Sources: Amazon's ZeroOne unit is developing “Transformer”, a phone that syncs with Alexa; it would be Amazon's second smartphone, after the Fire Phone in 2014
In 2014, Amazon (AMZN.O) introduced its first smartphone, hoping to take on Apple and Samsung.
A look at Moltbook, a social network where OpenClaw assistants interact autonomously, as they discuss consciousness and identity, technical tips, and more
This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang …Charlie Guo /Artificial Ignorance:Humans Welcome to ObserveBen Smith /Semafor:The humans are chasing conspiracies. What will the b...
A researcher says an exposed Moltbook database could have let anyone take control of the site's AI agents and post anything; the database has since been secured
‘It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.’ — Moltbook is a “social media” …
A look at Moltbook, a social network where OpenClaw assistants interact autonomously, as they discuss consciousness and identity, technical tips, and more
The hottest project in AI right now is Clawdbot, renamed to Moltbot, renamed to OpenClaw. It's an open source implementation …
Even though Moltbook has security risks and a lot of spam, the scale of nearly 150,000 autonomous AI agents interacting with each other is unprecedented
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A look at Moltbook, a social network where OpenClaw assistants interact autonomously, as they discuss consciousness and identity, technical tips, and more
The hottest project in AI right now is Clawdbot, renamed to Moltbot, renamed to OpenClaw. It's an open source implementation …
Apple confirms that VP of Human Interface Design Alan Dye is leaving the company to join Meta; Tim Cook says Apple UI Designer Stephen Lemay will replace Dye
Meta Platforms Inc. has poached Apple Inc.'s most prominent design executive in a major coup that underscores a push …
Apple replacing Alan Dye with career designer Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake of putting Dye, who has a brand and ad background, in charge of UI design
In my post earlier today on the then-breaking news that Alan Dye has left Apple to join Meta as chief design officer (a new title at the company 1), I wrote:
Trump says Elon Musk “went CRAZY” and that canceling his government contracts is “the easiest way to save money”, as their One Big Beautiful bill feud escalates
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next? Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Elon Musk signals he may back down in public row with Donald Trump Wired : Elon Musk's Feud W...
Anthropic's System Card: Opus 4 often attempted to blackmail engineers by threatening to reveal sensitive personal info when it was threatened with replacement
Anthropic's newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace …
Anthropic releases Opus 4 under stricter safety measures than any prior model after tests showed it could potentially aid novices in making biological weapons
www.anthropic.com/news/activat... Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : but no AI regulation by individual states in the US for the next ten years if the bill goes through [embedded post]...
Source: Coinbase's hackers had bribed enough customer service representatives to achieve effectively on-demand access to customer info in the past five months
On the long list of crypto companies that have been hacked, there are plenty of examples of financial losses that are much more painful …
Coinbase says hackers accessed data of a “small subset” of users, but not credentials, expects to incur $180M-$400M in costs, and refuses to pay a $20M ransom
and the investigators who saw it coming Sead Fadilpašić / TechRadar : Personal information leaked in Coinbase cyberattack, cost could be $400 million Bloomberg : Coinbase Hack Coul...
Sources: Apple asked suppliers in India, Vietnam, and Thailand to ramp up production earlier in 2025; Indian factory utilization rates are already at the limit
TAIPEI — Apple is ramping up production of key products in India and Vietnam to take advantage of a 90-day grace period on U.S. tariffs …
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says consumer electronics exempt from tariffs may be included in semiconductor tariffs likely coming in “a month or two”
www.ft.com/content/9038... @drdoofenschmirtz : Only 45 more months of this uncertainty, assuming we have elections in 2026 &. 2028. — Good job Wall Street!!! You got your guy G...
The Trump administration exempts smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from “reciprocal tariffs”
President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs …
The Trump administration excludes smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from reciprocal tariffs
President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs …
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational Siri version, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it as early as spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16
- Company is working on overhaul that employees call ‘LLM Siri’ — Unveiling planned for next year, with rollout coming in 2026
Sources: Apple delays the production of a cheaper Vision Pro beyond 2027, meaning its only new headset in 2025 will be a Vision Pro with an M5 chip
M4 Max beats the Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 9 9950X Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac : Kuo: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision’ headset delayed beyond 2027 Carrie Marshall / T3 : Apple Vision Pro c...
Crypto firm Immutable says the SEC issued it a Wells notice related to the sale of its IMX tokens in 2021, and accuses the agency of “regulation by enforcement”
The firm's IMX token is down over 13% at $1.16 following the announcement. — Immutable said that it received …