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Siri Set to Become More Human-Like With AI Integration in iOS 18.2 Update...

Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year. The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said...

Apple much-heralded rollout of artificial-intelligence capabilities for the iPhone looks to still be underwhelming buyers. Apple Intelligence—the company’s brand of AI—was officially released to the U.S. public on the most recent iPhone models late last month. “Even as consumers familiarize themselves with Apple Intelligence…the data indicates that demand has been relatively muted thus far,” analyst David Vogt wrote in a research note...

The chip maker gets 75% of its revenue through smartphones, a big if mature market. To boost its multiple, Qualcomm has to convince investors that it can bring more AI to the devices through so-called edge computing. That’s a tough sell...

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. risk a formal UK investigation over their dominance of web browsers on mobile phones, according to a provisional decision targeting the tech giants’ stranglehold on mobile operating systems. Most Read from BloombergTrump Promises Could Have Seismic Impact on Washington EconomyNYC's Underground Steam System May Be Key to a Greener FutureTokyo’s Scorching Summers Focus Public Anger Against Tree CuttingNYC Mayor Adams Names Jessica Tisch to Lead Police He...

An inquiry group setup by the U.K.'s antitrust authority has provisionally found that Apple’s policies are "holding back innovation in the browsers we use to access the web on mobile phones." While the report focuses substantively on Apple, it also highlighted a revenue-sharing agreement with Google, noting that the duo "earn significant revenue" when Google Chrome is used on iOS, which reduces their "financial incentives to compete." The announcement comes in the same week as the Department of...

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority said its experts recommended investigating Apple and Google’s dominance in smartphones under the country’s new digital competition rules, alleging the tech giants can manipulate users into choosing their own apps and services over rivals’...

UK Competition Authority Urged to Investigate Apple and Google's Mobile Ecosystem Activities...

An initial inquiry has recommended that the UK’s competition regulator investigate the two firms further...

Popular new chatbots, starting with OpenAI’s 2-year-old ChatGPT and the wave of AI assistants that followed, have become increasingly conversational. Now, Apple (AAPL) is looking to make its pre-teenaged voice assistant, Siri, a competitor in the space...