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Apple ships 3 billionth iPhone as quarterly revenue jumps 10% – its biggest growth since 2021

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-17 18:22:00

What just happened? Apple has sold a lot of iPhones since the first model launched in 2007. As we approach the 20-year anniversary, Cupertino's handsets have hit a milestone: 3 billion units have now been shipped. It was an excellent quarter overall for Apple, partly spurred by people panic-buying its products over fears that the Trump tariffs would drastically increase their prices. With fears of falling behind rivals in the AI race, struggling in its once-dominant China market, and facing pre

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Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-18 18:39:22

AI tools are widely used by software developers, but those devs and their managers are still grappling with figuring out how exactly to best put the tools to use, with growing pains emerging along the way. That's the takeaway from the latest survey of 49,000 professional developers by community and information hub StackOverflow, which itself has been heavily impacted by the addition of large language models (LLMs) to developer workflows. The survey found that four in five developers use AI too

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Google must open Play Store to Epic Games and others after appeal loss

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-18 23:59:59

Be on the lookout for the Epic Games Store, as it should appear on the Google Play Store soon. After losing its appeal of a judge’s order, Google will now have to overhaul its app store policies. This includes letting third-party app stores onto its platform. Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided (via Bloomberg ) to uphold the ruling from the original Epic v. Google lawsuit. This decision found the Play Store and the tech giant’s payment systems to be monopolies. As a result, Google

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New James Bond Movie Will Be Written by Creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-18 23:40:46

The director came first, and now it’s the screenwriter. MGM just announced that Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders, has been hired to write the next James Bond movie, which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. News of Knight’s hiring was first reported by Deadline before being confirmed by the official 007 account. According to the trade, since Villeneuve’s hiring, producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman (who are shepherding the franchise) have been focusing on finding the right writer

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Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-12-19 04:51:45

Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the world premiere of "F1" at Times Square in New York on June 16, 2025. Apple reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday that topped Wall Street expectations for profit and revenue. iPhone sales grew 13% year-over-year and overall revenue grew 10% — Apple's largest quarterly revenue growth since December 2021. Apple shares were up about 3% in after-hours trading on Thursday. Here's how Apple did versus consensus estimates for the quarter ending June 28: Earnings

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Coinbase shares tumble as second-quarter revenue disappoints

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2025-12-19 04:50:52

Coinbase shares fell Thursday as second-quarter revenue fell shy of analysts' estimates. Gains in the cryptocurrency exchange's subscription revenue failed to offset weaker trading volumes. In the quarter ended June 30, Coinbase net income rose to $1.43 billion, or $5.14 per share, from $36.13 million, or 14 cents per share, a year ago. Earnings in the latest period benefited from a gain $1.5 billion related its Circle investment and $362 million from its crypto investment portfolio. On an adj

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How long before superintelligence? (1997)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 00:17:50

This is if we take the retina simulation as a model. As the present, however, not enough is known about the neocortex to allow us to simulate it in such an optimized way. But the knowledge might be available by 2004 to 2008 (as we shall see in the next section). What is required, if we are to get human-level AI with hardware power at this lower bound, is the ability to simulate 1000-neuron aggregates in a highly efficient way. The extreme alternative, which is what we assumed in the derivation

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How Long Before Superintelligence?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 06:17:50

This is if we take the retina simulation as a model. As the present, however, not enough is known about the neocortex to allow us to simulate it in such an optimized way. But the knowledge might be available by 2004 to 2008 (as we shall see in the next section). What is required, if we are to get human-level AI with hardware power at this lower bound, is the ability to simulate 1000-neuron aggregates in a highly efficient way. The extreme alternative, which is what we assumed in the derivation

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Quora’s Poe releases a developer API with access to a bouquet of AI models

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-19 18:00:00

Quora’s AI platform Poe announced on Thursday that it’s releasing an API that allows developers to easily access different models or bots for their own applications. The API doesn’t require a separate fee. Instead, usage is tracked via Poe’s existing point-based subscription plans, where each model call costs a set number of points. For instance, low-quality image generation through GPT-4o in a 1:1 aspect ratio and 1024 x 1024 size would cost 328 points. Today, Poe’s plans include the $4.99 pe

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After laying off 15,000 employees, Microsoft reveals Xbox Game Pass revenue hit nearly $5 billion

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-20 14:57:00

What just happened? Despite Microsoft laying off over 15,000 employees so far this year, the company has just revealed that revenue from its Xbox Game Pass service reached almost $5 billion for the first time over the last year. Overall company revenue for the fourth fiscal quarter was up 18%, while net income jumped 24%. Microsoft's Xbox content and services revenue, which include Xbox Game Pass, was up 13% for the quarter. CEO Satya Nadella said on an earnings call that Game Pass revenue had

