Daniel Sims
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McDonald's has been using AI to decide how much you should pay for a Big Mac (opens the original)
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Recap: McDonald's has made several attempts to deploy AI across its businesses over the past few years, not all of them successfully. A recent extensive report sheds light on one area where the fast-food giant has had a long and potentially lucrative history with machine learning and algorithms: dynamic pricing. Several sources, including store owners, recently explained to Reuters how McDonald's encourages and sometimes pressures restaurants to set prices according to an AI algorithm. The outle
Apple's long-rumored smart home hub might finally arrive next month with a 6-inch display (opens the original)
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Rumor mill: Rumors have long suggested that Apple aims to compete with Amazon's and Google's screen-equipped smart home speakers. As the Cupertino giant rolls out a new generation of devices to support its Siri AI upgrades, the digital assistant might be the centerpiece of a new product category that combines the HomePod and iPad. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claims that Apple will launch its long-rumored smart home hub on October 13. The device resembles Amazon's Echo Show and Google Nest, but with
Apple's new CEO wants to move faster, cut jobs, and squeeze more out of services (opens the original)
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The takeaway: John Ternus took over as Apple CEO at the start of September, and a recent report offers clues on how his reign might differ from Tim Cook's. The new chief executive officer reportedly wants to reduce headcount, extract more revenue from services, and change the company's traditional hardware release cycle. Sources have informed Bloomberg that Apple might shift to a more aggressive hardware release schedule under its new head. John Ternus aims to reshape the Cupertino giant into a
Control Resonant is Remedy's most successful Steam launch ever (opens the original)
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In a nutshell: Following Alan Wake 2's somewhat slow sales momentum, Remedy Entertainment's first major Steam release in six years appears to have sparked solid growth. Control Resonant immediately eclipsed its predecessor's popularity on the platform, opening at the top of the sales chart and remaining in the top 10 days later. According to SteamDB, the sequel to Remedy Entertainment's award-winning 2019 shooter has quadrupled its predecessor's peak player count on Steam mere days after its Sep
Boox launches the Picco, a tiny $100 e-reader that attaches to the back of your phone (opens the original)
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In a nutshell: Boox has finally pulled back the curtain on its previously announced competitor to the Xteink X4, formally entering the emerging ultra-portable e-reader market. The new device sacrifices some of the versatility of Boox's established brands to reach the smallest size and lowest price in the company's entire catalog. Pre-orders are now open for the Boox Picco, the first in a new category of smaller, cheaper e-readers from the company. The device, which can attach to the back of a sm
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