Siri delays hurt, but half-baked features could have been a real Apple crisis

Apple’s recent Siri delays have stirred up a mess of bad press, and reportedly led to an all-hands meeting where an exec called the affair “ugly and embarrassing.” But per another key quote from that meeting, there’s no doubt Apple saved itself a world of trouble with the move. Reliability of new Siri features was 
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The Players Championship: Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler ready to tackle tougher test at TPC Sawgrass | Golf News

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are ready to embrace a tougher TPC Sawgrass test after getting themselves in contention heading into the weekend at The Players Championship. McIlroy followed an opening-round 67 with a four-under 68 on Friday morning, where he briefly held the solo lead before two bogeys in his last four holes dropped 
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‘Happy Pleasant Valley’ is a winning premiere at TheatreWorks

One thing we can say for certain about June is that she’s all about two things — sleuthing in the streets, and murder in the sheets. This may be an overly simplistic summation of the world premiere of “Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical” at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, co-produced with Center 
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Apple exec slams ‘ugly and embarrassing’ Siri delays in all-hands meeting

We’re one week removed from Apple’s decision to indefinitely delay the “more personalized” version of Siri that was first announced at WWDC 2024, and the blowback hasn’t let up. Now, Bloomberg has the details from an all-hands meeting for the Siri division inside Apple, where the Apple Intelligence delays were panned as “ugly” and “embarrassing.” 
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Review: ‘Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal’ at the Hammer Museum

In the exhibition, nineteen artists respond to Coltrane’s legacy with works that echo her spiritual and sonic experimentation. Photo: Joshua White Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. Last year 
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