Apple does not understand why people use technology
Apple’s new iPad ads, which show an acoustic guitar, piano and drum set crushed by an enormous hydraulic press, are “ugly and crushing” but ” art can’t be flattened”, wrote a user. ” Nobody owns a piano because it’s practical…It’s about the least practical thing you can own,” the user wrote. “A piano for the reason we had one in our house,” the user added.
FTX Creditors say the Payout deal is an insult and plan to revolt
FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange, on Tuesday filed a bankruptcy plan with the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware that aims to recover all of its claims plus interest. Under the plan, government bodies including the Internal Revenue Service and the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission have agreed to suspend high-value claims against FTX until creditors had been repaid.
How to Responsibly Generate Artificial Intelligence Porn is called Openai
OpenAI, the technology company behind AI-powered messaging platform WhatsApp, has said that sexually explicit and even suggestive content can be generated by its AI-powered bots. The company has released a ‘Model Spec’ that will allow users to comment on how it would allow such content. This comes after a video of an alleged sexual assault by singer Taylor Swift went viral.
The major AlphaFold upgrade has a boost for drug discovery
Google-owned AI firm DeepMind announced it has developed AlphaFold 3, an artificial intelligence tool for drug discovery. “This is exactly what you need for drug discovery: You needs to see how a small molecule is going to bind to a drug, how strongly, and also what else it might bind to,” DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said.
TikTok calls the U.S. ban unconstitutional
Video-streaming app TikTok has said that an algorithm used by China’s ByteDance, which allows it to function in the US, cannot be easily transferred to the country even if it does allow it. ByteDance had earlier said that it did not intend to let go of ByteDance’s service in the US. The algorithm involves millions of lines of software code.
The 7 biggest announcements from the event
Apple unveiled a new iPad Pro with a larger 12.9-inch screen, which is equipped with Apple’s new M4 processor. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro features an 18:9 aspect ratio with a 1920-by-1200 display and has 128GB of storage. The latest iPad Pro will also feature an AI-powered virtual bass player and keyboard player for Logic Pro.
The iPad Pro vs. the Air is a spec comparison
Apple has launched its 10th-gen iPads in three sizes- 11-inch, 13-inch, and 15-inch – starting at $349 (24,999). The 11- and 13-inch models will ship with the Ultra-Retina XDR display that uses two OLED panels in tandem for increased brightness. The iPad Pro will also feature a 120Hz display, along with Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard accessories.
At the iPad event today, everything was announced
Apple on Wednesday announced its new iPad Pro with a new M4 Bionic chip that it claims outperforms all other iPad models. “The M4 chips are up to 70% faster and 50% more efficient than previous iPads,” the company said. It added the new iPad Pro comes with “super-fast” A12 Bionic chip which has a maximum speed of 10 GHz.
The iPad Air is now heavier than the iPad Pro
Apple has been criticised for calling the 11th-generation iPad ‘Air’ instead of ‘iPad Mid’. “The name Air is meant to convey a sense of light…It’s the lightest iPad out there, since it’s the lightest iPad out there. Should the 11th-gen iPads be considered the budget option, since it’s the lightest iPad out there, if it isn’t the Air?” wrote MacRumors.
The US ban was called unconstitutional by TikTok
Chinese social media platform TikTok has challenged a US law that would ban ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. ByteDance, not TikTok, controls the algorithm that determines what millions see on the app every day, TikTok’s challenge states. “Banning TikTok is so unconstitutional that the Act’s sponsors have tried to depict the law not as a ban at all but as a regulation of TikTok’s ownership,” it added.