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… The previously-rumored cuts follow an accidental calendar invite sent last night. They come after 14,000 corporate jobs were cut in October, attributed partially to advances in AI. This latest round of layoffs is less than 5 percent of Amazon’s 350,000 corporate workforce. …
Apple is laying off staff on the Siri and the Vision Pro teams, according to Bloomberg. The cuts include “largely shutting down” a Vision Pro gaming team and “reducing the size” of the team that makes Vision Pro immersive content, the publication says. More than 200 jobs were cut. …
… Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Pocket Casts | More If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started: Tim Cook’s departure is the start of a new era at Apple Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind The AirPods a… …
… In general, whenever the adaptive ANC makes a change to the intensity, it’s sudden instead of the more gradual change that my Apple AirPods Pro 3 or Sony WF-1000XM6 do — for hundreds of dollars more. The one issue I was able to figure out, also about volume attenuation, was with my call quality. …
… Really what it comes down to is making sure your second keyboard is put away and laptop is closed when you leave it, especially if there’s a bird around. I will say that most of the time, Kiyo is incredibly well behaved. My wife has done a great job training him over the years. …
… These automated procedures aren’t perfect, however. “We’re building autonomous systems that design cars with strong human oversight,” Neural Concept CEO and co-founder Pierre Baqué said. “The value comes from the combination of AI speed and human judgment, not from removing the human from the equat… …
… Now, she has left the tech industry for good, and says she avoids chatbots and disables AI features in applications whenever possible. “I think everyone in my immediate peer group is not using AI and is actively against it, besides my friends who are in computer science and are essentially mandated… …
… Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts Jay Peters Jan 13 Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts Jay Peters Jan 13 Meta plans to lay off hundreds of metaverse employees this week Stevie Bonifield Jan 12 Emma Roth Jan 12 “I still can’t recomme… …
… I never automated my creative work, but even with a YouTube channel there is a ton of administrative work that goes behind the scenes. For years I used Shortcuts technically it was Workflow—that was what the app was called before Apple bought it . …
… But if you’re after a decent digital writing experience and still want tablet features on the side, the A1 does the job. Certainly for a lot less money than an iPad Air or Pro with an Apple Pencil Pro — that combo will start just under $900 and only goes up from there. …