北京时间今天凌晨,库克最后一次以 CEO 的身份,站上了 WWDC 的舞台。按苹果此前的安排,他将在 9 月 1 日卸任,把这家三万亿美元公司交给硬件主管 John Ternus。 所以这场被普遍视作“谢幕之作”的发布会,本该是个交成绩单的时刻。而库克任内最大的一张欠条,正是那个被苹果吹了两年、却迟迟没兑现的 Siri。 图源:Apple 今晚,他把这张欠条还上了。只不过,让 Siri 真正变聪明...
北京时间今天凌晨,库克最后一次以 CEO 的身份,站上了 WWDC 的舞台。按苹果此前的安排,他将在 9 月 1 日卸任,把这家三万亿美元公司交给硬件主管 John Ternus。 所以这场被普遍视作“谢幕之作”的发布会,本该是个交成绩单的时刻。而库克任内最大的一张欠条,正是那个被苹果吹了两年、却迟迟没兑现的 Siri。 图源:Apple 今晚,他把这张欠条还上了。只不过,让 Siri 真正变聪明的那颗“大脑”,不是苹果自己造的,而是谷歌的。 迟到两年的 Siri AI,不是苹果自己造的 苹果给新助手起了个简单直接的名字—— Siri AI 。唤醒方式没变,还是依靠“嘿 Siri”和侧边键,但它背后已经被彻底重写:能听懂你的个人上下文,能“看见”你屏幕上正在发生什么,能跨 App 替你把事办完,还能像聊天一样多轮对话、回答得有来有回。 图源:Apple 苹果在台上演示的几个场景,比任何参数都更能更直观的说明它变了多少。 当你随手拍了张海边的照片,问 Siri “这是哪儿”,它认出是圣克鲁兹的 Natural Bridges 海滩;你接着说“我朋友 Jeff 最近搬到附近了,导航过去、顺路去他家”,即使 Jeff 的新地址你压根没存过,只是某条短信里提过一句,Siri 也能自己翻出来、并把路线规划好了。 图源:Apple 在世界杯期间你想举办一个“观赛派对”:可以让 Siri 查开幕周赛程,接着让它“给巴西对摩洛哥这场,列两国的招牌菜”,Siri AI 不但列了菜、还配了图;你还可以再补充一句“我女儿前阵子提过一道甜点,把它加进来”,它就会从信息记录里翻出女儿推荐的椰子饼干,整合进整份菜单,最后直接把带菜单的邀请发进了“观赛小组”的群聊里。 图源:Apple 在 Mac 端,这种“能调动你全部资料”的能力更像生产力工具:你可以一次性选中几份格式各不相同的报价单,选中后右键问一句“帮我对比、做成表格”,Siri 直接生成对照表;你再让它“结合我儿子提过的那个电路问题挑一个方案”,它就能在邮件和信息里翻出那条消息、给出建议,最后还能替你起草一封催货邮件,把承包商的名字和邮箱都自动填好。 图源:Apple 这些能力苹果两年前就在广告里画过饼,却一直没有落地,今晚它终于端出来了, 唯一的区别是:这些功能不是苹果自己的造的。 按苹果的说法,这一代 Apple Foundatio...
Oracle (ORCL) stock just had the kind of day that spooks shareholders. Shares of the database and cloud giant tumbled about 9.6% on Friday, June 5, closing at $213.68 after opening near $229. That marked Oracle’s steepest single-day drop in months and one of the worst showings among large-cap ...
Oracle (ORCL) stock just had the kind of day that spooks shareholders. Shares of the database and cloud giant tumbled about 9.6% on Friday, June 5, closing at $213.68 after opening near $229. That marked Oracle’s steepest single-day drop in months and one of the worst showings among large-cap ...
Two new rape complaints have been filed against the 67-year-old singer and actor, who denies the claims French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, facing sexual assault allegations from multiple women, was taken into police custody on Monday, as two new rape complaints were filed against him. The 67-year-old, a major figure in French pop culture with multiple top-selling albums and more than 40 film a...
Two new rape complaints have been filed against the 67-year-old singer and actor, who denies the claims French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, facing sexual assault allegations from multiple women, was taken into police custody on Monday, as two new rape complaints were filed against him. The 67-year-old, a major figure in French pop culture with multiple top-selling albums and more than 40 film appearances, is being questioned about 13 victims, the prosecutor’s office in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre said in a statement. Agence France-Presse contributed to this report Continue reading...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has returned to Pyongyang’s Kumsusan State Guest House, the highly secluded counterpart to Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guest House. Xi began a two-day state visit to North Korea on Monday. He was welcomed at the airport by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, before attending a welcoming ceremony at Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Square and then heading on to the guest house. The g...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has returned to Pyongyang’s Kumsusan State Guest House, the highly secluded counterpart to Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guest House. Xi began a two-day state visit to North Korea on Monday. He was welcomed at the airport by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, before attending a welcoming ceremony at Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Square and then heading on to the guest house. The guest house, completed in 2019, was first publicly used during Xi’s visit to North Korea that...
In the face of increasing market saturation, China’s ride-sharing and taxi drivers are competing for passengers by offering extra, sometimes quirky, services, from selling snacks to giving haircuts. In China, ride-sharing driver, delivery rider and courier are said to be the three most popular jobs sought by the unemployed. China’s ride-sharing market witnessed a boom around 2015 and by 2024, Chin...
