Gadgets
Siri AI Expands to More Languages in OS 27.2
Apple's Siri AI expands to French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish languages in OS 27.2, but remains unavailable in the EU.
Opinion & Editorials
Columns, editorials and think pieces from across the industry.
Gadgets
Apple Creator Studio Updated With a Slew of AI Features, Along With a New Open JSON File Format for Keynote
Apple announced significant AI-powered updates to Creator Studio apps including Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and office suite tools, available November as free updates for subscribers.
More Tech
★ Prestructured WYSIWYG
A Daring Fireball essay proposes the term 'prestructured WYSIWYG' to describe Apple Notes' text formatting approach and its design philosophy.
AI
Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day
Anthropic has promoted its AI models' potential for biological breakthroughs in marketing, but its IPO filing tempers expectations about near-term scientific discoveries.
Gadgets
What’s Left for ‘Pro and Tell’ Week: Touch-Enabled OLED MacBooks
Apple is expected to announce 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with touch-enabled OLED displays, Dynamic Island design, M5 Pro/Max chips, and a thinner form factor.
Gadgets
Apple Also Announces iMac With M6
Apple announces the iMac with M6 processor, offering incremental performance improvements with configurable RAM, storage, and port options ranging from $1500 to $2300.
Startups
Are VCs as ‘dangerous’ as Nik Storonsky thinks they are?
Article explores whether venture capitalists are as problematic as Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky has characterized them.
AI
Anthropic accelerates – for the rest of us, the speed of growth spells precarity
Guardian Technology column examines Anthropic's rapid growth and the broader AI industry's unsustainable pace, linking technological acceleration to financial instability and broader societal concerns.
AI
Anthropic's political problem will get worse before it gets better
Anthropic faces mounting regulatory challenges ahead of its IPO, with political headwinds expected to intensify in the lead-up to the midterm elections.
AI
AI isn’t replacing thinking; it’s changing where we need to think
An opinion piece arguing that AI does not eliminate human thinking but rather shifts where cognitive effort is required in professional and creative work.
Enterprise
The eMudhra incident is a trust problem, not a browser problem
A commentary by Checkmarx Research argues the eMudhra browser certificate vulnerability reveals deeper trust infrastructure issues beyond browser implementation.
AI
Your AI Agents Need A Chief Operating Officer, Too
Rick Folgmann, COO at Get Covered, argues that AI agents require operational governance similar to human staff, with rules, scope definition, and oversight.
AI
AI success depends on business outcomes, not usage vanity metrics
Commentary argues that AI success should be measured by business outcomes rather than usage vanity metrics.
Gadgets
The iOS-ification of Android is ruining my favorite phones
An Android enthusiast critiques the homogenization of Android design and software, noting how brands are converging toward iPhone-like aesthetics despite Android's hardware advantages.
AI
Beyond Large Language Models: Why the future of enterprise AI will depend on specialised, purpose-built models
An enterprise AI expert argues that specialized, purpose-built models will drive the future of AI adoption in enterprises, moving beyond the industry's focus on larger language models.
Green Tech
Why India's urban heat problem demands big-picture solutions
Indian cities face rising heat and economic risks; policymakers must prioritize long-term urban climate resilience rather than incremental fixes.
AI
Rahul Matthan: Does it really matter if something you liked was written by AI?
An opinion piece arguing that AI-generated content quality matters more than its origin, and that society should embrace AI integration rather than resist it.
Green Tech
India's steel ambitions: Why they need a clear climate transition plan
India's steel sector needs a concrete climate transition plan to make its 2047 decarbonization goal credible and avoid shifting carbon burden to future generations.