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Apple's AI Research Has Failed So Spectacularly That It's Considering Just Letting OpenAI Power Siri

For the past few months, Apple has been mired in a tangled legal web of its own making. When the tech giant released the iPhone 16 back in September of 2024, it promised customers a suite of shiny new "Apple Intelligence" features, which would "roll out later this year and in the months following." At the crux of the sales pitch was a commitment to release an AI-powered version of Siri — in other words, a large language model (LLM) upgrade to Siri's ancient algorithm — which the company said co

Bright Data beat Elon Musk and Meta in court — now its $100M AI platform is taking on Big Tech

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Bright Data, the Israeli web scraping company that defeated both Meta and Elon Musk’s X in federal court, unveiled a comprehensive AI infrastructure suite Wednesday designed to give artificial intelligence systems unfettered access to real-time web data — a capability the company argues Big Tech platforms are trying to monopolize. The ann

Transform 2025: Why observability is critical for AI agent ecosystems

The autonomous software revolution is coming. At Transform 2025, Ashan Willy, CEO of New Relic and Sam Witteveen, CEO and co-founder of Red Dragon AI, talked about how they’re instrumenting agentic systems for measurable ROI and charting the infrastructure roadmap to maximize agentic AI. New Relic provides observability to customers by capturing and correlating application, log, and infrastructure telemetry in real time. Observability goes beyond monitoring — it’s about equipping teams with the

Google Messages is hiding a useful text formatting feature from users

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR It turns out Google Messages supports text formatting, but currently, only the integrated Gemini chatbot can use it to format its own replies. The hidden feature uses Markdown syntax, as seen when the Gemini chatbot formats its own text with symbols like double asterisks for bolding. A full rollout may be challenging due to cross-platform compatibility needs, as text formatting isn’t a standard part of the RCS specification. Google Messages was a sim

Google quietly revamps Android’s permission dialogs for a sleeker design for some

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Google has redesigned the permissions dialogs that appear in Android. This change appears following the June Google Play system update when applied to the latest Android 16 QPR Beta 2.1. Google has dropped the older design in favor of slimmer buttons and better readability. Even though Google first released a beta for Android 16 last year, its biggest design change didn’t start rolling out until the final beta, just weeks before the final release. With

Here’s why you should probably steer clear of Samsung’s online-exclusive colors

Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung reportedly requires authorized service centers to color-match replacement parts, including internal components. As a result, users with Samsung-exclusive colorways have faced unexpected repair delays due to limited part availability. This raises concerns about the practicality of choosing Samsung-exclusive finishes. Samsung typically releases exclusive colors for its flagship devices, which are available only through its official web store. T

Take the tediousness out of pool care with the Beatbot AquaSense 2 series

Summer is in full swing, and jumping in your pool to stay cool during those sweltering days sounds ideal. Of course, keeping your outdoor pool open for the entire season also means hours and hours of tedious maintenance and cleaning. That’s where Beatbot steps in! With the Aquasense 2 series of automatic robot pool cleaners handling the chore of pool care, you’ll now be able to enjoy more time in the water than outside of it. Here’s everything you need to know. Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra – The

iPadOS 26 has turned the iPad Mini into a powerhouse

The iPad Mini has always had a special place in my heart. I think it’s one of Apple’s most underrated devices. Its size, form factor, raw power, and portability really make it the truest form of an iPad. Now we throw iPadOS 26 in the mix, and I think you might have the perfect portable powerhouse computer. Between the new windowing system, enhanced file management, and multitasking upgrades, I think the iPad Mini is the ideal modern-day netbook. Here’s why. iPad mini specs Before we jump into

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Apple patent hints at massive leap in camera sensor tech, nearing human eye dynamic range

Apple is investigating new image sensor technology that promises up to 20 stops of dynamic range. That’s a level that surpasses the ARRI ALEXA 35, and gets really close to matching the dynamic range of the average human eye. Here’s what that actually means. 1,048,576:1 A newly published patent, “Image Sensor With Stacked Pixels Having High Dynamic Range And Low Noise,” first spotted by Y.M.Cinema Magazine, reveals Apple’s plans for a next-generation sensor that rivals the dynamic range of curr

Bezos-funded satellite tracking methane emissions loses power in space

MethaneSAT, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) methane-tracking satellite backed by the Bezos Earth Fund, is lost in space. Its ground team lost contact with the spacecraft on June 20 but tried to reestablish a connection until it learned in the morning of July 1 that MethaneSAT had lost power altogether. The team believes that the satellite is likely not recoverable. MethaneSAT collected data on methane emissions that have previously been untrackable in an effort to combat climate change. Met