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Severe turbulence forces Delta plane to make emergency landing, 25 injured

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 14:32:40

At least 25 people were injured in a severe case of turbulence that forced a Delta Air Lines jet flying to Amsterdam into an emergency landing in Minneapolis, the airline said in a statement. The flight had taken off from Salt Lake City in Utah but landed at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul international airport after “significant turbulence” struck. “Medical personnel met the flight upon arrival to evaluate customers and crew. Twenty-five of those on board were transported to local hospitals for ev

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Robinhood reports second-quarter earnings beat with revenue climbing 45%

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-12-21 04:50:42

Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter Wednesday, extending a hot streak that has made it the best-performing large-cap U.S. tech stock this year. Here is how Robinhood's results compared to Wall Street estimates, according to analysts surveyed by LSEG: Earnings per share: 42 cents vs. 31 cents expected 42 cents vs. 31 cents expected Revenue: $989 million vs. $908 million expected Revenue jumped 45% year-over-year to $989 million, while net income more than doubled to

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Microsoft stock pops 9% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-21 14:46:53

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025. Microsoft shares jumped 9% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter. Here's how the company performed in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected Revenue: $76.44 billion vs. $73.8

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Microsoft stock pops 8% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-21 18:51:17

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025. Microsoft shares jumped 8% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter. Here's how the company performed in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected Revenue: $76.44 billion vs. $73.8

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Microsoft tops $4 trillion in market cap after hours, joining Nvidia in exclusive club

cnbc.com Ari Levy Jordan Novet 2025-12-21 18:39:24

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks in front of the OpenAI logo at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle, Washington, on May 19, 2025. The $4 trillion club has a second member, at least based on after-hours trading. Following a better-than-expected earnings report on Wednesday, Microsoft shares jumped 8%, lifting the software giant's market cap to about $4.1 trillion. Should the rally stick on Thursday, Microsoft would join chipmaker Nvidia , which hit $4 trillion for the first

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Microsoft's stock pops 7% on earnings beat as Azure annual revenue tops $75 billion

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-21 23:48:42

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on , April 4, 2025. Microsoft shares jumped 7% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter. Here's how the company performed in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected $3.65 vs. $3.37 expected Revenue: $76.44 billion vs. $73

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Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings, with Windows and Xbox up too

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-21 23:12:05

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 24 percent. Like clockwork, cloud services are the strong point of Microsoft’s revenue this quarter. Azure revenue grew 39 percent year-ov

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Gamers Are Furious About the Censorship of NSFW Games—and They’re Fighting Back

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-12-22 09:51:48

Trade organizations across the games industry and gamers are speaking out against censorship campaigns taking place across Steam and Itch.io in an effort to help developers who have been unfairly impacted. The push against adult content is being driven by Australian conservative group Collective Shout, whose pressuring of payment processors has forced platforms to mass deindex NSFW content. In the wake of these delistings, which remove games from search, developers are scrambling to understand i

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Big Tech Killed the Golden Age of Programming

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-22 22:58:04

Big Tech Killed the Golden Age of Programming The reason it's so hard to get a programming job right now is because Big Tech caused it. It's not an accident. It's not the result of regular cycles of employment or the economy. For years, companies like Google, Facebook/Meta, and Amazon hired too many developers. They knew they were hiring too many developers, but they did it anyway because of corporate greed. They wanted to control the talent pool. They wanted to make as much money as possible,

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AAPL Q3 2025: Analysts expect low growth, iPhone and Mac up, iPad down

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-23 09:26:48

We’re just a day away from the AAPL Q3 2025 earnings report, covering April to June. Apple said it expected single-digit growth, and analysts expect this to be toward the lower end of the scale. Digging into the detail, the consensus view is that both iPhone and Mac revenue will be up year-on-year, while iPad earnings will be down … AAPL Q3 2025 revenue expectations Apple saw revenue grow 5% year-on-year in fiscal Q2, and said we should expect similar in Q3. Analysts are slightly more pessimi

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Most developers use AI in their daily workflows - but they don't trust it, study finds

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-23 14:01:00

fotograzia/Getty Images Programmers are using AI more than ever, but they don't like or trust the tools very much, according to the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey. The survey of almost 50,000 developers found that 84% now use or plan to use AI tools in their workflow, up from last year (76%). Over half of professional developers (51%) use these tools daily. Also: The best AI for coding in 2025 (and what not to use) Such figures might suggest that programmers must love AI. However, only

