When Ted Sarandos, the CEO of Netflix, walked into the Senate Administration Building on Tuesday, he got a curveball. What began as a standard antitrust hearing related to the Warner Bros. merger quickly degenerated into a performative Republican attack on the streaming service’s spread of “woke” ideology. At the same time, an arguably far more … Read more
To claim that we live in a tech-centric society understates its saturation. Software, specifically machine learning and artificial intelligence, coupled with advanced manufacturing has brought technology to street corners, schools, offices, factories, and even agricultural fields. This technology, largely created in Silicon Valley, sits on your wrist, is carried in your pocket, integrated into the … Read more
This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column on 9 to 5 Mac offers a quick overview of the latest Apple product rumors with analysis and commentary. Today: new iPhone Fold specs, rumored Mac launch, and more. Here’s this week’s Apple rumors. New iPhone Fold specs, including design, battery, cameras A couple of iPhone Fold reports … Read more
The AI investment boom (or maybe bubble) is something Silicon Valley has experienced many times before: a gold rush of VC money thrown at the big new thing. But one aspect of it is quite unique these days: startups skyrocket from $0 to as much as $100 million in annual recurring revenue, sometimes in a … Read more
Following the Apple TV press day announcement, the company has just confirmed the acquisition of global rights to “The Last First: Winter K2,” a Sundance Film Festival selection documentary. Here’s what you can expect. “A complex, harrowing and moving story” According to Apple, “The Last First: Winter K2” just premiered to great success at Sundance, … Read more
The European Commission said today that it found that Apple Maps and Apple Ads should not be labeled as “gateways” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act. In a press release, the European Commission said that Apple Maps and Apple Ads are not individually large enough to qualify as “important gateways between business users and end … Read more
like a movie Iron lungs it’s exciting at times, but mostly forgettable. It’s a low-budget horror film that takes some great ideas and pulls them off in an extremely effective way, creating a sense of tension that unfortunately never turns into full-on terror. But the most important thing about it is what it represents. At … Read more
Apple turns 50 this year, and CEO Tim Cook has promised to celebrate the milestone. The big day falls on April 1, 2026. “I’ve been unusually thinking about Apple lately as we’ve been working on what we’re going to do to mark this moment,” Cook told employees today. Bloombergis Mark Gurman. “When you really stop, … Read more
Tim Cook held a comprehensive meeting with Apple employees today and as reported Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, CEO, suggested that “new categories of products and services” were coming that would be enabled by artificial intelligence. Here is what he said. CEO Tim Cook holds an all-hands meeting with employees to discuss AI, succession and more Apple … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook held a wide-ranging meeting today, taking questions from Apple employees and touching on key topics including immigration in the United States. As stated by Mark Gurman at Bloombergsuccession is another topic that came up during the meeting. Tim Cook talks retirement, leadership changes “I spend a lot of time thinking about … Read more