On hot afternoons, when demand for power peaks, solar is now regularly supplying around a third of the electricity used across Texas, says Mark Stover, executive director of the Texas Solar and Storage Association.

He says that the solar boom is being driven by two main things. Firstly, it is cheap and quick to connect solar farms to Texas’ power grid, which is separate to the rest of the US. Secondly, Texas has a huge and growing appetite for electricity, driven by a burgeoning population.

Between 2015 and 2025, Texas’s population increased by 15.8%,, external making it one of the fastest-growing states in the nation.

“We need a whole lot of power in Texas, and we need it quickly,” Stover says.

Solar has also become inexpensive. James Scott, vice president of project development at OCI, says the technology has had years of small manufacturing gains that brought the price down to the point where it is now the cheapest way to generate power in the state.

“No one would have believed that 20 years ago,” Scott says.

Once a project is built, he says, the price of the electricity it produces can be fixed for decades, since the fuel, sunlight, is free.

“We’ll charge you $40 a megawatt hour for the next 25 years,” Scott says, adding that large buyers such as Amazon and Apple value being able to lock in a price for that long.

By contrast, new coal plants in the US produce power at nearly $90 megawatts per hour, says the Energy Information Administration.

Farmers have become central to that growth because solar developers need large stretches of flat land.

Stover says the industry is now paying out multigenerational income to families through leases that typically run 25 to 30 years and rise in value each year, letting some retire, set up family trusts, or simply keep a farm solvent.

Stover argues solar’s footprint is smaller than critics assume. “The industry is utilizing less than 0.15% of Texas land,” he says.

As the Unrivaled women’s basketball league continues to grow, Adidas is jumping on board with a multiyear partnership to become its official uniform and performance apparel partner. 

The fast-growing women’s 3-on-3 league, founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, will now be outfitted with Adidas’ gear, while introducing a broader assortment of officially licensed merchandise, including authentic jerseys and lifestyle collections, to fans. 

Adidas will also become the apparel provider for Unrivaled’s youth camps, clinics and related community basketball programming. 

The partnership will debut on the Unrivaled court at the start of the 2027 season. 

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Breanna Stewart of the Mist celebrates after defeating the Phantom during the Unrivaled 2026 Championship game at Sephora Arena March 4, 2026, in Medley, Fla. (Leonardo Fernandez/Getty Images / Getty Images)

“We continue our journey to be the next generation brand of basketball,” Max Staiger, global general manager of Adidas Basketball, said in an official statement. “Unrivaled shares our belief for what’s possible in women’s basketball, and investing in athletes is the best way to grow the game. We’re excited to partner with the league to advance that vision through innovation, athlete empowerment and new opportunities that grow the game at every level.”

This partnership aims to strengthen women’s basketball by enhancing the athlete and fan experience, while opening new doors for the next generation of young players. 

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“Our partnership with Adidas represents an important next step in Unrivaled’s growth and evolution,” Alex Bazzell, Unrivaled co-founder and CEO said. 

“Adidas shares in our vision and commitment to investing in the future of women’s basketball, and together we’ll elevate the athlete experience, create new opportunities for our players and service our fans even better.”

Since the league’s debut in 2025, Unrivaled has quickly emerged as one of the fastest-growing properties in sports, putting together some of the world’s best women’s basketball players across eight different clubs, and most players have equity in the league. 

A Unrivaled Wilson basketball during the first half of an Unrivaled 2026 game between the Hive and the Phantom at Sephora Arena Jan. 18, 2026, in Medley, Fla. (Tomas Diniz Santos/Getty Images / Getty Images)

Because Unrivaled is so focused on athlete empowerment and expanding the sport, it was only natural to bring in Adidas, a global leader with a similar mission. 

“Adidas has a long history of investing in the athletes and moments that define this game,” women’s basketball legend Candace Parker, who serves as president of Adidas Women’s Basketball, said in a statement. 

“Through this partnership, Adidas will bring elite performance innovation to Unrivaled athletes while continuing to invest in the future of women’s basketball at every level.”

