Apple is reportedly preparing to roll out one of its most ambitious sign-up incentives ever, one that might entail freebies worth a whopping $250, all for just signing up to an Apple Card next week. Apple seriously wants you to sign up for its Apple Cards, and is willing to throw in a $250 AirPods Pro 3 as an incentive According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is reportedly gearing up to give away AirPods Pro 3 - where each unit is worth as much as $249 - with each Apple Card sign-up at an eligible retail store next week. For […]

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At a time when Samsung employees are on the verge of initiating a debilitating union-authorized strike to secure fair compensation, SK hynix employees are apparently living the high life, so much so that they are now attracting laser-focused attention from within South Korea's very competitive marriage mart, all thanks to SK hynix's generous, operating profit-based bonuses. SK hynix's generous bonuses have made its employees a veritable catch in South Korea's marriage mart For the benefit of those who might not be aware, SK hynix recently reported 52.6 trillion won ($35.6 billion) in revenue for the first quarter of 2026, beating […]

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Apple has given Intel "a once-in-a-generation window to rebuild its foundry," even if the initial order flow is quite tentative in its nature, claims the famous Apple-focused analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo. Around 80 percent of Apple's orders for Intel's 18A-P process reportedly consist of iPhone chips, "mirroring Apple's end-device sales mix" As we noted last week, Apple has now reached a preliminary chip fabrication deal with Intel. While the specifics of this agreement are not known at this time, it is likely to resemble the one between Apple and TSMC, where the former designs custom chips based on ARM's intellectual property, while the […]

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OpenAI was the first entity to come to Apple's rescue when its own AI efforts stumbled in late 2024. While OpenAI's motives for doing so were by no means altruistic in nature, it asserts it entered into a partnership in good faith, and now believes it has been short-shrifted by Apple. This comes as the maker of iPhones nurses its own grievances against OpenAI for stealing its talent, setting the stage for another epic clash in the courts. OpenAI believes Apple deliberately hobbled ChatGPT's integration within the iPhone, as Apple bemoans the daylight robbery of its talent by OpenAI According […]

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Apple iPhones will soon be able to stay connected throughout the continental US, and not just via Globalstar's limited 'Emergency SOS' service, as all three major carriers have now reached a landmark agreement to eliminate network dead zones by leveraging Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite-based connectivity. Apple iPhones to benefit as AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon form a JV to eliminate dead zones via satellites As mentioned earlier, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have now formed a joint venture that will leverage satellite-based D2D connectivity to "address coverage gaps, especially in unserved and underserved communities." Through this JV, the three carriers will make coordinated […]

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Apple seems to have turned one of its biggest weaknesses - its inability to develop a homegrown overarching AI framework - into a quasi-strength by eschewing the CapEx escalator that many of its Mag 7 peers are firmly perched upon, at least as per the views expressed by the Evercore ISI analyst, Amit Daryanani. If you tune out short-term concerns related to memory and Apple Intelligence, you'd realize that the iPhone giant has a winning strategy at hand, claims one analyst Daryanani has identified five key strengths that Apple currently retains, and which form a fundamental basis for its growth […]

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Samsung's union-led strike is not scheduled to begin until the tail-end of next week. Yet, as talks between the management and the union broke down on Wednesday in what might as well be a death knell for further negotiations, spot prices for various memory configurations are on the march, with this inflationary impulse most noticeable in the world's biggest market for electronics, Shenzhen Huaqiangbei. The world's biggest electronics market is giving an early sample of the mayhem that awaits the global memory sphere next week, when Samsung is all set to enter utter paralysis According to a Taiwanese publication, the […]

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Samsung's latest round of negotiations with its unionized workers has collapsed, as has the final window for reaching an amicable solution ahead of next week's highly disruptive union-led strike. Only a complete capitulation by either party can now defer what otherwise is shaping up to be an 18-day strike, with recovery timelines extending twice as long. And yet, it is precisely this capitulation that has become nearly impossible at this stage, given the entrenched positions on both sides of the proverbial aisle. Samsung is in a bind as it mulls absorbing billions of dollars in operational losses or consenting to […]

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