Apple reportedly lays off 60 Vision employees amid shifting priorities
AppleInsider reports that Apple “has just laid off an entire team dedicated to VR development,” with at least 60 employees reportedly affected. Here are the details.
OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates
Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both companies' investors pause about how "sticky" enterprise AI spending really is.
GitHub says commits have doubled in the last four months
The new traffic peak caused "capacity failures" that led to the developer platform's recent outage.
ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in
Ever wanted someone else to do your texting for you? ChatGPT is being offered up as an automated text scribe via a new Apple Messages integration.
US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots pivots after US ban
FCC ban on foreign-made robots accelerated RoboStore’s US manufacturing plans.
HyperX's first open-back gaming headset brings the bass
The Cloud Alpha Air is reasonably priced at $150 and sports super comfy earpads.
Apple Music will reportedly label any AI-made tracks later this year
The upcoming feature expands its Transparency Tags for marking slop songs.
Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed
Google will soon allow you to customize your Discover feed by describing what you want to see. The new feature, rolling out to the Google app in the "coming days," will use AI to automatically tweak your feed and "remember" your preferences for future visits. You'll find the option within the thr...
Apple bucks downward trend as reports show global smartphone shipment and sales declines
Four Counterpoint Research reports published this week reveal drops in smartphone sales and shipments in India, Latin America, Europe, and China. Here are the reports.
Europe cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket
Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost for an Ariane 6 launch.
They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbroken
Survivors reconnect with those who saved them in National Geographic's 9/11: Reunited.
Go updates may delight diehard gophers but displease AI overlords
v 1.27 expands generics to support methods
The Enhanced Games — tech’s steroid extravaganza — didn’t pay off, as company posts $60 million loss
An effort to transform the world of sports through steroid use doesn't exactly seem to be bearing financial fruit.
The Galaxy’s Fastest Star Could Reveal the Secrets of a Supermassive Black Hole
S301 passes close to Sagittarius A*—so close that its orbit could reveal how the black hole’s rotation warps the spacetime around it.
Riot is ending active development of 2XKO in December
The fighting game will still receive content updates through October 2026.
WhatsApp is working on even more Liquid Glass interface changes on iOS
Following the initial rollout of Liquid Glass on iOS earlier this year, WhatsApp is now working to bring the design to more interface elements. Here are the details.
OK, can we actually cool data centers with our pee?
Jason Kelce joked that people should cool data centers with their pee, rather than potable water -- but his suggestion is not completely ludicrous.
Apple Music will soon get visible labels for AI-generated content
Apple has shared more details about the AI labeling requirements it announced for Apple Music back in March. Here are the details.
Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence
Article URL: https://blog.curiousquail.com/im-upset-again-about-a-co-creator-of-rss-being-prosecuted-for-something-meta-is-doing-with-little-consequence/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379550 Points: 1289 # Comments: 288
China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” Andy Greenberg discusses sitting in on a war game simulating a cyberattack from the Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon