Walmart Partners with OpenAI-Buy Right in ChatGPT; Satellites Leaking Personal Data & Secrets; CA Law-Big Fines for Deepfake Nudes and Restricts Bots Advising Kids; Windows 10 Support Ends Today-But You can Extend It
Posted: October 14, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, chatgpt, openai, technology Leave a commentWalmart has cut deal with OpenAi to let shoppers make faster purchases within AI chatbot ChatGPT. CNBC.com reports that Walmart said in a statement that the AI feature will be “multi-media, personalized and contextual,” adding that Walmart is “running towards that more enjoyable and convenient future.” The news release didn’t say when customers could start buying goods from Walmart using ChatGPT. Last month, OpenAI announced Instant Checkout, that allows purchases such as those from Walmart. Initially, the feature just supports single item purchases from Etsy sellers. Besides Walmart, the feature will work for Shopify soon. No details on the cost, but OpenAI has said it will charge companies a fee for transactions made using ChatGPT.
We have stories weekly of data leaks…I could report on nothing else and not even scratch the surface. Here’s a new wrinkle, though…data beamed from satellites has been grabbed by researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Maryland…using an $800 off-the-shelf satellite receiver system! According to wired.com, the researchers found that almost half of geostationary satellite signals, including many carrying sensitive consumer, corporate, and government communications, have been left entirely vulnerable to eavesdropping. They picked up T-Moble users’ calls, airline passengers’ Wi-Fi browsing in-flight, and communication of utility companies, as well as US and Mexican military and law enforcement communications…which revealed location of personal, equipment, and facilities. It’s time for satellite using companies…and governments to tighten up and encrypt data bounced to and from satellites!
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the first-ever US last regulating companion bots in a move to protect kids. Arstechnica.com notes that the law will attempt to shield kids from companion bots and deepfake porn. California will require any companion bot platforms—including ChatGPT, Grok, Character.AI, and the like—to create and make public “protocols to identify and address users’ suicidal ideation or expressions of self-harm.” In an effort to stop kids from being cyber-bullied with deepfake nudes, the new law has vastly increased fines…up to now, they ranged from $1500 to $30,000. Now, a victim can go for up to $150,000 for a malicious violation. Not only that, any victims…including minors… can seek that level of damages. Here’s hoping other states get on board and protect children from malicious use of bots and chat apps.
Windows 10 support officially ends today. If you have a computer that can run Windows 11, you may want to update to that for free. If you don’t like the Recall feature or have a box that won’t run 11, you can still sign up for Extended Security Updates…and you should. Engadget.com reports that first off, update the computer. Next, be using an administrator account. You will have to verify if you can upgrade to Windows 11…do so if you want and you’re done. If not, sign up for ESU by selecting Update & Security from the Settings menu. Click on ‘Enroll now.’ You will again be pestered to sign up Windows 11 of course. With the Extended Security, you have an extra year to either update to 11 or if your computer won’t run 11, replace the computer….or put Linux on it!
I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.
Amazon Redesigned Echo; YouTube Settles with Trump for $24.5 Million; Newsom Signs California AI Safety Bill; Amazon Partners With FanDuel- Offers Personalized NBA Bet Tracking
Posted: September 30, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AI, Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, chatgpt, openai, technology, YouTube Leave a commentAmazon has bowed new hardware today, as expected. One thing Amazon has been dinged for is sound quality, even in the so-called Echo Studio. Apple’s HomePods blow them away sonically. Well today, engadget.com reports that the upgraded Echo Studio is out…and it can handle immersive Dolby Atmos and double as a home theater speaker. It features new drivers, a new chip, and new design. The Studio has 3 full-range drivers plus an excursion woofer for maximum bass. The new chip will run Alexa+ on the Studio, and it has advanced speech and audio processing. The design is a change…no longer a large cylinder..the new Studio is a spherical shape. The blue light ring for Alexa is now on the front instead of the top. It is 40% smaller than the old model. The new studio is available for preorder today for $220, and it ships October 29th.
Another company has caved and paid off on a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against them. According to arstechnica.com, Alphabet, parent of Google, has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle the suit. The suit was over Trump’s YouTube account being suspended after his supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6th. Trump will have the money contributed on his behalf to the Trust for the National Mall..which includes support for construction of his monstrous 90,000 square foot ballroom on the White House property.
Governor Newsom has signed the first-in-the-nation AI safety bill that sets new transparency requirements on large AI companies. TechCrunch.com notes that the new law requires large AI labs – including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind – to be transparent about safety protocols. It also ensures whistleblower protections for employees at those companies. In addition, it creates a mechanism for AI companies and the public to report potential critical safety incidents to California’s Office of Emergency Services. Companies also have to report incidents related to crimes committed without human oversight, such as cyberattacks, and deceptive behavior by a model that isn’t required under the EU AI Act. Anthropic backed the bill, while Meta and OpenAI lobbied against it.
Amazon is partnering with FanDuel to offer personalized bet tracking and Odds View for their “NBA on Prime” streamed basketball games this season. Geekwire.com reports that offerings from Prime Sports also includes fully-customizable multi view offering, AI-driven highlights on demand, live stats, the ability to shop within the game, and more. The ability to shop within the game? Of course…it’s Amazon after all!
I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.
OpenAI Returns GPT-4o Over User Revolt; Amazon Same-Day Grocery Delivery-2300 Cities by Year’s End; TeaOnHer-Driver Licenses Exposed in 10 Minutes; US Secretly Tracked Diversion of Dell & Super Micro Chips to China
Posted: August 13, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, chatgpt, openai, technology Leave a commentOpenAI has had a pretty rocky rollout of its latest-greatest…or allegedly greatest, GPT-5. in fact, it has been rough enough that arstechnica.com reports that the user backlash has forced OpenAI to let users revert to GPT-4o. That AI model now appears in the model picker for all paid ChatGPT users by default (including ChatGPT Plus accounts), marking a swift reversal after thousands of users complained about losing access to their preferred models. The backlash wasn’t pretty at all, with a Reddit thread titled “GPT-5 is horrible” amassing over 2,000 comments in just days. OpenAI has now made some modifications to address the user outrage over GPT-5. Rate limits for GPT-5 Thinking mode increased from 200 to 3,000 messages per week, with additional capacity available through “GPT-5 Thinking mini” after reaching that limit. The company also added new routing options—”Auto,” “Fast,” and “Thinking”—giving users more control over which GPT-5 variant handles their queries.
Amazon has announced that it will offer same-day grocery delivery in some 2300 cities by the end of the year…that’s double what they are doing now. According to Bloomberg, users will be able to order perishables like produce, meat, seafood, dairy, and baked goods…in addition to frozen foods and household items. Same day delivery for grocery items is free for Amazon Prime subscribers on orders over $25 in most cities. For non-members, it runs $12.99 per order, no matter what the order size is.
We recently reported on the Tea app, an app that lets women clue each other in on men they know or have dated, and tip them off to ‘red flags’ with those men. It turned out, the app was leaking the women’s information, including driver’s licenses. Well, as the old saying goes, ‘what’s good for the goose is good for the gander,’ only in this case it’s what’s bad! Techcrunch.com says the app for guys, TeaOnHer, also leaked like a sieve…with driver’s licenses found by TechCrunch within 10 minutes of being sent a link to the app in the App Store! The flaws that allowed this kind of leak have apparently been resolved now, but not before thousands of guys’ driver’s license info was exposed. Once again, I get to warn…no matter what an app might potentially do for you…DON’T upload your driver’s license or government ID to use it! With new laws in the United Kingdom, this has become a major issue, with authorities there enacting a law requiring sites to demand age verification…even Wikipedia! The Wiki is fighting it, and may even make itself unavailable in Britain over this issue if it loses in court.
The US government has apparently put location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced AI chips considered at hight risk of illegal diversion to China. Benzinga.com reports that the trackers are hidden in server packaging from Dell and Super Micro Computer for units containing chips from NVIDIA and AMD. Some shipments of the restricted chips have resumed, after the chipmakers agreed to virtual extortion by the Trump administration of 15% of their profits on sales of the chips in China. Normally the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security oversees such operations, but this appears to also involved Homeland Security Investigations, and the FBI. Super Micro declined to comment on the issue, and Dell said it was ‘not aware’ of such trackers in its shipments. To me this has the vibe of Mad Magazine’s old ‘Spy vs. Spy’ cartoons. Will the Black Spy get the upper hand on the White Spy…or will the Lady in Gray bamboozle both of them?
