Apple plans to begin on-device, privacy-centric analysis of user data, comparing it to synthetic data, to improve AI, in the iOS 18.5 and macOS 15.5 betas
without reading them Emma Roth / The Verge : Apple's complicated plan to improve its AI while protecting privacy Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Apple details how it plans to improve its AI models by privat...
Dell rebrands its PCs as Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, each with Base, Plus, and Premium tiers, killing names like XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, and Precision
someone came to me with “I heard it is discontinued, can you help me choosing a new laptop?” — what actually happened: they saw in the news that Windows XP was being discontinued and thought their D...
How some doctors are using the Apple Watch to diagnose and help their patients manage medical conditions, despite the availability of FDA-approved devices
Analysis | #Apple Watch Is Becoming Doctors' Favorite Medical Device … X: Kontra / @counternotions : I wonder if Margrethe Vestager should just ban the medical use of Watch in Europe as a parting gi...
What to expect at WWDC 2024: plans to integrate AI into Apple's apps with a new opt-in service called Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, macOS 15, visionOS 2, and more
Is it Mission Impossible? Jade Bryan / nextpit : Apple May Enhance Mail App with New AI Features in iOS 18 Lloyd Coombes / iMore : WatchOS 11 might add a huge upgrade, but you'll need a 2024 Apple Wat...
How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label
the hardest part Mastodon: @fuxoft@kompost.cz : This music video's visuals were created using AI. Substantial number of “artists” (whatever that is) can now go kill themselves, they are not needed an...
Humane plans to open Ai Pin pre-orders on November 16, starting at $699 plus $24/month for unlimited calls, texts, and data via T-Mobile, shipping in early 2024
Are they trying to succeed? … @sdw@mastodon.social : I don't have a wisecrack or snark — this takes a lot of courage and a lot of vision to do. It's worth celebrating that there's talented people try...
A look at the underwhelming state of augmentative and alternative communication tech, including a handful of iPad apps, for speech and language impaired users
For people who can't speak, there has been depressingly little innovation in technology that helps them communicate. LinkedIn: Christopher Patnoe . Twitter: @onejuliekim , @sesmith , @counternotions ,...
Ahead of launch of Passkeys, which requires users to have two-factor authentication, Apple says 95%+ of active iCloud users have 2FA enabled on their accounts
With its next round of software updates coming this fall, including iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Apple will launch integrated support for the passkeys standard. Tweets: @counternotions , @feefyou , and @...
An economist details working in VR using an Oculus headset: few distractions and little motion sickness, but typing is hard and forehead gets numb
Ben Klemens / Wired : Tweets: @davezatz , @counternotions , @wired , and @mahemoff Tweets: Dave Zatz / @davezatz : My forehead has never gone numb. Maybe given limited Horizons Workrooms and Virtual ...
Metaverse products from Meta, Microsoft, and others are just 3D virtual social spaces, and lack key features of the metaverse concept, chiefly interoperability
theoretically interesting idea in search of a mass market use case. “I want to use my Elder Scrolls Online sword in Minecraft” is not anything actual gamers say & give actual game devs like @ZenOfDesi...