Based on the latest Canalys report, a total of 36.4 million smartphones were shipped in India during the April – June period. The figure represents a decline of five percentage points compared to the 38 million units shipped in Q1. This is the third consecutive quarter of falling shipments. Chinese vendors amounted for 76% of…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla already reported vehicle shipment numbers for the second quarter, and now its full Q2 2022 financial report (pdf) reveals it’s dealing with inflation and the overall economic downturn, combined with a plunge in prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In the letter to investors, Tesla execs reveal…
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Google formed its exit strategy from Russia, suspending all ads by March, then blocking Play Store app sales and removing most of its employees by May. After that, Google has only continued to provide free services to Russian Internet users, like Search, Gmail,…
Enlarge / A Great White shark swims off the coast of South Africa. The new NatGeo documentary Camo Sharks explores whether these apex predators of the deep are capable of changing color to better sneak up on prey. (credit: National Geographic/Hansa Winshaw) This year marks the 10th anniversary of National Geographic’s Sharkfest, and the NatGeo…
Enlarge / An artist’s vision of Qikiqtania enjoying its fully aquatic, free-swimming lifestyle. (credit: Alex Boersma/CC BY-ND) Approximately 365 million years ago, one group of fishes left the water to live on land. These animals were early tetrapods, a lineage that would radiate to include many thousands of species including amphibians, birds, lizards, and mammals….
When your fins get banged up and broken, it’s good to have a replacement on hand. Daniel Stanitzki / Unsplash Two decades ago, I was surfing in New Zealand at the northern end of the North Island. To reach the wave, I needed to jump in from a sketchy rock reef and had mistimed my…
Lyft has joined the ranks of tech companies trimming its workforce. The news of the layoffs, initially spotted in LinkedIn posts by now-former Lyft employees, has been confirmed by the company. Lyft said it has laid off about 60 people and dropped its in-house car rental service and is consolidating global operations. The Wall Street…
Elon Musk apparently isn’t trying to hodl Tesla’s bitcoin during a crypto winter. During the company’s Q2 earnings report, the electric car company revealed it has sold 75% of its Bitcoin holdings this quarter. The company appears to have lost around $150 million on its bet in the cryptocurrency since its 2021 purchase, selling the…
While some industries are still sussing out their opinions on NFTs, the video game community is making it clear: NFTs stand for “No F’n Thanks” in their industry. The latest company to take a stand against non-fungible tokens: Mojang Studios, the developer of the massively popular video game, Minecraft. In a statement put out today…
Apple could be set to expand its silicon offerings even further with the rumored launch of an M2 “Extreme” chip. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg has apparently claimed some new Mac Pro models will be able to be outfitted with as-yet-unseen M2 Ultra and M2 Extreme options. Gurman adds that at one point Apple intended to…