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Sony’s 1000X The Collexion are cushy and costly
…There’s no indication that any other products will be added to this Collexion.) Sony told me they’re “the pinnacle of technology and design,” and boy does their price reflect that…
The best budget smartphone you can buy
…Android alternatives at this price will also get you extra lenses, smoother displays, and faster charging. But if you want an iPhone, and $600 is where your budget stops, the 17E is…
Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
…There’s also Kit, a newsletter platform that offers a tiered pricing model similar to Beehiiv, costing $116 per month with 10,000 subscribers on its “Creator” plan. The pricing on Substack…
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
…The viral AI agent tool, which this year took the worldwide tech industry by storm, had been severely restricted by Anthropic. Anthropic, like other leading AI labs, was under immense pressure…
Samsung
…As more companies announce pricing, things are bound to get more competitive. Image: Samsung Samsung is hiking the prices of its Galaxy phones and tablets Emma Roth Apr 14 Dominic Preston Apr…
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
…Players have access to more games than ever, even as the cost and time to build blockbuster titles continues to rise, putting pressure on what gets made and how risk is taken…
Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind
…The memory crisis has put pressure on the entire supply chain, threatening even Apple’s famously generous margins. But those who found the Cook era of predictable efficiency to be a bit…
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
…It’s also supposed to be four times faster than other frontier models and less than half (or in some cases, one third of) the price — a fact that’s relevant to…
Mass Transit
…Hawkins Jan 5 Congestion pricing is working. The New York Times has a bunch of neat graphs depicting how the first year of congestion pricing in Manhattan has resulted in 27 million…