As is sometimes the custom, Apple may have snagged yet another company that specializes in artificial intelligence to help move it closer to its technological milestones. Apple is reported to have acquired Datakalab, a Paris, France-based startup specializing in both AI compression as well as computer vision technology. Per French business magazine Challenges, the acquisition […]
iOS 18 is en route and is rumored to feature privacy-focused AI with processing done directly on the iPhone without connecting to cloud-based services. Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in the Sunday edition of his PowerOn newsletter, the AI-related functions in iOS 18 “will work entirely on device.” In practice, these AI features would be able […]
Apple is once again expanding its self-repair program procedures and has expanded the ability for consumers to use parts pairing to fully activate used parts in repairs, provided the parts haven’t been harvested from stolen units. Beginning this fall, the parts-pairing process will maintain an iPhone user’s privacy, security, and safety, while offering consumers more […]
Apple’s 35th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is officially on the books and is set to take place from Monday, June 10 to Friday, June 14. As with all WWDC events since 2020, the event will be held online and will be available to all developers at no cost. The conference will include online sessions […]
Apple may be considering a licensing deal to incorporate Google’s controversial Gemini generative AI technology into iOS to help improve Siri. Apple has now regularly been reported to be planning an AI improvement for Siri and to launch an iOS with much more integrated and prominent AI at WWDC 2024. A report from Bloomberg claims […]