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For programmers, even as AI adoption climbs, trust wanes

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-23 21:34:47

fotograzia/Getty Images Programmers are using AI more than ever, but they don't like or trust the tools very much, according to the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey. The survey of almost 50,000 developers found that 84% now use or plan to use AI tools in their workflow, up from last year (76%). Over half of professional developers (51%) use these tools daily. Also: The best AI for coding in 2025 (and what not to use) Such figures might suggest that programmers must love AI. However, only

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Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-12-24 18:12:43

In Brief AI video-generating startups Luma and Runway are looking beyond movie studios. These video-generating AI companies have their sights set on other markets for future revenue streams and have been in talks with both robotics and self-driving car companies, according to reporting from The Information. The report didn’t identify which companies Luma and Runway are in talks with. This potential revenue stream makes sense for Luma in particular. The company announced it was looking to buil

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Blender is going beyond mouse and keyboard with a new touch-friendly interface for tablets

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-12-24 23:01:00

In a nutshell: Blender is a powerful tool for building 3D models and rendering scenes – the kind of software you typically expect to run on a desktop computer with high-end hardware. However, its developers are now working to bring this complex application to less powerful devices, starting with Apple's iPad. Blender developers have recently announced their full commitment to mobile platforms with multi-touch interfaces. The 3D modeling tool is coming to the Apple iPad first, with plans to expa

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2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 17:30:23

The 2025 Developer Survey is the definitive report on the state of software development. In its fifteenth year, Stack Overflow received over 49,000+ responses from 177 countries across 62 questions focused on 314 different technologies, including new focus on AI agent tools, LLMs and community platforms. This annual Developer Survey provides a crucial snapshot into the needs of the global developer community, focusing on the tools and technologies they use or want to learn more about.

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Stack Overflow data reveals the hidden productivity tax of ‘almost right’ AI code

venturebeat.com Sean Michael Kerner 2025-12-25 23:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now More developers than ever before are using AI tools to both assist and generate code. While enterprise AI adoption accelerates, new data from Stack Overflow’s 2025 Developer Survey exposes a critical blind spot: the mounting technical debt created by AI tools that generate “almost right” solutions, potentially undermining the productivity

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Dedicated Google Maps Local Guides have a chance at a free Google Fi plan

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 04:19:08

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Select contributors to Google Maps’ Local Guides program have received a free three-month Google Fi Unlimited plan (worth up to $195). As has been the case for a few years now, the offer is limited to first-time Google Fi users who port their existing number, vastly restricting eligibility. There’s no clear pattern for who gets the perk, though recipients typically have at least level four status in the program. Google Maps has a long-running Local G

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Josh Hawley Wants to Send Out Rebate Checks So Americans Can ‘Benefit’ From Trump’s Tariffs

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-12-26 04:05:54

President Trump’s tariffs have generated around 20 billion dollars in revenue for the U.S. government, although it’s worth noting that a vast majority of this wealth has been derived from import duties on American businesses. In other words, Americans are paying the federal government (many critics have noted that tariffs are just taxes by another name) for the pleasure of doing business with foreign exporters. For the fiscally confused, the New York Times recently wrote an explainer on tariffs

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Spotify hits 696M users, but returned to making a loss

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-26 09:11:44

Spotify has posted its latest earnings report, stating that both paid and free users were up more than 10% year-on-year, but the company returned to making a loss … Spotify announced solid growth in both subscribers and revenue: Subscribers climbed 12% Y/Y to 276 million. climbed 12% Y/Y to 276 million. Monthly Active Users grew 11% Y/Y to 696 million. grew 11% Y/Y to 696 million. Total Revenue increased 10% Y/Y to €4.2 billion. increased 10% Y/Y to €4.2 billion. Gross Margin improved by 22

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Why not Matrix (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 02:10:04

why not matrix? haru at this point it seems like most of the tech community is familiar with matrix, the "open network for decentralized communication". lots of projects and communities have migrated from a host of other platforms, including irc, discord and slack with the promise that their new spaces will be free forever. i first discovered matrix in 2021 and have dedicated a lot of time trying to understand exactly how it works, as well as trawling through github issues to try and under

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Apple ships 3 billionth iPhone as quarterly revenue jumps 10% – its biggest growth since 2021

Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises

Google must open Play Store to Epic Games and others after appeal loss

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Gamers Are Furious About the Censorship of NSFW Games—and They’re Fighting Back

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Most developers use AI in their daily workflows - but they don't trust it, study finds

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Why not Matrix (2023)

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