I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.
Live Translation Coming to AirPods; Musk Rages Apple Favors OpenAI over Grok; Ford Universal EV Platform Called Game Changer; Reddit Blocks Internet Archive Over AI Scraping
Posted: August 12, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AI, AirPods, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, chatgpt, Electric vehicles, Ford, grok-4, openai, Reddit, technology Leave a commentSome folks have noted new images in iOS 26’s latest beta version that point to in-person Live Translation being available soon on Apple AirPods. Macrumors.com reports that a graphic shows AirPods with ‘Hello’ in several different languages, along with a suggestion that the feature will be activated with a double press. There is also a file in the beta named ‘Translate.’ Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman had previously reported that Apple was working on such a feature. From what shows up the the iOS 26 beta, Live Translation will work on AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4…and will be very similar to what is already offered in Apple’s Phone App, Messages App, and FaceTime. Note that existing Live Translation is linked to Apple Intelligence, so the AirPods might need to be connected to an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence. My 15 Pro Max supports Apple Intelligence, as does the 15 Pro, and all the iPhone 16 models do, too. Of course, the upcoming iPhone 17 handsets will support Apple Intelligence. It will be super handy doing Live Translate right from the AirPods at the double touch of a finger!
Elon Musk is harping again on something of a favorite target of his…Apple. Now, Musk claims that Apple is favoring OpenAI in its App Store Rankings over Grok 4, the product from his xAI. According to 9to5mac.com, Elon is accusing Apple of an “unequivocal antitrust violation.” After introduction of Grok 4, the app moved from about 60th in the App Store to 29th place last week. Today, August 12th, xAI made Grok 4 free for users worldwide…pushing it to 5th overall in the App Store ratings and to #2 in the Productivity category. That sounds like it is doing pretty well…yet ChatGPT is still at or near the top, as it has been for most of the last year. It should be noted that Apple has repeatedly featured ChatGPT in its App Store editorial content, and has partnered with OpenAI as part of the new Apple Intelligence…where it is directly integrated with Siri. Musk is mad, and threatening immediate legal action. That is quite a threat from the richest man on earth…but he’d best keep in mind that his wealth is dwarfed by the value of Apple…they are a more than worthy opponent in court, as many have found out.
Ford is looking to its new Universal EV platform to be a serious game changer…one the will hit a holy grail of sorts for EVs…breaking the $30,000 barrier. Electrek.co says that Ford is claiming that its new midsize EV pickup will have a lower cost of ownership than the Tesla Model Y and will have more space than a Toyota RAV4. It will have a base price of $30,000…about the same as the RAV4. The midsize pickups will be built at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant. Ford will be the first vehicle maker to build prismatic LFP batteries in the US, which will not only cut costs but also free up interior space. Ford CEO Jim Farley says the new universal platform will reduce parts by 20% compared with the average vehicle. It features 25% less fasteners, 40% fewer workstations dock-to-dock in the plant, and….15% faster assembly time. Ford claims a “lower cost of ownership over five years than a three-year-old used Tesla Model Y.”
Reddit is blocking the Internet Archive from indexing popular threads on Reddit. Why? Apparently, they have caught sneaky AI firms scraping data from the archive…data the have been restricted from scraping from Reddit itself. Arstechnica.com reports that the Internet Archive is in ongoing discussions with Reddit since the block. The AI firms who were doing the scraping haven’t been named so far. Internet Archive has not signaled whether it’s looking into fixes to get Reddit’s restrictions lifted. It could be completely over protecting users, or Reddit might be jockeying for a more lucrative licensing deal like Reddit struck with OpenAI and Google. The OpenAI deal isn’t publicly known, but the Google one is reportedly worth some $60 million. Reddit expects to make more than $200 million the next 3 years on licensing deals around AI.
I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.
