Northern Lights Cool, But Not for Farm GPS; Apple’s Vision Pro Set to Go International after WWDC; Meta Quest Getting Travel Mode for Flying; US To Hit Chinese EVs with 100% Tariffs

Posted: May 13, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

As everyone saw social media filled with amazing pictures of the Northern lights, or aurora borealis, one group of people was having a heck of a time due to the solar flares that cause the visual phenomenon. You may have already heard that the flares disrupt GPS and communications systems, but this has particularly affected farmers. Many modern tractors from John Deere and other brands use GPS navigation to guide them. This has allowed farmers to plant more efficiently in super tight, straight lines the last few years. Now, however, they have had to pause that for the solar storm. The GPS systems from Deere have actually allowed precision planting down to the centimeter level. Deere has warned not to plant until things normalize, or it might make a mess of harvesting…since the Auto Path in the tractors won’t find rows where it expects to find them. It is not a good time, as this is peak planting season for corn. Some farmers are rolling the dice and planting without the GPS, but others are parking the high tech tractors until the sun quiets down. Fortunately, the solar storm surge maximums are only for a few days. 

Apple is expected to start selling the Vision Pro headsets worldwide after WWDC in June. According to bgr.com, analyst Mark Gurman says Apple has been “holding training sessions in recent days and has flown hundreds of employees from its international stores to its Cupertino headquarters to learn how to demonstrate the device for customers.” So far, employees have been brought in from Germany, France, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and China. Although as we have noted here, the Vision Pro is catching on with the medical community, it has yet to get much traction with the general public…mainly due to its high price. 

Meta has just put a travel mode into beta that will make the Meta Quest 2 and 3 headsets work better in moving vehicles…including airplanes. 9to5google.com says the new mode is optimized for airplanes, making sure the motion of the aircraft doesn’t affect your use of the headsets. Again it is in beta right now, but 9to5google.com says if you want to try it out, check the ‘Experimental features’ menu in the Settings app. Meta is also working with Lufthansa to enable using Quest headsets for fliers in the airline’s Allegris Business Class Suite to watch in flight entertainment. 

The US government is about to hit Chinese EVs with 100% tariffs this week. There have been growing calls for this from auto makers, unions, and a bipartisan group in Congress. Arstechnica.com notes that the demands are driven by the Chinese government’s heavy subsidies to their own EV makers and other green industries in order to grab market share in the US and Europe. Interestingly, the Chinese government has been restricting US EVs sold there…especially Tesla…down to places they can be driven…with the government considering them a threat to China’s own security. The European Union is expected to drop heavy tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in the next few weeks. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

Chrome Looking to Add AI Features; Disney+, Hulu, & Max Bundle May Cut into Netflix; Apple Vision Pro Used for Keyhole Surgery; Dell Reveals Big Data Breach

Posted: May 9, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

AI continues to be the buzzy area of tech that seems to be drowning out all other advancements at the moment. Now, 9to5google.com reports that Google Chrome…which already has 3 generative AI features out in the wild…is planning to bring the tech into Chrome even more. They are touting it as being able to make ‘typical actions you do every day—using tabs, using Search, writing in forms, reading webpages—a little easier.’ A spokesperson didn’t elaborate on the using search or reading webpages, which is a bit tantalizing…or maybe scary…depending on how accurate the AI turns out to be. Of course, there is ‘Help Me Write,’ which every single platform is pushing right now. If this appeals to you, great. If you have writer’s block, all the better. For now, some of us…myself included…know what we want to write and how we want it to come out on the page, and further, over audio and video. 

Here’s a bundle that may give Netflix something of a run for its money in streaming. Disney and Warner Brothers Discovery have announced a Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle. According to bgr.com the package that will be available for purchase from any of those platforms’ individual websites, and in both ad-free and ad-supported versions. This will give cord cutters a huge selection of great entertainment channels all in one place: ABC, CNN, DC, Discovery, Disney, Food Network, FX, HBO, HGTV, Hulu, Marvel, Pixar, Searchlight, and Warner Bros. I would say the lede is buried in this announcement, but actually it isn’t IN the announcement…what’s the price? Well, they haven’t disclosed that yet…and that will be key to the success of this massive bundle. 

