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This might be why the Vision Pro doesn’t get Apple Intelligence
John Gruber: WWDC 2024: Apple Intelligence
[A]ccording to well-informed little birdies, Vision Pro is already making significant use of the M2’s Neural Engine to supplement the R1 chip for real-time processing purposes — occlusion and object detection, things like that. With M-series-equipped Macs and iPads, the Neural Engine is basically
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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
Apple’s podcast app will transcribe every new uploaded episode. “We wanted to do it for all the shows, so it’s not just for like a narrow slice of the catalogue,” says Cave. “It
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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 similar to Watson, making Karelia’s app redundant. Since then, people in tech circles have used the term “Sherlocking” whenever they want to refer to a new feature from Apple that does the same thing
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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 on licensed data, including data selected to enhance specific features, as well as publicly available data collected by our web-crawler, AppleBot. Web publishers have the option to opt out of the use of
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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 Biggest Problem
I want to be clear — the features that Calculator brings to the iPad, as well as the Math Notes that you can use with Apple Pencil and Notes are fantastic. Users who struggle
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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:
In this study, we investigated the effects of defederation events on the activity levels and toxic posting behavior of accounts in the Fediverse. The results indicate that such events produce asymmetric effects on activity for affected
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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 encrypted Recall experience, cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont has found that the AI-powered feature has some potential security flaws. Beaumont, who briefly worked at Microsoft see in 2020, has been testing out Recall over the
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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 charges is only the most recent stain on the legal history of the former President. Last year, in a civil trial, another New York jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, and
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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 hood that’s more than capable for getting things done. For some users, it has been iPadOS’ shortcomings and idiosyncrasies that have make it challenging to get the most out of its power.
However, that
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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 Him an “Arrogant A**hole”
del Toro knew how massive the movie franchise was, especially after Chris Columbus’ first two films, so the Hellboy director gave Cuarón some candid advice.
“He said, ‘Wait, wait, wait,
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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 would immediately stomp all over this functionality without taking the time to understand how it even works. To be fair, it doesn’t help that we’re still reeling from and dealing with very real
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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 foretold, we are learning exactly what Google is paying Reddit $60 million annually for. And that is to confidently serve its customers ideas like, to make cheese stick on a pizza, “you can also add
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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 'False' According to Third-Party Investigation Organised by Tech Channel
Roper Greyel—the Vancouver-based legal firm specialising in labor and employment law—found the claims of bullying and harassment were unsubstantiated, and that
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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 pitting the Surface Pro against Apple's M3 MacBook Air, and in marketing materials, claims that the Surface Pro has superior processing power and battery life. Compared to the 15-inch MacBook Air with
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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 in here more than a few times, I figured I’ll do it one more time and then let this topic rest for a while.
First, we bust out the classic Steve jobs quote about
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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. They don't care about the new features being announced at WWDC because they do not want to learn how to do new things with their already too complicated tech. They are the baseline.
