The Tech News Roundup for Today:
- Preparing for Apple Intelligence through AI
- Big Tech: “It’s Glowtime” Event at Apple
- Cybersecurity: RAMBO is back
Artificial Intelligence is not the same as Apple Intelligence
At its September event on Monday, Apple revealed that Siri and upcoming iOS operating systems will incorporate Apple Intelligence. The artificial intelligence features, which will include email summaries, a new visual search that can recognize and extract text directly into a calendar event, and the ability to turn hastily written notes into eloquent emails, will be available to US customers as part of an iOS beta in the fall. The iPhone 16 series, which also has the new A18-series CPUs with better GPUs to satisfy AI’s processing demands, will be the platform on which Apple Intelligence makes its debut.
Why this matters Although Apple initially revealed Apple Intelligence during the June World Wide Developer Conference, the “It’s Glowtime” event highlighted how well-executed artificial intelligence integration may enhance user experience. There’s no escaping Apple Intelligence in the newest smart device models, according to CEO Tim Cook, who stated that the iPhone 16 “has been designed for Apple Intelligence from the ground up.” How people feel about having their technology think for them is still to be seen.
Apple Unveils iPhone 16, New Apple Watch, and Updated AirPods: iPhones Everywhere
Every fan of Apple knows that the firm will unveil the upcoming iPhone generation in September. The brightness of the new iPhone 16 series display can be adjusted between 1 and 2,000 nits. Taking pictures and modifying camera settings are now simpler thanks to a new button. The iPhone Pro and Pro Max variants feature a 5x telephoto camera, larger screens (6.3′′ and 6.9”, respectively), an even faster A18 Pro chip, Grade 5 Titanium construction, and more. With an OLED display and 20% less weight than the Series 9, the Apple Watch Series 10 is the smallest watch ever made.
Regarding headphones, Apple asserts that the AirPods 4 offer greater comfort compared to their predecessors. USB-C is now compatible with the charging case. For an extra $50, the AirPods 4-second version comes with active noise canceling. The clinically validated hearing test and adaptive hearing aid capabilities that adapt to the user’s needs in response to test findings are characteristics of the second version of AirPods Pro.
Why this matters Exploding Topics reports that while Android holds a 71% market share globally, nearly 60% of smartphone users in the US own an iPhone opens a new window. Customers are often interested in new gadgets, especially when they provide unique or surprising features. The A18 chip series, which is 30% quicker and uses less power than the A16 chip, is a 3 nm system-on-chip (SoC) processor with several processing cores that will be found in the 16 generations of the iPhone.
RAMBO Side-Channel Attack Aims at Networks That Are Air-Gapped
Retaining your data off a network is the simplest method to prevent it from being exfiltrated. Because these systems are physically separated from the Internet and are not connected to any external networks, they are referred to as “air-gapped” systems. Radiation of Air-gapped Memory Bus for Offense (RAMBO), a novel side-channel attack, however, can alter a device’s RAM to produce electromagnetic signals that radiate 1s and 0s via radio signal. An antenna can then be used to intercept these signals and transform them back to binary. Since the transfer rate is only 0.125 KB/s, it would take more than two hours to gather one megabyte of data. Nevertheless, keylogging may be done in real time, and a password can be stolen in less than two seconds.
Why it matters: Security solutions were not intended to measure electromagnetic pulses from a device while it was conducting routine operations; instead, they looked at the computer’s actual data processing. Luckily, the malicious party must first gain physical access to the air-gapped device to install the malware. The researchers recommend increased physical protection, frequency jammers, or even enclosing the air-gapped system in a Faraday cage because insider threats still exist.