OpenAI Hits 700 Million Weekly Users; Anthropic Cuts, Part Restores OpenAI Access to Claude; Tesla Gives $29 Million in Comp to Musk; Apple Hiring for ‘ChatGPT-like’ Search
Posted: August 4, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, chatgpt, openai, technology Leave a commentOpenAI is looking to hit 700 million active weekly users this week for ChatGPT. CNBC.com reports that the figure is up 200 million for the 500 million actives they had just in March…and it is also 4 times the number of just a year ago. This user number includes folks using all ChatGPT AI products…free, Plus, Pro, Enterprise, Team, and Edu. OpenAI also reports having 5 million paying business users on ChatGPT, up from 3 million in June.
Anthropic cut OpenAI access to its Claude model, after OpenAI was found to be using Anthropic’s Claude Code to assist in creating and testing OpenAI’s upcoming GPT-5, which is due to release in August. According to mashable.com, this act of plugging into Claude’s internal tools violated Anthropic’s commercial terms of service. A spokesperson for Anthropic did say that OpenAI’s access to their API would be reinstated for ‘benchmarking and safety evaluations.’
Even though Elon Musk’s around $56 billion payout has been tied up in the courts for a while, the board has now decided to award him a new compensation package of about $29 billion in shares. TechCrunch.com says the board released a statement citing the “ever-intensifying AI talent war and Tesla’s position at a critical inflection point” as reasons for the payout. Back to the court…this new compensation plan will be entirely voided if the Delaware Supreme Court decides to overturn a judge’s January 2024 decision to strike down Musk’s 2018 compensation package because of how it was negotiated behind the scenes. That pay package was worth around $56 billion. That’s because it is based on the 2019 Equity Incentive plan which was approved by shareholders. Musk has threatened to stop working on AI and robotics at Tesla unless he gains more control over the company.
Apple is hiring engineers for a team to work on improving Siri, Spotlight, and Safari. Macrumors.com reports that the team has the unwieldy name Answers, Knowledge, and Information. Cupertino is looking to attract around a dozen engineers for the team to develop a ‘new ChatGPT-like search experience.’ Mark Gurman of Bloomberg notes that Apple is even apparently exploring a standalone app in addition to bulking up back end infrastructure to power future Siri, Spotlight, and Safari iterations.
I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.
ChatGPT Study Mode; Tea App Security Breaches; Photoshop-Even Easier AI to Edit People & Objects in & Out of Photos; Meta Continues AI Poaching Drive
Posted: July 29, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, chatgpt, openai, technology Leave a commentChatGPT has bowed its new Study Mode which they claim will help give students a better understanding of complex subjects. Engadget.com reports that it is much like Learning Mode from Anthropic’s Claude, which came out in April. Study Mode uses something like the Socratic method…instead of answering a question outright, it will try to steer the user to their own solution. OpenAI says the conversations will unfold using a ‘scaffold’ structure, which means ChatGPT will slowly roll out info so as not to overwhelm the user. The feature is available to Edu users, and also to Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users. The Edu users will get it first over the next few weeks.
A couple of major Security vulnerabilities have showed up in the Tea app…an app that is supposed to make dating safer for women. According to 9to5mac.com, the Tea app is designed to let women share ‘red flags’ for men they have dated, and the app supposedly has 4 million active users. That’s all cool, but the security breaches have exposed a database containing personal data, including selfies and images of driver’s licenses Tea uses to verify user identities. To quote the late, great Ron Popiel…’but wait, there’s more.’ Tea claims that was an old database, but the other breach affects messages through this past week. The chats just have user names, but also links and images. Over 70,000 images have been exposed….possibly many more. Unless you are dealing with the state or federal government, I’d avoid any app that wants an image of your driver’s license!
The dark side of AI is that it just keeps making it easier and easier to blur reality. Now, Adobe has launched new AI features for Photoshop that make it even more simple to convincingly add people and objects to photos or to delete them from same. The “Harmonize” feature is a step further than the Project Perfect Blend that Adobe showed last year. Theverge.com notes that when you add a new object to a photo, Harmonize will automatically adjust the color, lighting, shadows, and visual tone of the item to blend it into the main image…like a skilled Photoshop user would do manually. The automatic removal tool uses AI to ‘clean up your images with more precision,’ too. Note that Adobe says there are safeguards in place to prevent it from generating anything concerning, like deepfakes of notable public figures, violence, or sexually explicit materials. Let’s hope.
