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arstechnica, to random
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OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee

GPT-5 might be farther off than we thought, but OpenAI wants to make sure it is safe.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/openai-training-its-next-major-ai-model-forms-new-safety-committee/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

crichton007,
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@arstechnica That’s what they say but nearly all of the high profile departures are from trust and safety

matthewcassinelli, to random
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You can now call into Arc Browser and ask it to search the web for you – using the Action button too 📲

Not sure how I feel about Arc, but this is a clever mobile UI paradigm: https://matthewcassinelli.com/arc-search-iphone-call-for-answers-action-button-shortcuts/

crichton007,
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@matthewcassinelli I want to like Arc but I already have Safari set up just how I like it…

gruber, (edited ) to random
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My Apple Card is expiring this summer, and the replacement physical card arrived in the mail today. Activating was super-duper easy—just bring it in close proximity to your iPhone and tap a button or two on screen. Done.

But what do I do with the old card? It's titanium so it's not easily destroyed.

I've had metal Amex cards since 2010 or so. When Amex sends a replacement card, they include a return envelope custom made for mailing them your expired card for recycling.

[See thread for update]

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gruber, to random
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Kinda weird that Microsoft isn’t live-streaming this event? Name a big tech keynote in recent years that wasn’t live-streamed. I can’t think of one.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24158827/microsoft-surface-windows-ai-event-live-blog-news-updates

crichton007, (edited )
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@gruber Makes me wonder how confident they are in the new ARM solution

MissingThePt, to random
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In hopes of garnering more face time with Trump, his potential vice presidential picks announce they will try to be indicted in one of the courthouses trying the former president.

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MissingThePt, to random
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Breaking: Mathematicians announce that π is actually 3.0, apologize for any confusion.

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gruber, to random
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“Argylle”: 👎
https://boxd.it/6hbiKz

crichton007,
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@gruber Welcome to the club

daringfireball, to random
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Apple’s New iPhone Ad: ‘Don’t Let Me Go’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/09/dont-let-me-go-commercial

crichton007,
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@daringfireball It not just you @gruber the same thought came to my mind when I first saw the commercial. If it isn’t backed up in the cloud somewhere how safe is it really?

davemark, to money
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😮
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia customers discovered "they could take out more cash than they had in their accounts".

More than $40m (£31m) was withdrawn/transferred in the few hours before the bank was able to shut this down.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68599027
#Money #Scam #Glitch #Bug

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gruber, to random
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Every few weeks the same thing with Signal for Mac. Same for WhatsApp. Only iMessage gets this right and treats non-phone devices as first-class clients that can actually log in on their own.

crichton007,
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@gruber I feel better knowing I’m not the only person this has happened to and feels the same way

davemark, to apple
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ME: Siri, play some music
SIRI: I'll need to access your Overcast data to use the app. Is that OK?

WHAT THE WHAT?

And the thing is, I can’t stop this from happening. I rebooted my phone. I played music from the music app. Can’t get this to stop.

@jdalrymple was right. Siri is a mess.
#Apple #Siri

crichton007,
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@davemark @jdalrymple If we start calling it Clippy this will seem like the expected response

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Apple Vision Pro launched one month ago.
How has your view of product changed since launch?

crichton007,
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@BasicAppleGuy They sound really cool but most people don’t have that much money available for a product still finding its identity; I don’t have ~$4k to use on a 1.0 product It really bugs me when certain tech pundits act as if we all have that kind of money available to spend and claim that not getting one (or being uncertain if we shoudl get one) is overthinking it.

davemark, to apple
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On Apple Sports:

  • Confusing setup
  • Lots of missing sports (where's the NFL? USWNT?)

And the biggest miss:

  • EVERY game should have a "where to watch" field/link.

If these things aren't addressed, this app will never have the value of, say, the ESPN app. 😐

crichton007,
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@davemark Where to watch, integration of team and league news (like stocks), ability to follow players, etc. I worry this will iterate as slowly as Apple Music Classical does and lose people that forget about it because of how incomplete v1 feels

stroughtonsmith, to random
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The iTunes Store on macOS is in disrepair 😂 What is this font!

crichton007,
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@stroughtonsmith “It just works” is taking on a new meaning

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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RIP iTunes (2001-2024)
"Apple Officially Splits iTunes for Windows into Apple Music, TV, and Devices Apps" - MacRumors

crichton007,
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@BasicAppleGuy At least it got a chance to vote before it passed

chockenberry, to random
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I can't wait to explain how we're doing Project Tapestry. It's simple, powerful, and most importantly, extensible. If anything, we're underselling the capabilities in the video and pitch.

It still kinda blows my mind that we were able to pull it off. I haven't been this excited about the future possibilities of a project since the day we launched Twitterrific in 2007.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/project-tapestry

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BasicAppleGuy, to random
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iPad was announced 14 year ago.

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agiletortoise, to random
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Coming soon to Home Screens in the EU!

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simonbs, to random
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Apple rejected an update to Runestone because its App Store description mentions the app's price. This text has been included in the description for two years on iOS and for two releases on visionOS. I was inspired by Overcast, which also has a similar text, to add it to my app.

I strive to be transparent and upfront about the pricing of my app, and it has been fine for two years, but now Apple suddenly disapproves.

The inconsistency of Apple's reviewers is frustrating 😑

Screenshot of Overcast on the App Store with the following part of its App Store description highlighted: “Current price for Overcast Premium is $9.99 USD per year, and may vary from country to country.”

crichton007,
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@simonbs That @marcoarment is a trouble maker

verge, to random
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crichton007,
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@verge The dude knows how to give a motivational speech

gruber, to random
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What kind of a rinky-dink dictionary doesn’t know “landspeeder”?

(Don’t get me started on rinky-dink baby-computer OSes that don’t allow you to add new words to the spelling dictionary.)

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BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Rewatching the original iPhone keynote on an iPhone, recorded by an iPhone, shared through an iPhone… and odds are you’re seeing this on one too! ❤️📱

video/mp4

crichton007,
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@BasicAppleGuy No ones ever been that deep before

Tom Hardy Inception GIF

BenRiceM, to random
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I find it incredibly hard to get excited about a $3500 computer that I can’t use for work without pairing it to a Mac anyway.

And given that Vision Pro doesn’t support any dual hand controllers, it’s useless for VR games as they currently exist.

Oh and the external battery doesn’t last long enough to watch a whole movie

But at least you can uh dictate emails

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BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Jan 05, 2000: Apple unveils iTools 🛠️
With 20MB of free storage, iCards, child safety features, & a coveted [at]Mac email address, iTools went on to become .mac, which became MobileMe (shudders), which became the iCloud we have today.

crichton007,
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@BasicAppleGuy 20MB? And we get 5GB now? Who says Apple never upgrades their free storage?

developerjustin, to random
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How has the iPhone swipe keyboard not come to the iPad after all of these years? It seems so obvious and typing on the iPad is just not fun right now.

crichton007,
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@developerjustin I’ve fallen for the assumption that, at this point, supports swipe to type in the default keyboard several times in the past couple of months

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