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iPhone prices see deep discounts in China in Apple’s attempt to rival Huawei

05/23/202405/22/2024 Sam Lambert

The US smartphone giant has launched an aggressive campaign to draw Chinese consumers Apple is determined to grab back many of the Chinese consumers it has lost to Huawei in recent years, and part of that involves slashing iPhone prices for massive savings on select models. The campaign rolled out on the brand’s official Tmall site At the beginning of the campaign, the iPhone prices were discounted by as much as 2,300 yuan ($318) on certain models of the smartphone. This aggressive effort has arrived at a time when Apple…

Mobile security remains a leading barrier to digital bill payments

05/14/202405/13/2024 Sam Lambert

As much as consumers are more confident in their devices, they still have serious concerns Mobile security was a substantial barrier to the widespread adoption of digital payments and wallet apps, despite the convenience they had to offer their users. Millions of people now use digital payments Still, as much as this technology has increased considerably in popularity in recent years, mobile security is still a leading barrier to its use or to the use of some of its features such as bill payments. About 60 percent of US consumers…

Apple is working on artificial intelligence to enhance Siri

05/09/202405/08/2024 Sam Lambert

Though the iPhone maker has been tight lipped about its AI, everyone expects it As is typically the case when it comes to projects it hasn’t officially announced, Apple hasn’t said much about its progress with artificial intelligence, though few have any doubt that it is up to its eyeballs in AI research. Just because Apple isn’t talking, doesn’t mean AI isn’t happening Apple hasn’t simply absented itself from the artificial intelligence race that its competitors have been scrambling to keep up with. The iPhone maker nearly never talks about…

Last QR code from the Taylor Swift mystery challenge was in Montreal

04/30/202404/29/2024 Sam Lambert

After fans searched around the world for a number of barcodes, the last one was located in Canada Entertainer, musician, entrepreneur, and performer Taylor Swift is well known for her love of dropping hints for mystery challenges around her music, and a recent challenge had fans looking for QR code displays around the world. Swift often tucks Easter Eggs into her performances and albums Recently, the performer challenged her fans, also known as Swifties, to spot posters and murals displayed in locations around the world and that showed a QR…

Artificial intelligence teams at Google to consolidate, says CEO

04/25/202404/24/2024 Sam Lambert

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Sundar Pichai has announced that the AI model development teams will be added to the DeepMind unit Google has announced that it will be consolidating internal artificial intelligence teams and bringing them into the DeepMind unit. The announcement was made by CEO Sundar Pichai in a blog post The post was made on the company’s official website by the Alphabet and Google chief executive officer. There, he explained the company’s decision for consolidating the artificial intelligence model building teams into DeepMind, including the Research division teams. DeepMind was first formed…