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For years, Apple has been accused of being one of the biggest stragglers in the AI arms race. Doubters have argued that Apple’s lack of a clear AI strategy have cost it its edge, and Wall Street analysts have worried that the gap could start hurting iPhone sales. Now,
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At its 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple offered a vision of how to integrate AI with its products that stands out for its sobriety, responsibility, and plausibility. In contrast to the job-killing, security-breaking, human-replacing hype promulgated by the likes of Anthropic and OpenAI, company execs dialed down their usual superlative-laden
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AI + ML A,Bomb,Of,Money,Like,Dynamite,,Hundred-dollar,Bills,With,ACopyright (c) 2019 Artem Oleshko/Shutterstock. No use without permission. L'etat, c'est AI OPINION The US government is reportedly weighing whether to take a financial stake in AI companies, which looks a bit like negotiating
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When Apple talks about how it used Google's Gemini foundation models to build the all-new Siri, without using the Gemini app, it can start to sound like semantics. But a deep dive with the team that built the Siri we were promised almost two years ago quickly disabuses
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Apple's WWDC keynote on Monday put a supercharged Siri in the spotlight, but the ripple effects of that upgrade will likely be felt most on the Apple Watch -- if you have a new enough model, that is. With WatchOS 27, Apple is bringing a revamped Siri --
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OpenAI's move toward public markets raises a bigger question: Is the AI surge a lasting shift or an expensive gamble? 3 min read OpenAI, perhaps the best-known company in the booming artificial intelligence market, filed confidentially on Monday for an initial public offering. Although there's no
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* EV adoption in China has prevented as many as 262,000 premature deaths associated with air pollution since 2010 * The move to EVs, which also aligns with China's goal of becoming a carbon-neutral nation by 2060, has reduced PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides considerably * With Chinese power generation
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The Federal Communications Commission has waived a requirement for Amazon to launch half of its satellite broadband constellation by the end of July, a key regulatory reprieve that buys the tech giant time to get more of its spacecraft into orbit. Amazon won regulatory approval for the Amazon Leo network
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Of all the laptops that were announced at Computex 2026, Acer's Swift Air 14 brought some much-needed color and affordability to a barrage of very powerful (and very expensive) high-end PCs. Starting at $699, the Swift Air 14
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Anker's pricier 2026 buds are a winner, offering a stellar range of features as well as a reliable fit and a solid sound. The case is a little on the big side, because of a touchscreen that doesn't really justify itself, but it's easy
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The Majority Bowfell Halo Atmos is a super-compact sounbar, rear speakers and subwoofer system that provides fairly cinematic sound, with solid bass output and relatively clear dialogue. It’s ideal for smaller living spaces, and its low price is nothing to sneer at either. Unfortunately, its Dolby Atmos performance is
