By Nick Godt GM and LG Energy are developing a new battery-cell tech to lower the cost of EVs.

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By Siôn Geschwindt As Europe pushes for tech sovereignty, one open-source advocate has a warning: don’t forget global cooperation. Amanda Brock, CEO of industry group OpenUK, told TNW that the EU must “get real” about the trade-offs of going it alone. Brock said tech policymakers must move beyond “tit-for-tat schoolyard politics” and instead “protect global collaboration whilst ensuring the needs of their citizens are met.”   Her comments follow a speech by Eva Maydell in Brussels yesterday, where the Bulgarian lawmaker urged Europe to “sober up” in its quest for tech independence.   “We need to have a very clear outline plan which, first and foremost,…This story continues at The Next Web

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A report that crossed my desk today should be of interest to any enterprise seeking to get bigger benefits from their existing training budgets: it suggests that Apple’s soon-to-be growing family of visionOS devices really can boost training.

Researchers evaluated a 12-week electrical contracting certification program delivered at a facility in New Jersey. During the course, instructors used both traditional classroom and hands-on teaching alongside three modules developed by BILT for Apple Vision Pro.

The combination delivered impressive results, according to the report.

Spatial reality is good for learning

Apparently spatial computing can help with training with measurable results:

Students using the Apple devices completed the course almost 24% faster than classes using traditional curriculum alone.

76% of the class tracked at least three weeks ahead of schedule, while 88% were 2.5 weeks ahead.

93% of students said they felt ready to apply their new skills in the field. 

Student engagement increased by 50%; learners liked that immersive content allowed them to practice hands-on without risking damage, injury, or delay. 

The retention of knowledge also increased. Preliminary analysis suggests that observed retention of course material directly supplemented with spatial learning improved from 30%, including vocabulary and terminology retention, to 90% compared to cohorts.

In every measured metric, students completed learning tasks faster using visionOS than they did without, which gave instructors considerable additional class teaching time.

These should all be seen as significant outcomes. They suggest that using Apple’s spatial reality devices can and do deliver big improvements in training. You can watch a short overview of the results here.

Apple and the blending of reality

It also looks as if this kind of XR training can help students eliminate some errors completely. The study suggests that reverse polarity and sheathing errors were eliminated entirely (from 18% and 20% respectively, to 0%), while some wiring errors were reduced by 90%. It clearly makes a huge difference to some learners to interact with things in the virtual world while learning — “visual learners” are a thing; we knew it, and the tech leans deep into serving that need effectively. 

“BILT for Apple Vision Pro catapults students over the steep learning curve,” said BILT CEO Nate Henderson. “The study underscores how powerful immersive training can be for a new generation of workers.”

Of course, it should be considered that BILT’s report would make claims of this kind, given that delivering learning experiences in extended reality is part of what the company is all about. But the data — gathered through a range of metrics — aligns with what we’ve heard before.

We are seeing ever more illustrations of this kind of use, including Endo’s Spatial Computing Injection Simulator introduced last month, CAE’s Vision Pro-based pilot training solution, or the way the tools are used at Dassault Systèmes. Just as surgeons have already experimented with using VisionPro during surgery to collaborate with experts remotely to help handle challenging cases, BILT notes the potential for field service and other engineers to call in help with their own complex tasks.  

We do need some education

But when it comes to training, the big takeaway seems to be that use of visionOS helps make sure students get it right first time, which can boost confidence and make them more likely to get something right again. 

“Project one has so many fundamentals,” said Electrical Instructor, Kristian Desjardin. “Students seeing BILT on the Apple Vision Pro set the fundamentals up correctly from the beginning. If they mount their boxes right the first time, they’re going to mount right the second time. If they put their sheathing in the first time, it’s not going to take them until the third time. And that’s what we saw in projects 1-10.”

The instructors also claimed that they got their students through their learning grades far faster than they had before.

Can this work for everyone? It’s wise to maintain a certain incredulity when you experience stories of this kind, but the indication is that there are some learning tasks that really benefit from visionOS devices — and that using them may help people learn faster and more effectively. The inference has to be that such tools might yet enable swift skills education on a local, national, or even international level, which could help resolve some strategic skill gaps.

