On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, your host covers the latest news for the week including the release of iOS 18.3, AirTag 2 rumors, and a Matter update for the Govee ice maker. HomeKit Insider Podcast Last week, Apple released iOS 18.3 to the masses. While this was expected to include support for
Read MoreThe European Union is backing a major AI initiative, OpenEuroLLM, in a bid to counter the dominance of Silicon Valley and China in artificial intelligence. The initiative is being led by Jan Hajič, a computational linguist at Charles University in Czechia, and Peter Sarlin, co-founder of Silo AI. “The models that OpenEuroLLM will build will
Read MoreDouble the polyphony, quadruple the tracks, and three new synth engines make this a worthy successor.
Read MoreThis electric home composter turns kitchen scraps into valuable compost—if you’re willing to put up with some fuss.
Read MoreCertain iPhone components including circuit boards and accessories such as chargers will no longer face import taxes in India as the country positions itself to weather changes in global trade. Mumbai, India In 2024, the Indian government reduced its import taxes on chargers, printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and smartphones themselves, from 20% to 15%.
Read MoreMacworld How long can Apple keep relying on the iPhone? Nobody knows, because there’s never been another product quite like it. But the plumpest golden goose in history isn’t going to keep laying eggs forever. Apple, to its credit, is fully aware of this. With its enthusiastic hyping of the latest cautious iPhone update, the
Read MoreThe [Denki Otaku] YouTube channel took a look recently at some stepper motors, or ‘stepping motors’ as they’re called in Japanese. Using a 2-phase stepper motor as an example, the stepper motor is taken apart and its components explained. Next a primer on the types and the ways of driving stepper motors is given, providing
Read MoreUpdate: February 3, 2025 (4:20 AM ET): We have updated our Google Pixel 9a hub to include rumored pricing and an apparent launch window. The Google Pixel 8a has been a solid addition to the Pixel lineup. It is a great recommendation as a budget Android device, especially if you want most of the perks
Read MoreThe blog OMG Ubuntu reports: Ubuntu’s key developers have agreed to switch to Matrix as the primary platform for real-time development communications involving the distro. From March, Matrix will replace IRC as the place where critical Ubuntu development conversations, requests, meetings, and other vital chatter must take place… Only the current #ubuntu-devel and #ubuntu-release Libera
Read MoreFounded last year, this AI start-up wants to unite the expanding AI agent ecosystem with its integration tech. Read more: Jentic: A centralised communication hub for AI agents
Read MoreFounded last year, this AI start-up wants to unite the expanding AI agent ecosystem with its integration tech. Read more: Jentic: A centralised communication hub for AI agents
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority OpenAI has launched a new “Deep Research” feature in ChatGPT that helps users produce comprehensive reports in a fraction of the time it would take a human. Deep Research is designed for knowledge workers or anyone who needs help with topics that require extensive research. The tool is powered
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority OpenAI has launched a new “Deep Research” feature in ChatGPT that helps users produce comprehensive reports in a fraction of the time it would take a human. Deep Research is designed for knowledge workers or anyone who needs help with topics that require extensive research. The tool is powered
Read MoreIn his most recent article, [Ken Shirriff] takes a break from putting ASICs under a microscope, and instead does the same in a proverbial manner with the word ‘mainframe’. Although these days the word ‘mainframe’ brings to mind a lumbering behemoth of a system that probably handles things like finances and other business things, but
Read MoreSpirit Aerosystems builds aircraft components, including fuselages and flight deck sections for Boeing, according to Wikipedia. But now Boeing is set to acquire Spirit AeroSystems. The aviation blog called Aviation Source News says the price tag was $4.7 billion, and opines that Boeing’s move signals “a renewed focus on quality and supply chain stability” as
Read MoreSpirit Aerosystems builds aircraft components, including fuselages and flight deck sections for Boeing, according to Wikipedia. But now Boeing is set to acquire Spirit AeroSystems. The aviation blog called Aviation Source News says the price tag was $4.7 billion, and opines that Boeing’s move signals “a renewed focus on quality and supply chain stability” as
Read MoreOpenAI has revealed another new agentic feature for ChatGPT called deep research, which it says can operate autonomously to “plan and execute a multi-step trajectory to find the data it needs, backtracking and reacting to real-time information where necessary.” Instead of simply generating text, it shows a summary of its process in a sidebar, with
Read MoreJust three hours ago, OpenAI made a surprise announcement to their 3.9 million followers on X.com. “Live from Tokyo,” they’d be livestreaming… something. Their description of the event was just two words. “Deep Research” It begins in just 15 minutes. X.com users shared their reactions to the coming announcement: “It’s like DeepSeek, but cleaner” “Deep
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Users may soon lose the option to buy prepaid multi-year AppleCare Plus plans at physical retail stores and on devices. The company may only sell two- or three-year prepaid plans online. The change is expected to happen next week. If you buy an Apple device, you have the option
Read MoreApple has made the build system in its high-level programming language Swift — used by llbuild, the Swift Package Manager and Swift Playground — officially open source. Image credit: Apple Apple formally contributed the code of Swift Build to GitHub on February 1. The repository contributed by Apple also includes support for Windows and Linux,
Read MoreAmazon has introduced a fresh price drop on the Apple Studio Display for February, along with steeper price cuts on MacBooks and the M4 Mac mini that deliver up to $410 off. Save $300 on the Apple Studio Display. Expanding your screen real estate just got a little cheaper thanks to Amazon’s $300 price cut
Read MoreAmazon has introduced a fresh price drop on the Apple Studio Display for February, along with steeper price drops on MacBooks and the M4 Mac mini that deliver up to $410 off. Save $300 on the Apple Studio Display. Expanding your screen real estate just got a little cheaper thanks to Amazon’s $300 price cut
Read MoreAn aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy tested “vastly increased” levels of internet connectivity, reports the defense-news web site TWZ, callling it “a game-changer for what a ship, and its sailors, can do while at sea.” The F-35 Joint Strike Fighters assigned to the carrier offer a case in point for what more shipboard bandwidth
Read MoreAn aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy tested “vastly increased” levels of internet connectivity, reports the defense-news web site TWZ, callling it “a game-changer for what a ship, and its sailors, can do while at sea.” The F-35 Joint Strike Fighters assigned to the carrier offer a case in point for what more shipboard bandwidth
Read MoreYour next car purchase is probably going to be more expensive, thanks to President Donald Trump. Around 5.3 million vehicles are built in Canada and Mexico, 70 percent of which are destined for the United States. Those vehicles will soon be subject to 25 percent tariffs, which were just announced by the Trump administration. And
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