Top of the Hour — 7:00 AM · Sat Sep 12, 2026

Saturday, September 12: Apple iPhone 18 Pro preorders go live today as the company makes its most explicit AI usage-fee signal yet; OpenAI opens its Agents API to public beta; and Apple's new CEO John Ternus frames the iPhone Duo's $1,999 foldable debut around on-device AI privacy. In this hour: iPhone 18 Pro Preorders Go Live — Apple Signals Coming AI Usage Fees for Siri Cloud Features · Ternus Debuts iPhone Duo at $1,999 — Frames Foldable as Apple's On-Device AI Hub · OpenAI Opens Agents API to Public Beta — Managed Codex Harness Now Available to All Developers · Apple A20 Pro's On-Device AI Performance Prompts Analyst Debate Over Whether Hardware Can Substitute for a Frontier Model.