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Apple Reportedly Planning Thinner iPhones, Apple Watches, MacBook Pro Laptops
CNET· 2024-06-17 18:58
Sometime soon, Apple may be hoping you do a double-take when you see an iPhone. That's because the company is reportedly planning thinner redesigns for its iPhones next year to compliment thinner and lighter Apple Watches, MacBook Pro laptops and iPad tablets.The company's dramatic reveal of the iPad Pro earlier this year was the "beginning of a new class of Apple devices," according to a new report from Bloomberg, which said Apple plans to announce some of its thinnest and lightest products across the tech ...
Apple Intelligence Helps Boost Company Stock To New All-Time High
CNET· 2024-06-11 21:09
Investors pushed Apple's value to new all-time highs Tuesday, rising more than 6% and above $205 per share. The bump came a day after the company announced a series of upgrades planned for its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers that integrate popular new artificial intelligence technologies.At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced a new service it calls Apple Intelligence, which is designed to bolster its Siri voice assistant while also helping device owners with their daily tasks. In ...
Apple Intelligence Announced at WWDC 2024: Apple Joins the AI Race
CNET· 2024-06-10 19:01
Apple Intelligence, the company's long-awaited deeper push into AI, made its debut at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. It will be integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia, and OpenAI's ChatGPT technology will be more deeply tied into those platforms as well. AI has played an important role in Apple products for years. But the widespread popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot has shined a bigger spotlight on generative AI, or AI models trained on large swaths of data that c ...
Apple Partners With OpenAI for ChatGPT on iPhones, iPads and Macs
CNET· 2024-06-10 19:01
When Apple's Siri voice assistant launched in 2011, it was on the bleeding edge of artificial intelligence technology. Now Apple's partnering with leading startup OpenAI to bring the next generation of AI to the iPhone, iPad and Mac.Announced during Apple's annual WWDC event Monday morning, the tech giant said it will be adding capabilities from OpenAI's popular ChatGPT to the iPhone through its iOS 18 software, which is expected to launch in the fall of this year, as well as to iPadOS and MacOS. Watch thi ...
Juul E-Cigarette Ban Reversed Pending FDA Review
CNET· 2024-06-09 12:56
Core Insights - The FDA has rescinded the marketing denial orders (MDOs) for Juul e-cigarettes, allowing the company a second chance in the review process due to new legal precedents and additional information provided by Juul [1][2] Group 1: Regulatory Developments - The FDA initially issued MDOs to Juul in June 2022, but the ban was put on hold in July 2022 for further review of scientific issues [1] - The FDA's review includes toxicology, engineering, social science, and clinical pharmacology [1] - The rescission of the MDOs does not indicate whether the applications will ultimately be authorized or denied [1] Group 2: Product and Health Concerns - Juul manufactures e-cigarettes and e-liquid pods that vaporize nicotine salts for inhalation [2] - The FDA has raised concerns about Juul's marketing strategies, particularly their appeal to teenagers and claims of being safer than traditional cigarettes [2] - There are potential health risks associated with chemicals in Juul's e-liquid, such as benzoic acid, which can be hazardous in large amounts [2]
AT&T Is Having an Issue With Calls Not Going Through to Other Carriers
CNET· 2024-06-04 23:04
AT&T users were once again having issues with their wireless service, with the carrier confirming on Tuesday afternoon that it was having difficulty connecting calls to users on other networks. After initial concern that it was an outage, the carrier said in an updated statement that it had not suffered an outage and that it is working with other carriers to fix the problem."Our network is not experiencing a nationwide outage," an AT&T spokesperson told CNET in the statement. "There is a nationwide issue th ...
AT&T Is Having an Outage With Calls Not Going Through to Other Carriers
CNET· 2024-06-04 22:00
AT&T users were once again having issues with their wireless service, with the carrier confirming on Tuesday afternoon that it was having difficulty connecting calls to users on other networks. "There is a nationwide issue that is affecting the ability of customers to complete calls between carriers," an AT&T spokesperson told CNET in a statement. "The carriers are working as quickly as possible to diagnose and resolve the issue."The spokesperson added that "nationwide 9-1-1 services are operating normally ...
Meta Is Shutting Down Workplace, Its Collaborative Work Tool
CNET· 2024-05-15 01:36
Facebook parent Meta has announced that it's shuttering Workplace, the company's work-focused social network geared toward businesses. The service will operate normally until June 1, 2026, when it'll be permanently taken offline. The notice was posted on Facebook's Help Center. Workplace will operate as normal until Aug. 31, 2025. Starting Sept.1, 2025, users will lose the ability to post new content, and any existing content will be read-only. On June 1, 2026, the service will shut down entirely. Companies ...
Google Ups Its AI Game With Project Astra, AI Overviews and Gemini Updates
CNET· 2024-05-14 18:52
At its Google I/O developer event on Tuesday, Google showed off advances in its artificial intelligence lineup, including a search feature called AI Overviews and an initiative called Project Astra, along with updates to its Gemini chatbot.The company also introduced Gemini Live, a conversation-driven feature, and Imagen 3, the latest version of its image generation model. The news comes just one day after ChatGPT maker OpenAI announced its latest flagship model, GPT-4o, and a few weeks before Apple's own d ...
Peacock Plans to Hike Subscription Prices (Again) Ahead of the Summer Olympics
CNET· 2024-05-01 00:14
Peacock's streaming subscription plans are about to cost a little more. The NBCUniversal brand is increasing the prices on its monthly and annual plans, with changes going into effect this summer. The news comes after parent company Comcast announced that the streaming platform added 3 million new paid subscribers in the first quarter of 2024. Beginning July 18, new customers will pay more for subscriptions: $8 per month for Peacock Premium and $14 a month for Peacock Premium Plus -- both are $2 increases. ...