Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says the company is assuming that it won’t be providing the iPhone’s modem in 2024. It’s another hint that Apple is working on its own modems, which could show up in devices by next year. Qualcomm has been preparing investors for this, saying that it expects “minimal contribution from Apple product revenues” by 2025.
This evening Rivian released its Q4 earnings (PDF), noting that the electric truck builder lost more than $1.7 billion over the three-month period, with $663 million in revenue while delivering 8,054 vehicles.
It also said that later this year, customers will start getting deliveries of the R1S and R1T with the company’s “Max Pack” battery and Enduro motor for long-range capability, though it won’t be available with a quad-motor all-wheel drive setup.
Last year, I wrote a slightly hyperbolic article about how Apple ruined my life by removing the skeuomorphic page-turning animation from its Books app in iOS 16. According to MacRumors, the latest iOS 16.4 beta adds an option to bring it back, and even lets you opt for no animation at all.
You’ll know if this makes it into the final release because my whoops of joy will be audible for miles.
After cutting 20 percent of its workforce in October, the telehealth company is now reportedly laying off another 15 percent. The company is under investigation for how it perscribed controlled drugs like Adderall or Xanax.
Amazon’s updating its writing-focused e-reader to add more brush types, subfolders, and a “go to page” option for notebooks. The company also plans to add “lasso copy/paste tools” and more organization and navigation improvements, though these changes don’t really address the main issues that my colleague Alex Cranz raised in her review.
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