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Apple keeps spending less to make more: Chart of the Week
Apple may be having issues keeping its revenue growth up, but its growing services business has turbocharged its margins, which continue to increase significantly overall.
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These Countertop Ice Makers Churn Out Pounds of Cubes at a Time
Ice machines can churn out pounds of ice a day, so you’ll never run out when you need it. Here are our recommendations for the best countertop ice makers.
9 min read - BusinessWashington Post
Tesla retreat from EV charging leaves growth of U.S. network in doubt
Tesla’s abrupt decision to lay off its electric-vehicle charging team and reduce its investments in public charging is a blow to the U.S. network, which has long relied on Elon Musk to build the bulk of the country’s fast chargers. The sudden layoffs this week left Tesla construction vendors uncertain whether to carry on with the charging projects they were building, though one vendor said the company has since confirmed that existing projects should continue.Subscribe to The Post Most newslette
6 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Google Takes Questions Over Ads as US Trial Comes to a Close
(Bloomberg) -- Judge Amit Mehta presided over two days of closing arguments, concluding on Friday, in the US antitrust challenge to Alphabet Inc. Now he’ll head off for weeks or months to consider a ruling that could have significant consequences across the tech industry. Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineApple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, BuybackG-7 Eyes Plan on US-
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Luminar cuts 20% of staff and outsources lidar production
Lidar company Luminar is slashing its workforce by 20% and will lean harder on its contract manufacturing partner as part of a restructuring that will shift the company to a more "asset-light" business model, as it aims to scale production. Luminar is also cutting ties with "the majority" of its contract workers. "Today, we stand at the crossroads of two realities: the core of our business has never been stronger across technology, product, industrialization, and commercialization; yet at the
1 min read - LifestylePopular Mechanics
Our Picks for the Best Refrigerators from LG, Bosch, Samsung and Other Top Brands
Whether you’re looking for a straightforward top freezer that’s reliable or a smart fridge, these are the models we recommend.
7 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Elon Musk’s X to Summarize News Events Using Grok AI
(Bloomberg) -- X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, will start summarizing news events inside the app by using xAI’s chatbot, Grok. Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineApple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, BuybackG-7 Eyes Plan on US-Led $50 Billion Aid Package for UkraineEven the World’s Most-Envied Retirement Plan Is Falling ShortThe AI-generated summaries will rely
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X launches Stories, delivering news summarized by Grok AI
X, formerly Twitter, is now using Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok to power a feature that summarizes the personalized trending stories in the app's Explore section. See what the world is talking about with Stories on X, curated by @grok.
5 min read - TechnologyPopular Mechanics
We Tried the Best Indoor Security Cameras to Keep Your Home, Pets, and Kids Safe and Watched Over
Check on your home from anywhere, including behind the closed door of your home office. We tried the best indoor security cameras and recommend our favorites.
13 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Stock market today: Stocks surge as jobs report revives rate-cut bets, Apple jumps 6%
Surprisingly upbeat Apple earnings were boosting spirits in the wait for the monthly jobs report.
1 min read - BusinessGizmodo
A ChatGPT Outage Briefly Broke the Rabbit R1
Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu defended the Rabbit R1 for the last week, telling Gizmodo and other outlets that it’s “not an Android app.” Now, he may have to defend the next fatal claim for an AI device: that it’s not just a ChatGPT wrapper. The push-to-talk feature on Rabbit R1s experienced a brief outage on Thursday night, caused by an outage to OpenAI’s API that occurred at the same time, first spotted by The Verge.
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Democratic officials criticize Meta ad policy, saying it amplifies lies about 2020 election
Several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In the letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the secretaries of state from Colorado, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Vermont said allowing such ads will further erode trust in elections and fuel threats of political violence against election workers, which alrea
3 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024.
