Coding, software craftsmanship, and interfacing with the AI frontier.
“Microsoft’s new Loop collaboration app and components isn’t the only new thing coming to Office,” reports ZDNet: Microsoft is introducing what it calls a “set of natively integrated AI experiences” across Microsoft 365 that will go beyond the current AI capabilities already baked into some Office apps. These new AI Read more…
Amazon’s Kuiper Systems asked U.S. regulators for permission to launch another 4,538 satellites that would bolster its constellation as it competes with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for broadband-from-space customers. From a report: The additions would bring Kuiper’s constellation to 7,774 satellites, the company said in a filing Thursday with the Federal Read more…
One cybersecurity expert says the cyberattack on the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system may be the worst in Canadian history, and has implications for national security. CBC News reports: David Shipley, the CEO of a cybersecurity firm in Fredericton, said he’s seen similar breaches before, but usually on a smaller Read more…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A tweak to the iPhone’s repairability that has been long prophesied and feared has finally come to pass, giving staggering new urgency for legislation that makes repair more accessible: The iPhone 13’s screen cannot be replaced without special software controlled by Apple. Read more…
“It has never been more difficult to be a software developer than it is today,” says Nigel Simpson, a former director of enterprise technology strategy at Walt Disney. And they’re not the only one who thinks so, writes the U.K. Group editor of InfoWorld: “Complexity kills,” Lotus Notes creator and Read more…
Waymo will start driving its autonomous Chrysler Pacifica vans in New York City on November 4th. Engadget reports: This and a later wave of Jaguar I-Pace EVs will rely on human drivers to map streets and learn from the environment, and there aren’t any immediate plans to offer driverless rides Read more…
Apple is in discussions with Samsung and LG over applying OLED displays with a two-stack tandem structure to future iPad and MacBook models, but the devices are likely several years away from launch, according to Korean website The Elec. MacRumors reports: The report indicates that a two-stack tandem structure would Read more…