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By Siôn Geschwindt Google DeepMind’s AI systems have taken big scientific strides in recent years — from predicting the 3D structures of almost every known protein in the universe to forecasting weather more accurately than ever before.  The UK-based lab today unveiled its latest advancement: AlphaEvolve, an AI coding agent that makes large language models (LLMs) like Gemini better at solving complex computing and mathematical problems.  AlphaEvolve is powered by the same models that it’s trying to improve. Using Gemini, the agent proposes programs — written in code — that try to solve a given problem. It runs each code snippet through automated…This story continues at The Next Web

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Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) on Tuesday said it is laying off 3% of its employees, which equals an estimated 6,000 positions.

This move will reportedly include a cut in the number of middle managers in the company, though it will affect “all levels, teams, and geographies,” Microsoft told CNBC, which reported that the company is “aiming to reduce management layers.” It reported that the current layoffs are not tied to performance, unlike the round of layoffs in January.

A second goal, according to another report, is to increase the ratio of coders versus non-coders on projects.

While no official announcement about the layoffs was issued, a Microsoft spokesperson told Computerworld, “we continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace.”

Patrick Moorhead, founder and chief analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, said, “technology companies like Microsoft are rebalancing workforces to align with AI delivery and their internal use of AI tools. Delivering AI tools requires different developer and data skillsets, and Microsoft’s AI tools are making employees more efficient.”

Big tech headcount reductions routine

John Annand, practice lead at Info-Tech Research Group, agreed, and said that when it comes to staffing requirements, “the most important thing to remember is that big tech doesn’t operate quite like other companies. A periodic headcount reduction of 3%–5% is often routine housekeeping for firms like Microsoft, Cisco, Meta, Salesforce, and IBM.”

It is, he said, “certainly devastating for those affected, but the impact on customers is usually non-existent unless, like Google, for example, they cut an entire division or product team that your company happens to rely upon. In the case of stockholders, the impact can even be positive as the market rewards a perceived increase in profitability.” 

In addition, noted Melody Brue, VP and principal analyst at Moor, “for companies selling AI as a tool for workforce efficiency, a layoff of their own staff serves as a tangible demonstration that their technology delivers on its promise. This offers a subtle, often overlooked proof point that AI can achieve the very productivity gains they market, not just cost savings or headcount reduction.”

Reprioritization of resources

Jason Wong, distinguished VP analyst on the digital workplace team at Gartner, said, “Microsoft has made some significant organizational and operational changes over the past two years, such as discontinuing investments in HoloLens, creating a new CoreAI engineering division and unifying AI under Mustafa Suleyman. These changes likely drive the staffing changes we are witnessing, and Microsoft recalibrates talent and resources to deliver on new products and services.”

As well, Annand observed, “in today’s announcement, Microsoft explicitly cites a reduction in middle management and so seems to be taking what is so far, a very successful page from Lip-Bu Tan’s book as he focuses on turning around Intel.”

Google, he said, has “also recently been experimenting with modifying the day-to-day expectations of middle management with an eye for streamlining and increasing efficiency. The specter of AI coming for white-collar jobs looms large these days, but substantiating that fear remains difficult. In the drive for efficacy, a partnership between AI and their human counterparts, at least for now, seems to be required.” 

Jason Andersen, a VP and principal analyst at Moor, summed up the layoff announcement this way: “What we are seeing in software development organizations is a reprioritization of resources due to AI. Methods like scrum or other agile approaches can be significantly streamlined using AI tooling and AI-capable people.” This, he said, “leads to less effort on reporting and data gathering, so a reduction of this size makes sense. And for enterprise customers, this is good. More money goes into making better products and less goes into Microsoft internal processes.”

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Microsoft 365 apps for Windows 10 will continue to get security updates until Oct. 10, 2028, three years after the company ends support for Windows 10 this coming Oct. 14, Microsoft said in a blog post.

At the same time, the company noted that the apps could experience performance issues over time when running on Windows 10. If a customer contacts support about a problem with an M365 app for Windows 10 that does not occur on Windows 11, the customer will be told to upgrade to Windows 11.

