Anthropic says it found Opus 4.6 “brings more focus to the most challenging parts of a task without being told to” and “thinks more deeply and more carefully”
We're upgrading our smartest model. — The new Claude Opus 4.6 improves on its predecessor's coding skills.
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6, which it says can analyze company data, regulatory filings, and market information; Anthropic now has 300K+ business users
Anthropic is releasing a new version of its most powerful AI model that's designed to carry out financial research …
Apple says FaceTime's SharePlay feature, heavily promoted during WWDC, will not be released in iOS 15, arriving instead in a later update
Apple has made the decision to delay the launch of its new SharePlay feature in iOS 15. The new feature will be available in a later update to iOS 15 …
iOS 15 beta 6 adds an option to show Safari's address bar at the top, while displaying some buttons like back, forward, and share in a bottom toolbar
Ahead of Microsoft's event to unveil the next gen of Windows, a Windows 11 build leaks, showing a revamped UI, like a new taskbar with centered app icons, more
Screenshots have leaked online — Screenshots of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 11 operating system have appeared online today.
A 2007 email between Steve Jobs and then Apple SVP of Software Engineering, approving 3rd party iPhone apps and an App Store, surfaces among Epic trial docs
An email has been going around the internet as a part of a release of documents related to Apple's App Store based suit brought by Epic Games.
Epic v. Apple is shining a light on Apple's anti-steering rules, which prevent developers from pointing users to better deals on their website or elsewhere
but Apple could (rightfully) respond that because AltStore *does* now exist, anyone can use it to distribute apps “easily,” including Epic @migueldeicaza : The upsetting part is: m...
Interviews with Basecamp staff on how a “funny” customer names list sparked an internal reckoning and spurred Basecamp's societal and political discussion ban
Casey's reporting for The Verge brought some of the dirty laundry … Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain : Can We Do Better Than Deplatforming? — This is Galaxy Brain — a newsletter fro...
Facebook's Australia ban is acute for people in places like Fiji, who rely on phone plans with cheap Facebook access as going to news websites costs more data
Media experts fear that communities reliant on the site for information will suffer significant impact
App Annie: Australian Broadcasting Corporation's news app was briefly the most downloaded app on the AU App Store after Facebook's news ban and is now second
to be clear, this graph shows the drop in traffic from Facebook to Australian news publishers. It's obvious, yes, but that makes it no less dramatic. The article goes on explain th...
App Annie: Australian Broadcasting Corporation's news app was briefly the most downloaded app on the AU App Store after Facebook's news ban and is now second
Readers may be going directly to the source — The Australian Broadcast Company's ABC News app shot to the top of Apple's App Store charts …
Nvidia announces dedicated crypto mining GPUs and says RTX 3060 GPU will detect the Ethereum cryptocurrency mining algorithm and limit the hash rate by 50%
NVIDIA has finally conceded to the overwhelming mining demand facing the GPU market right now and launched a lineup …
Twitter debuts Birdwatch, in testing since last year, which lets select users flag and add notes about tweets they think are misleading or false
Twitter unveiled a feature Monday meant to bolster its efforts to combat misinformation and disinformation by tapping users in a fashion similar …
Google is testing an expansion of its “Short Videos” feature at the top of mobile search that will surface TikTok and Instagram videos in a dedicated carousel
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Substack launches Substack Reader, an RSS reader for tracking newsletter subscriptions and other feeds, in beta
Substack Reader is now available in beta — If you're worried about all your newsletter subscriptions getting lost in your inbox, Substack may have a solution.
Adobe has released its final scheduled Flash Player update for all regions outside of mainland China and will block Flash content from January 12
Adobe releases final Flash update with stronger language asking users to uninstall the app before its EOL. — Adobe has released on Tuesday …
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says Jony Ive will collaborate with Airbnb as a design consultant, as part of a multi-year partnership with Ive's firm LoveFrom
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac :
Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg confirm Quibi is shutting down: “Our failure was not for lack of trying; we've considered and exhausted every option”
We started with the idea to create the next generation of storytelling and because of you, we were able to create and deliver …
Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed; Katzenberg told others he may shut down the company
Jeffrey Katzenberg may be nearing the end of the road with his mobile video streaming service Quibi.
A surge in worldwide demand by educators for low-cost laptops has created monthslong shipment delays and pitted desperate schools against one another
up to 41% higher than last year — has created monthslong shipment delays and pitted desperate schools against one another. Districts with deep pockets often win out.” #POC https://...