15 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Three things we learned about Apple's AI plans from its earnings
Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't give much away about the company's AI plans on Thursday's Q2 earnings call with investors, but he did confirm a few tidbits about how the tech giant plans to move forward with artificial intelligence. Notably, his comments suggested that despite spending more than $100 billion on R&D over the last five years, Apple isn't planning to spin up too many new data centers to run or train AI models. While we've known this for some time — after all, Apple has been calling its
5 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Fisker stiffed the engineering firm developing its low-cost EV and pickup truck, lawsuit claims
Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost EV meant for the masses, and the Alaska, Fisker’s entry into the red-hot pickup truck market. In the weeks that followed, Fisker stopped paying the engineering firm that helped develop those vehicles, according to a previously unreported lawsuit filed in federal court this week.
6 min read - TechnologyGizmodo
Microsoft says it released 30 responsible AI tools in the past year
Microsoft shared its responsible artificial intelligence practices from the past year in an inaugural report, including releasing 30 responsible AI tools that have over 100 features to support AI developed by its customers.
3 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Sprinklr lays off more than 100 employees
Sprinklr, a U.S. firm offering a customer experience management platform to global brands, has laid off about 3% of its workforce — around 116 people — to realign its customer operations team, the company confirmed to TechCrunch in a statement. The New York-headquartered company, which counts Microsoft, Samsung, P&G and over 60% of the Fortune 100 companies globally as customers, started notifying affected employees in markets including the U.S. and India about its decision on Thursday, TechCru
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EQT snaps up API and identity management software company WSO2 for more than $600M
WSO2, a company that provides API management and identity and access management (IAM) services for enterprises, has been acquired by Swedish investment giant EQT. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but TechCrunch has learned via sources that the deal values WSO2 at "more than" $600 million, with EQT attaining a "significant majority" stake for the price. WSO2's products include an open source API manager, comparable to something like Google's Apigee, which businesses use for building and in
3 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Climate tech investment roars back with an $8.1B start to 2024
Climate tech startups raised $8.1 billion in the first quarter, near record amounts of money that suggest 2023’s quiet close might have been more of a blip than the sign of a protracted downturn. The figure, contained in a new report from PitchBook, shows that climate tech hasn’t succumbed to the same slowdown that has dragged on the rest of the venture community. A deeper look into the $8.1 billion raised in the first quarter shows that investors focused their attention on materials, includin
4 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Allozymes puts its accelerated enzymatics to work on a data and AI play, raising $15M
Allozymes' ingenious method of quickly testing millions of bio-based chemical reactions is proving to be not just a useful service, but the basis of a unique and valuable dataset. The company just raised a $15 million Series A to grow its business from a helpful service to a world-class resource. The company has grown to 32 people in the U.S., Europe and Singapore, and has 15 times the lab space, which it has used to accelerate its already exponentially faster enzyme-screening technique.
6 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Cloud revenue accelerates 21% to $76 billion for the latest earnings cycle
If you were concerned about slowing cloud infrastructure growth for a time in 2023, you can finally relax: The cloud was back with a vengeance this quarter. The market as a whole was up a healthy $13.5 billion to $76 billion, up 21% over the first quarter in 2023, per Synergy Research. If you’re wondering what’s driving the growth, you probably guessed that it's related to generative AI and the copious amount of data required to build the underlying models.
3 min read - TechnologyEngadget
Rabbit R1 review: A $199 AI toy that fails at almost everything
The Rabbit R1 is a cute AI gadget, but at launch it’s riddled with issues and terrible battery life. When phones can handle similar AI tasks, the R1 doesn’t do enough to justify its existence.
8 min read - WorldAssociated Press
An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war
With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in. It was fitting that the dogfight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, a vast desert facility where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound and the military has incubated its most secret aerospace
4 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
TechCrunch Minute: Spotify’s move to paywall lyrics is putting pressure on free users
Spotify's slow movement to put lyrics behind its paid service wall in its music service are about as popular as you would expect. Precise details of the update are evolving but what we can say at this point is that it seems that Spotify has a new feature up its sleeve to try and get free users to convert to is paid service. Sure, it's a little weird that Spotify is going to start putting information that is freely available online behind a paid wall, but the company is in a slightly difficult
2 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
UnitedHealth data breach should be a wake-up call for the UK and NHS
The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, with CEO Andrew Witty confirming this week that it may impact as much as one-third of the country. As one of the largest healthcare companies in the U.S., UnitedHealth is well known domestically, intersecting with every facet of the healthcare industry from insurance and billing and winding all the way through
6 min read - ScienceTechCrunch
NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches
NASA is kicking off a formal environmental assessment of its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia, to increase the number of authorized rocket launches at the site by almost 200%, according to slides and recordings of an April 29 internal meeting viewed by TechCrunch. Wallops expansion has likely been on the minds of NASA officials for some time.
