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Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Sun sets on Trump crypto alliance.

Once championed by the Trump family after heavily bankrolling their crypto ambitions, Justin Sun is now unhappy with his chosen bedfellows. Suing Trump-linked World Liberty Financial, Sun alleges in a federal lawsuit that his former allies maliciously froze his $75 million investment, denouncing the platform as “World Tyranny.”

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Oppo’s Android version of the iPad Mini has a larger screen and smaller bezels.

Following a teaser earlier this month, Oppo’s Pad Mini Android tablet has launched in China. Its 8.8-inch OLED screen is larger than the iPad Mini’s, but the Pad Mini has slimmer 2.99mm bezels and is just 5.39mm thick. Pricing starts at 3,699 CNY (around $542) for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

A hand holds the Oppo Pad Mini Android tablet with a stylus between its fingers.
The Pad Mini is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor and is available in configurations up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
Image: Oppo
Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind

Cook’s relentless optimization propelled Apple’s fortunes to new heights and an era of predictable profitability.

Allison Johnson
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Tim Cook: “I am healthy. My energy is high, and I plan to be in this new role for a long time.”

Apple’s outgoing CEO and incoming executive chairman addressed employees today about the transition, Bloomberg reports.

John Ternus, who will take over as CEO, also spoke to staff, noting that AI — something that Apple has struggled with, to put it mildly — is “going to create almost unlimited potential.”

Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel
Wait, who is Canva’s biggest competitor?

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins dodged this question with a lot of charm and verve, but I wonder if the answer is quickly going from Adobe to Anthropic. More on this week’s Decoder!

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Hmm… 🤔 that photo in Framework’s keynote looks familiar.

While hyping up its couch keyboard, Framework CEO Nirav Patel showed images of how people use its computers in the living room. It gave me a Leo DiCaprio moment as I noticed a photo from my time testing Bazzite on the Framework Desktop. How about a photo credit, Nirav?

Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, ‘the MacBook Pro for Linux users’

Did Framework just catch up to premium laptops?

Sean Hollister
The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement

Cook and incoming CEO John Ternus made a computer company the most important audio company of the 21st century.

John Higgins
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Framework says new Laptop 13 Pro has more Netflix battery life than an M5 MacBook Pro.

20 hours of 4K Netflix, says CEO Nirav Patel. It’s got a Core Ultra 3 chip, a 22 percent larger and denser battery, a custom 30-120Hz VRR screen and LPCAMM2 compression mounted memory. Full story coming soon.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
“The industry wants you to own nothing and be happy. We want you to own everything and be free.”

That’s Framework CEO Nirav Patel, with a message that’s sure to resonate with his modular computer company’s fanbase. He briefly joked that Framework would announce “Framework AI” today.