Apple announces the iPhone Air, with eSIM-only worldwide, a 5.6mm design, an A19 Pro chip, an N1 chip for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a Center Stage front camera
a great choice. Gonna be hard to pick one over the other. [image] @ijustine : New iPhone 17 Air is soooo thin, wow. Feels like the first MacBook Air announcement.. #AppleEvent ... Max Weinbach / @max...
Google will roll out AI Mode in the UK in the coming days after launching in the US and India; the optional feature will appear as a tab and in the search box
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Velvet Sundown, an AI‑created band with 850K+ monthly Spotify listeners and two albums in June alone, shows how some listeners are turning to anodyne AI music
that AI band that's gotten a lot of press — was, to some degree, a hoax. www.rollingstone.com/music/music- ... X: @o1dmanmike : Music influencers are talking about the Ai band The Velvet Sundown and d...
Meta appoints Joel Kaplan as Chief Global Affairs Officer, replacing Nick Clegg, who is leaving the company; Kaplan is Meta's most prominent Republican
www.semafor.com/article/01/0... [embedded post] Sam Jeffers / @worklesshard : Seems a bit backward for Clegg to leave now. Nothing will happen in the US for years, while EU DSA enforcement will gath...
TikTok still faces a US ban if not sold by January 19, after a federal appeals court ruled that Congress has the power to take action to protect US interests
Divest-or-Sell Order Slated to Go Into Effect Next Month Forbes : Sources: Tim Cook and senior Apple execs have been discussing how best to respond to potential TikTok ban, conceding there is nothing ...
In a California lawsuit, Epic accuses Samsung and Google of conspiring to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to tell the EU
again — and now Samsung, too Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Epic Sues Google, Samsung Over App Store Barriers Jenny Darmody / Silicon Republic : Epic takes aim at Google again - and Samsung too Charl...
Nick Clegg says Elon Musk turned X into “a sort of one man, sort of hyper-partisan and ideological hobby horse”, contrasting Meta's content moderation with X's
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Claire Atkin / @catthekin : Nick Clegg unironically calling literally anyone else “elite” is lol Kali Hays / @kalihays1 : “It's honestly not used by the vast majority o...
The European Court of Justice rules against Apple over a record €13B Irish tax bill, confirming a 2016 decision; filing: Apple will incur a ~$10B charge in Q4
https://www.bbc.com/... “The EU Commission accused Ireland of giving Apple illegal tax advantages eight years ago but the Irish government has consistently argued against the need for the tax to be p...
OpenAI delays the release of its advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT by a month to address safety issues and plans to roll out the feature to Plus users in the fall
no word from Scarlett Johansson yet Livemint : ChatGPT Voice Mode release pushed to July: Here's why Jay Bonggolto / Android Police : OpenAI pushes back ChatGPT's new ‘Voice Mode’ launch by a month Ca...
How Humane's attempt to build its Ai Pin “The Apple Way” led to disastrous results, after taking six years to build it and raising $230M
The new A.I. Pin from Humane is, according to those who have used one, bad. Martin Peers / The Information : Goldman Sachs Sees Gold Mine in Financing AI John Gruber / Daring Fireball : ‘MKBHDs for Ev...