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Musk's xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over Alleged Antitrust Violations

An anonymous reader shares a report: Elon Musk's AI startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence. Musk earlier this month had threatened to sue Cupertino, California-based Apple, saying in a post on his social media platform X that "Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store."

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Les iPhone ont toujours un problème de chauffe l’été : il est temps qu’Apple le règle

À quelques jours de l'annonce des iPhone 17, et malgré des améliorations matérielles avec les iPhone 16, de nombreux propriétaires d'iPhone déplorent des surchauffes excessives durant l'été. Dos et côtés bouillants, luminosité en baisse, lenteurs et autonomie diminuée… Apple n'a toujours pas trouvé la recette miracle.

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Qui a vraiment inventé Siri ? On démêle le vrai du faux sur le rôle de Luc Julia

Souvent qualifié d’inventeur ou de cocréateur de Siri dans les médias, l’ingénieur français Luc Julia a vu son récit fortement compromis par la publication d’une vidéo YouTube remettant en cause son parcours. Les véritables créateurs de Siri ont depuis commenté la situation, pour clarifier le rôle de Luc Julia.

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Apple Fitness Chief Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture and Harassment

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Jay Blahnik was a fitness superstar with a book and nearly two decades of work with Nike before he was hired in 2013 to work on the Apple Watch. He became known inside Apple as the creator of the watch's signature fitness feature: three circular bands that people could complete through the day by exercising, standing and burning calories. Marketed with the tagline "Close Your Rings," the concept helped galvanize sales of Apple's first breakout product after Steve Jobs's death. But along the way, Mr. Blahnik created a toxic work environment (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source), said nine current and former employees who worked with or for Mr. Blahnik and spoke about personnel issues on the condition of anonymity. They said Mr. Blahnik, 57, who leads a roughly 100-person division as vice president for fitness technologies, could be verbally abusive, manipulative and inappropriate. His behavior contributed to decisions by more than 10 workers to seek extended mental health or medical leaves of absence since 2022, about 10 percent of the team, these people said. When confronted with Mr. Blahnik's behavior, Apple moved to protect him after an internal investigation. The company settled one complaint alleging sexual harassment by Mr. Blahnik and is fighting a lawsuit by an employee, Mandana Mofidi, who said he had bullied her. Mr. Blahnik stayed in his job after company officials said their investigation had found no evidence of wrongdoing, according to interviews and Ms. Mofidi's lawsuit, which she filed against Mr. Blahnik and Apple last year in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The tension inside Mr. Blahnik's division speaks to workplace dysfunction at the heart of one of Apple's signature health initiatives. These employees said the company was more willing to protect a star executive than address the concerns of rank-and-file workers.

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Un an de grimpe avec l’Apple Watch Ultra : la montre ultime pour l’escalade ?

L'Apple Watch Ultra a été présentée comme une montre connectée de baroudeurs. Plusieurs images du keynote d'introduction ont montré des alpinistes et des grimpeurs, pratiquant l'escalade. Mais la montre d'Apple est-elle adaptée à la pratique de ce sport ? Nous l'avons testée pendant un an, en extérieur et en salle. Notre verdict.

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Musk Threatens 'Immediate' Legal Action Against Apple Over Alleged Antitrust Violations

Elon Musk has threatened Apple with legal action over alleged antitrust violations related to rankings of the Grok AI chatbot app, which is owned by his AI startup xAI. From a report: "Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI will take immediate legal action," Musk wrote in a post on his social media platform X. Apple declined to comment on Musk's threat. "Why do you refuse to put either X or Grok in your 'Must Have' section when X is the #1 news app in the world and Grok is #5 among all apps? Are you playing politics?" Musk said in another post.

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