Maybe it was when Ruoming Pang, the executive leading Apple Intelligence, jumped ship earlier this month to Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs. Or when a leaked internal memo in March described Apple’s AI efforts as “ugly and embarrassing.” Or the June announcement that Siri’s AI-powered reboot, already a year overdue, won’t arrive...
China’s smartphone market has begun to dip following six straight quarters of growth. The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker found that China’s smartphone market shipped 69 million units during the second quarter of this year, a 4% decline from the same...
Apple is reportedly facing pressure to make a major acquisition amid its AI troubles. As Bloomberg News reported Monday (July 14), investors are concerned by a slump in share prices that has wiped out more than $630 billion in Apple’s market value this year and frustrated with the...
Apple is reportedly considering using artificial intelligence models from Anthropic or OpenAI, rather than its own in-house models, to power a new version of its voice assistant Siri. The company has talked with both of the AI firms and asked them to train versions of their models that it could...
Apple is reportedly set to propose making it easier for third-party developers to send customers outside of its App Store to make software purchases in order to avoid additional penalties being imposed by European Union regulators. The company’s proposal is due Thursday (June 26), Bloomberg...
Apple’s in-vehicle software system CarPlay Ultra is reportedly facing backlash from automakers. Car companies including Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volvo, Polestar and Renault said they do not plan to add the software to their vehicles, despite earlier signals from Apple that they would do so, the Financial...
Apple is reportedly in eleventh-hour negotiations with European regulators about changes to its App Store. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (June 23), the tech giant is hoping to escape a series of escalating fines from the European Union (EU) set to go into...
Apple reportedly aims to bring an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered upgrade of its Siri voice assistant to market in spring 2026, after facing delays and failing to meet its original goal of fall 2024. The new Siri features could be previewed in the fall before being...
Apple is reportedly floundering in its attempt to upgrade its artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistant. The tech giant is holding its annual event this week, though investors are pessimistic about the chances of a major AI announcement, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (June 8)....