69 posts tagged ‘Apple’
Apple Settles Siri Spying Lawsuit
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Adi Robertson (Hacker News): Apple has agreed to a $95 million settlement with users whose conversations were inadvertently captured by its Siri voice assistant and potentially overheard by human employees. The proposed settlement, reported by Bloomberg, could pay many US-based Apple product owners up to $20 per device for up to five Siri-enabled devices. It […]
Apple Intelligence Now Takes Up Nearly Twice as Much Storage as It Did at Launch
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User adoption of Apple's AI is low, but it just keeps taking up more space.
Apple TV+ is free to stream this weekend
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Apple is allowing anyone to access its Apple TV+ streaming service for free from Friday through Sunday. The company announced the weekend of free streaming earlier this week alongside a short video featuring its most popular TV shows, including “Severance,” “Slow Horses,” “Shrinking,” and more. It’s worth noting that this is the first time that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The iPhone SE Could Have a New Name When It Launches This Year
The "E" stands for "Extremely less than the regular iPhone."
Apple Agrees to $95 Million Settlement in Siri Eavesdropping Lawsuit
The company's virtual assistant allegedly recorded plaintiffs who hadn't said "hey Siri" while they were in their bedrooms and speaking with their doctors.
Scott Knaster Occasionally Misses Expectations
Scott Knaster: I worked in Silicon Valley for many years with brilliant people at amazing companies that changed the world. A lot of my stories are about those people and places. But some of them are about something unexpected I saw on a walk around my neighborhood. Stuff like that.I tell stories face to face, […]
Apple to Defend Google Revenue Sharing Agreement
Jody Godoy (Hacker News, Reddit): Apple has asked to participate in Google’s upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send the iPhone maker billions of dollars each year for making Google the default search engine on its Safari browser.[…]Apple received an estimated $20 billion […]
Tim Cook Interview About AI and AVP
Steven Levy (MacRumors): We are here to discuss Cook’s big move in this high-stakes environment: the impending release of Apple Intelligence, the company’s first significant offering in the white-hot field of generative AI. Some consider it belated. All year, Apple’s competitors have been gaining buzz, dazzling investors, and dominating the news cycle with their chatbots, […]