Review Week: Apple won’t raise prices – yet
Welcome back to review week! Today there’s a lot of news about Amazon revenue, Apple revenue, ChatGpt Sycophancy, Alibaba AI models and more. Let’s get to that!
good? During Apple’s revenue call yesterday, Tim Cook revealed that the company paid 900 million dollar tariffs Last quarter. But nonetheless, the CEO No price increases were announced – still.
Big money: Mach Industries, a defense technology startup founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton; Looking to shut down a fresh $100 million fundingThe source told TechCrunch. The new funding should bring total startup funds to around $185 million so far.
Other models: Alibaba announced it this week We are releasing a family of AI modelscalled QWEN3 and claims to be superior to Openai and Google. According to Alibaba, the QWEN3 model is a “hybrid” model and is not yet available for download.
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Photography for the stars: Amazon’s efforts to create space-based internet networks began in earnest this week. 27 Internet Satellite on tuesday. The first half of the network must be rolled out by mid-2026 to meet the FCC deadline.
ai in your pocket: Meta is Deploy standalone AI appsannounced at the company’s first Llamacon event on Tuesday. This app allows users to access Meta AI in the app, just like the ChatGPT app and other AI assistant apps.
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Blocked: Indian judge Blocked encrypted email provider Proton Mail Nationwide. This responds to a legal complaint filed by New Delhi-based M Moser Design Associates, claiming that the employee received an email containing indecent and vulgar content sent via Proton Mail.
Scammers never win: It recently went viral due to a bold claim that people will help fool everything. However, some startups have argued Cluely users can catch.
Alexa+: Amazon’s new digital assistant aims to have the agent ability to speak it in a more natural style and ultimately use third-party apps on behalf of the user. During the Amazon revenue call this week, CEO Andy Jassy says that 100,000 users have Alexa+.
That’s important ai: Airbnb appears to be taking a more measured approach with AI. It’s starting We will develop customer service with AI US bots last month. CEO Brian Chesky said in February that the company would use AI for customer service before beginning implementation for other uses such as travel planning and booking tickets.
Grand ruling: There’s an epic game I won In an ongoing legal dispute with Apple. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said Apple was in a “willful violation” of its 2021 injunction, banning the company from imposing anti-competitive pricing. As a result, Fortnite could return to iPhone soon next week.
lol: Following the domination of Epic Games, a Stripe shared document to iOS developers How to avoid the Apple Committee.
Check your settings: Meta emailed the owner of the Ray-Ban Meta on Tuesday. Enabled on glasses by default. This means that Meta’s AI analyzes photos and videos taken with glasses, and certain AI features are turned on.
Eeks! I said that was the case “Rollback” After complaints about strange behavior, it is equipped with the latest update of the Default AI Model, GPT-4O, especially after it is overly pleasant and verified. According to Openai, the update aims to “feel more intuitive and effective” the default personality of the model. I’ve received too many notifications through “short-term feedback.” The company is currently committed to making changes I’ll try to prevent this from happening future.
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Ah Drama: We are an 80-page epic v. I read Apple’s decision to pull out a judge Juicest and cleverest comments. “Apple is engaged in tactics to delay the lawsuit. The court later concluded that delays equal profits.”