Meta’s AI recruiting binge continues, as Zuckerberg tries to scoop up more top tier talent for his Meta Superintellegence labs. Wired.com reports that over a dozen staffers at Mira Murati’s 50 person startup…Thinking Machines Lab…have been approached with big offers. Murati is the former chief tech officer at OpenAI. In a move that will make sports contracts look pale, one person was offered over a billion dollars over a multi-year period. Others have seen offers of between $200 and $500 million over 4 years! First year payouts are between $50 and $100 million! I need to use AI to convince Zuck I’m one of the top talents in the field, so I can cash in on this bonanza. Ok, kidding…but hey, Mark…if you could spare a million or two for a tech report writer, here I am!
I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.
Next MacOS Name etc Leaked; Samsung May Incorporate Perplexity’s AI; Meta Moving Product Risk Assessment to AI form Humans; 30% of Americans are Active AI Users
Posted: June 2, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AI, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, chatgpt, openai, Samsung, technology Leave a commentApple’s World Wide Developer Conference is imminent, and a bit more has trickled out. We already reported that the operating systems will assume years as part of their naming system, as in macOS26. Now, macrumors.com reports that macOS26 will be named Tahoe. Apple burned through a number of names of big cats for its OS names for years, then switched to California names….like Yosemite, Monterey, and Sonoma. Along with the name, Apple will bow a more glass-like design with more translucent windows, buttons and icons…thus the connection to Lake Tahoe…famous for its clarity and being able to see deep down into the water. WWDC kicks off a week from today, on Monday June 9th, at 10am Pacific.
Samsung is moving forward on an investment in AI startup Perplexity, which would lead to the smartphone maker integrating the AI company’s tech into their devices. According to techcrunch.com, Samsung would use Perplexity’s AI brawn to power some of Samsung’s Bixby assistant features. A partnership deal with Perplexity may be sealed yet this year. Interestingly, Apple has also thought about adding Perplexity as a search engine to its Safari browser. Motorola already has a partnership with the AI firm.
Meta is planning to move assessment of its products’ potential harms from human reviewers to AI, aiming to speed up the process. Engadget.com notes that Meta is wanting to have up to 90% of risk assessments taken care of by AI…even considering it in areas like youth risk and ‘integrity,’ which includes violent content, misinformation and more. Meta employees who spoke with NPR warned AI may overlook serious risks that a human team would have been able to identify. It appears the old slogan of ‘move fast and break things’ is still well entrenched at Meta.
The folks at ComScore have done the analytics, and says that 30% of US people are actively using AI at least monthly. Top AI tools on the desktop are OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and the Canva designer. ComScore notes that 67 million people in the US are using AI on their mobile devices. Top categories on the desktop…besides AI assistants…are Audio with 23.8 million users, image generation with 23 million, and designs also with 23 million. Video generation shows up with 22.4 million. For mobile, ChatGPT has the highest number of visitors. In #2 is marketing platform Octane AI, followed by Canvas, Gemini, and social marketing tool Beacons.
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US and China Cut Tariffs-90 Days; Apple Considering Price Hikes for iPhone 17; Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7-Bigger Outer Display; OpenAI & Microsoft Renegotiating Partnership
Posted: May 12, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Apple, Microsoft, openai, Samsung, Tariffs, Trump Leave a commentIt what may have been the most telegraphed alleged deal in a long time, the Trump administration and China have issued a joint statement cutting tariffs for the next 90 days. Theverge.com reports that the Trump US import tax on Chinese goods drops from 145% to 30%, while China will reduce theirs from the 145% down to 10% on what they import from the US. In the next 90 days, the two nations will continue to work to finalize a trade deal.
