Apple appears to be ramping up its Siri efforts to secure a spot as a key player in the AI arms race.The company is reportedly working on a more conversational version of its voice assistant Siri that'll be powered by advanced large language models, Bloomberg reports. Employees are internally calling the project "Siri LLM."The goal is to make Siri interactions more natural, intuitive and capable of handling complex requests faster. This effort is part of Apple's larger push to catch up with OpenAI's ChatGPT ...

调查情况 - 欧洲委员会悄悄结束对苹果长期的反垄断调查该调查涉及苹果对第三方电子书和有声读物应用开发者执行的规则[1] - 2020年欧洲委员会收到投诉后开启调查苹果迫使竞争的电子书和有声读物应用开发者使用苹果自己的应用内支付系统并且阻止他们告知顾客其他支付方式即反引导行为同时因Spotify投诉对音乐流媒体应用类似行为开启平行调查[2] 调查结果 - 在音乐流媒体方面苹果3月被罚款20亿美元但电子书有声读物调查中的未公开投诉者已撤回投诉导致委员会不再采取进一步行动而结束调查[3] - 公告澄清调查的结束并不意味着相关行为符合欧盟竞争规则[3]

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year. The Competition ...

文章核心观点 - 苹果和谷歌在英国可能面临移动网络浏览器和应用主导地位的竞争调查[1] 根据相关目录分别进行总结 调查背景 - 英国竞争与市场管理局（CMA）周五发布报告 独立调查小组做出临时决定 该小组受CMA委托对移动浏览器市场进行深入审查[1] - 调查小组建议CMA根据明年生效的新《数字市场、竞争和消费者法案》（DMCC）调查苹果和谷歌在移动生态系统中的活动 该法案旨在防止数字市场中的反竞争行为[2] - DMCC类似于欧盟的《数字市场法案》 它使CMA能够将公司指定为具有“战略市场地位”（SMS） 即公司在特定数字业务中拥有大量市场力量[3] 调查可能的影响 - 根据规则 CMA可以对具有SMS地位的公司实施重大行为改变 包括结束自身服务的“自我偏好”、要求互操作性以及禁止反竞争行为[4] 苹果相关情况 - 对于苹果 调查小组担心其App Store规则限制其他竞争对手提供可能使消费者受益的新创新功能 如iPhone应用上更快的网页加载[5] - 许多英国小开发商想使用渐进式网络应用（可在应用商店之外提供应用） 但该技术无法在iOS设备上完全发挥作用[6] 谷歌相关情况 - 调查小组发现谷歌和苹果之间的收入分成协议（使谷歌成为iPhone的默认搜索引擎）大大降低了它们在iOS移动浏览器上竞争的财务激励[6]

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels The top U.S. consumer watchdog will supervise Apple Inc. and other major technology firms that offer digital wallets and payment apps, finalizing a proposal from last year with several changes. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will now treat those companies more like banks as l ...

The Oracle of Omaha has concentrated Berkshire's investment portfolio in his best ideas.Few if any money managers command the attention of professional and everyday investors quite like the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett. Since becoming the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.56%) (BRK.B 0.69%) in the mid-1960s, he's overseen a cumulative return of more than 5,700,000% in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A), as of the closing bell on Nov. 18.Aside from crushing Wall Street's benchmark index -- the S&P 50 ...

Warren Buffett continued to sell Apple during the third quarter, but that wasn't his most surprising move -- not by a long shot.Warren Buffett is the CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.56%) (BRK.B 0.69%). Under his leadership, Berkshire stock has delivered a compound annual return of 19.8% since 1965, which would have been enough to turn an investment of $1,000 into a whopping $42 million.The same investment in the S&P 500 would have grown to just $308,115 over the same period, so it's no s ...

文章核心观点 - 经济复苏和强劲增长有望推动亚马逊达到新高度[1] 经济形势相关 - 过去工业和能源公司市值领先如今科技公司居首2004年通用电气和埃克森美孚市值分别为3190亿和2830亿美元现在苹果和英伟达市值各为3.4万亿美元微软为3万亿美元[1] - 经济似乎正在复苏消费者信心自2021年3月以来月度涨幅最强预计未来一年衰退的人数降至两年多来最低水平美联储近期降息失业率处于历史低位这些都有利于经济反弹[4] - 经济的改善推动了电子商务和云支出亚马逊第三季度净销售额达1590亿美元同比增长11%摊薄每股收益1.43美元跃升52%[5] 亚马逊各业务板块情况 - 亚马逊各主要业务板块都对业绩有贡献北美销售额同比增长9%国际销售额增长12%亚马逊网络服务增长19%公司广告业务增长19%[6] - 亚马逊是电子商务概念的先驱去年占美国在线零售销售额的38%预计2024年将占40%[8] - 亚马逊在云基础设施服务领域处于领先地位第三季度亚马逊网络服务占市场份额33%微软Azure和谷歌云分别占20%和10%但后两者增长速度超过亚马逊网络服务[9] - 亚马逊的广告业务是隐藏亮点公司将广告扩展到多个服务领域过去几年是增长最快的业务[11] 亚马逊市值相关 - 亚马逊目前市值约2.1万亿美元要达到3万亿美元市值股价需上涨约42%[12] - 华尔街预计亚马逊2024年营收6377亿美元若按当前市销率要达到3万亿美元市值年营收需增长至约9020亿美元[12] - 华尔街预计亚马逊未来五年年收入增长11%若能达到按照过去十年营收增长442%的情况2028年可达到3万亿美元市值[13] - 亚马逊目前市销率约为3.4倍与过去五年平均3.3倍相当[14]

关于苹果公司在印度尼西亚的投资情况 - 印度尼西亚政府期望苹果公司增加其1亿美元的投资提议以获得在该国销售最新手机的许可因为其最新智能手机不符合该国40%的国内含量要求[1][2] - 苹果公司1亿美元投资将用于该国的研发中心项目和专业发展学院且计划2025年7月开始生产AirPods Max的配件产品组件[3] - 苹果公司未立即回应CNBC的置评请求政府希望投资规模更大以得到公平承诺[4] - 更大投资有助于印度尼西亚制造业发展该国国内产业有能力支持苹果设备如充电器和配件的生产[5] - 印度尼西亚虽对苹果来说是小市场但有增长机会因其人口众多年轻且精通技术符合苹果全球销售战略且有制造和组装潜力苹果投资表明其遵守当地规定为未来增长铺路[5][6]

In Brief Apple is developing a new version of its voice assistant, Siri, powered by advanced large language models, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. This more conversational Siri is part of Apple’s attempt to catch up in AI, where competitors have released impressive features, like Google’s Gemini Live, that are far more natural to talk to than Siri.The new assistant reportedly will fully replace the Siri interface that users rely on today, and Apple is planning to release the feature in the spring ...