Apple may launch its first foldable iPhone this autumn and call it the iPhone Ultra, an IT outlet reported. The device is expected to be Apple’s most expensive iPhone and use a book-style inward fold with a wider internal screen. Rumours include a crease-free inner panel, two rear cameras without a telephoto lens, and two front cameras. It may run iOS 27 with enhanced multitasking and use an A20 Pro chip, C2 modem and Touch ID.

U.S. startup Radify Metals is developing plasma-based metal refining technology to challenge China-centred rare earth supply chains. The company aims to remove oxygen from rare earth oxides to produce pure metals using superheated hydrogen plasma, leaving water vapour as the only byproduct. Radify is developing reactors for neodymium and dysprosium and plans to scale from kilogram-per-day output to a 100 kg-per-day pilot. It has raised close to $3 million.