Buying Apple hardware just became a little more like leasing a car. The tech giant has launched Apple Upgrade, a new US leasing program that lets eligible customers lease iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches through Klarna instead of purchasing them outright. The program replaces Apple’s long-running iPhone Upgrade Program for new customers and expands…
Tim Cook hosted his final quarterly earnings call as Apple’s CEO Thursday evening, and it ended on a positive note: Apple beat Wall Street analysts’ revenue estimates. But it appears to have done so via a one-time windfall: an estimated $2.19 billion in tariff refunds. “Company gross margin was 50.1 percent, including a favorable impact…
This week, the US Federal Communications Commission banned the import of foreign-made advanced mobile robots. Humanoid and quadruped robots are specifically named, indicating the true target is robotic versions of people and animals, but something else happens to be an “advanced mobile robot”: robot vacuums. So what does this ban mean? Though it’s effective immediately,…
Amazon reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and investors loved what they saw. Net sales rose 20%, and cloud revenue stood out as a particular bright spot. This combination of positive results was enough to send Amazon’s stock up nearly 10% in after-hours trading. Crucially, Amazon isn’t slowing down on data center spending, despite the…
Google plans to expand its Play Age Signals API globally, helping Android developers tailor app experiences without collecting exact birth dates. The post Google Plans Global Rollout of Privacy-Focused Age Signals API appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link
AI companies have spent years pulling training material from the internet. Now, as more of the web fills with AI-generated writing, some are looking for text in a place largely untouched by chatbots: used-book shelves. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might…
Zoë Schiffer: Oh my god, this is not where I thought that was going. Leah Feiger: No, really, really awful. And honestly, the drone footage of this basically turned me into the Joker last year. I just remember watching from above these belugas just kind of bouncing off walls. It was so upsetting, totally abandoned…
Only one state boasts more EVs than Florida, but the state has fewer chargers per vehicle than the national average. Despite that, state officials have decided to redirect federal funding intended for EV charging to build out an electric air taxi network, according to a report from the Miami Herald. Florida was awarded nearly $200…
Australia banned social media for under-16s. Italy just built something Australia’s law doesn’t have: a place for teenagers whose digital habits were already unhealthy before any ban existed. Florence has opened Italy’s first youth digital addiction centre, and its focus on counselling and community support, rather than restriction, gives Australia a preview of a problem…
Tinder has paused an AI-powered Photo Enhance tool that some users said altered their appearance, NewsNation reported. Former user Jenny Rubin told NewsNation that the tool edited her photo without her opting in. “It was extremely violating,” she told NewsNation’s Jesse Weber. “It felt pretty uncanny, to be honest. Those are not my teeth. That’s not…