If the user can’t do so, support will then only assist in troubleshooting the problem. Technical solutions might be limited — or not available at all. And it will not be possible to report bugs or request other product updates.

The extension of M365 support is a change from Microsoft’s plans in January, when it said support would end in October 2025.

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By Siôn Geschwindt Helsing, Europe’s best-funded defence tech startup, has unveiled its latest product — an autonomous mini-submarine for underwater reconnaissance.  Dubbed SG-1 Fathom, the sub is the latest addition to Europe’s growing fleet of ocean drones, which aim to better protect the continent’s ships and subsea infrastructure from surveillance, sabotage, and attacks.  The 1.95-metre Fathom is designed to slowly patrol the ocean for up to three months at a time. The vessel is powered by an AI platform called Lura. The system is a large acoustic model (LAM) — like a large language model (LLM) but for sound.  Lura is able to…This story continues at The Next Web

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Workday (Nasdaq:WDAY) won a contract to replace the HR systems at the US Office for Personnel Management (OPM) — and then a few days later it lost it, despite having no competition.

Two words on the US government’s System for Award Management (SAM) website put an end to the short-lived single source contract: “canceled justification.”

The contract, awarded on May 2 without a vendor bidding process, and cancelled on May 9, would have been for twelve months of services including core HR processing, payroll and benefits integration with audit-ready reporting, time and attendance tracking, talent acquisition and performance management, and compliance with federal-specific requirements such as FedRAMP, Title 5, electronic SF-52 routing, and audit trails. Compatibility with existing federal IT systems also figured in the requirements.

The implementation was to be complete within 90 days.

At just $342,200 it was a relatively small contract, but it could have led to a larger one given the services OPM provides to other government departments via its current system.

Operational failures

In its justification document for the original contract award on SAM, OPM said, “A sole-source award to Workday is necessary due to an urgent confluence of operational failures and binding federal mandates that require immediate action. OPM’s fragmented and outdated HR systems have reached a critical failure point, resulting in payroll errors, benefits disruptions, and a manual workload that is no longer sustainable.”

OPM used the document to defend its decision to award the contract without a competition, saying, “This acquisition is not the result of poor planning, but rather a response to an unanticipated acceleration of operational crises and federally imposed deadlines. Workday is the only responsible source capable of delivering the required capabilities within the time available, and full and open competition with other vendors would result in unacceptable delays, noncompliance, and mission failure.”

At the end of the contract period, OPM said, it intended to conduct a “full and open competition,” although it added that this would only occur “if no justifiable sole-source condition exists.”

Rule of law

The contract award drew criticism from current and former employees of OPM, Reuters reported, as well as from the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council, which makes recommendations to improve federal IT contracting.

IT-AAC director John Weiler thanked the OPM “for upholding the rule of law and taking corrective action” in a post on LinkedIn, adding, “OPM escaped a bruising protest that would have further delayed its HR modernization journey. Hopefully this is a lesson for others looking for shortcuts that the rule of law is not the problem. It’s how we implement!”

Asked about the contract cancellation, a Workday representative would only say that the company “remains committed to supporting the federal government with its HR modernization efforts.”

The OPM did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

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By Siôn Geschwindt Elon Musk has outlandish plans for Neuralink’s brain-computer interfaces, from giving people “superpowers” to downloading their memories. Spanish rival Inbrain Neuroelectronics has a simpler goal: improving our health — and nothing more. “I know Elon Musk might want to use Neuralink to drive a Tesla or something like that, but we will never go beyond therapeutic applications,” Carolina Aguilar, Inbrain’s CEO and co-founder, told TNW.   While Musk has captured headlines with futuristic ambitions for human enhancement, Inbrain has been steadily focused on developing its neural interfaces to treat neurological diseases. The company’s tech also stands apart. It’s built on the…This story continues at The Next Web

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Jamf (Nasdaq:JAMF) wants to make enterprise support for Android as easy as it has become for Apple and plans to expand into Android device management beginning in July, the company said.

The new support will be featured within the Jamf for Mobile solution, with the idea behind this integration to make it much easier for Apple-based enterprises to also support Android devices in use alongside their iPhone, iPad, and Mac fleets.

