Journals

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: iOS 17.4 code shows Apple may be testing two versions of its Ajax LLM for Siri and comparing their responses to OpenAI’s ChatGPT  —  Apple is widely expected to unveil major new artificial intelligence features with… Read More »iOS 17.4 code shows Apple may be testing two versions of its Ajax LLM for Siri and comparing their responses to OpenAI’s ChatGPT (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Theo Wayt / The Information: Sources: Flexport plans to lay off ~20% of workforce, its third round of cut in just over a year; it has ~2600 employees after cutting 20% of staff in October  —  Flexport plans to lay… Read More »Sources: Flexport plans to lay off ~20% of workforce, its third round of cut in just over a year; it has ~2600 employees after cutting 20% of staff in October (Theo Wayt/The Information)

Damien Geradin / The Platform Law Blog: Apple’s changes for iOS app distribution in the EU fail to offer fair and reasonable commissions and show disdain for both the DMA and app developers  —  Yesterday, Apple made an important announcement… Read More »Apple’s changes for iOS app distribution in the EU fail to offer fair and reasonable commissions and show disdain for both the DMA and app developers (Damien Geradin/The Platform Law Blog)

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: Source: Chamath Palihapitiya shelved plans to raise $1B for an early-stage investment fund, in part due to fundraising challenges  —  – Social Capital last summer reportedly sought to sell a large number of its investment holdings.… Read More »Source: Chamath Palihapitiya shelved plans to raise $1B for an early-stage investment fund, in part due to fundraising challenges (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: A look at Midnight Blizzard, also known as Cozy Bear, a Russia-linked hacking group that has allegedly recently hacked the email systems of Microsoft and HPE  —  Hacks by Kremlin-backed group continue to hit hard. … Read More »A look at Midnight Blizzard, also known as Cozy Bear, a Russia-linked hacking group that has allegedly recently hacked the email systems of Microsoft and HPE (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Microsoft details the techniques that Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations  —  Microsoft confirmed that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service hacking group, which hacked into its executives’ email… Read More »Microsoft details the techniques that Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Tripp Mickle / New York Times: Some Beeper users lost access to iMessage on their Mac and were told by Apple access was revoked due to irregular activity; Beeper: ~3.5K users reported outages  —  Beeper Mini customers were using their… Read More »Some Beeper users lost access to iMessage on their Mac and were told by Apple access was revoked due to irregular activity; Beeper: ~3.5K users reported outages (Tripp Mickle/New York Times)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Review of Honor’s Magic V2 foldable, launching in UK and Europe for £1,700: very thin and durable but has a dated OS and processor, and software issues  —  It’s thin and light enough to feel… Read More »Review of Honor’s Magic V2 foldable, launching in UK and Europe for £1,700: very thin and durable but has a dated OS and processor, and software issues (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: A look at browser-related iOS changes in the EU, including letting users choose one of the 12 most popular browsers in their country’s App Store as the default  —  The raft of iOS changes Apple dropped… Read More »A look at browser-related iOS changes in the EU, including letting users choose one of the 12 most popular browsers in their country’s App Store as the default (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Chris Kerr / Game Developer: Some developers say Apple’s new Core Technology Fee in the EU is eerily similar to the controversial Runtime Fee that Unity touted and withdrew after a backlash  —  App Store devs interested in using third-party… Read More »Some developers say Apple’s new Core Technology Fee in the EU is eerily similar to the controversial Runtime Fee that Unity touted and withdrew after a backlash (Chris Kerr/Game Developer)