Apple is looking to hike iPhone 17 prices this fall, claiming it has nothing to do with the Trump tariffs. According to macrumors.com, Cupertino plans to try to justify the increases in cost by touting new features and design changes. It may be something of a big lift to convince people that the tariffs have nothing to do with it…even though Apple had already planned to import most iPhones from India instead of China to get around the heavy tariffs. Apple hasn’t raised prices notably on iPhones in a while, so really they were probably due for an increase anyway…but you know people will still blame the Trump import tax anyway.
A new leak points to the Samsung Z Flip 7 getting a bigger cover display…similar in size to the one on the Moto Razr. Androidpolice.com notes that even with the bigger screen, there aren’t any planned new usability features for the outside screen. That means they still won’t directly run apps on the outer screen. You can utilize a Good Lock module to increase functionality. The change in size isn’t dramatic, but at least it will be a head to head match with a main competitor.
OpenAI and Microsoft are revamping their partnership, with Microsoft reducing its equity state in OpenAI in exchange for extended access to OpenAI’s technology beyond the previously agreed upon 2030 cutoff. Geekwire.com reports that the changed deal will also make a future IPO for OpenAI possible. Microsoft has plowed over $13 billion into OpenAI since 2019, and it provides computing capacity for OpenAI’s services. Microsoft uses OpenAI tech for Microsoft Copilot. OpenAI will continue with its restructuring to create a for-profit public benefit corporation, controlled by its nonprofit parent.
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OpenAI-Nonprofit Retains Control of Co; Microsoft-New Surface Tablets; Kindle iOS App-1 Button Book Buying; Tesla Sales Drop by Half in Germany
Posted: May 6, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Amazon, Kindle, Microsoft, openai, technology, Tesla Leave a commentAfter considerable outside pressure from political types and former employees, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced in a blog post that the non-profit will retain control of the company…even as it restructures into a public benefit corporation. CNBC.com reports that the Microsoft-backed company was recently valued at some $300 billion. The decision to keep the control with the non-profit came after meetings with the Attorneys General of California and Delaware. Altman said in a video call “We will be converting the limited liability company, that is a subsidiary of that nonprofit, to a public benefit corporation. By doing so, it will change the equity structure of that company so that employees, investors and the not-for-profit can own equity in that PBC.”
Microsoft has bowed a new Surface Pro tablet today..it has a 12 inch screen, and a few design changes from the bigger 13 inch Surface Pro 11. According to theverge.com, the Surface Pro 12 inch runs on an Arm processor. It is fanless, and doesn’t have a Surface Connect charging port. The keyboard is different as well. Besides the Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processor, it comes with 16 gigs of RAM, 256 gigs of storage, and starts at $799. A keyboard will run you another $149.99. Expect to tack on $100 more to the tablet price if you wan t 512 gigs of storage. You can order directly from Microsoft or at Best Buy. It ships May 20th to consumers, and July 22nd to businesses.
Acting after a court order (which Apple has appealed), Amazon has made it much easier to buy books on an iPhone. Previously, Apple rules made it hard for users to leave the app to buy a book, then come back. 9to5mac.com notes that basically you had to browse and buy titles separately in your web browser, before returning to your Kindle app to read the downloaded books. Now, there’s a nice big ‘get book’ button with each listed title in the Kindle app. Hitting that takes you right to the book’s Amazon listing in your browser…you can buy with ‘1-Click,’ then jump right back into the Kindle app and start reading the downloaded book. It’s still not as elegant as just buying the thing directly in the Kindle app, but a lot quicker and cleaner. Whether this can continue depends on who wins in court, but it’s a nice feature for readers. Maybe Apple has given up enough on its failed Books app to let things go…but probably not. I have read books on my phone, but prefer to throw my Kindle in my bag when traveling…it’s small and light and the battery lasts forever. Of course it’s great for home…only really missing that book ‘smell and feel.’
Tesla sales in Germany went off a cliff in April. Mashable.com reports that the Musk-helmed EV firm sold less than 900 vehicles there in April. That’s a drop of 45.9% from last April. Since April is in 2nd quarter, these numbers won’t show up in Tesla’s earnings until the end of the quarter, that wraps the last of June. Meanwhile, total German EV sales were up 53.5%, with the bulk of those sales going to Chinese EV maker BYD. BYD sold 1566 EVs in Germany in April.
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