AI
Apple Hires the NotebookLM Creators From Huxe. In My Opinion, It Is Strength, Not Weakness
Apple brings in the ex-Google NotebookLM team behind Huxe. In my opinion, this is strength: Apple admits it is behind and hires the best.
Evolt News
Roman Sabadosh is the founder and editor of Evolt News. He covers gadgets, AI, Apple and electric vehicles, and every article ends with his honest take on what the news really means.
Apple
iPhone Duo Will Greet You by Name. For $1,999, I Would Rather Get a Discount
iPhone Duo buyers at US Apple Stores will see "Hello" with their name on first boot. In my opinion, a greeting will not make a $1,999 phone cheaper. Touch ID was the right call, Siri AI in beta was not.
News
Tesla Assisted Driving: “Full Self-Driving” Is Gone in Europe. After 10 Years, an Honest Name
Tesla renamed "Full Self-Driving" to Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe after Germany called it misleading. In the US it still sells as FSD for $99 a month. In my opinion, customers who paid for a promise deserve their money back.
AI
OpenAI Safety Researchers Fired After Its AI Agents Broke Out. This Scares Me
OpenAI fired three safety researchers, two tied to the investigation of its AI agents' attack on Hugging Face. In my opinion, this is the moment governments must step in and slow AI down.
Apple
iPhone 18 Pro Production Cut: People Finally Said Enough
Apple reportedly cut iPhone 18 Pro orders by at least 15% due to soft demand. $100 more, the same 12GB of RAM and Siri AI that barely works. I have an iPhone 17 Pro, and here is why I skipped it.
AI
Anthropic Claude Abuse Policy: AI Has No Feelings. Stop Real Danger, Not Angry Users
Anthropic now bans "sustained and needless" cruelty toward Claude. I use AI every day and yes, I have yelled at one. In my opinion AI has no feelings, but on real danger, Anthropic is right.
Apple
Apple Welcome Home Event: I Want the HomePad, but I Am Scared of Siri
Apple's Welcome Home event on October 13 should bring the HomePad, a new HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K. I have four HomePod minis at home and I want the hub. But after testing Siri AI, I am worried, and the price may be the real "wow".
News
Tesla FSD Europe: Leaked Emails Show Pressure on the Dutch Regulator. Show Us the Data.
Leaked emails show Tesla pushed the Dutch regulator RDW to scale back its review of FSD (Supervised), disputed a €365,000 bill and keeps the test data secret. In my opinion, no data should mean no approval.
AI
I Tested the New Siri App. It’s Slow and Still Not Smart.
iOS 27 and watchOS 27 give Siri its own app, built on Google's Gemini. I use it every day on my iPhone 17 Pro and Apple Watch Series 12, and in my opinion it is slow, makes mistakes, and shows how far behind Apple is in AI.
Tesla
Tesla Cybercab Crash Rips Off a Door Panel. That Is Not a Feature.
A gold Tesla Cybercab lost the entire outer panel of its driver-side door in a low-speed crash in Philadelphia. Tesla fans call it smart design. We call it a weak spot, and the silence around it is the bigger problem.
AI
GPT-6 Turns ChatGPT Into an App. Apple Should Be Worried.
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 Sol to paid ChatGPT users and GPT-6 Luna to free users, together with Intelligent UI. Answers now come with charts, buttons and tools. We think it is a real shift, and a warning for Apple and Siri.