Supply chain logistics platform Flexport is acquiring the assets of shuttered digital freight network Convoy, according to a memo Flexport CEO Ryan Peterson sent to staff Wednesday. Flexport will restore Convoy’s trucking logistics services for customers in the coming weeks, reads the memo, shared by […]
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RoboCop: Rogue City – A Riveting Return to Old Detroit
Today, we are thrilled to bring you an in-depth analysis of “RoboCop: Rogue City,” a game that has taken the gaming world by storm, promising a nostalgic trip back to…
Ford snaps up EV power startup to boost its charging tech
Ford is buying and burying Auto Motive Power, or “AMP” for short. The secretive energy management startup once claimed to power “most of the world’s top electric OEMs,” though as far as we can tell it never disclosed its customers publicly. Following the deal, Los […]
Apple Music shuts down its Siri-only Voice Plan nearly two years later
Apple Music just shut down its cheapest option—the Voice Plan. The subscription, which launched in 2021 and cost $5 per month, featured a Siri-only experience; the only way to access Apple Music’s catalog is to request a song, genre, album or artist by using voice […]
Apple Music’s Siri-only $5 voice plan appears to be toast
Apple appears to have killed off its lowest-cost Apple Music subscription. The Apple Music Voice Plan allowed folks to access the streaming service for $5 per month, as long as they were willing to use it only via Siri voice control. However, as of Wednesday, […]
The Morning After: US government announces AI Safety Institute
Following President Joe Biden’s sweeping executive order regarding AI development last week, at the UK AI Safety Summit yesterday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced even more machine learning initiatives, as well as the establishment of the United States AI Safety Institute. In cooperation with the […]
Meta’s Yann Lecun joins 70 others in calling for more openness in AI development
On the same day the U.K. gathered some of the world’s corporate and political leaders into the same room at Bletchley Park for the AI Safety Summit, more than 70 signatories put their name to a letter calling for a more open approach to AI […]
Atlassian urges customers to take ‘immediate action’ to protect against data-loss security bug
Australian software giant Atlassian has warned of a critical security flaw that could lead to “significant data loss” for customers, just weeks after state-backed hackers targeted its products. In an advisory this week, the company urged customers to patch against the flaw affecting on-premise versions […]
India-made iPhones to top 20% of global shipments by 2024, Kuo says
The India-made iPhone is projected to account for 12-14% of Apple’s global iPhone shipments in 2023, according to a leading analyst, who further anticipates that the importance of the South Asian market to Apple will notably rise in the coming year. Ming-Chi Kuo of TF […]