Allisha Gray, Li Yueru, Arike Ogunbowale, Alanna Smith and Veronica Burton of the Mist celebrate after defeating the Phantom during the Unrivaled 2026 Championship game at Sephora Arena March 4, 2026, in Medley, Fla. (Leonardo Fernandez/Getty Images / Getty Images)

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In August, Unrivaled announced that its Series C fundraiser, led by Ten Pillars Sports Fund, surpassed an initial $100 million target and was oversubscribed at a league valuation of $650 million. 

The evidence of the past decade has made this assumption untenable. The question for modern security leadership is not whether a serious incident will occur, but whether the organization has built the capability to absorb it, contain it, and recover from it without catastrophic operational or financial consequences.

“Prevention alone is a strategy that assumes you will always win,” says Guerassim Nikolov, entrepreneur and enterprise security advisor with more than twenty years in cybersecurity strategy. “Resilience is what you build for the assumption that eventually, you won’t. The organizations that recover well aren’t the ones with the most sophisticated defenses – they’re the ones that have practiced what happens when those defenses fail.”

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack of May 2021 illustrated what inadequate resilience looks like in practice. DarkSide ransomware – introduced through a compromised VPN account that lacked multi-factor authentication – encrypted critical billing and operational systems. Colonial Pipeline halted all pipeline operations as a precautionary measure, cutting off approximately 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply for several days. The company paid a ransom of $4.4 million in Bitcoin within hours. Even after receiving the decryption key, restoring full operations took additional days, and the disruption triggered emergency declarations across seventeen states.

Maersk’s experience with the NotPetya wiper malware in June 2017 is the more instructive case study on resilience execution. When NotPetya propagated through Maersk’s global network, the company was forced to rebuild its entire IT infrastructure from scratch: 45,000 PCs, 4,000 servers, and 2,500 applications reinstalled across every global location within ten days. That recovery was only possible because Maersk’s staff improvised manual processes to keep approximately 80% of shipping volume moving without any operational IT systems. The financial cost was estimated at $250–$300 million.

Nikolov cites the Maersk case as the clearest demonstration of why resilience thinking must be built in before a crisis hits. “They rebuilt an entire global IT infrastructure in ten days because they had no choice. Most organizations haven’t thought through what their version of that looks like. The time to design and rehearse that response is before you’re in it – not while your systems are down and your stakeholders are waiting for answers.”

The regulatory environment has added another layer of urgency. The SEC’s cybersecurity disclosure rules, which took effect for most large public companies in December 2023, require that material cybersecurity incidents be reported within four business days of the company determining materiality. Boards and executive teams must now be prepared to make materiality determinations quickly – often while the incident is still active – and to communicate simultaneously with regulators, investors, and the public.

Building genuine resilience requires treating it as an operational capability, not a technology configuration. The components are: tested and rehearsed incident response plans, not documents that sit in a folder; backup systems isolated from production networks so ransomware cannot encrypt them simultaneously; clearly defined decision authority for who can authorize payments, shut down systems, or invoke business continuity plans; and pre-prepared stakeholder communication templates for regulators, customers, and the media.

The organizations that recover fastest from significant incidents are not those with the most sophisticated prevention technology. They are the ones that have practiced recovery so many times that it becomes a repeatable operational process rather than a crisis improvisation. Resilience, like any capability, is built through rehearsal.

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MELBOURNE — Accounting and advisory firm Moore Australia (VIC/TAS) has appointed former Big Four tax leader Dmitri Filippov as Director of Tax Advisory in its Melbourne office, strengthening the firm’s international and corporate tax capabilities amid heightening global cross-border regulatory demands.

Commencing in his new role, Filippov brings over two decades of professional experience advising multinational enterprises, publicly listed corporations, and privately held middle-market businesses across Australia and New Zealand. The executive appointment comes as middle-market accounting networks face increasing client demand for specialized technical guidance navigating complex international tax governance, global minimum tax mandates, and trans-Tasman structural requirements.

Deep Big Four Expertise and Trans-Tasman Market Focus

Prior to joining Moore Australia, Filippov built an extensive career spanning senior leadership roles within major global professional services networks. He served over eight years at Deloitte as Director of Corporate Tax in Melbourne and previously held multiple advisory posts at Ernst & Young (EY), including Senior Tax Manager in Brisbane.

Throughout his career in Big Four practice, Filippov has managed complex corporate restructuring engagements, cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) tax structuring, and global tax compliance programs for domestic and international corporate groups. His industry background spans key economic sectors including infrastructure, technology, agriculture, financial services, consumer goods, and industrial manufacturing.

