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Siri Helps Save Trapped Fisherman's Life

He was able to call 911 via earbuds after a boulder trapped him on jetty

(Newser) - A 28-year-old fisherman in Oregon man owes his rescue to first responders, but Siri gets credit for a crucial assist. As KPTV reports, Joe Little was alone on the Hammond Marina jetty near Astoria on Saturday when a large rock he routinely sat on shifted. "He put his feet...

iPhone Owners Can Claim Up to $95 Each in Siri Settlement
iPhone Owners May Have
Some Cash Coming Their Way
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Sep 26, 2026 5:50 AM CDT

iPhone Owners May Have Some Cash Coming Their Way

US buyers of recent Apple models may qualify for up to $95 each in $250M Siri class-action suit

(Newser) - Apple is cutting checks over Siri that could range from lunch money to something more substantial. The company has agreed to a $250 million settlement over claims it hyped up AI-powered Siri upgrades on the iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, and iPhone 16 lineup, then shipped devices with more...

Apple's New Boss Rolls Out the 'Duo'

'Actually, there is one more thing,' Ternus says before unveiling foldable phone

(Newser) - Apple's new boss used his first big moment to literally unfold a new era for the iPhone. John Ternus, who took over as CEO on Sept. 1, headlined Apple's product showcase Wednesday by revealing the iPhone Duo, a foldable model whose open screen is 80% larger than the...

Apple Rolls Out 'Truly Helpful' Siri AI

Tim Cook gets standing ovation at last WWDC as CEO

(Newser) - Apple is trying to reboot its AI story by giving Siri a major upgrade—and hitching it to Google. At its Worldwide Developers Conference, the company unveiled a revamped "Siri AI" that behaves more like a modern chatbot, can be used via text or voice without the "Hey...

Apple Now Has a $250M Tab It Owes Consumers

Company settles class action suit over delayed AI features for its iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 models

(Newser) - Apple's big AI pitch for the iPhone has landed it with a $250 million tab. The company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of overstating how ready its Apple Intelligence tools—like a beefed-up Siri—would be on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 15...

Apple Warns It Will Be Hit by Memory Squeeze

Tim Cook delivered a warning Thursday, along with blockbuster results

(Newser) - Apple just turned in a blockbuster quarter, along with a warning label. The iPhone maker said Thursday that phone revenue jumped nearly 22% to about $57 billion on the back of the iPhone 17 lineup, helping push total quarterly sales to $111.2 billion, ahead of expectations, the Wall Street ...

How to Get Your Share of Apple's $95M Siri Settlement

Claims open for devices on which Siri was activated without consent

(Newser) - Apple users who had private conversations accidentally picked up by Siri may now claim part of a $95 million settlement. The payout follows a class action lawsuit alleging Apple recorded users without consent and shared those audio clips with outside contractors. The affected period covers Sept. 17, 2014, through...

Apple Users Could Be in for a Payout

Company to pay $95M to settle class-action lawsuit alleging eavesdropping with Siri

(Newser) - Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the tech behemoth of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on users, per the AP . The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in a federal court in Oakland, California, would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple...

Apple Intelligence Is Out With Some Promised Features

Developer version will be followed by others over the next year

(Newser) - The debut version of Apple Intelligence rolled out Monday, providing a look at some of the improvements planned and clarity about which ones won't be out for a while. The release is a developer-only beta version of iOS, iPadOS 18.1, and MacOS Sequoia 15.1, the Wall Street ...

Apple Goes to Work on Siri to Catch Up With Chatbot Rivals

Virtual assistant has fallen behind, unable to handle more complex tasks

(Newser) - Apple bosses were not pleased after checking out OpenAI's new chatbot last year. ChatGPT, they realized, had lapped Siri. It employed generative artificial intelligence to write poetry and and computer code. It answered complex questions, while Siri often misunderstood direct ones. Siri couldn't compete. So Apple launched a...

