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[Chubby♨️ @kimmonismus]

Apple makes it clear that Europe is itself to blame for the unavailability of Apple Intelligence.

Apple says Siri AI won’t launch on iPhone and iPad in the EU because regulators interpret the DMA as requiring Apple to give rival AI assistants broad access to private user data and control over apps.

Apple argues this would create major privacy and security risks, and says the European Commission rejected its proposed safeguards, including a "Trusted System Agent" and an 18-month rollout plan. As a result, there is currently no timeline for Siri AI on iOS and iPadOS in the EU.

“We’re deeply disappointed that our EU users won’t have Siri AI on iPhone or iPad when we share our new software releases later this year,” said Craig Federighi."

(...)

"However, given the clear dangers to EU users and the regulators’ failure to acknowledge these risks, there is currently no timeline for Siri AI’s availability in the EU on iOS and iPadOS."

EU overregulated itself. Again.

[Max Weinbach @mweinbach]

Gemini DOES NOT power Siri

Apple foundational models power Siri

Those models are based on Gemini technology.

It is not Gemini.

Apple and Google have been clear about this since January.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

NASDAQ call volume spiked minutes before the 90 day tariff pause was announced.

Not a good look at all.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. EXCLUSIVE

An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.

The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.

Follow this thread for details.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

July 1987, Moscow, USSR — Trump, 41 years old, flies to Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., Yuri Dubinin.

Upon returning from Moscow, the bankrupt Trump suddenly receives loans from 16 banks and, without negotiation.

1/n

[Acyn @Acyn]

In his farewell address, Biden calls for:

An end to dark money

18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform

A ban on stock trading in Congress

Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

Joe Biden ended his presidency with:

2.9% inflation.

4.1% unemployment.

43k Dow Jones.

Manufacturing boom.

Gaza ceasefire.

Medicare D $2k prescription drug cap.

Infrastructure boom.

Fastest economic recovery.

Covid handled.

But go ahead, tell me he’s a bad president.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Four years ago, in the middle of a pandemic, we needed a leader with the character to put politics aside and do what was right. That’s what @JoeBiden did.

At a time when our economy was reeling, he drove what would become the world’s strongest recovery – with 17 million new jobs, historic wage gains, and lower health care costs. He passed landmark legislation to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure and address the threat of climate change. 

I’m grateful to Joe for his leadership, his friendship, and his lifetime of service to this country we love.

[Jordan Morgan @JordanMorgan10]

✨ Image Playground support in Elite Hoops ✨

I paired playground image generation with my existing background removal feature, and together it's a fun way to create a team logo on the fly.

Check it out:

[Dman @Dman228]

@abasisgenius @wongmjane Because it takes FOREVER to work with governments and Airlines to get the infrastructure and training to start using these convenient tech features. Just a lot of red tape and changing people MO to over come.

[Jane Manchun Wong @wongmjane]

First time using my Apple Wallet California Driver’s License at the airport!

No need to pull out my physical ID card, just tap the phone on the reader like you would with Apple Pay. Amazing

[Sigmund Judge @sigjudge]

Make no mistake, the @ResMed Kontor Head Strap for Apple Vision Pro is a pretty wild product entry. But if it works as advertised it will be a certified game-changer, both in the medical field, and for 1st AC’s pulling focus on set.

[Neil Cybart @neilcybart]

Apple doesn't have some kind of product czar who dictates every and any product decision. Such a role would not work with a ~$4 trillion company possessing an expansive ecosystem of devices, software, and services. Instead, Apple has fully embraced small team autonomy.

[Sebastiaan de With @sdw]

I’m sure the others will claim it was simply “obvious” to design it that way.

Yet nobody did until Apple designed it like that.

[Timirah James @TimirahJ]

Yesterday before my family ate Thanksgiving dinner, we went to donate warm clothing and spent time at a local homeless shelter.

It literally brought tears to my eyes because not many people know that me and my family were once homeless. For months we slept in my mom’s car.

I had just come back to LA after moving to teaching Obj-C & #Swift at a popular coding school (yes, I was already working in tech). After that I hit a dry spell in freelancing, and for months I would go to Starbucks everyday for WiFi to study for technical interviews after we dropped my sister off to her high school every morning.

Just before I came back to LA, I had a vision and took on leading a hackathon in DTLA. And then life hit me fast. We had no money, no home, and every sponsorship dollar went to that hackathon.

When I say I love what I do.. when I say this is a lifestyle, not a “job” or a “title”.. when I say I LOVE MY FAMILY.. when I say I’m honored to be a vessel..

You have no idea.

This is why I don’t let anybody tell me anything about who I am. I know what I come from and I know what I represent.

I deserve it ALL. (*in my @kendricklamar voice*)

And when I think about all the hard late nights, hard work, tears, isolation, prayer..

I also think about all the blessings that have come from this level of passion and tenacity, all the people around the world that we’ve had a chance to touch, love, teach, and inspire and all the things God has allowed us to do, and the positions He has continued put us in to do it.

My God. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

My journey is an ongoing testament that with faith in God (even as small as a mustard seed) and hard work — ANYTHING is possible. ✨🙏🏾💕

The story continues…

#KeepGoing #ThoseJamesGirls

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Hey @joerogan, please have him on your show. Why not give Ukrainians a chance to share their perspective?

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Ladies and gentlemen, your party of “law and order.”

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: The New York Times just dropped a full-page editorial with one message—"Vote to End the Trump Era."

They're not holding back, laying out exactly how Trump’s attacks on democracy, obsession with power, and disregard for the truth make him unfit to lead.

If he's re-elected, they warn, it’s game over for rights, justice, and the environment. America deserves better.

Time to make it count.

[Josh Boswell @JoshTBoswell]

Donald Trump jumped on a blonde, 6'1" model and groped her while she tried to fight him off at a beauty pageant in 1993, the woman told me.

She also said Trump was working with Jeffrey Epstein to recruit young women for his parties at Mar-a-Lago.

1/x

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING via THE DAILY BEAST:

Jeffrey Epstein showed off photos of Donald Trump with “topless young women” sitting in his lap, author Michael Wolff says.

The pedophile financier had about half a dozen pictures which showed Trump by the pool with multiple young women, Wolff claimed on his podcast, Fire & Fury, Thursday. They were taken in the “late 90s” at Epstein’s Palm Beach home, where he victimized dozens of underage girls along with his procurer, Ghislaine Maxwell, Wolff said.

Wolff alleged that they were in Epstein’s safe, which the FBI seized when they raided his homes in New York and Palm Beach in July 2019. The massive haul of evidence taken by the feds has never been made public–and while prosecutors disclosed after the raid that they had “hundreds of photos of girls and young women,” they have never offered any more details of them.

Wolff said of the photos, “They were with Trump at Epstein’s Palm Beach house sitting around the pool with these young girls, and the young girls are topless.

“And in some of the pictures, they’re sitting in his lap. I mean, and, and then there’s one I especially remember where there’s a stain, a telltale stain and on the front of Trump’s pants, and the girls are pointing at him and laughing.” Trump separated from his second wife Marla Maples in 1997 and began dating his third wife, Melania, in 1998.

Read more via The Daily Beast: https://t.co/EL0pj9fo1u