“I have spent my career helping businesses make sense of tax across borders, and that work is only becoming more important,” stated Filippov regarding his appointment. “Moore Australia gives me the platform to work closely with clients while drawing on a genuinely global network. I am looking forward to helping the team build something that clients value for years to come.”

Navigating Global Minimum Tax and Evolving Regulatory Regimes

Filippov’s arrival reinforces Moore Australia’s advisory infrastructure at a time when mid-tier and multinational enterprises face unprecedented regulatory headwinds. Corporate tax departments across the Asia-Pacific region are managing sweeping international compliance changes, including Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Pillar Two implementation, tightened transfer pricing enforcement, and changing state and federal tax frameworks.

A Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, Filippov began his career as an investigations officer with the Inland Revenue Department of New Zealand. He holds postgraduate qualifications in corporate law and taxation alongside foundational degrees in accounting and applied mathematics. This combined background in public enforcement and private corporate consulting equips the firm to deliver commercial, risk-managed tax strategies for mid-market clients expanding across international borders.

“Dmitri’s appointment is a deliberate investment in the depth and breadth of our Tax Advisory practice,” said Steven Sakkas, Chief Executive Officer of Moore Australia (VIC/TAS). “Our clients are ambitious, innovation-driven and growth-oriented, yet they operate in an increasingly complex economic, regulatory and political environment. Dmitri gives clients access to expertise that matters more than ever: over 20 years of corporate and international tax experience across multinational and listed organisations as well as privately owned businesses in Australia and New Zealand, spanning complex tax matters, restructures, and mergers and acquisitions.”

Strategic Priorities for Moore Australia’s Tax Advisory Practice

• Expanding dedicated international tax advisory and trans-Tasman structuring capabilities for mid-market and listed corporate clients.
• Structuring tax-effective merger, acquisition, and divestment frameworks across domestic and cross-border commercial transactions.
• Navigating multi-jurisdictional compliance programs, global minimum tax regulations, and transfer pricing audit defenses.

Professional Services Talent Competition and Market Outlook

The high-profile hire underscores a broader strategic push among mid-tier accounting networks to capture market share from major global firms. As large corporate clients seek agile advisory models paired with senior-level technical access, firms like Moore Australia are aggressively recruiting proven Big Four leadership to lead key practice areas.

Operating as part of the broader national Moore Australia network—which encompasses 13 offices and over 600 professionals across the country—the Victoria and Tasmania operation continues to scale its core multidisciplinary units. By pairing senior talent acquisition with the firm’s global network footprint, Moore Australia aims to position itself as a primary corporate advisor for growth-stage and multinational companies navigating regulatory disruption across the Trans-Tasman economy.

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Kingfisher’s broader DIY markets are hardly booming, but Screwfix is doing enough heavy lifting to make the group look considerably healthier. Strong trade demand, better margins and tighter cost control pushed first-half profits higher and gave management the confidence to raise guidance despite a still-mixed consumer backdrop.

WHAT HAPPENED

Kingfisher shares jumped around 9% after the home-improvement retailer upgraded its full-year outlook following a stronger-than-expected first half.

Adjusted pretax profit rose 9.9% to £404 million (about $539 million) in the six months to July, while statutory sales increased 0.8% to £6.86 billion and underlying like-for-like sales edged 0.3% higher.

The standout performer was Screwfix, where like-for-like sales climbed 5.6% as stronger volumes, higher spending from trade customers and continued market-share gains offset softer consumer demand elsewhere in the group.

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Trade customers now account for 74% of Screwfix sales, giving the chain greater exposure to professional builders, plumbers and electricians whose purchasing tends to be more frequent and less discretionary than that of ordinary DIY shoppers.

Digital engagement is also becoming increasingly important. E-commerce penetration at Screwfix reached 60%, while app sales increased 18%, helped by stronger loyalty-program usage and a broader range of branded products.

Kingfisher’s wider digital strategy continued gaining ground too. Group e-commerce sales excluding Screwfix rose 16%, while marketplace gross merchandise value jumped 42% to £372 million and contributed £13.4 million of profit.

Profitability improved faster than sales, with gross margin expanding 70 basis points due to sourcing gains, marketplace growth and disciplined cost management. A £14 million UK business-rates refund also helped the first-half result.