When it was first rolled out, I noted in one of these reports that I really thought Apple would be happy with the Vision Pro headsets if just early adopters and industry bought the devices. Now, a truly pro use indicates that we may be seeing more of that. It isn’t remotely a mass market, but Apple has so much money and such a range of devices, they can afford to wait for the mass market…probably until a lower price Vision Pro comes out. Appleinsider.com says that the headset is being adopted by surgeons now to perform operations on patients. In India, the headset has been used to perform more than 30 procedure so far. The doctors are using it to perform laparoscopic surgeries…sometimes called ‘Keyhole’ surgeries. Instead of watching a camera inserted into the patient, the docs see it on the Vision Pro. They are saying the response time is instantaneous. More and more pro use of the $3500 Vision Pro will just help drive users to want to buy whatever Apple calls the cheaper version, which I expect to see within a couple years. 

It seems like these have gotten to be so frequent as to make us numb, but people have to stay concerned and vigilant. Yes, it’s another data breach. Dell has just disclosed one that is more creepy than most. TechCrunch.com reports that this breach includes customers’ names and physical addresses! It also includes “Dell hardware and order information, including service tag, item description, date of order and related warranty information.” If it is a consolation, at least there weren’t any email addresses, phone numbers, or financial or payment info. Dell doesn’t believe this is a ‘significant risk’ to customers. Well, only physical safety…I guess to computer companies, that seems peripheral compared to electric information.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

Google Prohibiting Sites & Apps that Generate Deepfake Porn; ChatGPT Search Engine Rumored Imminent; Threads Now Lets You Control Who Can Quote Your Post; Jack Dorsey No Longer on Bluesky Board

Posted: May 6, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Google is going to prohibit ads promoting websites and apps that generate deepfake porn…starting May 30th. Engadget.com reports that Google has already had strong restrictions in place for ads that feature certain types of sexual content, this update leaves no doubt that promoting “synthetic content that has been altered or generated to be sexually explicit or contain nudity” is in violation of its rules. Advertisers who violate the rules will be suspended without warning. Such deepfake ads are already prohibited in Shopping ads. Hopefully, Google will really police this, and in a manner where it doesn’t end up like whack a mole. 

When it comes to the internet and tech companies, people are always scouring every single word and character to try to determine what’s coming…whether a feature or ‘the next big thing.’ Now, according to mashable.com, a post in Y Combinator’s Hacker News community noted a domain name and security certificate for ‘search.chatgpt.com’ has been created. This could mean we are going to see a ChatGPT search engine sooner not later. Google, the 800 pound gorilla of search already is powered by an AI algorithm…but a ChatGPT one from OpenAI could really juice up the competition. It’s conceivable that before long, one could do a Google search, a ChatGPT search, and one with Microsoft Copilot…and I wouldn’t put it past some brilliant hackers out there to come up with a way to synthesize then streamline the results from all three…for a supercharged search like we’ve never experienced!

Threads is giving more control over who can quote their posts. Engadget.com says if you want to limit quoting your posts, you can limit it to only people you follow…or you can set it so no one can quote your posts at all. The update was announced over the weekend, and Threads is doing it to ‘help keep Threads a more positive place.’ Threads has now climbed past 150 million monthly users. Another recent feature lets users archive posts…either manually or automatically after a selected expiration date.

