Apple is reportedly planning to maintain the iPhone 18's current price despite a global RAM shortage and rising component costs, according to multiple reports. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggested Apple will absorb these expenses and offset them with revenue from its services business. The shortages extend beyond RAM to other components like glass cloth, which are also in high demand due to the growth of the AI industry.
The tech world continues to evolve with advancements and shifts in strategy across various sectors. Google announced Personal Intelligence earlier this month, a new way for people to interact with the company's Gemini chatbot. This feature draws on users' Gmail, photos, search, and YouTube histories to make Gemini more personal, proactive, and powerful, according to MIT Technology Review. Similar moves have been made by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to add new ways for their AI products to remember and draw from peoples personal details and preferences. MIT Technology Review noted that while these features have potential advantages, there is a need to prepare for the new risks they could introduce.
Beyond Meat has launched Beyond Immerse, a plant-based protein soda, in flavors like Peach Mango and Lemon Lime, containing either 10g or 20g of protein per can, multiple reports indicate. This move signifies a shift in Beyond Meat's strategy as the company, which has yet to turn an annual profit, attempts to tap into the broader protein market amid struggles with its core veggie burger business.
Meanwhile, Allison Johnson of The Verge mused about the ideal foldable phone, envisioning a device that combines the best aspects of existing models like the Pixel and the Galaxy. Johnson, a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech, described a book-style folding phone as a gadget that poses the radical idea of always having a computer in one's pocket.
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