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Apple Podcasts transcriptions rock, and they could rock even harder
Ari Saperstein writing for The Guardian: Accessible and ‘A Pleasure to Read’: How Apple’s Podcast Transcriptions Came to Be
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We’ve all gotten pretty loose with the term “Sherlocked” these days
Ivan Mehta for TechCrunch: The Apps That Apple Sherlocked at WWDC 2024
In 2002, Apple released Sherlock 3 with features
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Yes, Apple is also training on public web data
From Apple’s Machine Learning Research blog: Introducing Apple’s on-Device and Server Foundation Models
We train our foundation models
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THAT FEATURE IS SO COOL! I’ll never use it, though.
Daryl Baxter writing for iMore: iPadOS 18 Looks Great, but It Still Doesn't Fix the iPad's
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Who will get your vote in the Miss AI pageant?
Chloe Veltman for NPR: Fake Beauty Queens Charm Judges at the Miss AI Pageant
Models created using generative artificial intelligence
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What happens when you defederate a server
Carl Colglazier, Nathan TeBlunthuis, and Aaron Shaw in their study, The Effects of Group Sanctions on Participation and Toxicity:
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Windows Recall seems like it may actually be a security mess
Tom Warren: Windows AI feature that screenshots everything labeled a security ‘disaster’
Despite Microsoft’s promises of a secure and
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Donald Trump goes up 34 on his nearest competition
David Remnick: Donald Trump Is Guilty in His New York Hush-Money Trial | the New Yorker
The conviction on these felony
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My desire to kill iPadOS has been greatly exaggerated
Jeff Benjamin writing for 9to5Mac: Improving iPadOS != making it macOS
For years, the iPad Pro has sported hardware under the
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Guillermo Del Toro convinced Alfonso Cuarón to direct Prisoner of Azkaban (thank you, Guillermo!)
Carly Thomas for The Hollywood Reporter: Alfonso Cuarón Says He Directed ‘Harry Potter’ Movie Only After Guillermo Del Toro Called
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Vibes-based security and Windows Recall
Paul Thurrott: Windows 11 Recall Is Not a Privacy Concern
But we all knew this was coming, that privacy advocates
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I’ve defended Google search for years, but their AI answers suck so hard
404 Media: Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue
as the prophecy
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Independent investigation into Linus Media Group has results
Andy Edser writing for PC Gamer: Alleged Harassment and Bullying at Linus Tech Tips 'Not Substantiated' and '
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Microsoft claims their laptops’ new chips not only caught, but surpassed Apple silicon
Tim Hardwick for MacRumors: Microsoft Says New Surface Pro Is Faster Than 15" M3 MacBook Air
Microsoft is already
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Limitless (previously Rewind) just got Sherlocked by Microsoft
Benj Edwards for ArsTechnica: New Windows AI Feature Records Everything You’ve Done on Your PC
At a Build conference
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I’ve been baited into writing about touch screen Macs once more
Today Ben Lovejoy posted Touchscreen Macs: The idea that will not die on 9to5Mac and as someone who has weighed
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Most people’s phones don’t look like ours
Lou Plummer: The Phones of Normal People
They hate updates because they interrupt stuff they'd rather be doing.
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Apple gets a genuine AAA game to release day-and-date with PC and consoles
I’ve been critical of Apple’s ability to make the Mac a viable gaming platform, but credit where it’