”Hundreds of thousands of ordinary apps, including popular ones such as 9gag, Kik, and a series of caller ID apps, are part of a global surveillance capability that starts with ads inside each app, and ends with the apps’ users being swept up into a powerful mass monitoring tool advertised… Petri Kajander Jan 25, 2024, 5:59 AM
”OpenAI’s reports to US tax authorities have from its founding said that any member of the public can review copies of its governing documents, financial statements, and conflict of interest rules”… Petri Kajander Jan 25, 2024, 5:47 AM
How the Spotify app will look in a few months in the EU with Apple’s restrictions to in-app purchases lifted… Petri Kajander Jan 24, 2024, 7:21 PM
”…its unit costs leave considerable margins to spend on some AI processing it outsources, like understanding user intention via ChatGPT. (Their own analysis finds the heaviest users would run about $15/month in billings to OpenAI, which Rabbit will cover.)… If Rabbit were simply an app, Apple could see his… Petri Kajander Jan 24, 2024, 6:45 PM
”The car will use what is known as a Level 2+ system, the people said. That’s a downgrade from previously planned Level 4 technology — and, before that, even more ambitious aims for a Level 5 system.”… Petri Kajander Jan 24, 2024, 6:42 AM
”Satellite-to-smartphone technology is generally seen as a supplement to cellular networks in hard-to-reach areas… In September 2023, AST SpaceMobile said it made "the first-ever 5G connection for voice and data between an everyday, unmodified smartphone and a satellite in space" and that it Petri Kajander Jan 22, 2024, 8:58 PM
