Apple botched the Apple Intelligence launch, but its long-term strategy is sound

I’ve spent a week with Apple Intelligence—here are the takeaways.

Ask a few random people about Apple Intelligence and you’ll probably get quite different responses.

One might be excited about the new features. Another could opine that no one asked for this and the company is throwing away its reputation with creatives and artists to chase a fad. Another still might tell you that regardless of the potential value, Apple is simply too late to the game to make a mark.

The release of Apple’s first Apple Intelligence-branded AI tools in iOS 18.1 last week makes all those perspectives understandable.

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TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers

US restrictions on semiconductor tech are spurring the move.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has notified Chinese chip design companies that it will suspend production of their most advanced artificial intelligence chips, as Washington continues to impede Beijing’s AI ambitions.

TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7 nanometers or smaller as of this coming Monday, three people familiar with the matter said.

Two of the people said any future supplies of such semiconductors by TSMC to Chinese customers would be subject to an approval process likely to involve Washington.

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TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers

US restrictions on semiconductor tech are spurring the move.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has notified Chinese chip design companies that it will suspend production of their most advanced artificial intelligence chips, as Washington continues to impede Beijing’s AI ambitions.

TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7 nanometers or smaller as of this coming Monday, three people familiar with the matter said.

Two of the people said any future supplies of such semiconductors by TSMC to Chinese customers would be subject to an approval process likely to involve Washington.

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Notepad.exe, now an actively maintained app, has gotten its inevitable AI update

Other Windows Insider updates include new CPU instructions for Prism x86 emulator.

Among the decades-old Windows apps to get renewed attention from Microsoft during the Windows 11 era is Notepad, the basic built-in text editor that was much the same in early 2021 as it had been in the '90 and 2000s. Since then, it has gotten a raft of updates, including a visual redesign, spellcheck and autocorrect, and window tabs.

Given Microsoft's continuing obsession with all things AI, it's perhaps not surprising that the app's latest update (currently in preview for Canary and Dev Windows Insiders) is a generative AI feature called Rewrite that promises to adjust the length, tone, and phrasing of highlighted sentences or paragraphs using generative AI. Users will be offered three rewritten options based on what they've highlighted, and they can select the one they like best or tell the app to try again.

Rewrite appears to be based on the same technology as the Copilot assistant, since it uses cloud-side processing (rather than your local CPU, GPU, or NPU) and requires Microsoft account sign-in to work. The initial preview is available to users in the US, France, the UK, Canada, Italy, and Germany.

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Notepad.exe, now an actively maintained app, has gotten its inevitable AI update

Other Windows Insider updates include new CPU instructions for Prism x86 emulator.

Among the decades-old Windows apps to get renewed attention from Microsoft during the Windows 11 era is Notepad, the basic built-in text editor that was much the same in early 2021 as it had been in the '90 and 2000s. Since then, it has gotten a raft of updates, including a visual redesign, spellcheck and autocorrect, and window tabs.

Given Microsoft's continuing obsession with all things AI, it's perhaps not surprising that the app's latest update (currently in preview for Canary and Dev Windows Insiders) is a generative AI feature called Rewrite that promises to adjust the length, tone, and phrasing of highlighted sentences or paragraphs using generative AI. Users will be offered three rewritten options based on what they've highlighted, and they can select the one they like best or tell the app to try again.

Rewrite appears to be based on the same technology as the Copilot assistant, since it uses cloud-side processing (rather than your local CPU, GPU, or NPU) and requires Microsoft account sign-in to work. The initial preview is available to users in the US, France, the UK, Canada, Italy, and Germany.

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Langer Marsch 9: China baut wiederverwendbares Raumschiff

Das stark an das Starship von SpaceX erinnernde Raumschiff soll in zehn Jahren starten und zukünftig auch die Mondmissionen unterstützen. Zudem ist ein Fangturm wie SpaceXs Mechazilla geplant. (Raumschiff, Raumfahrt)

Das stark an das Starship von SpaceX erinnernde Raumschiff soll in zehn Jahren starten und zukünftig auch die Mondmissionen unterstützen. Zudem ist ein Fangturm wie SpaceXs Mechazilla geplant. (Raumschiff, Raumfahrt)

Google leaks details about its Jarvis AI tool will be able to surf the web to complete tasks for you

There are a growing number of AI-based tools that can answer questions (sometimes even accurately), generate text, images, and videos, or help you revise something you’ve already written or created. But it looks like Google is planning to release…

There are a growing number of AI-based tools that can answer questions (sometimes even accurately), generate text, images, and videos, or help you revise something you’ve already written or created. But it looks like Google is planning to release a new tool that takes the idea of a personal assistant even further. The company’s upcoming […]

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