Before Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024, I said Apple AI should generally be free to iPhone users, laying out all the reasons why Apple can’t afford to charge a subscription fee for the service. I did mention one exception that would have me gladly pay for AI access: A smarter Siri that works across devices and acts as a true assistant capable of controlling computers for me. Apple then confirmed at WWDC that Apple Intelligence will be available for free via the iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 updates, with a big caveat on the iPhone front.…
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The European Commission (EC) has charged Meta with breaching the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) via its new “pay or consent” advertising model. The charge announced on Monday follows the tech giant’s launch of the no-ads subscription service for Facebook and Instagram in Europe last November. The move is the European Union executive’s latest against Big Tech since the DMA came into force earlier this year. Meta offers users a choice between being targeted by ads based on their personal data or paying to avoid them. The system was rolled out after the EU ruled that Meta must get consent…
The Army will buy hundreds of portable electronic warfare attack and scanner systems, the service said Monday—a type of tool used frequently by both Ukraine and Russia. The service will spend nearly $100 million to equip, train, and field the system, dubbed the Terrestrial Layer System–Brigade Combat Team Manpack, according to an Army press statement released Monday. The Manpack is designed by Mastodon Design, a subsidiary of defense contractor CACI. The system is “on track to be the first dismounted electromagnetic attack/electromagnetic support program of record for the Army,” said a spokesperson for the Army’s program executive office for electronic…
Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a top-level category 5 storm after it swept across several islands in the southeastern Caribbean, dumping heavy rain and unleashing devastating winds. Beryl is now the earliest category 5 storm in the Atlantic on record and has developed into a “potentially catastrophic” hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The NHC said in its latest update early on Tuesday that Beryl was “still intensifying,” with recent data showing maximum sustained winds had increased to almost 165 miles (265 kilometres) per hour. Grenada’s Carriacou Island took a direct hit from the storm’s “extremely dangerous eyewall” early…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is on a surprise visit to Ukraine Tuesday, his first since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, his spokesperson confirmed.Orbán, considered Russia’s top EU ally after repeatedly obstructing efforts to support Kyiv, including holding up aid and Ukraine’s bid to join the bloc, was one of the few European leaders who had not visited Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.“@PM_ViktorOrban arrived in Kyiv this morning to discuss European peace with President Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUA,” Orbán’s spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs said on X. Their discussion “will focus on possibilities for achieving peace, as well as current issues in Hungarian-Ukrainian…
(Bloomberg) — A Russian jet fired a glide bomb at Kharkiv, killing at least one civilian at a mail hub as Ukraine’s second-largest city continues to suffer from frequent aerial strikes. The bomb targeted a sorting terminal of Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s major private private parcel delivery service, according to a statement from the company posted on Facebook. At least ten civilians were injured and nine more who may have been inside the terminal during the attack are unaccounted for, the Interior Ministry said on Telegram. The attack highlighted danger to Kharkiv from glide bombs, which are equipped with flight control…