John Routledge

Founder and owner of Technoshia.com - I'm an avid tech junkie, a lover of new gadgets and home automation. You will often find me reading, writing, and learning about new technologies. I've been featured in many leading technology magazines where I've written about my favorite topics.
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General Motors revives its robotaxi service Cruise in Houston, with human drivers
11 Jun

General Motors revives its robotaxi service Cruise in Houston, with human drivers

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Cruise, General Motors’ beleaguered driverless taxi service, announced Tuesday that it will start testing again around Houston. Cruise announced that they would start with human taxi drivers behind the wheels of its cars before moving to “supervised autonomous driving with a safety driver behind the wheel in the coming weeks.”The announcement from Cruise landed around the same time that General…
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Musk withdraws his breach of contract lawsuit against OpenAI
11 Jun

Musk withdraws his breach of contract lawsuit against OpenAI

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Elon Musk dropped a lawsuit against OpenAI one day before a judge in California state court was set to hear OpenAI’s request for dismissal. Musk’s suit, which was filed in February, had accused OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of violating the company’s non-profit status and instead prioritizing profits over using AI to help humanity.In the 35-page suit, Musk…
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Hey Elon, go ahead and ban Apple devices
11 Jun

Hey Elon, go ahead and ban Apple devices

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Yesterday, following Apple’s announcement of a partnership with OpenAI to integrate support for ChatGPT into the company’s devices, Elon Musk did what he always does: he tweeted. The owner of X wrote, on X, that he would ban Apple devices at his companies "If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level.". And to that I say: Go right ahead. And…
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Apple refuses to call Apple Intelligence ‘AI’
11 Jun

Apple refuses to call Apple Intelligence ‘AI’

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"How do you shorten Apple Intelligence?" That’s the question I’ve asked several Apple employees at WWDC 2024, and their practiced responses have become comically absurd.“We just say Apple Intelligence,” they tell me. “Yah, but do you say that every time? The AI acronym is right there!” I’d retort. The usual response is a stiff smile and clenched teeth, like a…
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BeReal, the buzziest app of 2022, has been bought by a mobile game publisher
11 Jun

BeReal, the buzziest app of 2022, has been bought by a mobile game publisher

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Game publisher Voodoo (known for free-to-play mobile titles stuffed with ads) has bought the social platform BeReal (known for a scorching hot 15 minutes of fame in 2022) for €500 million. Although BeReal has fallen off the radar since its much-hyped peak, Voodoo says the app has grown to 40 million active users.“BeReal achieved incredible user loyalty and growth, showing…
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