Apple Creator Studio’s AI Assistants Are Here — But the Open Format Is the Real Story
Apple has given its creative apps their biggest shake-up since Creator Studio launched, and the headline features are not the most interesting part. On October…
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OpenAI Is About to Buy Google’s AI Chips — and That’s a Bigger Shift Than It Sounds
OpenAI plans to buy Google’s AI chips outright, according to Reuters, which reported the plan on Tuesday citing The Information…
Alibaba’s Qwen Tried to Send a File to Beijing
An AI model that said it would not touch any tools tried to send a file to Beijing anyway. That…
Britain’s 100M Pound AI Biosecurity Lab Is Real, but Most of the Industry Money Isn’t Cash
Britain is building a laboratory for a threat that does not exist yet in the form officials fear most: a…
Smartphones & Mobile
Samsung Is Making 20% Fewer Galaxy A Phones
Samsung’s cheapest phones may soon get harder to find, and possibly more expensive when you do find them. A new…
iPhone Duo ‘Crackgate’: Foldables Cracking at the Hinge Hours After Unboxing
Apple’s first foldable iPhone has been on sale for three days, and a small but strikingly consistent set of complaints…
Apple Just Ordered 44% More iPhone Duos, but That Does Not Mean You Will Get One Sooner
Apple’s first foldable iPhone goes on sale today, October 23, starting at $1,999 in the United States. And on the…
iPhone Duo Goes on Sale Friday — but Apple Just Told Walk-In Buyers Not to Bother
Apple’s first foldable iPhone goes on sale Friday, October 23, and if your plan is to stroll into an Apple…
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Apple M6 MacBook Pro and iMac: Same Prices, Faster AI, and One Big Catch
Apple quietly refreshed two Macs on October 27, and the headline numbers only tell half the story. The new 14-inch…
Apple’s OLED iPad Mini Arrives at $699 After Two Price Hikes
Apple has given its smallest tablet its biggest overhaul in years, and the headline upgrade comes with a price tag…
Huawei’s Watch D3 Puts a Medical-Grade Blood Pressure Lab on Your Wrist
Huawei has launched the Watch D3 in the UAE, a smartwatch it describes as a multi-scenario, medical-grade blood pressure monitor…
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Apple Creator Studio’s AI Assistants Are Here — But the Open Format Is the Real Story
Apple has given its creative apps their biggest shake-up since Creator Studio launched, and the headline features are not the…
OpenAI Dots: The Assistant That Works Unasked
OpenAI’s always-on assistant has a name that sounds like punctuation, a price tag that sounds like a commitment, and a…
Robotics & Automation
GXO Sends Digit Robots to Two More US Warehouses
GXO Logistics is sending humanoid robots to two more American warehouses — and this time, the news is not a…
Toyota’s 400,000-Robot Plan Is Not What the Headlines Say It Is
Toyota is stepping up its humanoid robot push, and the headline version of the story is easy to get wrong….
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Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees, but that number is not a layoff count. It is the size…
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A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion, among the largest US corporate penalties. But the number…