Posts by AlwaysInquisitive

Apple knits up $230 sock for your iPhone in time for Christmas

Re: Had to check the date

worth noting that this is not designed for western cultures hence most messaging here will come across as cynical/dismissive. This is a very common form of use in Asia for carrying of phones...

OpenAI releases bot-tom feeding browser with ChatGPT built in

Going by how slow the download page was to open, and for the application to download, quite a few people grabbed a copy of this. I do compliment the concept of boosting usage limits if you're willing to give it 7 days as your browser - I wouldn't do it myself, but creative approach to trying to get people to switch.

For the UI, it's ultra clean - reminds of Chrome in the early days, if not better.

But you're then letting it learn all your 'memories'. I'll be using this for the next few weeks as a test - but only for general browsing or some research - to see how it evolves.

Apple solves broken news alerts by turning off the AI

"Perhaps an Apple icon could indicate when Apple Intelligence has intervened in matters"

They already do - just look at the icon at the start of an AI summary.... What this also highlights is perhaps the icon they're using isn't the best.

VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization', says Gartner

Source link?

AI-assisted automation for clouds and networks climbs Gartner's hype cycles

Perhaps a link to the actual Gartner reports might be worth adding?!

Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model

Full credit to Meta here as they've outplayed the EU. They've put the option in front of customers - pay or allow us to use your data. I'll assume the price they're charging isn't just for one person either - they've modelled how many people they'll lose as subscribers if everyone went that route. And if most people select the option for Meta to use their data, they've just been vindicated that people are willing to accept that trade-off.

FAA stays grounded in reality as SpaceX preps for takeoff

I can see the negatives (the rocket blew up!), however, we can also see that SpaceX hit its targets for this launch and missed its stretch goals. I'll just point everyone to this article over on Ars which is written by someone who has followed SpaceX since the outset and knows their approach to development:

"Sorry, doubters: Starship actually had a remarkably successful flight"

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/heres-why-this-weekends-starship-launch-was-actually-a-huge-success/

Eric wrote the literal book about the history of SpaceX so actually knows what he's talking about.

SpaceX celebrates Starship launch as a success – even with the explosion

Re: The other guys.

when you put it like that, that's not that impressive anymore. SpaceX has landed Falcon 9's 230 times - that implies by early next year, they'll have launched more than Ariane in... 40 years?

Re: Weren't NASA also working with Boeing on a rocket?

Can we just remember that the Falcon Heavy is fully reusable and has 27 engines. Adding another six isn't a massive deal-breaker. At their second attempt, they got all 33 to burn continuously for 2-3 minutes and stop as planned. Starting of course didn't work successfully, however, that was a stretch goal for the launch, and on top of that, from reading the early days of SpaceX and the Falcon 9, they had to adjust to the unique requirements of the vehicle in the same way. If this this is only the 2nd launch attempt, with a rocket that didn't have thermal tiles even properly tested, they're in very good shape for the next one.

Apple blames iOS 17 bug for overheating iPhone 15 woes

Re: Titanium frame

I'm withholding judgement on any of this until the software bugs are settled down: as this video shows, the Instagram bug can be seen decreasing battery by 1% per minute!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6X2ZIkYFsQ

After that, I'll re-assess whether it's chip or casing....

5G satellite briefly becomes brightest object in night sky

Two observations:

- space based observatories are going to have to continue to be more of a thing. The number of satellites isn't going to decrease - that ship has sailed.

- the most interesting part of this to me is Vodafone's demo call. Not using 'traditional' call method but using Whatsapp! A sign of where things are steadily going where telcos continue to release their grip on voice and messaging (already lost).