Apple confirms buyout of machine learning startup Laserlike
Apple on Wednesday confirmed its recent takeover of Laserlike, a Silicon Valley startup that applied machine learning to content discovery. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
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Disrupt Berlin 2018 heavy on machine learning, picks sperm freezer Legacy as Startup Battlefield winner
A panel of tech industry judges narrowed down a dozen contestants picked from over a thousand applicants to pick up the Disrupt Cup award at Disrupt Berlin 2018. The panel ultimately bypassed other startups putting machine learning directly into consumers’ hands, and ultimately decided on a single winner that wiggled its way past the others…
Google ML Kit aims to help developers add machine learning to their iOS apps
Google launched a new machine learning SDK called ML Kit, which provides a way for developers to add machine learning-based features to their Android and iOS apps, with Google’s new framework following almost a year after Apple introduced the similar Core ML platform. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
20 Years of iMac: Steve Jobs iconic internet machine that courageously reinvented Apple
Twenty years ago today Steve Jobs introduced iMac, an ambitious new Mac aimed specifically at easy Internet access. It not only redefined the design and styling of tech products but charted a strategic course that would take Apple from being a minority PC maker to the world’s most valuable tech company. Most importantly, iMac had…
Apple’s GymKit reaches Canada with Life Fitness machine support
Apple’s rollout of GymKit continued this week with the launch of compatible machines at an Equinox facility in Toronto, Canada, the first club in the country to receive support for the Apple Watch syncing technology. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
How to backup a Mac to Time Machine with any hard drive
With the news that Apple has officially discontinued its AirPort lineup, many users will look to backing up their Macs with something other than Apple’s Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme with a connected external drive. Follow along for how to back up a Mac to Time Machine with any hard drive. more… 9to5Mac
Hands On: New Pixelmator Pro 1.0.5 brings Machine Learning to image editing
The new Pixelmator Pro is best described as what you would get if Apple had designed its own image editing suite. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple releases Turi Create framework on GitHub to ‘simplify development of machine learning models’
Apple this week has shared the framework for Turi Create on GitHub. This framework, Apple says, should make it easier for developers to build machine learning models. more… 9to5Mac
Apple commits ‘Turi Create’ machine learning development tool to GitHub
Building on its acquisition of machine learning and AI specialist Turi, Apple this week committed "Turi Create" to GitHub, a new machine learning framework designed to help developers build machine learning models that can be parlayed into apps running on its major operating systems. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple wins ‘Best Paper Award’ at prestigious machine learning conference
After Apple decided to allow its researchers to publicly share their findings, its first academic paper was published at the end of last year. Now, that research has just won a “Best Paper Award” at a prestigious machine learning and computer vision conference. more… 9to5Mac
First look: Adata SE730H portable USB-C SSD a good solution for external OS installs, Time Machine
While small SSDs aren’t new, ones with USB-C compatibility are. AppleInsider examines the forthcoming Data SE730H USB-C portable SSD. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple marketing chief says reaction to ARKit is ‘unbelievable’ & talks machine learning in new interview
One of the biggest announcements earlier this month at WWDC was the introduction of ARKit, Apple’s framework for helping developers build augmented and mixed reality experiences. In an interview with The Australian Business Review, Apple’s vice president of product marketing Greg Joswiak dives deeper into the goals of ARKit… more… 9to5Mac
Apple acquires ‘dark data’ machine learning & AI company Lattice Data for $200M
According to a report today out of TechCrunch, Apple has acquired Lattice Data, a company that specializes in artificial intelligence where it relates to so-called “dark data.” The report explains that the deal was closed a few weeks ago, with 20 or so engineers from Lattice Data joining Apple. more… 9to5Mac
Head to head: Apple’s Time Machine versus three local backup utilities for macOS
Backing up your data to prevent loss in the case of digital disaster couldn’t be much easier, but there are choices to make, and things you should to to guarantee safety. AppleInsider looks at some of your options, and helps you choose. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple wins appeal in Time Machine tech patent infringement suit
Apple has emerged victorious in a court struggle that targeted Time Machine for Mac, successfully arguing to the court that its technology did not infringe on the work of longstanding PC backup service provider Farstone. AppleInsider – Frontpage News