This briefing covers two Asian frontier model launches positioned against Anthropic’s restricted Mythos and Fable 5, including Chinese firm 360’s cybersecurity tools Tulongfeng and Yitianzhen and Tokyo-based Sakana AI’s agent orchestration model Fugu. It then details Apple’s M5 chip series across the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lines along with price increases tied to a building memory shortage, and closes with a proposed federal class action accusing California gas station operators of using Kalibrate fuel-pricing software to coordinate prices.