Jack Dorsey Tweeted over the weekend (not saying post on X, since it was Twitter when Jack ran it) that he is no longer on Bluesky’s board. TechCrunch.com notes that in fact, Jack was the platform’s most prominent backer…he first announced it back in 2019 when he was still CEO at Twitter. Dorsey didn’t elaborate, just replying to a question about him being on the board with a curt “No.” 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

Spotify Paywalls Lyrics; TikTok & Universal Music Group Finally Cut Deal; Google Payed Apple $20 Billion to Get Default Search Engine Spot; Amazon CEO Anti-Union Remarks Broke Federal Laws

Posted: May 2, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Spotify has come up with a new way to wring cash from free users by pushing them into a paid subscription…they are locking lyrics up behind a paywall. Techcrunch.com reports that there has been a flood of angry posts by users on Reddit complaining about the new paywall. Spotify hasn’t come out and admitted it, but did put out a statement saying that their features can vary over time, between markets, and across devices. It may be that if there is enough blowback, they will claim this was just a test, and open up lyrics to free users again. Meanwhile, you will see a message that says ‘Enjoy lyrics on Spotify Premium.’ 

After Taylor Swift went direct with TikTok, and got her music back on the platform (no doubt for some serious bucks), Universal Music Group has finally cut a so-called ‘multi-dimensional’ deal with TikTok that will see its entire roster of artists…including Swift…to the platform. According to theverge.com, the deal includes ‘new monetization opportunities’ that flow from TikTok’s growing e-commerce capabilities. 

Google spent a whopping $20 billion on holding the default search engine spot with Apple in 2022. Appleinsider.com says this nugget came out of the continuing antitrust suit against Alphabet that the DOJ is prosecuting. Some tech watchers had estimated that such a princely amount was being paid to Cupertino, and now it’s a fact. In 2020, the revenue from Google for search engine status amounted to 17.5% of Apple’s total operating income! Apparently, Microsoft had tried to displace Google with its Bing product by offering Apple 90% of its ad revenue…and even offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2020! Closing arguments for the case are today and tomorrow, but we likely won’t see a decision for months. 

A federal labor judge has ruled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s anti-union remarks in 2022 violated federal labor laws. Engadget.com reports that the Amazon chief said if employees voted for and joined a union, they would become less empowered and could expect things to become “much slower” and “more bureaucratic.” He added, “If you see something on the line that you think could be better for your team or you or your customers, you can’t just go to your manager and say, ‘Let’s change it.’”

I’m Clark Reid and you’re “Technified” for now.

Meta Shares Fell on Big AI Spending; Biden Signs TikTok Bill-What Now; Threads Passes 150 Million Active Users; TSMC Moving to ‘Ultra’ Advanced Chips

Posted: April 25, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Meta shares dropped yesterday after the company forecasted higher expenses and lower than expected revenue. The expenses mainly due to its big investment in AI. Meta was still down 11% as of this recording…and lost some $200 billion in valuation yesterday, according to Reuters. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on an earnings call that the focus on AI would “grow our investment envelope meaningfully before we make much revenue from some of these new products.” Meta expects AI features like a new AI chat assistant will driver engagement on its platforms…in other words, a chatbot will make Facebook and Instagram bigger time sucks than they already are for some people!

President Biden signed the foreign aid package that includes the TikTok ban, so things are getting interesting for ByteDance, the China based parent company. Theverge.com reports that they have 9 months to sell control of TikTok to a non-Chinese owner. The president can give them an additional 3 months if it looks like they are moving towards that…otherwise it will be banned from both the Google and Apple app stores. TikTok has repeated that it will challenge the law in the courts. Although some 170 million users in the US use the app, it should be pointed out that the Chinese government forces both Apple and Google to block apps from downloading there on a regular basis. 

Threads has passed the 150 million active monthly user mark. As recently as February, they were at 130 million, so growth is accelerating quickly. Mashable.com notes that X claims 550 million active users worldwide, although some research firms dispute X’s numbers. Threads announced yesterday that they are testing the option to archive posts “with a small number of people.” Individual posts can be archived manually, but you can also automatically archive all posts after a certain period of time.

