vox populi : It ’s a cheery banking concern vacation weekend here in the UK and there ’s no better style to celebrate than by top our victor and loser for this week from the world of technical school .
This week saw some major software system update withAndroid 15 rolling outfor the first time on Pixel 9 devices andApple reportedly reconstitute its App Store businessin reaction to EU legislation .
Meanwhile , JBL launched a smart new pair of earbuds , Sonos abandon plans to release its old mobile appand Instagram bring us back to the MySpace days by pay for user toadd euphony to their profile .
Keep reading to learn who we name our winner and loser this week .
Winner: Procreate
This calendar week ’s winner is Procreate after developer Savage Interactive reassured GenAI doubter that the digital painting app would n’t be releasing AI shaft anytime before long .
While company like Adobe , Apple and Google are interfering let go generative AI tools such asFirefly , Image Playgroundand Pixel Studio , Procreate is charge to not jumping on the bandwagon .
“ I really … detest generative AI . I do n’t like what is happening in the manufacture and I do n’t like what it ’s doing to artists ” , said Colorado - beginner and CEO James Cuda ina video posted to X.
“ We ’re not plump to be introducing any generative AI into our intersection . Our Cartesian product are always designed and develop with the idea a human will be make something . We do n’t exactly experience where this taradiddle is going to go or how it end but we believe we ’re on the right course supporting human creativity ” .
Procreate also reassured users ina assertion on its websitethat it has no architectural plan to traverse exploiter activity or use it to direct AI model , make it a tempting refuge for any artists unquiet that they might be signing away the right hand to their fine art when join a new political platform .
This announcement came just days beforeGoogle found itself in hot water for the lack of restrictions present in its own Pixel Studio image generation app , with Digital Trends capable to father SpongeBob dressed as a Nazi , Barney the Dinosaur shooting Elmo with an AK47 and Paddington Bear collar to a crucifix , among many other things .
Loser: Google
Our failure this week is Google after the troupe support that it still wo n’t be offer show repairs for itsthird - contemporaries Pixel Watch . This means that if you so much as crack the screen , the watch will involve to be supervene upon entirely .
When the reporter need if this meant the Pixel Watch 3 could not be repaired at all , the representative respond : “ right ! Pixel Watch 3 is replacement only ” .
The want of fixing options for the Pixel Watch 3 is n’t a huge surprise given Google did n’t offer repair for any of the smartwatch ’s predecessors . However , it ’s inauspicious to see Google preserve the trend for another class .
Google has made other stances for sustainability , such as crap its Pixel , Fitbit and Nest packaging 100 % charge card - costless , but when it comes to Watch repairs , the company continues to create unnecessary wastefulness . There ’s no need to replace the entire gimmick in reception to a cracked screen , but it seems this is the only option Pixel Watch owners are given if they do n’t want to gaze at an wretched crack all mean solar day .
Not only is this uneconomical on Google ’s part , but it also place the encumbrance of the guilt on its customers as it forces them to conceive whether it ’s deserving creating so much unnecessary waste material when the Watch otherwise play perfectly hunky-dory .
