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☆ OpenAI chief Sam Altman just showed he has what Tim Cook really wants — but Apple still has one big advantage
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewAfter OpenAI unveiled its latest ChatGPT iteration, one tech executive is probably super jealous: Apple's Tim Cook. as you do with Apple's assistant. The comparisons to the female voice assistant from the movie "Her" were so obvious even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted about it. OpenAI clearly has made a voice assistant chatbot that is way more advanced than Siri currently is, and Tim Cook must be sweating a little. But Apple still has a big advantage whenever it updates Siri with an AI makeover: It's already the voice assistant on your iPhone — and that's huge.

Persons: —, OpenAI, Tim Cook, Siri, Alexa, Mira Murati, It's, Sam Altman, Apple's Siri, it's, Amazon's, chatbot Organizations: Service, Business, Apple, New York Times, Spotify Locations: ChatGPT

☆ Barbra Streisand wasn’t happy with how Siri said her name. So she called up Apple’s CEO to get it fixed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Hey Siri … Which iconic singer and actress has a much anticipated autobiography coming out this week? The answer, of course, is Barbra Streisand. In an interview about her upcoming memoir, “My Name is Barbra,” the two-time Oscar-winner told the BBC that she was fed up with Siri getting her name wrong. “And Tim Cook was so lovely. He had Siri change the pronunciation… I guess that’s one perk of fame!” she said, according to the BBC.

Persons: Siri, Barbra Streisand, Oscar, ”, “ It’s, Tim Cook, “, Apple, Barbra Organizations: CNN, BBC, Penguin Random Locations: Brooklyn, New York

☆ You can control your iPhone without using your hands. Here's how
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jake Piazza | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The feature, called Voice Control, is one of the iPhone's accessibility tools, and though Siri can perform many hands-free duties, there are ways Voice Control can go even further. You can say "Show numbers" once Voice Control is turned on to make your screen look like this. Select Voice Control. I recommend reading through the Voice Control guide, which is right below the green dot. If you do use Voice Control to type, try doing so by moving your cursor to a text box and saying the words out loud.

Persons: Siri, it'd, Hey Siri, Todd Organizations: Grove Apple, Command, Control, Voice Control, Apple, Food, Google, ESPN, Voice Command, Control . Press, CNBC PRO Locations: Los Angeles

☆ iOS 17 release: See what’s new in iPhone features
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

iPhone users can update to iOS17 starting Monday by clicking on the Software Update section in the phone’s Settings app. Here are some of the buzziest and most-anticipated new features that iPhone users can expect from iOS17. This allows iPhone users to design a custom image that will show up when making calls. iPhone users will also be able to personalize their contact card “poster” with a photo or memoji of choice. iPhone users will also now receive predictive text recommendations in-line as they type, making adding entire words or completing sentences as easy as tapping the space bar.

Persons: iOS17, FaceTime, Facetime, Hey, Siri ”, “ Hey Siri, Siri, “, Shaquille O’Neal, “ Siri, Apple, Craig Federighi, TS6YzyXi30, Greg Joswiak Organizations: CNN, Conference, “ Locations: iOS17

☆ Hey Siri: Screen iPhone calls on Apple’s valuation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Robert Cyran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Signage is seen at the Apple Fifth Avenue store for the release of the Apple iPhone 14 range in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew KellyNEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The iPhone 15 is probably coming soon, but the handset that anchors Apple (AAPL.O) is losing some of its allure. Apple sold nearly $40 billion of them in the quarter, a 2.5% dip from roughly the same three-month stretch in 2022. In 2017, though, existing U.S. owners waited 2.1 years to replace their iPhone, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The segment’s revenue reached a record $21 billion in the quarter, or 8% more than the same period a year ago.

Persons: Andrew Kelly NEW, Boss Tim Cook, Cook, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Andrew Kelly NEW YORK, Reuters, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Apple Watch, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S

☆ A Baltimore restaurant was temporarily shut down by city officials after a TikTok showing a 'rodent infestation' went viral
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A TikToker said she spotted "five, six mice" in the dining room of a restaurant in Baltimore. The city's health department then temporarily closed the restaurant because of a "rodent infestation." The caption on the video reads: "'hey siri: call the health department it's giving infestation." Baltimore City Health Department said that the restaurant had been shut down on Thursday – two days after Lynn's visit – because of a "rodent infestation" and needed to correct the violations and pass a reinspection to reopen. According to a page on the department's website, the restaurant was approved to reopen the next day.

Persons: —, Chloe Lynn, Lynn, siri, Lynn's Organizations: Service, Baltimore, Baltimore City Health Department Locations: Baltimore, Blackwall, Baltimore City

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☆ Why Apple may be working on a ‘hey Siri’ change
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN Business —Apple reportedly wants to put an end to “Hey.”The company is said to be training its voice assistant Siri to pick up on commands without needing the first half of the prompt phrase “Hey Siri.” The trigger phrase is used to launch Siri on various products, including the iPhone, iPad, HomePod and Apple Watch. “‘Siri’ is much shorter than ‘Hey Siri,’ giving the system potentially less comparison points and higher error rate in an echo-y, large room and noisy environments,” such as in the car or when wind is present. The move would allow Apple to catch up to Amazon’s “Alexa” prompt that doesn’t require a first wake word for its voice assistant. The company then integrated Siri into the iPhone 4S, which was released the following year, and introduced the ability to say “Hey Siri” without physically touching a button in 2014. “While the ‘Hey Siri’ change requires a considerable amount of work, it would be surprising if Apple announced only this change to Siri,” Sanders said.

☆ Thousands of tech workers were laid off last week. Experts say it's just the beginning.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

We've got a lot to get to today, so I'm going to get straight into the news, starting with why experts are warning that tech layoffs are just beginning. Thousands of workers were laid off last week. A Tesla alum used this pitch deck to raise a $2.5 million seed round for his startup. We got a look at the pitch deck its founder used to raise seed funding — check it out here. Plus, check out our full, searchable pitch deck database here.

To fix a black camera screen on your iPhone, try switching cameras or restarting the Camera app. Why is my iPhone camera screen black? How to fix black iPhone camera screenIf there's something obstructing your camera and causing the black screen, remove it and continue using the camera as normal. But barring that simple solution, here are six more ways to fix an iPhone with a black camera screen. Restart your iPhoneIf restarting the Camera app did not fix the black screen issue, restart your iPhone.

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