Apple may be gearing up to make its affordable iPhone "e" lineup an annual affair, with the iPhone 17e expected to launch as early as spring 2026 featuring upgraded internals and a familiar design
A switch to Anthropic's Claude or OpenAI's ChatGPT models for Siri would be an acknowledgment that the company is struggling to compete in generative AI - the most important new technology in decades
Apple said that features introduced last June, like Siri's ability to tap into a user's personal information to answer queries and have more control, will now be released sometime in 'the coming year'
Siri, who is proficient at stone walling curious Apple fans quizzing it about new products and upcoming events, prematurely seemed to have revealed the plan to hold an event next Tuesday.
The researchers noted it was possible to make microphones respond to light as if it were sound, which essentially means that anything that acts on sound commands will act on light commands