Canadian Apple Batterygate lawsuit settlement is approved

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The iPhone maker has agreed to pay between $11.1 million and $14.4 million to affected customers. Apple has officially agreed to pay an amount between $11.1 million and $14.4 million to settle a Batterygate class action lawsuit in Canada. The company continues to deny allegations While Apple does not admit wrongdoing, it has agreed to settle the lawsuit against it. It will be paying somewhere between $17.50 and $150 to each eligible customer in Canada. The amount paid out will depend on the number of affected customers who make a…

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Cloud storage class action lawsuit proposed against Apple in California

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The complaint suggests that the iPhone maker has rigged a monopoly for its various iOS devices A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in a northern California court against Apple regarding the way it has established and is maintaining its cloud storage choice for its iOS-based devices, according to a recent Bloomberg Law report. The complaint was filed accusing the iPhone maker of unfair conditions The report described the class action complaint as accusing Apple of establishing an unfair environment in which it ensures that iCloud remains the main…

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Google Gemini generative AI now available through any Android device

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The tech giant has rolled out the new artificial intelligence features for Android users. Google has announced that it is rolling out Android device features that include additional ways to interact with the Gemini generative AI. The mobile operating system is growing artificial intelligence features At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year, where Google had a booth, it announced that it was rolling out new ways for users to interact with the Gemini generative AI within their devices, including in Google Messages.  In this way, users will be able…

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Many frustrated with Apple’s App Store alternative attempts

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What the iPhone maker delivered has made app developers even more frustrated than ever before. Apple is now receiving developer requests for those seeking to be able to process payments from customers in the US without using the App store’s own systems. Many application developers want to take payments without using the one Apple offers. Software makers welcomed the opportunity for the change to receiving payments through their offerings in the App Store. Their hope was that an alternative option would make it possible to sidestep the fees that Apple…

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Deceptive behaviors are difficult to stop once an AI model learns them

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Researchers from Anthropic, an OpenAI rival, discovered that it’s hard to stop artificial intelligence deception. Researchers from Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, recently published a paper in which they showed that once an AI model learns deceptive behaviors, it can be very challenging to stop them. The paper the researchers co-authored showed that artificial intelligence can be trained to behave deceptively. Beyond that, the researchers also concluded that once an AI model is trained to exhibit deceptive behaviors, it’s hard to get rid of them. In fact,…

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