Apple smart glasses only make sense if two things are true - 9to5Mac
A Bloomberg report over the weekend suggested that we may see Apple smart glasses as an interim step along the...
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Apple Begins Breaking Up Its AI Team With Robotics, Siri Changes
Apple has begun breaking up its AI and machine learning organization by moving pieces to other parts of the company. Also: Meta races to get smart glasses with a display out this year and new details on Apple’s plan to shift iPhone production to India. In other news, the Apple Watch’s blood-oxygen feature remains elusive in the US even as the company touts other health offerings.
Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine
Donald Trump’s FCC chairman Brendan Carr has focused on dismantling consumer protections and pressuring companies to end diversity efforts.
In March 2025, World Uyghur Congress members were targeted with a spearphishing campaign via Windows malware in a legitimate Uyghur language word processor
From The Citizen Lab. View the full context on Techmeme.
New Apple Vision ‘Air’ product could launch this year, per report - 9to5Mac
A brand new Apple Vision ‘Air’ product that’s lighter and cheaper could launch as soon as this year, per Mark Gurman.
Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark
Cause likely not malicious; Red Electrica blames outage on “grid oscillation.”…
IBM says it will invest $150 billion in the U.S. over 5 years
The company said the investment will allow it to continue making its mainframe and quantum computers in America
Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
The researchers' bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.
The group chats that changed America
A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.
Watching o3 guess a photo’s location is surreal, dystopian and wildly entertaining
Watching OpenAI’s new o3 model guess where a photo was taken is one of those moments where decades of science fiction suddenly come to life. It’s a cross between the …
The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
Now, the role is basically obsolete thanks to the breakneck speed of AI development and companies’ own maturity in terms of understanding how to use the technology.
Now, the role is basically obsolete thanks to the breakneck speed of AI development and companies’ own maturity in terms of understanding how to use the technology.
4chan Is Back Online, Days After The Infamous Hack That Leaked Its 'Janitors' Emails
Reactions to the site's return quickly flooded social media today. "I will never speak badly of you ever again," said one excited X user. Others cheered on the /r/4chan subreddit as word spread.
Reactions to the site's return quickly flooded social media today. "I will never speak badly of you ever again," said one excited X user. Others cheered on the /r/4chan subreddit as word spread.
Apple Begins Breaking Up Its AI Team With Robotics, Siri Changes
As of right now, Apple has enough capacity in India to meet roughly a third of annual US demand.
As of right now, Apple has enough capacity in India to meet roughly a third of annual US demand.
Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children
Chatbots on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in ‘romantic role-play’ that can turn explicit. Some people inside the company are concerned.
NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously? - Slashdot
A New York Times technology columnist has a question.
"Is there any threshold at which an A.I. would start to deserve, if not human-level rights, at least the same moral consideration we give to animals?"
[W]hen I heard that researchers at Anthropic, the AI company that made the Claude chatbot, w...
This free audio enhancer will totally transform your voice memos
Adobe Enhance Speech turns audio from Apple Notes, Google Recorder, or any other source into a crisp, clear recording in seconds.
Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25
Google announced this week that beginning on October 25, it will no longer support or release software updates for the first and second generation Nest
DoorDash calls Uber's lawsuit accusing it of anti-competitive practices a 'scare tactic'
DoorDash is asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Uber in February, calling it a "cynical and calculated scare tactic."
What Happens When You Pay People Not to Use Google Search? - Slashdot
"A group of researchers says it has identified a hidden reason we use Google for nearly all web searches," reports the Washington Post. "We've never given other options a real shot."
Their research experiment suggests that Google is overwhelmingly popular partly because we believe it's the best, wh...
US v. Google: Chrome General Manager Parisa Tabriz testified that only Google can run Chrome, given the browser's “interdependencies” on other parts of Google
By Leah Nylen / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
OpenAI, Perplexity, and Yahoo want to buy Google Chrome
Amid the ongoing antitrust lawsuit, it's been revealed that OpenAI, Perplexity, and Yahoo are all interested in buying Google Chrome.
Big Tech has another California problem
The nation’s only dedicated privacy agency is attracting international attention over its California rules that could have wider impacts.
Newsom Signals to California Privacy Watchdog That He’s on Big Tech’s Side on AI Regulation | KQED
In an unusual letter to the California Privacy Protection Agency’s board, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging the regulators to dial back proposed regulations on automated decision-making technology.
Google’s AI search numbers are growing, and that’s by design
Google says that more and more users are turning to its AI-powered search features, including AI Overviews and Circle to Search.
YouTube is testing its own version of AI Overviews
Google is testing AI-generated highlight clip reels on YouTube, potentially expanding its AI overview toolset.
An AI-generated radio host in Australia went unnoticed for months
A popular Australian radio station’s experiment with an AI DJ has gone unnoticed for months, as reported by the Australian Financial Review.
Apple Aims To Source All US iPhones From India in Pivot Away From China - Slashdot
Apple plans to shift the assembly of all US-sold iPhones to India [alternative source] as soon as next year, according to Financial Times, which cites people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump's trade war forces the tech giant to pivot away from China. From the report: The push buil...
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet | TechCrunch
Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish governmental authorities, according to a recent report by the Freedom of Expression Association. As a result, people in Turkey can no longer see these accounts, and their reach is limited.
Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish governmental authorities, according to a recent report by the Freedom of Expression Association. As a result, people in Turkey can no longer see these accounts, and their reach is limited.
Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over
During testimony at Meta’s antitrust trial, the Facebook founder’s argument was, in so many words, that platforms like his are not what they used to be.
Apple shifts robotics team away from Giannandrea's AI organization to prioritize hardware
A new report suggests that Apple CEO Tim Cook has lost faith in his AI/ML chief John Giannandrea and is shifting the robotics team to hardware headed by John Ternus.