IT総合 FTC Chair Lina Khan shares how the agency is looking at AI
With dozens of antitrust cases and close to a hundred on the consumer protection side, the agency is now turning to inno...
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IT総合 IT総合 Apple’s AI, Apple Intelligence, is boring and practical — that’s why it works
Some of the new Apple Intelligence features that Apple debuted at WWDC 2024 don’t even feel like AI, they just feel like...
IT総合 At last, Apple’s Messages app will support RCS and scheduling texts
These messaging features, announced at WWDC 2024, will have a significant impact on how people communicate every day.
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IT総合 Light introduces its latest minimalist phone, now with an OLED screen but still no addictive apps
Unlike Light's older phones, the Light III sports a larger OLED display and an NFC chip to make way for future payment t...
IT総合 AI news reader Particle adds publishing partners and $10.9M in new funding
Particle announced it has partnered with news organization Reuters to collaborate on new business models and experiments...
IT総合 Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple’s ChatGPT integrations
Elon Musk's posts seem to misunderstand the relationship Apple announced with OpenAI at WWDC 2024.
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IT総合 Apple brings Apple Intelligence to developers via SiriKit and App Intents
Apple Intelligence, Apple’s new generative AI offering, won’t only be a consumer-facing feature — deve...
IT総合 Apple debuts AI-generated … Bitmoji
Apple Intelligence will have an understanding of who you're talking with in a messaging conversation.
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IT総合 Google Play cracks down on AI apps after circulation of apps for making deepfake nudes
Google today is issuing new guidance for developers building AI apps distributed through Google Play, in hopes of cuttin...
IT総合 Google looks to AI to help save the coral reefs
Google has developed a new AI tool to help marine biologists better understand coral reef ecosystems and their health, w...
IT総合 What to expect from Apple’s AI-powered iOS 18 at WWDC 2024
As WWDC 2024 nears, all sorts of rumors and leaks have emerged about what iOS 18 and its AI-powered apps and features ha...
IT総合 Bluesky and Mastodon users can now talk to each other with Bridgy Fed
Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other netwo...
IT総合 Google’s new startup program focuses on bringing AI to public infrastructure
Google’s newest startup program, announced on Wednesday, aims to bring AI technology to the public sector. The new...
IT総合 TikTok acknowledges exploit targeting high-profile accounts
The malicious attack appears to have involved malware transmitted through TikTok's DMs.
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IT総合 AI apocalypse? ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity are all down at the same time
It's unusual for three major AI providers to all be down at the same time, which could signal a broader infrastructure i...
IT総合 You can now customize your For You feed on Threads using swipes
Instagram Threads is rolling out the ability for users to signal which sort of posts they wanted to see more or less of ...
IT総合 What to expect from Apple’s AI-powered iOS 18
As WWDC 2024 nears, all sorts of rumors and leaks have emerged about what iOS 18 and its AI-powered apps and features ha...
IT総合 Instagram confirms test of ‘unskippable’ ads
The change would see Instagram becoming more like the free version of YouTube, which requires users to view ads before a...
IT総合 Google admits its AI Overviews need work, but we’re all helping it beta test
Google is embarrassed about its AI Overviews, too. After a deluge of dunks and memes over the past week, which cracked o...
IT総合 ‘ThreadsDeck’ arrived just in time for the Trump verdict
Yes, we’re calling it “ThreadsDeck” now. At least that’s the tag many are using to describe the ...
IT総合 Instagram tests ‘trial reels’ that don’t display to a creator’s followers
Instagram is testing a way for creators to experiment with reels without committing to having them displayed on their pr...
IT総合 Spotify offers Car Thing refunds as it faces lawsuit over bricking the streaming device
Though Spotify never shared official numbers, it's likely that Car Thing underperformed or was just not worth continued ...
IT総合 Autobiographer’s app uses AI to help you tell your life story
Can an AI help you tell your story? That’s the idea behind a startup called Autobiographer which leverages AI tech...
IT総合 Is Apple planning to ‘sherlock’ Arc?
With the release of iOS 18 later this year, Apple may again borrow ideas third-party apps. This time it's Arc that could...
IT総合 Google Chrome becomes a ‘picture-in-picture’ app
Instead of opening the user's actual browser or a WebView, Custom Tabs let users remain in their app while browsing.
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IT総合 Apple’s Design Awards nominees highlight indies and startups, largely ignore AI (except for Arc)
Apple's annual list of what it considers the best and most innovative software available on its platform is turning its ...
IT総合 YouTube’s free games catalog ‘Playables’ rolls out to all users
YouTube's free Playables don't directly challenge the app store model or break Apple's rules. However, they do compete w...
IT総合 Skej’s AI meeting scheduling assistant works like adding an EA to your email
AI may not be up to the task of replacing Google Search just yet, but it can be useful in more specific contexts —...
IT総合 X should bring back stars, not hide ‘likes’
Elon Musk’s X is preparing to make “likes” private on the social network, in a change that could poten...
IT総合 Spotify experiments with an AI DJ that speaks Spanish
Spotify’s addition of its AI DJ feature, which introduces personalized song selections to users, was the company&#...