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2024-09-16 11:47:33

iPhone counters will count iPhones. The question is: do iPhone counters count?

2024-09-02 11:10:26

Quick update: According to some data, X/Twitter has 245 million daily active users worldwide. According to Apptopia, X/Twitter is estimated to have around 121 million daily active users, significantly lower compared to company announcements. Losing Brazil’s 20 million is significant. Overall there are about 5.45 billion internet users worldwide. 5.17b is total social media user base. This implies X has less than 4% of social media users.

2024-08-29 04:02:45

Hyundai has become the latest automotive manufacturer to step up investment in hybrid cars, as the industry grapples with a slowdown in demand for all-electric vehicles.
The South Korean company has revealed plans to double its hybrid range to up to 14 models in anticipation of a rise in demand, especially in North America. It has increased its hybrid sales goal by 40 per cent to 1.33 million units by 2028.

2024-08-02 20:36:49

General Motors announced it was killing the Chevy Malibu, the last sedan GM produces for the US market. That move means that none of the Big Three – GM, Ford, or Stellantis – will offer a single sedan to American buyers.

2024-07-18 05:24:33

Apple scores 72 Emmy Award nominations 🤔 I don’t watch TV, is this good?

2024-07-15 07:41:56

Barely legal.
https://apple.news/AVkQGJJRyQReWH7Ua5m9Ucw

2024-07-10 18:23:45

The average Tesla lost 30 percent of its value across 2023 🤔

2024-07-03 20:43:00

£87,040 new £45,000 three months later.
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2024-06-20 22:31:10

Why are cars getting bigger and heavier and more expensive while most other consumer goods get smaller, lighter and cheaper?

2024-06-20 22:26:57

The 1959 Cadillac was famous for having the tallest tailfins of the era,The heaviest of the range was the Fleetwood 75 Sedan. A 20ft limousine with seating for 9(!), powered by an iron-block 6.3l pushrod V8, on a separate chassis and with 12in drums. It was designed without any of the computer tools available today and used no new materials or any of the innovations of the last 65 years. And yet, at 2.5 tons, it still weighed 200kg less than the shorter, seven-seat Cadillac Escalade of 2024.

2024-06-02 05:30:13

The costs of running AI far exceed the already eye-watering cost of training it. Each query consumes vast resources and it cannot be leveraged. Gross margins hugely negative.

2024-06-02 05:26:07

The AI industry spent $50 billion on chips from Nvidia to train AI in 2023 and brought in $3 billion in revenue.

2024-05-07 08:43:56

The name “iPod” came from a freelance copywriter, Vinnie Chieco. As soon as he saw the pure white device, Chieco thought of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and the immortal line: “Open the pod bay doors, Hal.” Steve Jobs was talking a lot about the iMac and iLife, so adding the “i” prefix was a natural thing to do. Jobs initially rejected the iPod name, but later came around to it.

2023-12-20 22:03:30

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@npub1eee…e209 I said from the beginning that developer demand alone is at least 1 million units.

2023-08-04 15:23:29

Apple Services set revenue records in many categories: all-time records for Video, AppleCare, Cloud, and Payment Services; and June quarter records for Advertising, App Store, and Music.