Enlarge / Apple HQ in Cupertino, California. (credit: Anadolu Agency | Financial Times) Apple reported its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2022 on Thursday, and like many of its peers in consumer electronics, the company barely eked out growth over the same quarter last year. Overall revenue was up just 2 percent year…
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Enlarge / An ID.4 crosses a bridge in Chattanooga. Local production of the electric crossover has enabled a cheaper version with a smaller battery. (credit: Volkswagen) Last year, Ars visited Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the company was preparing to begin local production of its ID.4 electric crossover. That factory is now up to…
TechCrunch readers, you came through in a big way when we asked you to vote for the roundtable topics you want to hear at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. We’ve been rolling out our Audience Choice winners in groups of five, and while this is the last wave, it is by no…
Yair Snir Contributor Yair Snir is vice president and managing director of Dell Technologies Capital, leading venture investment activity in Europe and Israel. More posts by this contributor Getting acquired is a legitimate strategy for building your business What does an an acquisition process look like? There are two kinds of acquisition processes: planned and…
A new app for iPhone users can help you browse the web without being constantly bothered by pop-up panels that beg you to use the company’s app instead. The app, called Banish, is an Safari extension that helps remove the “open in app” banners from various websites and other popups that block content across a…
The State Bank of Pakistan, the South Asian nation’s central bank, has ordered fintech Tag to “immediately” refund all funds to customers citing violation of regulatory requirements and “other concerns,” posing existential questions on the startup’s future. The regulatory action follows a months-long probe into Tag, which offers banking and financial services to users in…
In the wake of the Robinhood earnings anti-hype cycle, you might imagine that investors are a bit over the consumer trading game. Robinhood rode the pandemic-induced consumer savings and investing boom all the way to the top and is now on the decline as its active user count falters, its revenue shrinks, and it executes…
It has become something of a tradition: Samsung announces an Unpacked and all or most of the big products get teased out in leaks in the weeks leading up to event. Sometimes the leaks come before the event announcement, sometimes after, but any hope of keeping its biggest news under wraps appears to have largely…
Blockchain-based games have seen a surge in popularity, but playing them is getting expensive. Play-to-earn games like StepN require players to purchase an NFT before they can participate, while other crypto video games offer users pricey upgrades such as virtual avatars and distinctive skins or costumes. Halliday, a startup founded last November by Akshay Malhotra…
Marjella Lecourt-Alma Contributor Share on Twitter Marjella Lecourt-Alma is the CEO and co-founder of Datamaran. Tech companies have historically been viewed more positively than other sectors when it comes to ESG issues, but over the past 24 months, impending climate-related regulations, and the rapid move toward greater accountability has meant that many tech companies are…