4 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
How Y Combinator’s founder-matching service helped medical records AI startup Hona land $3M
Y Combinator is renowned in Silicon Valley for a lot of reasons, but there’s one service that has quietly become one of its most powerful: an online founder-matching tool. Recent Y Combinator grad Hona is an example, although its founders' meet-cute story is a bit more exciting than just using that tool.
4 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Microsoft’s Nadella Tells Staff to Make Cybersecurity Top Priority
(Bloomberg) -- Facing harsh criticism for failing to contain several major cyberattacks, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella sent a blunt message to his staff Friday urging them to make cybersecurity a top priority.“If you’re faced with the tradeoff between security and another priority, your answer is clear: Do security,” Nadella wrote in a companywide memo. “In some cases, this will mean prioritizing security above other things we do, such as releasing new features or providi
4 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
Google's preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than $20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, Justice Department lawyers argued at the closings of a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit. Google, on the other hand, maintains that its ubiquity flows from its excellence, and its ability to deliver results customers are looking for. “It would be an unprecedented decision to punish a company for winning on the merits,” Google’s lawy
5 min read - LifestylePopular Mechanics
An Unbelievable Relic From the Roman Empire Is Baffling Archaeologists
What could they have possibly used it for?
3 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Inside TC's Techstars investigation and how AI is accelerating disability tech
The downturn in venture capital funding has impacted startups, VC firms, and accelerators alike. One company in the final category, Techstars, has been shaking up its operations for some time now, leading to a number of departures.
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Apple stock pops 6% after results top estimates, company reveals $110 billion buyback
Apple stock popped after the iPhone maker reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings and boosted its dividend and share repurchase plans.
3 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Apple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, Buyback
(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. shares jumped the most in almost a year-and-a-half after the company posted stronger-than-expected sales last quarter and predicted a return to growth in the current period, sparking optimism that a slowdown is easing.Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineApple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, BuybackG-7 Eyes Plan on US-Led $50 Billion Aid Package f
6 min read - BusinessGizmodo
Here’s What to Expect from Apple’s May 7 iPad Event: New Pros, Bigger Airs, Maybe New Chips
Good news, everyone. Apple made money, or more specifically it made most of its cash this quarter with services like its Apple Savings Account. Its hardware, on the other hand, has been a fair bit more diluted, leading to an overall 4% decline year-over-year. Worst of the bunch was the iPad, which made more than $1 billion less than the same time last year. Whelp, I guess it’s time for an upgrade, and Apple just so happens to have the remedy right around the corner with its Let Loose event on Ma
5 min read - BusinessEngadget
Google says Epic’s Play Store demands are too much and too self-serving
Google has filed an injunction telling the court that it will not give Epic what it wants without a fight, because the company's asks "stray far beyond the trial record."
3 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Amazon Web Services CEO: We're on track to hit $100 billion in sales in 2024
Amazon is headed down a path to hit a key sales milestone in 2024.
3 min read - WorldThe Conversation
A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll
The consequences of cyber conflict are primarily felt by civilians, who call for retaliation, fueling cycles of violence.
6 min read - LifestyleGizmodo
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 16 Review: Everything You Need but the Kitchen Sink
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 16 comes close to having practically everything you could want or need in a gaming laptop, almost to the point of excess. There may not be many folks out there who demand numpad controls on a mobile device. Why? Because why not? The only thing it’s missing is an SD card slot. Knowing just how many things have been shoved into this beast of a laptop, I’m honestly surprised by its absence.
