Sure. Google location tracking "bad" and Apple data harvesting "good", but it's pretty hack to see articles popping up about how poor Android trackers are compared to AirTags. https://somegadgetguy.com/b/46Q
Ignoring the security nightmare AirTags were at launch, the assumed permissions Apple just takes for the Find My network, and the annoying (and scary looking) process Apple forces users through to OPT OUT of location tracking, it's shocking how well Google is doing only a couple weeks into this new finder network going live.
Bei einem #heise-Artikel zu #Apple und #Security einen Kommentar schreiben, ist immer wieder eine sehr "interessante" Erfahrung.
Meistens wird man da attackiert, die unabhängigen Quellen, die man brav einbindet ignoriert oder heruntergespielt und auf persönlicher Ebene angegriffen. 🤷
Absolutely loved this bit of back-story on the "upside down" Apple logo that used to be on every Mac laptop, but got flipped (right side up?) by Steve Jobs.
Great, short read, shared by @gruber a few days ago.
I have been scrupulously avoiding the big #WWDC rumor-dump (the one that seems like it MUST have come from someone who actually saw the keynote in advance?!?)
Love being surprised and (sometimes) delighted by an Apple keynote.
You might want to turn off #beta updates on your #iPhone or other #Apple devices, wouldn’t want to inadvertently auto-update to an #iOS18 beta you don’t actually want!
#Apple#AI#GenerativeAI#Siri: "One concrete step Apple can take to show it is serious about the potential of generative AI is by using it to enhance Siri, the digital voice assistant it introduced in 2011.
The initial wave of AI chatbots led by ChatGPT, while catching the eye of consumers, is only one application of the technology — with the input and output both being text. An enhanced Siri might be attuned to user preferences and capable of carrying out a specific set of tasks very well, such as sorting through emails.
Within the limits of its existing hardware, Apple can use personal data kept locally on the device to craft these kinds of personalised experiences for its users, says Tim Bates, a professor at the University of Michigan-Flint College of Innovation & Technology. “I talk about this as ‘narrow AI’,” he says.
This so-called “on-device” premise has the added benefit of protecting user safety and privacy, as consumers are unlikely to want AI applications training themselves on their personal information and exporting it to the cloud. Running features locally also cuts out the lag involved in generating responses from a remote server.
“Siri is really the perfect ‘flavour’ of interactive AI,” Bates adds. “An individual can control their data, talk to the AI, and get things done, and not be afraid it’s going to be sucked out of the device.”"
“To the extent that #generativeAI progress rests on partnerships with large partners, the precise contours of any deal between #Apple and #OpenAI are unclear. Whether the two companies make a cultural fit, and how long the marriage can last, is an open question.” https://on.ft.com/4e8YcPD
Wir sollten bei jeder Gelegenheit die Vorteile von quelloffener Software und Diensten hervorheben. Die Deutungshoheit Microsoft, Google, Meta, Apple und Co. zu überlassen, hat uns dorthin geführt, wo wir heute stehen: Ein datengetriebenes Web, das ohne Nutzerdaten nicht überlebt und uns mit Werbung bombardiert.
I give #macos some grief but multi-monitor handling has gotten SO much better from the Tiger/Snow Leopard days. Running a laptop in clamshell mode has gone from feeling somewhat unsupported to clearly being a configuration that #Apple is testing internally.
Also the CalDigit TS4 dock is such a bulletproof little machine. Huge fan.
As per the Beastie Boys, you’ve got to fight for your right to party.
Well, OK.
But you shouldn’t have to fight for your consumer rights… but I did when using Apple Australia’s supposedly “easy” trade-in service for an iPad. It was anything but easy…
(A long read at Gizmodo Australia, because I’m stubborn about these kinds of things. It should not take the kind of fighting I had to do here to get a positive result)
Suing Apple is a necessary step in challenging our perception of Big Tech… https://somegadgetguy.com/b/468
We can't take our eyes off this target. We need to build more momentum. Our legal system has been too slow to adapt to consumer tech trends, and we need to keep the pressure on if we're to course correct for YEARS of bad policy.
Next week #WWDC predictions? #AI wise easy: Nothing that's going to match or top Google, Microsoft. #Apple will focus on iterations and practical ways intelligence is incorporated into the OS.
This will extract a cry of "Apple is behind on AI". Which they are. But not worried. They'e always been fast followers.
If they don't blindly introduce a "Recall" or something that says we can put glue on our pizza, then that's a win.
When it comes to my phone improve what I regularly use. </$0.02>