Innovation

One giant leap forward for technology but one mammoth step backwards in terms of advancing gender equality?

A widespread outage of Apple’s instant messaging service was reported Friday morning, with thousands of users reporting problems on Downdetector, though Apple reported shortly after 7 p.m. that the issue had been “resolved.”

Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd has suggested, in the not-too-distant future, online daters could have ‘AI concierges’ that ‘date’ each other to find the best possible matches.

Apple sparked online outrage after releasing an ad for the new iPad Pro, which unintentionally mirrored the fierce controversy around generative AI in the arts.

As we edge closer to the expected unveiling of the next iPhones, the iPhone 16 series, there have already been numerous leaks, from different displays on some models to wider implementation of the exceptional tetraprism camera, more efficient OLED displays and an improved main camera sensor. Now, there’s a report of a change that’s a complete surprise: a change to MagSafe. Not only might this mean a better look, but a significant performance uptick, too.

Patients treated by female doctors fare better than patients treated by male doctors, according to new research published Monday, despite the field struggling to improve female representation in research and among practitioners.

Canva is using it. Woolworths is too. So is unicorn Culture Amp. Some of Australia’s most successful companies are utilising Google Cloud’s generative AI capabilities. Google Sydney opened its doors to Forbes Australia to show us the multimodal power of Gemini Pro.

The world’s largest memory chip maker by sales reported an operating profit of 6.6 trillion won ($4.9 billion).

Apple laid off more than 600 workers in California, the company disclosed in a set of filings with the state’s Employment Development Department published on Thursday, weeks after reports of the company cancelling its self-driving car project and in-house efforts to build Apple Watch displays.

Biotech startup eGenesis developed a gene-edited kidney that was successfully transplanted into a living patient last week. Its CEO says the company is just getting started.