Raising all the boats

Enterprise tech will be able to manage Apple and Android platforms from within the same Jamf console they already use. The company stressed that the addition of Android support should improve its offer to Apple-based businesses.

“For years, we’ve helped organizations do more with mobile by focusing on the best platform for work: Apple,” said Henry Patel, chief strategy officer at Jamf. “By adding basic Android enrollment to Jamf for Mobile, we’re enabling Apple-first organizations to eliminate friction — so a few Android devices don’t stand in the way of delivering exceptional Apple experiences at scale.” 

Patel stressed that the upcoming Android support should be considered a positive additive to the company’s existing Apple focus, rather than reflecting any thawing ardor for the company’s computing platforms. “This addition helps us support customers who primarily use Apple, but also have some Android in their environment — without forcing them into a one-size-fits-all UEM platform,” he said.

I expect Jamf wants to approach that challenge with its customary “consumer simple” mindset, intentionally ensuring that supporting Android alongside Apple creates no additional friction and is convincingly easy to use. “Jamf’s commitment to Apple remains unwavering,” he added.

Apple MDM has become a diverse market

It is, of course, also true that the Apple device management space is becoming increasingly competitive, with many new players achieving market traction. Hexnode, Fleet, and others each desire clear product positioning to help their services stand out. And while the Apple-in-the-enterprise market is growing swiftly enough to sustain multiple providers, Jamf is clearly not blind to the reality that several competitors now offer support across multiple platforms — some support every platform.

Not that this reality appears to have dented Jamf much. 

The company’s most recent financial report revealed a 10% increase in revenue, exceeding estimates to reach $167.6 million for $37.6 million non-GAAP operating income. Highlights in that quarter included the acquisition of Identity Automation and international revenue growth of 16%. The company expects FY 2025 revenue to increase 10%-11% year-on-year. 

From the perspective of the Apple MDM industry, Jamf doesn’t seem to be under pressure — yet. But as one of the premium Apple MDM services, the company must continue to polish its offerings to help maintain its leadership reputation. 

Building reputations, one announcement at a time

In business, halos seldom shine without a little bit of help, and the addition of Android support to the service Jamf provides to enterprises managing 1,000+ devices is a convenience for those managing diverse fleets. It’s a way the company can continue to help its products stand out.

That also means Jamf won’t be alone in making service optimization news in the coming months; the all-important enterprise buying season is upon us, which means I expect most credible Apple-in-the-enterprise service providers to make announcements in the coming weeks. 

Looking forward, Apple’s enterprise partners will also be anxious to hear about any business-focused announcements at the company’s forthcoming Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) next month. Will Apple fix some of the pain points, such as more automated deployment tools, enhancements to Declarative Device Management, or introduce more granular controls to limit or constrain use of AI on managed devices?

Only time — and Apple’s keynote and developer’s presentations — will tell. Meanwhile, Android-for-enterprise evangelists can now look forward to their devices gaining a little more credibility, thanks to Apple’s long-time enterprise deployment partner. 

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By Thomas Macaulay Five standout scaleups from the UK have made it into TECH5 — the “Champions League of Technology.”  The selections complete the UK and Ireland regional round of the tournament, which will now crown Europe’s hottest scaleup. Both Ireland and the UK had no shortage of contenders. Each nation boasts impressive digital track records. The UK is often regarded as Europe’s leading tech hub. The country has a thriving ecosystem of startups, a strong investment landscape, and a world-class talent pool.  Last year, the country retained its position as the number one destination in Europe for tech investments, raising €17.5bn. London…This story continues at The Next Web

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A new survey by VPN provider Surfshark has found that Chrome collects the most information from users’ phones, while “TOR stands out as the most privacy-centric browser by collecting no data at all.”

The two were among 10 that researchers analyzed, after using AppMagic, a market intelligence tool, to select the most popular browser apps on Apple phones in the US in 2025, they said in a post outlining their findings.

The researchers noted, “Chrome is the most data-hungry, collecting 20 different data types across numerous categories. These include contact info, financial details, location, browsing history, search history, user content, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics, and other types of data. Chrome is the only browser that collects financial information, such as payment methods, card numbers, or bank account details.”

