Sony’s PS5 sales plummet amid price rises and a memory crisis
… Sony blamed “continued pressures in the global economic landscape,” for the price hikes in March, amid an ongoing memory crisis and pressure from the war in Iran. …
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Dyson put someone else’s motor in its robot vacuum
… Speed and cost, according to Lawson McLean. “We really wanted to enter the market in this new space of wet and dry and self-emptying,” he said. “And how could we quickly do that?” The answer: Get help. …
Why is Apple asking me to pay more for Big Tech’s AI obsession?
… I spent hours talking to marketing and business experts, exchanging emails and phone calls, and no one could give me a satisfying answer to why the price of popping up more data centers should be consumers’ costs to bear.
Spirit Airlines shuts down after Trump’s war on Iran doubled jet fuel prices
The ultra-low-cost air carrier Spirit Airlines shut down operations after 34 years in business and canceled all flights at 3AM ET on Saturday morning. …
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
… Sommer predicts that many companies “won’t be able to sustain their burn rate,” and says market consolidation is virtually inevitable — in his eyes, no more than two large language model providers in any regional market will survive. …
‘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. …
Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
… But it generated controversy earlier this year with its new TV app and an integration with the prediction market Polymarket. …
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
… Compared to dedicated AI companies under increasing financial pressure, it’s able to at least temporarily subsidize costs to attract users. …
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… AMD just reported its Q2 2025 earnings , and it’s attributing a new quarterly revenue record of $7.7 billion to one particular thing: “record server and PC processor sales.” And while AMD doesn’t mention its flagging competitor Intel , it seems many are turning to Team Red: AMD just crossed 40 perc… …
Uber employees have a Dara AI
… But I do think that driver pay is based on what market rate pay is, essentially. The local pay goes up and down based on the spot cost of labor in a particular market. The way that drivers are going to get paid more is the cost of labor generally goes up, or it goes down. …