Android’s in for a reinvention — and it has nothing to do with AI

Android’s in for a reinvention — and it has nothing to do with AI

Brace yourself, my fellow Android-appreciating amigos: By this time next week, we’re gonna be positively drowning in all things AI. All right — to be fair, we already are fairly suffocated by the scent of generative AI (genAI) these days. But with Google’s annual I/O developers’ conference kickin’ off this coming Tuesday, a whole new…

Apple is making its platforms even more accessible this year

Apple is making its platforms even more accessible this year

Apple has spent decades making sure everyone can use its hardware, which is why the company regularly celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day with news about upcoming improvements in its operating systems. This year’s collection is particularly compelling, including a tool to let you read real-time Live Captions of conversations taking place around you using your Apple Watch, enabling people…

Visual Crossing Adds Real-Time Radar to Its Weather API – Starting in the U.S. and Europe

Visual Crossing Adds Real-Time Radar to Its Weather API – Starting in the U.S. and Europe

The best weather API must have a radar integrated into its data platform. Visual Crossing didn’t pioneer this – other providers such as Tomorrow.io and Open Weather have done so as early as 2021. However, their approach brings broader accessibility and developer-friendly integration options, instead of primarily targeting enterprise and industrial use. The update’s main…

Q&A: Ernst & Young exec details the good, bad and future of genAI deployments

Q&A: Ernst & Young exec details the good, bad and future of genAI deployments

Betting that generative artificial intelligence (genAI) is top of mind for every IT manager and corporate executive would be a smart move. An equally smart take would be to realize that most organizations still remain reticent to fully embrace the technology and its automation capabilities. Given the AI hallucinations, output errors, organizational data fragmentation and…

It’s in the national interest for Apple to design its own silicon

It’s in the national interest for Apple to design its own silicon

In a surprise to nobody, Apple is developing even more processors for use in its devices. It makes total sense. In case you hadn’t noticed, silicon is becoming a national and international strategic priority to governments everywhere that have identified, correctly, that computer chips are as essential as energy if you want to enter a new age…