AI affects medicine, law, business, IT, and more. AI-powered transcription is one example. Parrot, a transcription platform for legal and insurance depositions, raised $11 million in a Series A round on Tuesday. Legal experts can now summarize depositions in seconds. Amplify Partners and XYZ Venture Capital led the latest funding, …
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Reddit communities protest differently as the company threatens moderators
Multiple subreddits are protesting by publishing only one type of post, changing the topic, or going private. Many of these communities participated in the June 12-14 Reddit blackout to protest the API rule changes that could kill many third-party apps. Subreddits considered shutting down after the company and CEO Steve …
Read More »Reddit crashed during a site-wide protest against its unpopular new API policy
The website went down as thousands of Reddit communities protested the company’s controversial new policy that will kill third-party apps. Reddit told that a planned protest against its new policy caused the outage. Reddit.com started having issues at 10:25 AM EDT, according to users. Reddit’s Status page initially showed “all …
Read More »Popular third-party Reddit app Reddit’s new API pricing forced Apollo’s closure
Apollo, a popular third-party Reddit app, will close on June 30, 2023, due to Reddit’s new API pricing plans, which would cost Apollo $20 million per year to operate. This is unsustainable for an indie developer. Christian Selig, the app’s creator, was one of the first to point out that …
Read More »If Apple’s Vision Pro wasn’t for you, we’d feel terrible
Never met. Never spoke. The Vision Pro isn’t for you, I’m sure. It’s a gamble. It’s not for most people, like you. The headset costs $3,500. Most people know a product’s price, so it’s probably too expensive. Vision Pro is The media, including us, reported it. Apple sells consumer goods. …
Read More »Apple didn’t announce these iOS 17 features onstage
Apple’s Vision Pro headset dominated WWDC on Monday. Apple will release a major iOS update later this year. Personalized call posters, StandBy mode, live voicemail, and improved sticker experience will be added in iOS 17. Due to time constraints, Apple didn’t mention many new iOS features onstage. The keynote omitted …
Read More »WWDC 2023: Apple Vision Pro, iOS 17, MacBook Air, and more announced
WWDC 2023 keynote was yesterday. Apple starts its Worldwide Developer Conference with a few hours of straight announcements, usually covering OS, watchOS, and new and updated gadgets. The keynote stream includes a BINGO game. You’ve prepared for our predictions by now. Relax while the team summarizes the biggest news. Mac …
Read More »Celebrities fund consumer savings startup Checkmate
Everybody has. Shopping online and desperate for a promo code to save money. I was there. Enter Checkmate. The startup wants to end promo/discount/coupon code hunting. For that, it raised $15 million in Series A funding. This raise had some interesting features. Checkmate recently raised $5 million. Raising capital soon …
Read More »iOS 16.5 adds a sports tab to Apple News
The Apple News app added a sports option Thursday with iOS 16.5. The tab provides results, match schedules, and sports team articles. The business says tapping My Sports score and schedule cards will take you to that game’s page with more information. iOS 16.5 addresses Podcasts in CarPlay, unresponsive Spotlight, …
Read More »OpenAI releases iOS ChatGPT
Mobile ChatGPT. After months of questionable apps on the App Store, OpenAI launched an official iOS app for their popular AI chatbot today. The company says the new ChatGPT app will be free, ad-free, and allow voice input, but only for U.S. customers at launch. Like its desktop counterpart, the …
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