iOS 19 might be adding several new third-party AI models

Apple’s big iOS 19 unveiling is a little over a month away , and according to a surprising source, it sounds like the update’s Apple Intelligence upgrades might include supporting multiple new third-party AI models.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai appeared in court today as part of the company’s antitrust trial.

Pichai said he is “hopeful” a deal will be struck to integrate Gemini with Apple Intelligence soon.

But , Pichai also apparently leaked some iOS 19 news:

[Pichai] added that he


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Google CEO ‘hopeful’ Gemini will be part of Apple Intelligence this year

Today Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been in court, testifying as part of the company’s ongoing antitrust trial. And during proceedings, he about Gemini becoming part of Apple Intelligence as early as this year.

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Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said in court proceedings Wednesday that he hopes that Gemini, his company’s AI service, will be added as a built-in option for iPhones this year…

During the court proceedings, Pichai said he is hopeful that Gemini, which competes with ChatGPT, will


Deals: New iPad (A16) $299, Apple Watch Series 10 at $150 off, iPhone 15 Pro over $500 off, more

Alongside ongoing all-time lows on the entire as well as the best prices to date across the , today we are starting off on the most affordable side of Apple’s current-gen tech lineup with all four colors of the new . On top of all that, we are also now tracking the best prices to date on the elevated titanium , alongside the ongoing offers on the , as well as a chance to on an unlocked in Amazon Premium Renewed condition. All of that, some MagSafe chargers, and more

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New Apple TV+ trailer reveals first ever full-length ‘immersive’ film

Apple TV+ is exactly one month away from debuting Bono: Stories of Surrender , a concert-style “documentary event.” This will also be the first ever feature-length film in Apple Immersive Video on the Vision Pro. And today, Apple debuted the first trailer to show us what to expect.

Apple and U2 have a long history of collaboration, as anyone who lived through the Songs of Innocence debacle will know all too well.

The latest evidence of that relationship is a new Bono feature-length


I tested iPhone AI voice assistants: here’s the best one

It’s been about a year since Apple announced Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024. Since then, Siri has received a visual refresh with its new rainbow animation, text-to-Siri support, visual intelligence, and image generation. Features like Genmoji are also available in iOS 18. However, the most critical aspects of Siri, like being conversational and having contextual awareness, are still missing. Meanwhile, AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity are leaps and bounds ahead of Siri in many ways. So


Raycast launches iOS app, its first expansion beyond the Mac

Raycast is a powerful Mac app that’s grown increasingly popular since its launch a few years ago. Now, for the first time, Raycast is available on iPhone too via the . Here are the details.

If you’ve used Raycast on the Mac, you know that it’s a powerful tool that can’t necessarily be replicated on iPhone.

That’s due to sandboxing restrictions that apply on iOS, but not macOS.

But the team at Raycast has launched an iPhone app nonetheless.

At launch


The iPhone 17 Air looks wonderful – but that’s not why Apple is making it

Yesterday gave us our best look yet at the upcoming iPhone 17 Air , in the form of a highly realistic dummy model shown alongside the iPhone 16 Pro.

Apple will doubtless employ a whole range of superlatives to describe the look of the device: thinnest, slimmest, sleekest … and it will of course be the est phone they’ve ever made, and Tim will be sure we’re going to love it …

To be fair, we will.

I’m absolutely not the intended


WhatsApp borrowing Apple’s Private Cloud Compute approach to AI privacy

Meta’s encrypted messaging app WhatsApp will use an approach pioneered by Apple to add AI capabilities without compromising privacy .

The company has announced that it will use tech it calls Private Processing, which appears to exactly replicate Apple’s Private Cloud Compute

Apple takes a two-stage approach to ensuring user privacy for Apple Intelligence features:

  1. As much processing as possible is done on-device, with no data sent to servers
  2. If external processing power is needed, Private Cloud Compute (PCC) servers are used

Any personal data


Tim Cook ‘excited’ as construction begins on TSMC’s third US chip plant

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the company is “excited” to be the first customer of TSMC’s Arizona chip plants. He made the comment as the company started construction on its third US plant.

TSMC says that the addition of the third plant makes the project the largest single foreign investment in US history …

Apple first announced its plan for ‘Made in America’ chips back in 2022, with the news hailed as one of the success stories of the US CHIPS Act. The initiative will see