The headline from Apple’s developer conference was a reborn Siri. The more interesting story sits underneath it: the AI models Apple built to run the thing, one of which is far too big to fit in an iPhone’s memory, yet runs on the device anyway. In a t…
As expected, yesterday’s WWDC keynote was mostly about AI. And also as expected, Apple tried to turn its late arrival into its sales pitch: It didn’t rush into AI because it was taking its time to do things right. In this case, “right” means “with more privacy than anyone else.” It’s a good pitch – […]
Apple’s most important AI announcement at WWDC 2026 was not a feature. It was an architecture. The rebuilt Siri runs on a custom 1.2-trillion-parameter model built on Google’s Gemini technology, hosted on Google Cloud servers powered by Nvidia Blackwel…
Google has upgraded NotebookLM with Gemini 3.5, a cloud-based code execution environment, and expanded file output support.
Google is cutting its AI Plus subscription price from $7.99 to $4.99 per month and doubling cloud storage from 200GB to 400GB.
Apple used its annual developer conference on Monday to unveil Siri AI, the most significant overhaul of its voice assistant in 15 years, rebuilt from the ground up on a custom Google Gemini model. The WWDC 2026 keynote at Apple Park also marked Tim Co…
Google is making Gemini 3.5 the default model in NotebookLM
Google is rolling out “across the board” updates to NotebookLM. The AI-powered note-taking app now uses Google’s upgraded Gemini 3.5 model, which will allow it to respond with “more accurate and reliable information,” according to a blog post on Monday. Launched in 2023, NotebookLM allows you to interact with your notes and sources using AI, […]
For years, the AI boom has run through a handful of factory floors in Taiwan. That dependence is starting to look risky enough that even Nvidia and Google are shopping for a backup, and the unlikely name on the list is Intel. Google has placed an order…