Apple has seemingly had one of its most useful AI tools blocked from Meta’s apps. Writing Tools, which is an Apple Intelligence feature, is not available to use in Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger.

Apple’s Writing Tools include options to proofread, rewrite, and summarize text almost anywhere you can type in iOS 18. A long press in a text input field usually brings up the feature, but not in any of Meta’s apps currently.

Brazilian blog Sorcererhat Tech spotted the lack of Writing Tools across Meta’s apps. Developers can choose whether to allow the tools in their apps, so it looks as if Meta has declined the offer.

According to a Wall Street Journal report from June 2024, Apple held discussions with Meta about integrating the Facebook owner’s AI model into iOS 18 as part of its Apple Intelligence feature set. However, Apple turned down the AI partnership due to privacy concerns. Apple instead ended up signing a deal with OpenAI to include optional ChatGPT access in its Siri responses.

Given the history of acrimony between the two companies – from Apple device interoperability demands to App Store feuds – it’s not all that surprising that Meta would choose to keep Apple’s AI out of its apps. Meta has also since rolled out its own AI features across its platforms.

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xAI has rolled out a new memory feature for Grok, its conversational AI, making the chatbot smarter and more personalized over time. With memory enabled, Grok can now recall past interactions – like your preferences or previous questions – to provide more relevant recommendations and responses.

According to xAI, this feature brings Grok in line with memory capabilities already found in platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini, where chat history can be revisited and used to enhance future conversations. Users can now rely on Grok to pick up where they left off, improving long-term usability.

The memory feature is currently available in beta on the Grok website and through its iOS and Android apps. However, users in the EU and UK will have to wait, as the feature isn’t yet supported in those regions. xAI says it plans to integrate memory into Grok’s built-in version on X (formerly Twitter) “soon.”

Just like with other memory-enabled AI tools, users have the ability to manage what Grok remembers, although telling Grok to “Forget” referenced chats won’t delete them from the user’s history.

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Alors qu’AMD dispose des Ryzen 9000X3D pour les joueurs, Intel pourrait avoir une réponse inattendue avec Bartlett Lake-S.

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The Realme 14T that surfaced online last month will be officially unveiled on March 25 at noon local time in India. Realme has revealed that the 14T will have a satin-inspired finish and three color options – Silken Green, Violet Grace, and Satin Ink. It will pack an AMOLED display, which, Realme says, will be the “segment’s brightest” with a peak brightness of 2,100 nits. And if you are wondering about the price segment, it will be between INR15,000 ($175/€155) and INR20,000 ($235/€205). Other features of the 14T revealed by Realme include a 50MP camera, 6,000 mAh battery, 45W…

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We’re seeing more signs of Samsung planning to release a new pair of budget wireless earbuds. We’ve known they carry the model number SM-R410 for more than a month now. This means the earbuds should be a direct sequel to the Galaxy Buds FE (SM-R400). However, new evidence suggests that Samsung might stray from the […]

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Un test de la GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 Go apparait. Il dévoile des différences de performance avec la version 16 Go. L’écart peut atteindre les 72%.

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Apple’s iPhone 18 models will adopt TSMC’s 2nm manufacturing process for the next-generation A20 chip, which will bring substantial performance and power efficiency improvements to next year’s iPhones, but it may also incur significantly more costs that Apple could pass onto the customer.

The latest corroboration that Apple will use TSMC’s 2nm process in next year’s iPhone models comes from Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station, who has sources in the Chinese supply chain. Industry analysts Ming-Chi Kuo and Jeff Pu have previously claimed as much, so it seems all but confirmed that Apple will adopt the more advanced silicon wafer technology.

Last year, Apple adopted 3nm chips for its iPhones and Macs, an upgrade over the prior 5nm mode. The switch to 3nm technology brought 20 percent faster GPU speeds, 10 percent faster CPU speed, and a 2x faster Neural Engine to the iPhone, and similar improvements on Macs. The upcoming iPhone 17 series is expected to feature processors made using TSMC’s N3P chip technology – an enhanced version of the 3nm process – but 2nm adoption in the iPhone 18 is expected to bring significantly more performance and efficiency gains.

The terms “3nm” and “2nm” describe generations of chip manufacturing technology, each with its own set of design rules and architecture. As these numbers decrease, they generally indicate smaller transistor sizes. Smaller transistors allow more to be packed onto a single chip, typically resulting in increased processing speed and improved power efficiency.

TSMC plans to start manufacturing 2nm chips in late 2025, and Apple is expected to be the first company to receive chips built on the new process. TSMC is building two new facilities to accommodate 2nm chip production, and working on approval for a third. TSMC generally builds new fabs when it needs to increase production capacity to handle significant orders for chips, and TSMC is expanding in a major way for 2nm technology.

However, with Apple expected to be the first major beneficiary of the new process, it is also likely to face significantly increased costs, which could see the iPhone 18 face another round of price hikes on top of possible price increases on this year’s iPhone 17 models due to U.S. import tariffs. Apple scored a reprieve from the 145 percent tariff impacting goods imported from China and the 10 percent tariff on goods imported from other countries, but it doesn’t sound like that’s going to last.

U.S. President Donald Trump is currently working on new semiconductor levies that will likely impact all Apple devices. Trump earlier this week said that no one is “getting off the hook” and there “was no tariff exception.” Apple and other tech companies are “just moving to a different tariff bucket,” with the 20 percent “Fentanyl Tariffs” still in place, and additional tariffs coming.

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Later this year, Samsung will release its slender flagship – the Galaxy S25 Edge. But that is not the only thin and light phone on the 2025 roster, the Samsung Galaxy M56 is the slimmest phone in its segment, according to the company. The Galaxy M56 is 30% slimmer than its predecessor In concrete numbers, the M56 measures 7.2mm thick and weighs 180g. For comparison, the A56 is 7.4mm and 198g, the M55 is 7.8mm and 180g. All three phones have 5,000mAh batteries and 6.7” screen. Speaking of the screen, it measures 6.74” and is a Super AMOLED+ panel that is 33% brighter and has 36%…

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