iOS 18: features, AI, WWDC 2024

iOS 18: features, AI, WWDC 2024

Apple is just months away from showing off its iOS 18 update that will arrive in the fall. This is what the rumor mill suspects is on the way in the next version of the iPhone operating system. WWDC, Apple’s annual gathering of developers that will take place from June 10 until June 14, …

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The Greatest App of All Time Day 27: Duolingo vs. Flashlight

The Greatest App of All Time Day 27: Duolingo vs. Flashlight

Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! With more than 81 percent of the vote in yesterday’s tournament, YouTube is headed to the Final Four and Venmo has been eliminated. Today, we have another difficult match. Duolingo has been the Cinderella story of this year’s bracket …

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Apple may lay AI App Store groundwork in June

Apple may lay AI App Store groundwork in June

Apple’s AI strategy may not necessarily be to only offer the best AI apps it can produce, but instead deliver an enhanced AI App Store that may debut at WWDC. Apple, like many other tech companies, is hard at work introducing AI elements to its operating systems and software, and could potentially bring those products …

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The Greatest App of All Time Day 22: Flashlight vs. Evernote

The Greatest App of All Time Day 22: Flashlight vs. Evernote

It’s Day 20 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we’re inching closer to the elite eight! Swiftkey was eliminated by Duolingo in yesterday’s head-to-head. Today, we have crowd favorite Flashlight going up against Evernote. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our selection …

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Future Apple Vision Pro: Patents, research

Future Apple Vision Pro: Patents, research

Will Apple’s new technologies open up doors to futuristic experiences? Apple has filed patent applications for many technologies that don’t seem that interesting on their face. Together, they paint a picture of a world where Apple Vision Pro and augmented reality experiences could be available anywhere. In the movie Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds stars …

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New Privacy-Preserving AI Technology in the Pipeline at Apple

New Privacy-Preserving AI Technology in the Pipeline at Apple

Apple researchers have hit on a new multi-modal method of quickly training large language models (LLMs) that can enable more flexible and powerful machine-learning and “AI” type systems. A research paper posted by the company to research site arxiv.org earlier this week revealed that Apple has used what it calls a “careful mix” of image-caption, …

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Apple Watch could gain sensors for airspeed and more

Apple Watch could gain sensors for airspeed and more

Apple has been researching what more sensors can possibly be fitted into an Apple Watch, and specifically ones that are not related to health. Apple Watch already has many health sensors, but now it may be looking to measure more It’s practically an inevitable pairing — Apple Watch sensors are health ones. Ever since …

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