John Ternus’ first big problem is AI
…Ten months later, the company has announced that hardware executive John Ternus will succeed longtime CEO Tim Cook as chief executive — and the official release doesn’t mention AI once. …
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With GTA looming, consoles are getting expensive at the worst possible time
The release of Grand Theft Auto VI is a singular moment, the kind of massive cultural phenomenon that makes people want to go out and buy a console to play it. It…
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
…14 A December 2015 email exchange between Altman and Musk drafts the opening paragraphs of OpenAI’s mission and press release. Musk says the “whole point of this release is to…
It doesn’t end at Neuralink
…Neurons release ions in order to pass information to each other; this can be measured as changes in voltage from electrodes implanted nearby in brain tissue. As Smith thinks about moving his…
Framework delays its first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month
…On the firmware especially, we’ve gone through dozens of internal releases fine-tuning the haptic feel and force uniformity and resolving edge cases on touch and click behavior. Throughout development over…
Climate Change
Climate Climate change is already shaping what the future will look like and plunging the world into crisis. Cities are adapting to more frequent and intense extreme weather events, like superstorms and…
Prediction markets are playing a dangerous game
…Afterwards, the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a press release saying that insider trading might be illegal, but didn’t confirm any enforcement action of its own. That brings us back…
The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era
…The Mac is now in a new golden era, and yesterday’s changes at Apple bode really well for the future. Apple’s executive shake-up has Tim Cook making way for…
Trans teens want to talk about their future
…So is making plans for the future in spite of the horrors. They’re thinking of becoming a journalist. Across the US, trans clinics treating children for gender dysphoria are closing…
Inside Dreame’s wild launch event — packed with products no one can buy
…Across the four-day showcase, the Chinese robot vacuum company pitched an AI-wrapped future that extends beyond floor cleaning to smartphones, smart rings, smart cars, and more robotic arms than any…