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The trailer for Fast X (notably directed by Louis Leterrier in the place of Justin Lin) has a release date.
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Welcome back to earnings season, with bad news from Samsung, a new record set by Spotify, and, this afternoon, reports from AMD and Electronic Arts.
We have our impressions of Apple’s new HomePod speaker (the power cord comes off easily this time) and a report on the Apple Lisa produced in partnership with the Computer History Museum.
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Samsung’s chip profits dropped by 90 percent in Q4.
The Korean electronics giant still recorded over $3.49 billion in operating profit, but as Reuters notes, that’s its lowest quarterly profit since 2014.
As indicated by recent results and some dire guidance, it’s mostly tied to a sharp plunge in memory chip prices that slashed profit in the chip division to just $220 million. However, Samsung also reported weak demand for smartphones in Q4 — putting even more emphasis on this week’s Galaxy S23 launch event.
Samsung Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2022 Results
[Samsung Newsroom]
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Samsung’s big Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday will reveal more on its consumer devices phones and tablets, but, as Bloomberg points out, we’ll also keep an eye out for its quarterly earnings results.
Due to be released Tuesday morning in Korea (around 8PM ET today), they’ll give a clearer look at the plunging market for the memory chips.
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Besides Elon Musk, other businesses also have quarterly reports. Today that list includes Intel later this afternoon, and Comcast, which said it shed 440,000 TV subscribers in three months but added 365,000 customers to Xfinity Mobile.
For now, we’re looking at keyboards and controllers, as Sony’s new $199.99 DualSense Edge gamepad is available, but only directly from Sony. Check out our review to see if it’s worth the high price.
Sony’s DualSense Edge is a pro controller done (mostly) right
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Richard Lawler
Green light.
The N64 GoldenEye remaster is almost here, and this afternoon we’ll get a new Tesla quarterly earnings report, in case you’ve missed hearing from Elon Musk.
But first up is the Xbox stream at noon PT / 3PM ET, where we expect to hear about games like Redfall and Forza Motorsport — but not Starfield.
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The Senate Judiciary hearing over Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift debacle is starting now.
Ticketmaster’s botched attempt to sell tickets to Taylor Swift’s The Eras tour — and inadvertent antitrust radicalization event — is now being discussed on Capitol Hill.
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing “That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment” will have Joe Berchtold, the CFO and president of Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation, and others testifying.
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Green light.
News of layoffs continues to echo throughout the tech industry, and the latest company on the list is Spotify. Meanwhile, Microsoft has, as expected, announced a new AI deal.
We’re live with reviews of both the new Mac Mini and 16-inch MacBook Pro, but I’m also thinking back about what third-party apps did to make Twitter what it is today.
