An analyst asked on yesterday’s earnings call, and Iger swore, “It’s just, it’s not something that we obsess about.”
And yet, he did have one hesitation worth sharing:
Obviously, anyone who wanted to speculate about these things would have to immediately consider the global regulatory environment.
“I’ll say no more than that,” Iger added.
Nothing, except for all the work they’ve been doing for years. At least, that seems to be the takeaway from what Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC today.
“We view AI and ML as fundamental core technologies. And they are virtually embedded in every product that we build,” Cook said.
“On a research basis, we’ve been doing research for on AI and machine learning, including generative AI, for years,” he added.
The US government unveiled four charges against the former president today, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. The New York Times has the text of the indictment.
[The New York Times]
Tinder is going to roll out new Gen Z-friendly features, which should sound pretty familiar to anyone who used dating services in the pre-Tinder world.
The company also noted Tinder would roll out an “important” product refresh in the second half of the year with a focus on better catering to its core Gen Z audience. This refresh will include features like prompts, quizzes, and conversation starters, as well as leverage AI to surface the right content to the right people.
If that doesn’t sound appealing enough, there’s also a $500 (or so) subscription in the works. Wish your single friends (and their wallets) good luck.
Marques Brownlee got a top-of-the-line Tesla system installed in his home to figure out the costs, benefits, and quirks of it all. He found huge fluctuations season to season, which mostly washed out over the course of the year.
The end result was a very high-tech and nearly cost-free home electricity system... it’s just going to take a while to pay itself off.
The identity verification service no longer seems to be able to verify identities on Reddit — at least, not for me and a handful of others who have tweeted about it. I’m guessing this is because of Reddit’s change to start charging for API access.
On the other hand, it could be because Zoom, which bought Keybase in 2020, seems to have mostly stopped updating the service. On iOS, it’s only gotten a single bug fix in the past year.
so I’m just gonna leave you here with some lyrics from Grimes’ new song:
I wanna be software
Binary heart
Infinite options
State of the art
The New York Times has a deep dive into Starlink, the internet satellites deployed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX — and how they’ve become crucial to communication in war zones like Ukraine.
Just like the rest of us, it turns out military leaders are also concerned about Musk’s somewhat erratic decision making.
In Ukraine, some fears have been realized. Mr. Musk has restricted Starlink access multiple times during the war, people familiar with the situation said. At one point, he denied the Ukrainian military’s request to turn on Starlink near Crimea, the Russian-controlled territory, affecting battlefield strategy.
[The New York Times]