Meta CTO says the technical issues during live demos of its new smart glasses were due to a self-inflicted DDoS and a bug that put Zuckerberg's glasses to sleep
and it wasn't the Wi-Fi Lakshmi Varanasi / Business Insider : Meta's CTO: We'd ‘love’ iMessage on Ray-Ban glasses, but Apple won't allow it David Heaney / UploadVR : Meta Explains Why Its Connect Live...
Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action
This is a column about AI. My boyfriend works at Anthropic. Becca Monaghan / indy100 : Elon Musk has dropped the Trump feud for now - he's falling out with another CEO instead Forbes : Elon Musk Says...
Apple sparks a backlash from iPhone owners after the Apple Wallet app pushed a notification that promoted a $10 discount at Fandango for Apple's F1 movie
Casey Liss: … In case you forgot after F1 got multiple sections … Kelsey Fogarty / Pocket-lint : This F1 stunt in your Apple Wallet deserves a penalty flag David Uzondu / Neowin : Apple faces backlash...
After a backlash, Whoop says members with more than 12 months remaining are now automatically eligible for a free upgrade to 5.0
Your Gear News of the Week The Indian Express : Whoop faces backlash after cancelling free hardware upgrades Dana Wollman / Bloomberg : Whoop Faces Backlash After Charging Existing Users Upgrade Fee f...
Apple opposes a shareholder measure calling for an end to DEI efforts, saying the proposal was an inappropriate attempt to restrict Apple's business operations
9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/a... Mastodon: Joe Rosensteel / @joesteel@duck.haus : @matt Not to be cynical, but Apple rejects all their shareholder petitions telling them to do something ... So ... kind of ...
The BBC complains to Apple after Apple Intelligence's notification summary falsely suggested the BBC had published an article saying Luigi Mangione shot himself
The search engine's AI-generated responses also said geologists recommend humans eat one rock per day. Brian Merchant / @bcmerchant : ‘Luigi Mangione shoots himself’ — ‘Netanyahu arrested’ — These...
Many Netflix viewers faced issues while watching the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight and the undercard bouts, including the stream glitching and losing sound
Netflix: [image] X: Peter Yared / @peteryared : I used to run tech for CBS which included streaming the Superbowl. Core issue for Netflix is that they operate their own CDN which is not built for live...
Humane tells Ai Pin owners that they should “immediately” stop using the charging case, citing issues with the battery cell that “may pose a fire safety risk”
charging case ‘poses a fire risk’ Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Humane warns AI Pin owners of potential fire hazard Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends : Humane Ai Pin owners warned to stop using charging case ove...
Sources: Apple pauses all its advertising on X after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic X post and a report that Apple ads ran next to pro-Nazi content
companies are twitchy and once they see others getting out in front of something they race to be next in line and email a reporter they know with the headline https://www.bloomberg.com/... Parker Orto...
Sources: many people inside Apple do not believe its own AI/ML team can deliver on generative AI, and worry that the company will only use that team's output
Speaking of Mark Gurman, he has an interesting bit about Apple's AI efforts in his latest Power On column: