Amazing as it may seem, given that it can’t do anything else you actually ask it to do, Siri can predict the apocalypse. Or did, anyway. When asked in 2013, “What day is 27th July 2014?”, Apple’s cheery assistant supposedly replied, “The opening of the gate of Hades”, aka The End Of The World. That date is now ages ago, and the gate to Hades remains closed. Say what you like about the maligned MS Office paperclip, but at least Clippy didn’t claim that the end was nigh