Taiwan Semiconductor will start building what they are calling ultra-advanced 1.6 nanometer chips by 2026. Right now, the fastest, most advanced chips are using 3 nanometer tech. Nikkei Asia repots that the A16 tech was revealed at the North America Technology Symposium in Santa Clara Yesterday. TSMC says the 1.6 NM chips will have greatly improved logic density and performance. The new tech delivers poswer to chips from the bottom up instead of top down…avoiding complex internal wiring and improving energy efficiency. Intel has already announced backside power, and will start making 2 NM and 1.8 NM chips in 2025. The present iPhones use TSMC’s 3 NM tech. Many tech experts believe that AI will eventually need even more advanced chips…with sizes under 1 NM. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

Apple May 7th Event; Android 15-Battling Sensitive Info Leaks; GM Pins Hopes on $35K EV Equinox; FTC Bans Noncompete Clauses

Posted: April 24, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Apple has teased an event for May 7th with “Let Loose” as the theme. This will be an online only event, and will start at 7 AM Pacific, instead of the usual 10 AM start time. It is widely expected to be for the new iPad line, and the Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard. In a post, CEO Tim Cook used a pencil emoji, so that seems like a sure thing to get upgraded…a Pencil 3. One rumor has it getting a ‘Squeeze’ gesture of some type, and others mention Find My integration…which would be great…and magnetically swappable tips for different writing and drawing. New iPad Pros should get OLED displays and a slight size increase. The Air will get a 12.9 inch screen size, and might have a Mini-LED display. We’ll have the details May 7th. 

Android is taking steps in Android 15 to stop you from leaking sensitive content while screen sharing. Androidpolice.com reports that not only will they remind you not to share a screen in a meeting or live stream with sensitive info. Android has long let third party apps capture the contents of the display via the MediaProjection API. In version 15, the OS will ask if you want to continue this action, and also will show a persistent recording indicator in the status bar. This will at least give a heads up if a malicious app is trying to record your screen and steal info.  

With the fabled $25,000 Tesla being moved up a year, General Motors is hustling to pick up some market share with a vehicle near the sweet spot for most buyers with their entry level $35,000 electric Chevy Equinox. Electrek.co says GM lost some market share first quarter. The Ultium based vehicles were up 36%, but total EV sales were down 20% after the phase out of the entry level Chevy Bolt EV. GM is projecting that they will build 200,000 to 300,000 EVs this year…a big number, but down from the original 400,000 projection.

In a ruling just out, the FTC has banned noncompete clauses. This will have a big effect in the tech sector, but also elsewhere in the business world. Arstechnica.com notes that Employers will be “banned from entering into or attempting to enforce any new noncompetes, even if they involve senior executives.” Big business has vowed to fight the ban all the way to the Supreme Court. It is worth pointing out that nondisclosure agreements are still ok, so trade secrets and proprietary information can still be protected. The Chair of the FTC Lina Khan said “Noncompete clauses keep wages low, suppress new ideas, and rob the American economy of dynamism, including from the more than 8,500 new startups that would be created a year once noncompetes are banned.” She continued:  “The FTC’s final rule to ban noncompetes will ensure Americans have the freedom to pursue a new job, start a new business, or bring a new idea to market.”

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

Meta Opens Quest OS to 3rd Parties; Amazon Drops CA Drones; Chinese iPhone Sales Down; Tesla Cuts FSD Price

Posted: April 23, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Meta has announced that it is opening up Quest’s operating system to third party companies, giving them the opportunity to build headsets of their own. Engadget.com says that you might think of this as following the Android model with mobile phones and tablets, where many makers can build the hardware…as opposed to Apple’s closed system where only Apple makes the hardware and the software. The OS is getting rebranded as ‘Meta Horizon OS.’ There are already a couple of makers diving into using the OS…ASUS’s Republic of Gaming Brand is working on new ‘performance gaming’ headsets, while Lenovo is building headsets for  “productivity, learning and entertainment.” Hopefully, the Lenovo headsets will be better than the last time out…Lenovo also built the poorly-received Oculus Rift S. Meta says they are also working on a limited edition Xbox ‘inspired’ Quest Headset. 