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A Remarkable New Thruster Could Achieve Escape Velocity—and Interplanetary Travel
Scientists are on the brink of a propulsion breakthrough.
3 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Everything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad Event
(Bloomberg) -- It’s been more than 18 months since Apple Inc. last updated its iPad line, marking the longest gap in new models since Steve Jobs first unveiled the product in 2010. The drought finally ends on May 7.Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineApple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, BuybackG-7 Eyes Plan on US-Led $50 Billion Aid Package for UkraineEven the World’s Mo
4 min read - BusinessBloomberg
JPMorgan Unveils IndexGPT in Next Wall Street Bid to Tap AI Boom
(Bloomberg) -- A year after a wave of speculation broke out over its application to trademark the word “IndexGPT” in connection to an unspecified artificial intelligence-powered tool, JPMorgan Chase & Co. is finally unveiling the product that will bear the name.Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineApple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, BuybackG-7 Eyes Plan on US-Led $50 Bil
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Engadget Podcast: Kill the Rabbit (R1)
The Rabbit R1 is finally here, and it's yet another useless AI gadget.
1 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Apple’s Surprise iPhone China Growth Leaves Lingering Questions
(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. surprised investors with a decent beat on quarterly revenue from China, countering months of data that showed a quickening decline in iPhone sales.Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineApple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, BuybackG-7 Eyes Plan on US-Led $50 Billion Aid Package for UkraineEven the World’s Most-Envied Retirement Plan Is Falling Short
3 min read - BusinessBloomberg
South Korea’s Biggest Internet Firm Considers Future in Japanese Messaging App
(Bloomberg) -- Naver Corp., South Korea’s biggest internet company, is reviewing options for its holding in the operator of Japan’s most popular messaging app following pressure from Tokyo.Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineApple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, BuybackG-7 Eyes Plan on US-Led $50 Billion Aid Package for UkraineEven the World’s Most-Envied Retirement Plan
2 min read - BusinessBloomberg
SVB Financial to Sell Venture Capital Business to Pinegrove
(Bloomberg) -- SVB Financial Group, the former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, said it reached a deal to sell its venture capital unit to a newly created affiliate of Pinegrove Capital Partners. Most Read from BloombergEverything Apple Plans to Show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad EventSaudi Arabia Steps Up Arrests Of Those Attacking Israel OnlineApple Rallies Most in 18 Months on Upbeat Forecast, BuybackG-7 Eyes Plan on US-Led $50 Billion Aid Package for UkraineEven the World’s Most-Envied Ret
1 min read - TechnologyEngadget
X is changing how the block button works
X is changing how blocks work on its platform, though it’s (for now) stopping short of Elon Musk’s wish of nuking the feature entirely.
2 min read - BusinessWashington Post
Apple is behind in AI and killed its self-driving car project. What’s next?
SAN FRANCISCO - Lines used to stretch around the block at Apple’s flagship Union Square retail store and others around the world, with hordes of eager customers camping out for days, just to be among the first to lay hands on its newest products. A decade ago, the Apple hype was seemingly unstoppable as the company unveiled a steady stream of must-have gadgets. Today, however, Apple - long thought of as the world’s most innovative and valuable company - is at a crossroads.Subscribe to The Post M
9 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Apple CEO Tim Cook boasts of future AI plans after earnings beat
Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted about the company's upcoming generative AI plans during the iPhone maker's Q2 earnings call.
2 min read - USAssociated Press
Middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting of armed student
Wisconsin authorities on Thursday promised a thorough investigation of the fatal police shooting of a student who they say was armed outside a middle school, as families in the community gathered to comfort one another. Authorities did not release additional details on the inquiry being led by the Wisconsin Department of Justice and have not released the name of the student. "When faced with a deadly threat, they responded with deadly force," Mount Horeb Police Chief Doug Vierck wrote in a Fac
2 min read - BusinessPopular Mechanics
Tackle Heavy-Duty Home Renos With Nearly 60% Off This DeWalt 20V Max Oscillating Tool
Renovating this summer? An oscillating tool is the ideal solution for cutting, sanding, and grinding in one handy power tool.
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