Dozens of fake wallet add-ons flood Firefox store to drain crypto

More than 40 fake extensions in Firefox’s official add-ons store are impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets from trusted providers to steal wallet credentials and sensitive data. Some of the extensions pretend to be wallets from Coinbase, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Phantom, Exodus, OKX, Keplr, and MyMonero, and include malicious code that sends stolen information to attacker-controlled servers. Fake wallet extensions on the Firefox add-ons store Source: BleepingComputer Researchers at Koi

Microsoft fixes ‘Print to PDF’ feature broken by Windows update

Microsoft has fixed a known bug that breaks the 'Print to PDF' feature on Windows 11 24H2 systems after installing the April 2025 preview update. "Specifically, the Microsoft Print to PDF printer might no longer appear under Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & scanners," the company explains in updates added to support documents for Windows updates released since April. "You might also notice that enabling the Printing-PrintToPDFServices-Feature returns error code 0x800f0922, which pre

Why I'm ditching Bluetooth speakers in favor of this outdoor wired system - and don't regret it

ZDNET's key takeaways The Polk Audio Atrium 5 speakers are available for $325 a pair, offering a sleek and weatherproof design. These speakers have a crisp, detailed, and surprisingly deep sound profile. You'll need an amplifier for these speakers, making them less convenient than using a Bluetooth speaker. $325 at B&H Photo-Video While plenty of folks use portable Bluetooth speakers for their outdoor listening needs, they're not the most practical choice if you're setting up an outdoor envir

This $100 Android phone has no business being this good for the price

ZDNET's key takeaways The Nuu N20 has a 6.5-inch, 90Hz display and is available now on Amazon for $125. For the money, the N20 would make for a great first phone or for someone on a tight budget. It's far from a flagship device, but it doesn't feel like it costs only $125. $129.99 at Amazon Are you tired of the soaring cost of phones? If you have a family of four, you could easily spend $4,000 on four flagship devices, and that could happen regularly. Also: This $400 Motorola comes with a bu

More assorted notes on Liquid Glass

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to make sense of Apple’s latest user-interface redesign — Apple calls it Liquid Glass — that will affect all their platforms in the next iteration of their respective OS versions. But it’s hard to make sense of it when, after checking Apple’s own guidance, I’m mostly left with the feeling that at Apple they’re making things up as they go. If you’ve been following me on Mastodon, you’ll be already familiar with a lot of what follows. I just wanted

Soldier’s wrist purse discovered at Roman legionary camp

Archaeologists have discovered a fragment of a soldier’s wrist purse at the site of a temporary Roman camp in South Moravia, Czech Republic. The camp was established by the 10th Legion, who was stationed in the area between AD 172 and 180 during the Marcomannic Wars, a campaign against the Germanic Marcomanni, the Quadi, and the Sarmatian Iazyges. - Advertisement - The find is especially significant because it was uncovered outside the traditional boundaries of the Roman Empire. “It is quite

The Titanic’s Best Lifeboat

Everyone grows up learning the same story about the RMS Titanic, that when the ship set out on its maiden voyage in 1912, the owners and authorities, confident that the ship was unsinkable, did not require it to carry a full complement of lifeboats. So when the Titanic sank in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, more than half of the people on board died for lack of lifeboat space. But the more you learn about the history of lifeboats and how they worked, the more you realize that the stand

Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent Poaching: 'Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is hitting back at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent AI talent-poaching spree. In a full-throated response sent to OpenAI researchers Monday evening and obtained by WIRED, Altman made his pitch for why staying at OpenAI is the only answer for those looking to build artificial general intelligence, hinting that the company is evaluating compensation for the entire research organization. He also dismissed Meta’s recruiting efforts, saying what the company is doing could lead

Chatbot Flow Editor – Visual tool for designing conversation flows

Chatbot Flow Editor Visual development tool for creating chatbot conversation flows A GUI tool that opens in your browser. Design, test, and export chatbot conversation flows as JSON. Quick Start # Install as development dependency npm install --save-dev @enumura/chatbot-flow-editor # Launch the visual editor npx @enumura/chatbot-flow-editor Your browser will automatically open with the visual flow editor at http://localhost:3001 . Installation & Usage Method 1: Using npx npm install --s

Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers

Cloudflare, a tech company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, said on Tuesday that it had rolled out a new permission-based setting that allows customers to automatically block artificial intelligence companies from collecting their digital data, a move that has implications for publishers and the race to build A.I. With Cloudflare’s new setting, websites can block — by default — online bots that scrape their data, requiring the website owner to grant access for a bot

How large are large language models?