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Management now expects adjusted pretax profit of £595 million to £635 million for the full year, up from its previous £565 million to £625 million range. Free-cash-flow guidance was also increased to £480 million to £520 million from £450 million to £510 million.

The stronger outlook comes even though trading remains uneven across the portfolio, particularly in France, where weak consumer confidence and softer demand for larger renovation projects continue to weigh on performance.

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Fresh off ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, first lady Melania Trump discussed the growing role of artificial intelligence during a wide-ranging interview on “The Big Money Show,” sharing advice for Americans and revealing how she has used the technology herself.

“I know, now a big topic. It’s AI, and everybody’s scared about it. I feel that they need to be vigilant. We need to use it wisely,” Trump told the “The Big Money Show” hosts Wednesday

The first lady stressed that AI users should also not “believe everything” and should educate themselves on platforms to see what’s real or not. 

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Artificial intelligence has become a focal point for Americans as the U.S. seeks to press forward with the technology while addressing regulation and the concerns over its “threat” to humanity. 

President Donald Trump advocated for the push for American AI dominance during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

“Whoever wins AI, you have to remember this, and now I say whoever wins SI, whoever wins ‘superintelligence,’ wins. That’s the group that wins,” Trump said. “We’re leading now over China by a lot and everyone else. We’re going to keep it that way. We’re going to keep it very straight and very strong.”

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As the U.S. presses on in its AI adoption, the first lady was asked how it should be incorporated into schooling and family life. 

“I think it should be incorporated,” she said. 

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet this week for a state visit.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images / Getty Images)

Mrs. Trump hinted at the AI race with China as President Xi Jinping is in the U.S. for a state visit. 

“You know, for example, China, they’re coming to visit, right? But they will not stop. We need to move ahead, and we need to be educated,” she stressed. 

The first lady continued touching on its educational use for children.  

“For the children as well, I was just in North Carolina and I brought Nvidia and they donated a subscription to North Carolina schools,” she said. “So they know what they’re doing, and it’s very important that you know to be vigilant and also have, you know, a time when you could be on, because AI can be very educational as well.”

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“But you need to be very careful how you use it,” she reiterated. 

Turning towards her own application of AI, the first lady revealed to “The Big Money Show” co-hosts how she uses it. 

“I use it more for research,” Trump explained. “I research and it’s easy. When you don’t know something, I like to know everything. So for me, I research it, and you type it in, and you have information right away.” 

Trump highlighted how she verifies the AI responses. 

“Of course, if something is saying, oh, is that true or not? You need to check it somewhere else, right? But that’s how I use that, for search and for knowledge.”

FOX Business’ Eric Revell contributed to this report. 

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government website earlier this year, though the company said its review found no evidence that patient records were accessed.

Albanese told reporters in New York that the activity occurred in June and involved an OpenAI agent accessing the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, which is administered by Services Australia.

“I spoke with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, to express Australia’s extreme concern about this incident,” Albanese said. 

“And I also expressed my disappointment that it took the company way too long to inform the government what had occurred, and the nature of the way that that notification occurred as well was unacceptable.”

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government website earlier this year. (Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Albanese said no personal information is believed to have been accessed and that investigations remain ongoing.

“Nonetheless, this situation is obviously unacceptable,” Albanese said.

In a statement provided to FOX Business, OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri said the company identified activity involving several Australian government websites during an internal evaluation.

Pusateri said OpenAI is conducting an extensive review of “misaligned model activity” during training and evaluation and is notifying third parties when it “identifies potential impacts to their systems.”

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An OpenAI spokesperson said the company identified activity involving several Australian government websites during an internal evaluation. (Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

“During this review, we identified activity involving several Australian government websites and services as our models attempted to look up answers and available statistics for questions about Australia during an internal evaluation,” Pusateri said. “In the course of that, our models took actions we did not intend.”

Pusateri said OpenAI’s review found no evidence that patient records were accessed.

“The information accessed included aggregate health statistics and internal file names,” Pusateri said. “We notified the organizations and are providing technical information to support their investigations and help address potential security vulnerabilities.

“Our overall review is ongoing, and we remain committed to transparency about these issues and to sharing what we learn as that work continues.” 

