The Department of Justice has charged a third ex-engineer over the alleged theft of self-driving car tech in 2018, after the engineer tried to hand Apple's trade secrets over to a Chinese autonomous driving tech company.Apple's self-driving vehicle testbedAnnounced on Tuesday, the DoJ revealed it had filed charges at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco against Weibao Wang on April 11, 2023. Wang stands accused of the theft and the attempt at taking Apple's "entire autonomy source code," tracking systems, behavior planning systems, and system hardware descriptions. Read more...

Even if Apple does not necessarily call its features “artificial intelligence” (A.I.) or have a generative A.I. product, the company plays a prominent role in the field and will very likely continue to do so. Apple Park in Cupertino, California Will Healy for The Motley Fool: Indeed, one could describe all of Apple’s current products as AI tools. The iPhone, which accounts for the majority of Apple’s revenue, is the company’s most prominent AI device. Unsurprisingly, much of its AI revolves around language, applying machine learning (ML), a subset of AI, for systems to develop their intelligence. It first incorporated AI into the iPhone in 2011 when it introduced Siri. The speech-based personal assistant relies on AI to recognize and…

Even if Apple does not necessarily call its features “artificial intelligence” (A.I.) or have a generative A.I. product, the company plays a prominent role in the field and will very likely continue to do so. Apple Park in Cupertino, California Will Healy for The Motley Fool: Indeed, one could describe all of Apple’s current products as AI tools. The iPhone, which accounts for the majority of Apple’s revenue, is the company’s most prominent AI device. Unsurprisingly, much of its AI revolves around language, applying machine learning (ML), a subset of AI, for systems to develop their intelligence. It first incorporated AI into the iPhone in 2011 when it introduced Siri. The speech-based personal assistant relies on AI to recognize and…

General Motors plans to ditch CarPlay and do its own new infotainment, but if the company thinks it can do what Tesla does, it's wildly mistaken.GM predicts it can use its own infotainment software to build a subscription revenue business worth $20 to $25 billion a year, by 2030. If it can get close to that, it makes sense that it would try.Tesla has been doing its own in-car content, bucking the trend of adopting mobile phone projection systems like CarPlay or Android Auto, all the while selling millions of EVs. I'm sure it's hard for GM and other automakers to not think they can do the same thing. Read more...

Eve Systems has announced the long-awaited second-generation Flare portable smart light, alongside the new EU-only smart shutter switch for Apple Home.Eve Flare now supports ThreadThe new Eve Flare doesn't change much. It still comes with a wireless charging pad for the built-in battery, support for nearly infinite colors, and works with the Home app. Read more...

Apple today previewed a wide range of new accessibility features for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac that are set to arrive later this year. Apple says that the "new software features for cognitive, speech, and vision accessibility are coming later this year," which strongly suggests that they will be part of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS 14. The new operating systems are expected to be previewed at WWDC in early June before launching in the fall. Assistive Access Assistive Access distills ‌iPhone‌ and ‌iPad‌ apps and experiences to their core features. The mode includes a customized experience for Phone and FaceTime, which are combined into a single Calls app, as well as Messages, Camera, Photos, and Music. The feature…