How large are large language models? (2025) This aims to be factual information about the size of large language models. None of this document was written by AI. I do not include any information from leaks or rumors. The focus of this document is on base models (the raw text continuation engines, not 'helpful chatbot/assistants'). This is a view from a few years ago to today of one very tiny fraction of the larger LLM story that's happening. History GPT-2,-medium,-large,-xl (2019): 137M, 380M

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Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001)

Don't use "click here" as link text What a link means When calling the user to action, use brief but meaningful link text that: provides some information when read out of context explains what the link offers doesn't talk about mechanics is not a verb phrase An example For instance, avoid the following sentence on your page: To download W3C's editor/browser Amaya, click here. or: To download Amaya, go to the Amaya Website and get the necessary software. Both of these sentences divulg

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Trump Threatens to Prosecute CNN for Reporting on ICEBlock as App Hits No. 1

ICEBlock, a new app that allows users to submit information about the location of ICE officers spotted in their community, has shot to the number one spot on the Apple App Store. And it’s largely thanks to publicity from the White House and President Donald Trump’s angry band of fascists. The ICEBlock app was created by developer Joshua Aaron, who told CNN that he wanted to create something to fight back against the deportations he saw happening in Los Angeles. The city has been terrorized by m

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James Gunn Reveals the Surprising Jor-El Casting for ‘Superman’

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey gets its first poster. Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton are set up for a new sea monster drama at Netflix. Plus, filming has wrapped on the final season of The Boys. Spoilers now! Street Fighter Deadline reports David Dastmalchian has been cast as M. Bison in Legendary’s live-action Street Fighter movie. The Odyssey A new poster has been released for Chris Nolan’s Greek epic. A film by Christopher Nolan. Shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. In theaters 7 17 26

Amazon Lets You Add Alexa to Your Car for Practically Free With 73% Off Echo Auto (Newest Model)

Smart assistants can be a huge help in a lot of aspects of our lives. They’re great when you need to set an alarm because you’re cooking, or helping to look up an obscure fact because a kid asked you, or you just can’t quite remember the name of a specific band from 40 years ago. However, they can also be a huge help when you’re driving, but that’s a little harder to integrate. See at Amazon It doesn’t have to be hard to manage though, and if you’re looking for a way to add more Alexa into you

Marshall Bluetooth Headphones Drop to Nearly Free Compared to AirPods Max or Even Your Tiny Earbuds

Headphones can make a good song great. They can make a mediocre album sound fantastic. And they can help make calls you have to take sound even better from there. If you’re still chugging along without having had a good pair, now is the perfect time to change that. So we’ve got a deal for you to facilitate that very thing. You can head to Amazon now to get the Marshall Major IV On-Ear Bluetooth Headphones for just $70, down from their usual price of $99. That’s $29 off and a discount of 30%. S

iOS 26 Finally Lets Us Get Rid of the Horrid 9-Minute Snooze

In 2007, Apple launched the iPhone, a monumental device that became synonymous with the advancement of mobile technology. At the time, the iPhone included the 9-minute snooze, a dreadful and outdated alarm feature. The latest iPhones are bezel-free, can shoot 4K videos in slow-motion and we can unlock them with our faces, just to name a few of the many advancements that have been made over the past 18 years. These iPhones are a far cry from the original model Apple launched in 2007, and yet the

I Hated the Apple Intelligence Button on My iPhone 16. Here's How I Turned It Off for Good

I'm a long time Apple fan, and I was so excited to upgrade to an iPhone 16 last fall. After spending five years with my well-loved, but outdated iPhone 11, I was ready for all the usual perks: a better battery life, nicer cameras and, most exciting to me, a new Barbie pink color. But what I didn't expect is that one new addition would threaten to ruin my entire experience with my brand new phone. If you've upgraded from an older iPhone in the past few years, you might have been surprised to see

Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2 Is Overkill for Most People, but Still Delivers an Epic Gaming Experience

The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (or Elite 2 for short) has arguably been the industry gold standard for a pro-level game controller for the past decade. Over the years dozens of competitors have cropped up, hoping to give Microsoft a run for its money. While the Elite 2 still isn't perfect, it still sets the bar high. What I like about the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 One of the best things the Elite 2 has going for it is the layout -- it's almost identical to the standa