The “Super 7” – Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Tesla, Meta, and Nvidia – have partly helped lift the tech-focused Nasdaq index up over 30% this year. All of them have outperformed the broader market, with the top performer Nvidia more than doubling its share price. These tech giants are all part of the latest artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, largely driven by the rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI apps earlier this year. Apple’s smart headset, Vision Pro, is an example of how this technology is being applied. Microsoft has invested in OpenAI, which is a prominent player in this … Continue reading Market Insights: A Peek Into the Semiconductor Industry

Every once in a while I go through an existential crisis in this area. it usually comes about due to the mammoth collection of folders and files which generally work for saving but are horrible for access and retrieval. Over the last few months I have installed the PARA method (projects, areas, resources, archival) in my Mac Notes and hard drive. this is a great first step but now my crisis has moved deeper to standards for input and methods of retrieval. And so enter Roam Research. I have tried them all except Roam, and in parallel the methods of … Continue reading Writing , cataloguing and effective archival

Kif Leswing Apple said on Monday that the artificial intelligence models underpinning Apple Intelligence, its AI system, were pretrained on processors designed by Google, a sign that Big Tech companies are looking for alternatives to Nvidia when it comes to the training of cutting-edge AI. Apple’s choice of Google’s homegrown Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) for training was detailed in a technical paper just published by the company. Separately, Apple released a preview version of Apple Intelligence for some devices on Monday. Nvidia’s pricey graphics processing units (GPUs) dominate the market for high-end AI training chips, and have been in such high demand over the past couple years that they’ve been difficult … Continue reading Apple says its AI models were trained on Google’s custom chips

 / New AI features from Apple are available to test on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac in early developer previews. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.  Jul 29, 2024 at 1:32 PM EDT Some of the Apple Intelligence features previewed during WWDC 2024.Image: Apple Apple has just released the developer betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, giving users access to the company’s first set of AI features.  Some of the Apple Intelligence features arriving with the beta include Siri … Continue reading Apple releases iOS 18.1 developer beta with the first ‘Apple Intelligence’ iPhone features

My take on Open Banking Citation FP —————————————– The Canadian Press – Ian Bickis – Published – Mar 11, 2024  Framework to give Canadians more control over their financial data and boost competition TORONTO — A long-promised revolution in banking is headed to Canada, but you might not notice when it arrives. Change is in the works that will give Canadian consumers and businesses significantly more control over their financial data, including who they share it with, in what’s known as open banking. The federal government has promised framework legislation in next month’s budget to bring the system to Canada after years of … Continue reading Open banking is coming, heralding big changes in how Canadians bank