Kids Have a Shaky Sense About Alexa's Feelings
Kids Have
a Shaky Sense
About Alexa's
Feelings
new study
Apr 1, 2024 8:43 AM CDT

Kids Have a Shaky Sense About Alexa's Feelings

Study finds that children are a little confused about the capabilities of smart devices

(Newser) - Young children don't have a great sense about whether smart devices such as Alexa and Siri have feelings like us, a new study suggests. Researchers in Scotland surveyed more than 160 kids ages 6 to 11 and found that many are unclear about whether the devices can think for...

Streisand Took Up Her Beef With Siri With Tim Cook

Singer didn't like how Apple's digital assistant pronounced her last name, so she made a call

(Newser) - Barbra Streisand must be annoyed at how often her first name is misspelled. Now, she's got another beef: how her last name is mispronounced. The 81-year-old singer is on the interview circuit to promote her new memoir My Name Is Barbra , coming out Tuesday, and in one interview airing...

His Car Plunged Into Freezing River. Siri Played the Hero

'Hey Siri, call 911' helped Gael Salcedo get out of the river alive

(Newser) - A young Iowa man is thanking firefighters and Apple's Siri for getting him out of an icy river alive. Gael Salcedo, 18, was on his way to North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City on Tuesday when he hit a patch of ice and lost control of his...

Whistleblower Reveals 'Secret' Siri Recordings

Apple tells contractors to stop listening to Siri recordings

(Newser) - Think Siri doesn't listen? It does at times—so Apple has told contractors to stop listening to recordings made on the iOS software, the Guardian reports. This after a whistleblower report in the Guardian found that contractors, hired to maintain quality control, were hearing private recordings made unintentionally by...

'Siri, I Am Going to Shoot Up a School'

Indiana teen arrested after disturbing query

(Newser) - A 13-year-old boy in Indiana ended up in juvenile detention after asking Siri a disturbing question—and sharing the results online. The Valparaiso Police Department says the teen told the Apple digital assistant, "Siri, I am going to shoot up a school," Fox reports. Police say the teen...

Unsecured Seat Latch May Have Doomed Teen
Trapped Teen Used Siri
to Call 911. It Wasn't Enough
The Rundown
Apr 13, 2018 1:28 PM CDT

Trapped Teen Used Siri to Call 911. It Wasn't Enough

Also, Cincinnati newspaper is able to re-create freak accident that killed Kyle Plush

(Newser) - It sounds too awful to be a true: A 16-year-old boy becomes trapped alone in the back of a minivan and suffocates to death despite calling 911 twice. How did it happen to Kyle Plush of Cincinnati? It seems the teen was grabbing his tennis equipment inside the parked 2004...

Apple Purchases Shazam
Apple Purchases Shazam
Dec 11, 2017 4:35 PM CST

Apple Purchases Shazam

The sound-recognition app was one of the iPhone's first

(Newser) - Apple has bought Shazam, the maker of a song-recognition app that Apple's digital assistant Siri has already been using to help people identify the music playing on their iPhones, the AP reports. The companies didn't disclose the price of the acquisition announced Monday. Technology news site Recode previously...

He Flipped a Switch and the Home Exploded. Siri Saved Him

Christopher Beaucher was checking on his mom's vacant NH cottage

(Newser) - A New Hampshire man who was injured in a house explosion is thanking Siri for saving his life. Christopher Beaucher says he was checking on his mother's vacant cottage in Wilmot on May 1 when he saw something suspicious and went inside, per the AP . He tells WMUR-TV when...

Fast-Thinking 4-Year-Old Saves Mom With Siri

He uses her thumb to unlock phone, then summons help

(Newser) - A tech-savvy 4-year-old boy saved his mother’s life by unlocking her iPhone with her thumbprint and using Siri to call an ambulance when she became unresponsive. The BBC reports that during the emergency call in south London, the boy identified as Roman thought his mother had already died, saying...

Streisand: Siri Mispronounces My Name, but Tim Cook Is On It

She says Apple head is putting out a fix

(Newser) - If you own an iPhone, the next iOS update on Sept. 30 will include a strange fix for Siri. It seems the Apple virtual assistant does not currently pronounce Barbra Streisand's name correctly, the singer recently told NPR . "[It's] Streisand with a soft S, like sand on...

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