Google reportedly wnats to lessen its dependence on Apple for search revenue, which currently generates about 36% of the total revenue. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

Apple’s lucrative deal with Alphabet subsidiary Google, making Google Search the default on Safari, faces an uncertain future due to the looming U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit, The Information reports. This partnership is a financial powerhouse for both companies. Apple reportedly earned over $20 billion in 2022, representing 36% of ad revenue from Safari searches. Google, on the other hand, risks losing access to 70% of iPhone searches if the lawsuit goes south. This would significantly impact its $207 billion mobile search ad revenue in 2023. Sensing the potential danger, Google has been actively pushing iPhone users towards their own apps, Google and Chrome. They’ve invested in features like Lens image search and personalized content feeds, along with extensive…

In macOS Sequoia, Apple has some additional features in Safari 18 that are likely to be welcomed by Mac users. Here's a quick rundown of what's new. Safari's headline feature in macOS 15 is something called Highlights, which aims to make it easier to discover information on the web. Highlights can be accessed via a new site menu icon that appears in the address bar, from which you can quickly pull up relevant information about a site, such as directions, summaries, or quick links to learn more about people, music, movies, and TV shows. As of writing this, Highlights does not appear to work outside of the United States, so it is likely to be region-specific at this early state.…

WWDC24 updates for the Safari browser include helpful highlight and summary information for websites, plus online video controls. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, Apple continues to push the boundaries of innovation with each iteration of its software and hardware. iPadOS 16, the latest update for Apple's iPad operating system, is no exception. Packed with a host of new features and improvements, iPadOS 16 takes the iPad experience to new heights, transforming it into a powerful tool for both professional and personal use. (more…)

Several of Apple’s standard system components are poised to get significant AI-related enhancements, powered by Apple’s forthcoming Ajax LLM with Siri, Safari, Messages, Mail, and Spotlight being first in line for the treatment, AppleInsider reports. Marko Zivkovic for AppleInsider: ‎ Over the past several months, there’s been various chatter regarding AI-related features bound for iOS 18, and AppleInsider has since learned some specifics on the functionality of Apple’s Ajax large language model (LLM), as well as information on features the company has been testing alongside it. Apple’s approach to generative AI will focus on practical benefits for the end-user while simultaneously attempting to preserve user privacy by using on-device LLM… Features like text summarization, document analysis, and AI-enhanced search options…