It is also, they stated, the only browser that collects a list of contacts from the user’s phone, address book, or social graph.

The researchers said that the remaining browsers each only collect an average of six data types, with Bing having the second-largest appetite, collecting 12 data types. Apple’s Safari browser collects eight.

Other findings revealed that:

40% of the analyzed browsers apps collect users’ locations. Safari, Chrome and Opera “collect coarse location, which refers to a user’s or device’s location with less precision than exact latitude and longitude. Bing is the only app that collects precise location data.”The report pointed out that 60% of the apps don’t collect any location information, suggesting that it is not necessary for a browser app to collect user location in order to function. “This raises concerns about why some browsers collect this data and how it is used,” the researchers wrote.

Only Opera, Bing, and Pi Browser ads collect data used for third-party advertising.

Pi Browser, Edge, and Bing collect data that is used to track an individual.

DuckDuckGo and Firefox fall into a moderate category in terms of data collection, the study found; they avoid collecting the most sensitive data. They do gather information such as user contact information, identifiers such as device ID, usage data, and diagnostics. “These browsers may suit users with moderate privacy concerns but still require robust browsing capabilities,” the researchers noted.

In terms of worldwide market share on Apple devices, Chrome and Safari account for 90% of the total.

When asked for his reaction to the findings, Forrester Senior Analyst Andrew Cornwall said, “If you’re interested in privacy, a mobile device is not your friend. Both Apple and Google learn a lot about you through your interactions with your phone. Android users expect some level of snooping in return for subsidized hardware and software. Apple users expect more privacy but leave a similar digital trail that Apple can follow.”

Most users, said Cornwall, “are willing to trade some privacy for ease of use. They like not having to enter passwords manually. They may be willing to let Chrome remember their credit card details if it means the browser will fill in the field for them when they’re paying bills online. They use Gmail as their email provider. However, users don’t realize how much information about them is collected.”

Safayat Moahamad, research director at Info-Tech Research Group, said, “mobile browsers are uniquely positioned to observe user behavior. Companies like Google and Microsoft use the data they collect (such as search terms, visited sites, and geolocation) to personalize services, improve features, and more crucially, power targeted advertising.”

The more granular the data, he said, the more valuable it becomes for ad revenue and product stickiness, as well as for inferences about user intent that drive business decisions. 

Asked if the current regulatory gaps allow browsers to collect data without adequate oversight, and could new laws change the game, he said that the answer is yes and no: “The recent Honda–CPPA settlement is a prime example. Regulators found that cookie consent practices lacked symmetry. Users weren’t given equal options to accept or reject tracking.”

This highlights a broader problem, said Moahamad “which is that many browsers enable tracking that circumvents true consent through dark patterns or deceptive settings. Despite laws like GDPR and CCPA setting important guardrails, new laws, like the EU’s Digital Markets Act and enforcement action such as US FTC’s settlement with Honda, aim to close these gaps and give users actionable control.”

What it all means, he said, is that there are “absolutely security risks for the users, and they’re growing. Browsers store session cookies that keep you logged in, and hackers are now stealing those cookies at scale, 17 billion and counting.”

According to Moahamad, “this lets attackers bypass passwords and even MFA, slipping silently into your accounts. Malware, rogue extensions, and phishing links are all entry points. Users may feel safe with 2FA, but if your browser is compromised, your defenses fall apart.”

When  it comes to the collection of personal data via browsers, said Cornwall, “there are no technical solutions, only mitigations. Deleting cookies, disabling location, and renewing location/advertising IDs on device can help, but Apple and Google still know your device ID.”

Strong data protection legislation, he said, “has been enacted in some jurisdictions, with financial penalties to enforce user privacy rights. However, that leaves opportunities for multinationals to hide amidst a patchwork of laws.”

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In a surprise to nobody, Apple is developing even more processors for use in its devices. It makes total sense. In case you hadn’t noticed, silicon is becoming a national and international strategic priority to governments everywhere that have identified, correctly, that computer chips are as essential as energy if you want to enter a new age of AI-driven digital efficiency. 

