Here’s chairman Richard Yu feeling a bit full of himself at the launch of the company’s HarmonyOS NEXT beta on Friday, according to Nikkei:
“We have seized this opportunity to overtake [the others] on a bend by building an operating system that is self-controllable and secure. In just over a decade, we have achieved some milestones that the Western countries took three to four decades to achieve.”
Something something great artists steal.
Maybe that’s a hard “I,” but as Electrek notes, naming a $1,699 e-bike built for the US market shouldn’t be this difficult.
Apple’s new Beats Pill has already leaked and said to include up to 24 hours of battery life, better bass, water and dust resistance, faster and more reliable device pairing / switching, and integrated Find My tracking on both Apple and Google’s networks.
Here’s our first listen of the Beats Solo Buds.
Days after the Financial Times said that Apple would be found guilty of not complying with obligations under the DMA to allow app developers to “steer” users to offers outside its App Store, the bloc’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager had this to say:
We have a number of Apple issues, I find them very serious. I was very surprised that we would have such suspicions of Apple being non-compliant.
After warning it was running out of cash, the California-based company founded by designer Henrik Fisker has filed for Chapter 11 protection:
Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.
[Fisker Inc]
Slim and light and globally available in June for $79.99 / €89.99.
Keys-To-Go 2, available in Lilac, Pale Grey and Graphite, features scissor keys for a comfortable, efficient and more precise typing experience. Connect via Bluetooth with up to three devices via the Easy-Switch keys, and type seamlessly across tablets, phones and laptops. This compact keyboard is available in two layouts, Universal (Android, ChromeOS, Windows, iPadOS, iOS and MacOS) and dedicated Apple layout (iPadOS, iOS and macOS).
The marketing whiplash in this press release announcing the availability of the Galaxy Book4 Edge is really something.
It starts by praising the magic of AI (14 times), saying Samsung’s “next-gen AI PC will change the way users work, create and play through the power of AI.” It ends with this teeny tiny footnote for its “popular Galaxy AI:”
Samsung does not make any promises, assurances or guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the output provided by AI features.
To be fair, Samsung didn’t say the change was good.
Tesla says it “deployed two Optimus bots performing tasks in the factory autonomously.” It’s just a single bullet in a very long post on X that Elon made somebody write to justify voting for his $56 billion payday.
That autonomy could mean anything, of course, but this video from May includes a possible scenario.
I’m a trail runner that switched from Garmin to an Apple Watch Ultra. I like to leave my heavy phone at home which meant installing (and paying for) WorkOutDoors and Footpath to fill that massive off-line mapping void. A native watchOS solution should make things much, much easier.
Here, let DC Rainmaker explain the new custom routes feature.