The company said it notified Services Australia Sept. 10 after validating what information had been accessed.

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The prime minister also said he spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to express Australia’s “extreme concern” about the incident. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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The incident comes amid growing scrutiny of AI models and their capabilities.

Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned the United Nations Security Council Wednesday that rapidly advancing AI could threaten humanity if governments and industry fail to keep it under human control.

“We could lose control of the future to AI,” Altman said. “The risk is that it moves so fast that people can no longer follow what’s happening or intervene when needed. This would obviously be terrible.”

Reuters and FOX Business’ Isabel McKean contributed to this report.

OPPO’s latest book-style foldable, the Find N6, has drawn some of the strongest praise the company has received for a smartphone in years, with reviewers across multiple outlets calling it among the best folding phones currently on the market. The catch, according to nearly every review published so far, is that most consumers outside Asia and Oceania won’t be able to buy one.

OPPO markets the Find N6 as a “Pocket AI Workstation,” built around what the company calls a “Zero-Feel Crease,” a 200-megapixel Hasselblad camera system, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor. According to OPPO’s own specifications, the device folds down to roughly 159.87 by 74.12 by 8.93 millimeters and weighs approximately 225 grams, opening into an 8.12-inch inner display alongside a 6.62-inch cover screen, both capable of a 1-120Hz refresh rate. The company says the device carries IP56, IP58 and IP59 water and dust resistance ratings, is powered by a 6000mAh silicon-carbon battery, and supports 80W wired and 50W wireless fast charging.

The feature drawing the most attention from independent reviewers, however, is the phone’s hinge. OPPO says its second-generation Titanium Flexion Hinge, built using what the company describes as industry-first 3D liquid printing and a “Clover Balance Pivot,” combines with what it calls Auto-Smoothing Flex Glass to produce a dramatically flatter fold than previous foldables. According to OPPO’s internal testing, the new hinge improves flatness by 75% and strengthens the hinge itself by 20% compared with the company’s previous Find N5 model.

Independent reviewers who tested the device largely corroborated that claim, even if none put it in quite the same technical terms as OPPO’s own marketing. Tech Advisor’s review, based on several weeks of hands-on use, described the crease as “the least noticeable crease of any folding phone to date,” adding that “you can barely feel the crease when you run your fingers over it.” The outlet reported that OPPO scans each hinge with microscopic precision during manufacturing, filling any detected unevenness with a liquid 3D-printing process cured under UV light, a process the reviewer said reduces the height variance across the crease to roughly 0.05 millimeters, compared with the 0.2 millimeters typical of most folding phones. “The Find N6 is the closest we’ve ever come to a creaseless folding phone, and it’s glorious to use,” the review concluded.

Trusted Reviews reached a similarly enthusiastic verdict, writing that OPPO “has all but erased” the crease problem that has defined book-style foldables since the category’s inception, crediting the combination of the new hinge and Auto-Smoothing glass with delivering “a tablet-like canvas that doesn’t constantly remind you it folds in half.” The same review praised the phone’s broader package, noting it backs up the near-creaseless display “with a larger battery, faster charging, a genuinely competitive camera system and one of the most polished big-screen Android experiences around.”

GSMArena’s testing similarly confirmed the display improvements, noting the Find N6 retains the same 8.12-inch LTPO OLED panel size and resolution as its predecessor while adding higher maximum brightness alongside continued support for a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision streaming. The outlet’s separate verdict summary called the Find N6 “a classy foldable with a durable design and improved dust resistance,” highlighting its “superb OLED screens, best-in-class battery life, excellent performance and top-notch camera setup” as reasons to recommend it to anyone able to buy one.

On the camera front, OPPO’s specifications list a 200-megapixel Hasselblad Ultra-Clear main camera with a 23mm focal length and a 1/1.56-inch sensor, paired with a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto lens offering a 70mm focal length and up to 120x super zoom, a 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera with a 15mm focal length, and a dedicated True Color Camera using a multispectral sensor to improve color accuracy. Digital Camera World’s review confirmed those specifications represent a meaningful upgrade over the Find N5, noting the new 200-megapixel main sensor replaces a 50-megapixel unit, while the ultra-wide camera jumps from 8 megapixels to 50 megapixels. The outlet noted the True Color Camera appears in the Find N series for the first time with the N6, designed specifically to improve white balance accuracy across varying lighting conditions.

