How to turn off Apple Intelligence-powered notification summaries

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Techme101

With iOS 18, Apple rolled out Apple Intelligence, which includes an AI-powered feature for summarizing notifications. When you get a bunch of notifications from one app, the feature summarizes the content of all notifications in one card that appears on the lock screen. You can dismiss the stack after you have read the summary, or […]
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Open source licenses: Everything you need to know

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Techme101

Open source makes the technology world go ’round, forming as much as 90% of the modern software stack via frameworks; libraries; databases; operating systems; and countless standalone applications. The benefits of open source software are well understood, promising greater control and transparency. However, there’s a perennial struggle between the open source and proprietary realms, leading […]
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What to expect from new crypto legislation on the crime prevention side of it

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Techme101

The Trump administration and Congress are expected to act quickly on pro-crypto bills, and likely without much focus on cybercrime prevention.

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Ahead of looming ban, TikTok creators ask fans to find them on Instagram or YouTube

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Techme101

TikTok creators are urging their followers to find them on other social media sites ahead of Jan. 19, when the video app faces suspension in the U.S. 

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Facebook and X must comply with UK law – minister

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Techme101

Peter Kyle responds after Mark Zuckerberg confirms changes to how content on Meta is monitored.

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Apple board opposes proposal to abolish DEI programs

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Techme101

Apple’s board of directors has come out in opposition to a proposal seeking to end the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.  In a proxy filing, the company said the National Center for Public Policy Research (a conservative think tank) is submitting a proposal for Apple to “consider abolishing its Inclusion & Diversity program, […]
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Researchers open source Sky-T1, a ‘reasoning’ AI model that can be trained for less than $450

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Techme101

So-called reasoning AI models are becoming easier — and cheaper — to develop. On Friday, NovaSky, a team of researchers based out of UC Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab, released Sky-T1-32B-Preview, a reasoning model that’s competitive with an earlier version of OpenAI’s o1 on a number of key benchmarks. Sky-T1 appears to be the first truly […]
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Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple on its lack of innovation and ‘random rules’

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Techme101

Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan that Apple hasn’t invented anything great in roughly two decades, since Steve Jobs created the iPhone.

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What’s behind ballooning video game budgets?

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Techme101

Why does it cost some companies hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a popular video game? A couple weeks ago, The New York Times blamed the never-ending quest to deliver more photo-realistic graphics— and it suggested the industry is beginning to see diminishing returns, leading to layoffs and studio closures. However, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier […]
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Latin American Fact-Checkers Brace for Meta’s Next Moves

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Techme101

So far Meta has only abandoned fact-checking in the US. If and when it expands, the move will be a major blow to the Latin American news ecosystem.

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