The European Union has announced details of new mandatory labels for smartphones and tablets sold in the bloc, which include ratings for energy efficiency, durability, and repairability. Hardware will also have to meet new “ecodesign requirements” to be sold in the EU, including a requirement to make spare parts available for repair.
The labels, which will be required for any devices that go on sale from June 20th onwards, are similar to existing ones for home appliances and TVs. They display the product’s energy efficiency rating, on a scale from A to G, along with battery life, the number of charge cycles the battery is rated for, letter grades for durability and repairability, and any applicable IP rating for protection from dust and water.
Källa: New smartphone labels for battery life and repairability are coming to the EU
Drivers cruising along I-45 between Dallas and Houston may soon spot semi-trucks with no one behind the wheel. Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation is launching fully driverless operations along this busy 200-mile stretch.
According to Axios, the company plans to start with a single autonomous truck and gradually expand its operations. The rollout marks one of the first real-world deployments of driverless freight trucks on public roads – something long promised but rarely delivered at scale.
Källa: Texas highways welcome first wave of self-driving freight trucks
A series of highly sophisticated Google phishing e-mails has been making the rounds in the past couple weeks. The scam combines a number of clever techniques to appear plausibly legitimate to the average person.
What are the signs to watch out for? Let’s break down this scam so you can avoid becoming a victim.
Källa: Google phishing scam e-mail deploys diabolical deceptions – The Mac Security Blog
Copilot, Microsoft’s AI assistant, appears to be struggling to match its competition in terms of popularity. The number of people using Copilot has remained around 20 million weekly users for the last year, according to tech newsletter Newcomer, while OpenAI’s ChatGPT has hit as high as 400 million weekly users.
The data was shared at an annual executive meeting in March by Microsoft’s chief financial officer Amy Hood, Newcomer reports, and raise some concerns about the AI future Microsoft is pitching. Microsoft uses OpenAI’s models to power Copilot, and the assistant offers similar features to ChatGPT, but they clearly don’t draw the same interest from users. The company has also built Copilot into Windows 11, Microsoft 365 and the Edge browser, without apparently reaping the benefit of additional user growth.
Källa: It seems like most Windows users don’t care for Copilot
Apple TV+ is over five years old, and besides its viral Ted Lasso moment, the streamer has struggled to gain mainstream traction until just recently. One producer who made a show for Apple thinks he knows why.
Apple’s marketing is ‘the best for iPhones, the worst for television’
Rafa Sales Ross at Variety recently interviewed TV producer Alex Berger, who made La Maison for Apple TV+. That partnership is apparently not one he intends to repeat.
Källa: Apple TV+ is ‘worst marketer in the universe,’ says producer – 9to5Mac
