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What I shared on Twitter, and a bit more…
https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino Not disagreeing that the delay in Siri features was disappointing. But John Gruber shouldn’t get so upset about these. Apple is a hardware company and they make the bulk…
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/infosec_bytes Still very much about open vs closed systems. Who can govern the way we use our tools? Government? Company? Users? AI will be able to help with filtering obvious…
https://www.techspot.com/news/106920-microsoft-cancels-data-center-contracts-ai-enthusiasts-caught.html We have seen it all before. Dotcom, Mobile, VR, Metaverse, Drones, Cloud, SaaS, etc, etc. All had similar patterns. Don’t expect any of them to make money directly. They…
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-co-founder-says-60-hour-weeks-needed-to-achieve-agi?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other It’s not just about working 60 hours a week. If Google don’t do anything impressive in the next couple of years, their core business might not be around. AI…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-06/apple-s-three-year-modem-road-map-company-plans-to-beat-qualcomm-by-2027https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/apples-c1-modem-in-the-iphone-16e-is-proof-that-we-dont-need-qualcomm-for-5ghttps://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-reveals-first-custom-modem-chip-shifting-away-qualcomm-2025-02-19/ Apple isn’t the first one to make their own 5G modems, in fact they are late to the game. Samsung and Huawei both have their own modem chips. Other…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2k1321nedo It’s not just about forming a rival to BYD. It’s about the existence of Japanese auto industry. Many will end up just having a brand value and be sold…
https://developers.google.com/ml-kit Be careful when you allow apps to access your photos or files. Avoid allowing full access. They can scan everything and look for valuable information like keys and passwords….
https://www.rawstory.com/mark-zuckerberg-leakshttps://www.404media.co/its-total-chaos-internally-at-meta-right-now-employees-protest-zuckerbergs-anti-lgbtq-changes/ You got paid to do a job, the company doesn’t need your agreement to all matters and leaking any information you disagree with isn’t even protest, it’s just sabotage….
https://www.ventoy.net/ For Windows/WinPE/Linux/ChromeOS/Unix/VMware/Xen, etc. Over 1200 OS images tested. Makes it much easier to make your USB bootdisk. Not for Mac, which you can just use the system built-in internet…
https://darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-and-export-controls He didn’t make a big fuss about DeepSeek as such and calmly explaining how US export rules are working. Probably because Anthropic is a distance 3rd or 4th in…