Cook also contends that Apple has been preparing for the AI revolution all along. As far back as 2018, he poached Google’s top AI manager, John Giannandrea, for a rare expansion of the company’s senior vice president ranks. Then he pulled the plug on a long-running smart-car program (an open secret never publicly acknowledged by Apple) and marshaled the company’s machine-learning talent to build AI into its software products.
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The ultimate assessments, of course, will come from users. But if 40 years of covering Apple has taught me anything, it is this: Should this first iteration of AI fall short, an unrepentant Cook will show up at a future pretaped keynote hailing a new version as “the best Apple Intelligence we’ve ever built.” Despite all the pressure, Tim Cook never lets you see him sweat.
"I think you need to be really honest about what your voice is. If somebody thinks what I’m working on is funny, it’s just because that’s the way I approach conversations with people."
So what’s better, the single-Mac life or being a Mac vagabond? As someone who’s been there, and back, and there again, I can tell you that it’s never been easier to live the two-Mac lifestyle–but it’s also never been a better time to just give the desktop up and learn to love a Mac laptop.
Yes, there’s a bit of trial and error in getting to use it, and some tutorial videos would go a long way, but there’s still an excellent selection of tools and customization options to be had. This was fun to play with, and it presents a nice array of options beyond what Apple’s free Time Machine utility offers. It may not be for everyone, but there’s something excellent here and it’s worth a gander.
Released today for its iOS app, the new feature allows people to set their cookie preferences once at the browser level rather than responding to prompts on every website.
Hixson criticized Apple in his order on Monday for stretching its privilege arguments too far.
“Privilege does not descend like a giant fog bank over every document that is in some way connected with an effort to achieve legal compliance,” Hixson wrote.
Three and a half years ago, Gelsinger announced an ambitious plan to turn around the troubled chipmaker within four years — now, he’s reportedly been kicked out of the company before he could see it through. It happened so abruptly that Intel doesn’t have a planned successor in mind, and so completely that Gelsinger won’t even stick around as an adviser. He’s gone.
Intel has been in a tailspin for years. It missed the smartphone revolution, has been plagued by quality control issues with its chips, lost customers like Apple to alternative processors, and now is at risk of missing out on AI, too.
I did listened to the first couple of episodes of Hysterical podcast, but I gave up on it. Not my cup of tea, if I recall correctly. Don't take my word for it, since I didn't finish the entire series, but it seems there were quite a bit of stretching out of stuff to fill time.
But, like I say, it's not my cup of tea, but it might be yours.
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Thanks for reading.