Why Tim Cook Rejects the ‘Metaverse’ Buzz and What Linux’s True Birthday Reveals
Tim Cook dismisses the “metaverse” label while praising AI and AR, Linus Torvalds clarifies Linux’s real birthday and discusses kernel warnings, and Windows 11 now demands TPM 2.0 even in virtual machines, highlighting key tech trends.
Apple CEO Tim Cook says he avoids the term “metaverse”.
In a Time interview, Cook emphasized Apple’s focus on safety and fairness, and expressed strong interest in artificial intelligence, noting its pervasive presence in facial recognition, fingerprint scanning, photo organization, and Siri, while acknowledging that we are still in early stages.
He also highlighted excitement about augmented reality (AR), describing it as an overlay that enhances rather than distracts from the real world, and dismissed “metaverse” buzz as a buzzword.
Linus Torvalds clarified that the true birthday of Linux is September 17, 1991, the date of the private 0.01 release, despite other dates being cited. He announced the release of Linux 5.15‑rc2, discussed the challenges of treating warnings as errors ( -Werror), and thanked contributors for addressing build failures.
Additionally, Windows 11 preview now requires TPM 2.0 even in virtual machines, prompting Oracle to add TPM 2.0 support to VirtualBox.
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