Not every aspect of the review cycle was uniformly positive. Digital Camera World raised a recurring complaint about book-style foldables generally, noting that the Find N6’s inner screen retains a nearly square aspect ratio that works well for viewing two apps side by side but leaves video content without a dramatically larger viewing area than the cover screen once black bars are accounted for, and can cause on-screen menus in apps like Lightroom to overlap images rather than sit neatly alongside them. The reviewer suggested a future model with a shorter, wider inner display, or eventual tri-fold designs, might better address the issue. The same review also noted that while the Find N6’s IP56, IP58 and IP59 rating marks a genuine improvement for the foldable category, it still trails the IP68/69 certification found on rival Honor’s latest Magic V6 foldable.

Gaming performance also emerged as a specific weak point in Gizmochina’s testing. The outlet found that, similar to its predecessor, the Find N6 ships with one performance core of its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip disabled, a decision that contributed to notably poor frame rates in graphically demanding titles like “Genshin Impact,” which the reviewer said hovered around 45 frames per second, a result attributed partly to the chip limitation and partly to the inner display’s doubled gaming resolution relative to a standard smartphone screen, along with what the reviewer described as a relatively weak cooling system and conservative performance tuning. The reviewer was careful to note this trade-off likely matters little to the phone’s actual target audience, writing that buyers drawn to a large-screen foldable “likely don’t care about gaming performance at all,” and adding that the reduced chip configuration helps deliver strong all-day battery life instead, reporting the 6000mAh battery “easily lasts a full day” in real-world use, sometimes stretching across a full 24-hour period.

Android Police’s review echoed the broadly positive consensus while reinforcing the market-availability concern that colored nearly every published assessment of the device. “The Oppo Find N6 puts an end to feeling the crease beneath your fingers on the open screen, and then improves the camera, software, and durability for a very well-rounded, highly desirable folding phone package,” the outlet wrote, while noting the device is not officially available in the United States, United Kingdom or Europe, with confirmed availability limited to markets across Asia, Australia and New Zealand, at an approximate starting price around $1,600.

GSMArena’s pricing research found the phone commands a premium even within the markets where it is officially sold, citing a Singapore retail price of SGD 2,400, or roughly $1,870, and noting that large foldables have historically carried premium pricing across the category regardless of brand. Despite the steep cost and narrow availability, the outlet’s overall assessment remained strongly positive, praising the phone’s “excellent inner and cover OLEDs,” “near crease-less foldable screen,” “class-leading battery life” and “versatile camera” as reasons it remains one of the strongest recommendations in the foldable category for buyers who can access it.

OPPO has said the Find N6 runs on ColorOS 16, built on the Android 16 operating system, with the software specifically tuned to take advantage of the device’s large inner display for multitasking. That includes a feature OPPO calls Free-Flow Window, which allows users to open and freely resize multiple apps at once and switch between multi-window and split-view layouts using four-finger pinch and spread gestures. The company has also introduced a dedicated stylus, the OPPO AI Pen, sold separately, which includes an AI Painter tool capable of converting hand-drawn sketches into polished charts and diagrams, alongside a “Circle to Capture” feature for instantly recognizing and extracting text and images from the screen.

Trusted Reviews specifically praised the day-to-day software experience, describing app launches as having “a sense of urgency” and calling multi-app splitscreen use on the large internal display “a delight,” while noting the phone handles gaming sessions capably despite the chip configuration concerns raised elsewhere. GSMArena’s reviewers separately highlighted the multitasking capabilities of ColorOS on the big screen, along with what they described as pleasant use of the AI Pen accessory and seamless transitions between the cover and inner displays.

Taken together, the body of independent reviews published since the Find N6’s release points to a broad critical consensus: OPPO has produced what multiple outlets consider the best book-style foldable currently available, built around a genuinely transformed hinge and display that finally addresses the crease problem that has defined the category since its earliest models, backed by a substantially upgraded camera system, strong battery life and a mature, multitasking-focused software experience. The device’s absence from major Western markets, however, remains the single most consistent caveat across the review cycle, leaving what several reviewers described as one of the best foldable phones ever made largely out of reach for consumers outside the limited set of Asian and Oceanic markets where OPPO has chosen to sell it.