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Marcus Mendes is a Brazilian tech podcaster and journalist who has been closely following Apple since the mid-2000s.

He began covering Apple news in Brazilian media in 2012 and later broadened his focus to the wider tech industry, hosting a daily podcast for seven years.

Today, Marcus co-hosts several tech-focused shows at Gigahertz FM, a Brazilian podcast network he co-founded in 2022 with 9to5Mac’s own Guilherme Rambo. Outside of Gigahertz FM, he also hosts IA Sob Controle, a podcast featuring in-depth interviews and news about artificial intelligence.

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Sora 2 clones start flooding the App Store worldwide [U]

Update, October 5, 9:15 a.m. ET: The apps referenced in this story have since been removed from the App Store or reverted to their original titles. The original story follows below.

While OpenAI’s Sora app remains available only in the US and Canada, App Store users around the world who look for the new app are being hit with a barrage of clones attempting to cash in on its hype.

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