Amazon is dropping drone deliveries to Lockeford, CA. The company had been running test deliveries there for a decade…making it one of the longest running test sites. According to cnbc.com, Amazon intends to open up drone deliveries to part of Phoenix later this year, and to more cities in the US by 2025. Amazon is working with the FAA to get permission to do drone delivery west of Phoenix. They continue with tests in College Station, TX. 

First quarter smartphone sales in China were barely up year over year…only 1.5%. Macrumors.com notes that Apple iPhone sales there dropped by 19.1%, with most of the missed sales going to Huawei, which had a huge 69.7% growth in sales year to year. A lot of that is due to their launch of the Mate 60 series. Some analysts think new color options and the addition of AI features may help Apple to pick up some of what it lost this Fall. 

In the wake of a rough first quarter, Tesla continues to slash things…first staff, then car prices, now the cost of the so-called Full Self Driving product. Mashable.com reports that they have slashed FSD from $12,000 to $8,000. The monthly subscription to FSD has also been cut…in half to $99 a month. The car maker has also dropped its ‘Enhanced Autopilot’ package, leaving only the ‘Basic Autopilot’ or the still pricy Full Self Driving package. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

Apple AI-Totally ‘On-Device’; TikTok Says US Ban Tramples Free Speech; Tesla Cuts Prices-Models S, X, & Y; Twitter Wannabe Post News Closing Down

Posted: April 22, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

In his latest Power On Newsletter, Bloomburg’s Mark Gurman says that the AI feature in Apple’s iOS 18 will be ‘entirely on-device.’ Apple will tout this as giving users more privacy and speed than with AI running from powerful server farms…although the AI Model..code named Ajax…won’t really be as powerful as the ones backed by monster servers. Apple feels that with their tight software and hardware integration that this is the best way for their users…at least for now. Cupertino is doing what all the other big tech firms are…dumping billions into AI, so we may see them open up more to server based large language models before long. We’ll know more after WWDC, which starts June 10th. 

With the passage over the weekend of a bill over the weekend in the House of Representatives that…in addition to foreign aid, demanded that TikTok must be sold to owners not affiliated with the Chinese government or army, a TikTok spokesman has said  the move “would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, devastate seven million businesses, and shutter a platform that contributes $24 billion to the US economy annually”. BBC.com reports that the company went on to say that its owner ByteDance “is not an agent of China or any other country”. ByteDance points to the many global investment firms that own 60% of it. If signed into law, the bill would give ByteDance a year to sell TikTok to non-Chines owners…or else be blocked in the US. 

As business has slowed, in part due to prospective customers tiring of Elon Musk’s antics, as well as the tepid reception then recall of Cybertrucks…Tesla has chopped two grand off the base prices of their Models S, X, and Y. Engadget.com says the price reductions were posted on X Friday night. Tesla is also cutting its referral program in all markets as of April 30th. This all follows on the heels of the company laying off over 10% of employees worldwide. It should be noted that Tesla had just grown their workforce by 10% over the last couple of years. 

It’s kind of sad to report that Post.News is calling it quits. The Twitter wannabe site was started by the former CEO of Waze, and theverge.com notes that it just never got enough traction to be viable. I was on Post from the start, and it was a real seat of the pants operation…very little staff, and really only had about a half million users….compared to the over 100 million that Meta’s Threads got right away. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

Google Fires 28 Employees Over Protest; Media Coalition Asks Feds to Investigate Google Dropping Cal News Links; Algorithm May Double Lithium-Ion Battery Life; Boston Dynamics Robot Goes from Hydraulic to Electric

Posted: April 18, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Google has fired 28 employees over the sit in protests at two of its offices this week. Theverge.com reports that 9 employees had been suspended and then arrested in both California and New York on Tuesday. The employees were protesting Google’s hand in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion Israeli government cloud contract. Amazon is also involved in the Nimbus cloud project. The employees sitting in had to be forcibly removed by law enforcement from Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office. There are claims that Project Nimbus has been used by the Israel Defense Force in its campaign against Hamas in Gaza, where thousands have died.

