Jony Ive and Sam Altman yesterday released a strong candidate for most frustrating video of the year: promising a completely new concept in AI hardware, but giving very little clue as to what it might be.
I transcribed the video to see whether I could spot any clues, in conjunction with other things the two have said. I think we can draw some pretty safe conclusions about what it’s not – and there are one or two clues about what it is …
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If you love Apple and you love crypto, good news: cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is preparing to let users trade tokenized versions of popular stocks like Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia. Except if you’re in the U.S., that is.
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Alongside the now live wider sales at Amazon and Best Buy, the Memorial Day weekend offers are starting flood in. But first, we have up to $400 off iPhone 16 Pro units in Amazon Premium Renewed condition alongside one of the best deals we have tracked to date on the M4 iPad Pro Magic Keyboard. Then it’s on to the accessories – Twelve South’s 15W 3-in-1 HiRise 3 Deluxe MagSafe stand is now at a new Amazon all-time low with 47% in savings and the Burton Goods Memorial Weekend sale is knocking up to 30% off everything sitewide (leather MacBook, iPhone, and iPad cases as well as Apple Watch bands). All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
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Right after yesterday’s bombshell announcement that OpenAI had acquired Jony Ive’s AI startup to form a new company called io, the entire tech world immediately began asking, “OK, but what is it?”
Now, supply chain analyst and frequent Apple leaker Ming-Chi shared what he was able to gather about the mysterious io device.
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Apple just dropped the first trailer for the return of The Buccaneers, its drama series based on Edith Wharton’s of the same name.
Set to Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe,” it reveals a new character played by a Gossip Girl alum.
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WWDC invites have gone out, and Chance will be there in person. The pair discuss the narrative of indifference that hangs over WWDC at the moment, as the tech industry is currently dominated by daily onslaught of AI news. And while the rumors about the AirPods roadmap are a little bleak, Apple is rumored to be shipping a truly all-screen bezel-less iPhone in a couple of years time — an exciting prospect indeed.
And in Happy Hour Plus, Benjamin has spilt tea on his Magic Keyboard, which leads into a bigger topic of the pair talking about what sits on their desk. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.
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On the heels of Microsoft Build and Google I/O, Anthropic has just announced Claude 4 Sonnet and Claude 4 Opus, which are immediately available on Claude’s website, as well as in the API. Here’s what’s new.
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Pour one out for an App Store classic. Mozilla has just announced it’s phasing out its read-it-later service, Pocket, as part of a broader effort to double down on its focus on Firefox. Here’s how it’s going to work.
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Apple is expediting its plans to compete with Meta’s popular Ray-Ban smart glasses. Bloomberg reports today that Apple is now aiming to release smart glasses “at the end of next year.” Simultaneously, the company has dropped its plans to release an Apple Watch with a built-in camera.
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