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    Humane is pulling a Windows. Or maybe a BlackBerry.

    Humane’s co-founders have long said their operating system, CosmOS, is ultimately a bigger deal than the AI Pin. (Which is... not saying much.) Now they’re showing off someone else’s gadget running their software:

    I saw demos of CosmOS performing AI Pin-like functions while operating inside a car’s dashboard. You could interact with the car’s dashboard by talking to it—call up your calendar, get directions, and update your next appointment for any delays.

    If this goes great, it’s Alexa or Windows. If it goes badly: did you know BlackBerry now makes infotainment systems?

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    What do YOU use Siri for?

    Om Malik did some interesting math on Siri usage:

    I looked up the number of active Apple devices. That number is estimated to be 2.2 billion devices... So 1.5 billion requests a day is actually far less than one daily request per active device.

    Malik says he hardly ever uses Siri on purpose. And now I’m thinking about my own Siri usage, which is definitely more than once a day but basically only for alarms and reminders. So I want to know: do you use your phone’s assistant consistently? If so, what for?

    Apple iPad Mini 2024 review: missing pieces

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    Apple’s smallest tablet got an upgrade — but it won’t feel like much of one unless Apple Intelligence is better than it seems.

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