Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal. Courtesy of Joanna Stern If Vision Pro is mostly meant to be used from a couch cushion or desk chair, the external battery pack may not factor in as much. As I pointed out last spring, it’s an unusual choice for a consumer tech company that has, over… Continue reading The One Part of Apple Vision Pro That Apple Doesn’t Want You to See
Author: Wired Magazine
Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click
Lobbyists for cable companies and advertisers yesterday expressed their displeasure with a proposed “click-to-cancel” regulation that aims to make it easier for consumers to cancel services. Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan has said that changes are needed because “some businesses too often trick consumers into paying for subscriptions they no longer want or didn’t… Continue reading Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click
ChatGPT’s Hunger for Energy Could Trigger a GPU Revolution
The cost of making further progress in artificial intelligence is becoming as startling as a hallucination by ChatGPT. Demand for the graphics chips known as GPUs needed for large-scale AI training has driven prices of the crucial components through the roof. OpenAI has said that training the algorithm that now powers ChatGPT cost the firm… Continue reading ChatGPT’s Hunger for Energy Could Trigger a GPU Revolution
A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked for 3 Days
That has led researchers to genetically alter pigs in an attempt to make their organs a better match. The biotech company that bred the pig for the Penn study, eGenesis of Cambridge, Massaschetts, is aiming to do that with gene editing. Scientists at the company used Crispr to make a total of 69 genetic edits… Continue reading A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked for 3 Days
An AI Executive Turns AI Crusader to Stand Up for Artists
Ed Newton-Rex says generative AI has an ethics problem. He ought to know, because he used to be part of the fast-growing industry. Newton-Rex was TikTok’s head AI designer and then an executive at Stability AI until he quit in disgust in November over the company’s stance on collecting training data. After his high-profile departure,… Continue reading An AI Executive Turns AI Crusader to Stand Up for Artists
The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 Ban Is Back On
The newest Apple Watch models have to take another time-out. Apple must stop selling the current version of the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 by the end of the day on Thursday, according to a federal court ruling. At the end of 2023, Apple was barred from selling the two wearables by the… Continue reading The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 Ban Is Back On
Google Updates Chrome’s Incognito Warning to Admit It Tracks Users in ‘Private’ Mode
Google is updating the warning on Chrome’s Incognito mode to make it clear that Google and websites run by other companies can still collect your data in the web browser’s semiprivate mode. The change is being made as Google prepares to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm of privacy violations related to Chrome’s… Continue reading Google Updates Chrome’s Incognito Warning to Admit It Tracks Users in ‘Private’ Mode
Google Circle to Search and AI-Powered Multi-Search Coming to Mobile
In recent years Google has used the word “helpful” to describe new features added to its search product, its voice assistant, its generative AI tool Bard, even its Pixel earbuds. A keyword-search for the word “helpful” in Google’s own corporate news blog brings up more than 1,200 results. Depending on what you’re searching for, though,… Continue reading Google Circle to Search and AI-Powered Multi-Search Coming to Mobile
Samsung Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, Galaxy S24 Ultra: Specs, Release Date, Price, Features
Samsung’s taking a page from Apple and adding titanium to the Galaxy S24 Ultra only (the smaller S24 and S24+ are still made out of aluminum). This is a more durable material, yes, but it’s also supposed to be lighter, which was a benefit I noticed on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Unfortunately, the weight… Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, Galaxy S24 Ultra: Specs, Release Date, Price, Features
Why Tech Workers Are Ditching Big Cities for Boise
The past year has brought a reckoning in the tech job industry across the US, upending career trajectories for recent grads. When they chose majors like computer science four years ago, they expected to follow those before them into a lucrative market with perks at Big Tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and others. But instead… Continue reading Why Tech Workers Are Ditching Big Cities for Boise