In the face of increasing market saturation, China’s ride-sharing and taxi drivers are competing for passengers by offering extra, sometimes quirky, services, from selling snacks to giving haircuts. In China, ride-sharing driver, delivery rider and courier are said to be the three most popular jobs sought by the unemployed. China’s ride-sharing market witnessed a boom around 2015 and by 2024, China had 7.5 million licensed ride-sharing drivers. Meanwhile, the market has become increasingly...
In my travels around the world, I’m often asked if the best days of Hong Kong are behind us. My answer is always an emphatic “no” – and this is not merely a pep talk. When you step back and take a broad macroeconomic view, it becomes clear that, structurally speaking, our greatest opportunities lie just ahead. While many commentators scramble to draw parallels between Japan’s “lost decades” and Ch...
In my travels around the world, I’m often asked if the best days of Hong Kong are behind us. My answer is always an emphatic “no” – and this is not merely a pep talk. When you step back and take a broad macroeconomic view, it becomes clear that, structurally speaking, our greatest opportunities lie just ahead. While many commentators scramble to draw parallels between Japan’s “lost decades” and China’s economic headwinds, they miss a far more apt and profound comparison: the phenomenon known as...
matdesign24/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash Buried near the bottom of table A-9 of the government's employment situation summary are the numbers for full- and part-time workers, with 35-or-more hours as the arbitrary divide between the two categories. The source is the monthly current population survey (CPS) of households. The focus is on total hours worked regardless of whether the hours...
matdesign24/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash Buried near the bottom of table A-9 of the government's employment situation summary are the numbers for full- and part-time workers, with 35-or-more hours as the arbitrary divide between the two categories. The source is the monthly current population survey (CPS) of households. The focus is on total hours worked regardless of whether the hours are from a single or multiple jobs. The Labor Department has been collecting this since 1968, a time when only 13.5% of US employees were part-timers. Over 55 years later, May's employment report showed that 17.6% of total employed workers were part time and 82.4% of total employed workers were full-time. Here is a visualization of the trend in the 21st century, with the percentage of full-time employed on the left axis and the part-time employed on the right. We see a noticeable crossover during the Great Recession when part-time work increased, and full-time work declined. Over the past few years, we have seen a similar crossover slowly form. The Impact of Recessions on Employment Let's zoom in a bit closer to see the impact of the Great Recession on employment. We’ve changed the start date of our next chart to the beginning of 2007. The reversal began in 2008, but it accelerated in the fall of that year following the September 15th bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. In January 2010, shortly after the official end of the recession, part-time work peaked at 20.1% while full-time work reached an all-time low of 79.9%. Afterwards, the two cohorts slowly drifted apart, with full-time employment increasing. Interestingly, this trend continued even during the COVID global pandemic and recession. It was only until recently that we started to see a slight reversal in this trend, with full-time work slowly declining while part-time work is on the rise. In December 2023, full-time employment dropped below 83.0% of all employment while part-time employment rose above 17.0% and we have ...
The Federal Communications Commission has waived a requirement for Amazon to launch half of its satellite broadband constellation by the end of July, a key regulatory reprieve that buys the tech giant time to get more of its spacecraft into orbit. Amazon won regulatory approval for the Amazon Leo network in July 2020. The FCC's authorization came with two deadlines. First, Amazon had to launch hal...
The Federal Communications Commission has waived a requirement for Amazon to launch half of its satellite broadband constellation by the end of July, a key regulatory reprieve that buys the tech giant time to get more of its spacecraft into orbit. Amazon won regulatory approval for the Amazon Leo network in July 2020. The FCC's authorization came with two deadlines. First, Amazon had to launch half of its 3,232 satellites by July 30, 2026, in order to maintain authorization to launch the rest of the network. The regulator gave Amazon a deadline of July 30, 2029, to have all of its first-generation satellites in orbit. It has been apparent for some time that Amazon would not meet the FCC's requirement to launch half of its satellites —1,616 spacecraft —by the end of next month. Amazon filed an application in January requesting the FCC extend the deadline to July 2028 or waive it altogether. The commission decided on the latter option, removing any time limit for the 50 percent deployment milestone, but keeping the July 2029 deadline in place for the entire constellation. Read full article Comments
President Donald Trump attends Game Three of the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8, 2026. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump was loudly booed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday night before the start of game three of the NBA Finals between the home team Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs...
President Donald Trump attends Game Three of the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8, 2026. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump was loudly booed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday night before the start of game three of the NBA Finals between the home team Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. The boos were thunderous in the Garden when Trump was shown on the Jumbotron with Knicks owner James Dolan in a suite well above the court during the playing of the National Anthem. The boos turned to cheers when the Jumbotron's focus turned to Knicks star Jalen Brunson shown standing on the court. Trump's attendance at the game caused waits of two hours or more for ticket-holding fans to enter the famed arena in Midtown Manhattan after security screening. The president's motorcade passed signs that read "Nobody wants you here" and "Trump must go," as it moved from lower Manhattan up the FDR Drive and over to the Garden. Two other signs "Impeach. Convict. Remove." When the motorcade pulled up to the Garden, people standing along the street booed it, while others waved American flags. Read more CNBC politics coverage Michael Dell courted Trump early. His company has reaped rewards Trump DOJ ‘lawfare’ fund temporarily blocked by judge as suit proceeds Bondi defends handling of Epstein files to House panel With Trump in the suite was his son-in-law Jared Kushner, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, and his valet and former fellow criminal case defendant Walt Nauta. A native of Queens who first gained fame as a brash Manhattan real estate developer, Trump is deeply unpopular in heavily Democratic New York City. Out of about 666,600 votes in the 2024 presidential election cast in the city, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris won nearly 534,000 votes compared to fewer than 114,000 for Trump. This is breaking news. P...