The News/Media Alliance, previously known as the Newspaper Association of America, has ask the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission…as well as the California  Attorney General…to investigate Google after Google removed links to California news media outlets. According to engadget.com, Google has acted in response to a pending legislative measure in Sacramento….which Google vociferously opposes. If the bill becomes law, it would require Google and other tech platforms to pay California media outlets in exchange for links. The bill passed the state Assembly last year. Heaven forbid that online platforms would have to actually PAY for news!

Researchers in Germany have come up with a new algorithm that may help double the life of lithium-ion batteries. Bgr.com says it works by changing the way electricity is sent to the batteries for charging. Right now, batteries get what’s called constant current. That tends to cause cracks in the battery electrodes over time. The new algorithm uses pulsed current. This results in a thinner interface and much less structural wear on the battery, allowing it to hold a higher energy capacity for longer. The researchers think the new algorithm can double the service life of lithium-ion batteries, keeping them at over 80% energy capacity retention. This will be particularly big for EVs, where the battery packs can be a huge expense to replace. 

Boston Dynamics has had their rather amazing Atlas robot for a while now…the one that can walk, stand, jump, and all. It has been cool…but noisy, with hydraulically actuated motors whirring away. Now, TechCrunch.com reports that the new version of Atlas is all electric, no hydraulics. You can still hear the motors humming, but it is much quieter, and a bit less jerky in movement than the old versions. It is smoother…no cables showing, and not such a top heavy torso. the Head is a bit freaky…it looks kind of like a giant searchlight…and it rotates 180 degrees. Boston still won’t say when it will be ready for production at scale.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

Meta Oversight Board Will Rule on AI-Generated Content; Tesla Pauses Cybertruck Production; Apple Considers Expanding to Indonesia; Ecovac Window Cleaning Robot

Posted: April 17, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Meta’s Oversight Board is handling a couple cases involving AI generated explicit images of public figures. Although engadget.com notes that Facebook and instagram prohibit nudity, the board is concerned about what is known as deepfake porn. That usually involves AI generated images of female celebrities, politicians, and other public figures. The board seems to be leaning towards pushing Meta to adopt new rules to address harassment by use of deepfakes on Meta’s platforms. The oversight board is looking for public comment in the next couple weeks, and after that will publish a decision in a few more weeks. It’s debatable whether platforms can keep up with AI generated deepfakes, which continue to get better, but good they are trying. A realistic fake video of President Biden earlier got Meta to agree to label AI generated content.

Tesla has stopped production and deliveries for the Cybertruck…all due to a serious safety issue. According to mashable.com, the pedal cover can come loose and slide up the pedal. It becomes wedged in an indent in the floor of the Cybertruck when the vehicle is floorboard. After that, the truck tries to continue to go flat out…you can counter it by jamming on the brake and holding that down, but it has caused some scary moments for new owners. A couple of Elon fan sites say the production pause is just for 7 days, but as with a lot of things Tesla…since Musk fired the PR department years ago…no official word.

As Apple continues to pull away from dependency on production in China…having set up shop in India, Vietnam, and South America, now Cupertino is eyeing Indonesia. Macrumors.com says that CEO Tom Cook recently met with the president of Indonesia. During the meeting, Cook apparently highlighted mutual interest in boosting local manufacturing. Cook visited Indonesia right after a trip to Vietnam where he met with the Prime Minister. 

Lots of folks have robot vacuums. I even have a relative that has two of the handy…but pricy little rascals. Now, after some 10 years of making them, Ecovac has a really well working robot window cleaner. Zdnet.com reports that you can put on a cleaning pad, fill the tank…they recommend just water, and turn the little gadget loose and get those hard to reach outdoor windows sparkling clean. The latest greatest is called the Winbot W2 Omni, and while it sounds pretty great from reviews, it runs a substantial $600. When you can buy a Dyson vacuum for that or less, and robot vacuums for not a lot more, you may have to think twice about it…but what a slick deal. It can run about 110 minutes…unless you have a mansion or something like the Crystal Cathedral, you should be able to polish off your windows inside and out on one charge.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

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