes a touchscreen MacBook (India prices) 1:45 iPhone Duo screens are cracking (and Samsung pounces) 2:29 4 new WhatsApp group features 3:09 Instagram tests 90-minute videos 3:40 Anthropic shows its numbers 4:27 Meta wants $95 billion 5:22 GPT-6.1 Terra uses your computer for you 5:58 AI and jobs: Microsoft and the Netherlands 6:30 Lightning round: Sweden, 8 states vs OpenAI, Genie 4, Opera, Gemini 4 Carbon 7:32 Recap + one thing to try this week Which one surprised you the most? Tell me in the comments. News, not financial advice. Sources: Touchscreen MacBook Pro: The Mac Observer https://www.macobserver.com/news/appl... · Tom's Guide live blog iPhone Duo cracks: SlashGear https://www.slashgear.com/2297687/new... · Khaleej Times · PC Guide (Samsung ad) WhatsApp group features: WABetaInfo https://wabetainfo.com/whatsapp-launc... · GSMArena Instagram Features: Online Tech Tips https://www.online-tech-tips.com/inst... Anthropic S-1: Fortune https://fortune.com/2026/10/26/anthro... · Yahoo Finance Meta $95B raise: KSL / Reuters https://www.ksl.com/article/51641059/... GPT-6.1 Terra: OpenAI ChatGPT release notes 8 states sue OpenAI (14 Oct 2026): AP via KY3 https://www.ky3.com/2026/10/15/states... India prices: apple.com/in (checked 1 Nov 2026); ₹ conversions at ₹94.93 per $ (PTI, 30 Oct 2026) OLED iPad mini, M6 iMac: MacRumors https://macrumors.com/2026/10/28/appl... Microsoft buyouts: Fox 5 / AP · Dutch job cuts: The Next Web Sweden blocks ChatGPT & Claude: The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/sweden-go... Genie 4: The Next Web · Opera WebAI: blogs.opera.com · Gemini 4 Carbon: Khaleej Times New episode every Sunday · Daily tech in under a minute: Instagram @ctrl.tech.ai