With that in mind, is it any wonder that America’s biggest beleaguered company, Apple (no, that’s not Microsoft anymore), is focusing the skill and power of its silicon development teams on designing and developing all the processors used across its systems?

Designed by Apple in California and beyond

Think about it and that’s not so surprising.

We know Apple’s team develops the A- and M-series processors used inside Apple iPhones, iPads, and Macs. 

We also know the company makes the C-series 5G modems it is beginning to put inside devices. 

It also makes S-series chips for Apple Watch, R1 chips for use in Vision Pro, T-series System Management chips used inside Intel Macs, W processors as used in wearables, H chips in AirPods, and U inside AirTags. 

Apple also makes/has made additional system components from time to time, such as the M-series motion co-processors the company made until about 2017. (The M-series was subsequently applied to Apple’s chips for iPads and Macs.) 

The ill-fated AirPower project also leaned into custom-designed chips, but not much is known about those.

That’s a lot of design, a lot of iteration, and a lot of silicon already coming out of the company. Making more of it is a no-brainer.

Made all over the place, really

Except Apple doesn’t really make anything. Apple doesn’t have its own factories churning out hardware or processors. Instead it gets manufacturing partners to make them to its design and on its behalf.

TSMC is the biggest Apple chip manufacturer at this time — Apple accounts for about a quarter of its business and is TSMC’s biggest customer. Those chips have until recently been manufactured at TSMC factories far away, but this is beginning to change as TSMC’s first US chip-making factory begins to churn out chips in Arizona. 

That factory was built in response to the first Trump administration’s push to bring manufacturing into the US and is now online popping processors out for Apple’s phones. Discussing that arrangement at the time, Apple COO Jeff Williams said: “Apple is deeply committed to the future of American manufacturing, and we’ll continue to expand our investment here in the United States.” 

What drove the US to try to persuade TSMC to do this wasn’t just to feed a desire to create a few hundred specialized jobs and flash a fanciful good news story to voters; instead it reflects the strategic importance of silicon design to the US economy. It’s hard for governments to ignore that the vast majority of chips used in any electronics device are made in the strategically sensitive Asia Pacific region. That’s even before grappling with the challenge of obtaining the rare earth and other materials used inside processors, which are — like wealth — unevenly distributed. 

Just like the vast majority of people on our planet have little or no money, most nations have little or no access to the rare earths used in silicon design. But designing the chips that make use of those materials is a big part of the story. As is recycling: reusing material that is already in the US makes total sense as companies seek to source rare materials elsewhere.

Advantage, Apple

Apple arguably has the best silicon development team in the world — at least, outside Arm. The chips used in iPhones and Macs lead the industry, generating performance per watt that no one out there can match. It’s a strategic advantage for Apple, which in itself can be seen as an advantage for the US on a national basis. A US company owns those designs, which seals one aspect of digital dominance. 

With that in mind, it’s inevitable that Apple will want to maintain its focus on processor design. Doing so gives the company a competitive advantage while also propping up national security, at least to some extent.

If that is the case, then it is interesting that one of the new processors it is making is suitable for use in wearable devices — for Apple, that’s the AR glasses it has hoped to develop for years as it competes against Meta. Apple is also developing next-generation chips for Macs and iPhones, which is no surprise at all, and processor chips for Apple Intelligence servers. To some extent, the only surprise there is that the company is building a new low-power, high-performance processor capable of delivering the tough tasks required for spatial computing in spectacles.

Furthur

Of course, once the company has made spatial computing systems that exist in wearable glasses, then the promise of visionOS becomes far greater. Even now we’re seeing visionOS devices used across a range of enterprises, from medical to law enforcement. Being able to wear a real computer (as opposed to a gaming and ads platform) like sunglasses will be of key importance across a range of industries of tomorrow. Surveillance-as-a-service firms will make billions. Which makes wearables strategically significant. 

Apple’s purpose in all of this matches an international drive toward discreet computing, or the minimization of computer interfaces. These agendas dovetail with Apple’s need to perpetually plan the future of its business, and, increasingly, also with US economic and military security. 

That’s quite a lot of food for thought in one slice of silicon.

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