Apple’s earnings show that, yeah, it’s really time for some new iPads
The services business continues to pick up the slack and set records during a slow phase for pretty much all of Apple’s hardware categories.
The services business continues to pick up the slack and set records during a slow phase for pretty much all of Apple’s hardware categories.
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As pointed out on Threads by @zebulon.vance, it looks like the problem was an OpenAI outage Thursday evening that was addressed about 45 minutes later.
The only remaining issue is that even after paying $200, your ability to even try to get responses from your Rabbit R1 AI hardware depends on other AI companies keeping things running 24/7.
In an interview with CNBC correlating with Apple’s Q2 earnings, CEO Tim Cook was asked for his thoughts on the Department of Justice’s major antitrust lawsuit against the company.
“I think the case is misguided, and we’re going to fight it,” he said. “It’s my job to make sure it doesn’t become a distraction. And so, you know, if you look at what they’re trying to do, is essentially use the law to define how we design products. And that shouldn’t be like that.”
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There’s challenging combat and platforming puzzles, but the hardest part of the game is grappling with its emotional story.
InsideEVs Editor-in-Chief (and former Verge contributor) Patrick George spoke to two recently laid off employees from Tesla’s Supercharger team about what’s going to happen to the company’s once-vaunted EV charging network now that it’s been gutted. They’re worried that broken chargers will take longer to fix, as the employees that are left race to respond to outages. In short, it’s going to short circuit.
Beats’ very orchestrated teases of a new Beats Pill portable speaker are continuing this week. F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo was seen carrying it in the exact same way that LeBron James did last month.
‘Tis the season for new speakers, after all.
Private equity firms are a blight on society, but Sony is hoping that its offer to buy Paramount for about $26 billion with the help of Apollo Global Management will be tempting enough to get the studio to consider biting — something Skydance and its private equity partner Redbird Capital Partners haven’t been able to do just yet.
[The New York Times]
We found a collection of unique gift ideas that go beyond the flowers and chocolates that typically rule the day.
A dam in the Philippines dried out, revealing the flooded town of Pantabangan. This is the sixth time the town has emerged, but Philippine officials believe this is the longest it has been visible.
Asia was named the most disaster-prone region in the world. Sweltering temperatures forced government officials in the Philippines to close schools.
I love a good iFixit teardown, and this one is super instructive. You can really see how much more polished and complex the AI Pin is, but both have a lot of tech and design even inside their cases. And if you’re thinking, gosh, there’s a lot of phone-like stuff in here... you’re getting it.
The effort may be an attempt to force a vote on KOSA, which has stalled in both chambers despite having broad support in the Senate. The FAA law expires May 10th.
A bipartisan group of legislators introduced a companion to the Senate’s KOSA bill in April, but the House has yet to vote on it.
Krispy Kreme is currently the most popular free iPhone app in the US. That puts it above Google and TikTok.
Wondering what sparked this rise? The company’s dozen days of deals, apparently.
Over on Google Play, Krispy Kreme is in the #25 slot. I’m not sure what that says about the donut intake between iOS and Android users, but there you go.
On today’s Decoder, Verge transportation editor Andy Hawkins and I try to figure out Tesla. The company has been on a real rollercoaster these past two weeks — in terms of its stock price, its basic financials, and well, its vibes. With Elon Musk saying he’s going all in on autonomy and announcing a robotaxi event in August, it seems like we’re getting closer to a make-or-break moment for the company.
Between when we recorded this episode and today, there have been more than a half dozen new updates in the Tesla saga, including another wave of layoffs. That is a lot of chaos for a company that is trying to execute a huge pivot to become a very different kind of business than it is today — and do so very quickly. Like I said, Andy and I tried to explain Tesla. You let us know if we succeeded.
Netflix is really making a meal out of the sixth and final season of Cobra Kai, which will total 15 episodes split into three parts. The first is out July 18th, followed by part two on November 28th. But for the “Finale Event” fans will have to wait until 2025.
Our guide to the most interesting games, movies, and TV shows of the year.
Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition is leaving PlayStation Plus Extra on May 21st, as reported by Eurogamer and VGC. Subscribers did get the game for free in 2021, which will still be available. There’s speculation a previously reported remastered version is... on the horizon.
[Eurogamer.net]
After dropping Discovery networks this week, Fubo co-signed a letter with Dish, DirecTV, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Markets Institute, and others asking Congress to hold hearings about the sports streaming joint venture “that would control 80% of national live sports broadcasts:”
We cannot think of any scenario in the history of the United States where consumer interests have been served when such an important industry — here, access to live sports — is effectively controlled by three programming giants.
[Fubo]
That’s according to Apple’s Eddy Cue in court documents filed ahead of closing arguments in the DoJ’s antitrust case against Google. It’s the first time the number has been confirmed, and marks an increase from the $18 billion reportedly paid in 2021. The filing also shows that Google’s 2020 payments were 17.5 percent of the Apple’s operating income.