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Apple's AI Features Missing From iOS 18 🍭
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July 29, 2024
Today’s Menu 🥠
Apple's AI Features Missing From iOS 18
How To Stream Olympics Like A Champ
Powerful PC Built Into A Model Cybertruck
Everything Else You Need To Know
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Fast Snacks 🥡
Stripe Acquires Startup Lemon Squeezy
Payments giant Stripe has acquired the four-year-old competitor Lemon Squeezy, which serves SaaS and software businesses by calculating and paying global sales tax for digital products…
Apple’s iPhones Losing Popularity In China
Apple has fallen out of the top five smartphone brands in China, now sitting in sixth place, according to IDC research. Despite this drop, Apple remains ahead of Samsung, which no longer ranks in the region…
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Apple’s AI Features Missing iOS 18 Launch
Apple’s much-anticipated “Apple Intelligence” features will be available for developers to beta test this week, but the first of these features won’t be publicly released until after the big September updates for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other devices.
According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, these updates will instead arrive with iOS 18.1, with some features like the upgraded Siri potentially being delayed until 2025.
Paris 2024
How To Stream The Olympics Like A Champ
Peacock is the go-to streaming service for the 2024 Paris Olympics, offering 5,000 hours of live content across 39 sports.
The service features a dedicated Olympics hub, Multiview to watch up to four events simultaneously, and Gold Zone for a whiparound experience similar to NFL RedZone.
Sadly, you will have to fork up $8 to access this unrivaled experience…
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Cybertruck Computing
Xyber XPC Hides Mini PC Inside Tiny Cybertruck
YouTuber Taki Udon has revealed the Xyber XPC — a mini PC built into a detailed replica of Tesla’s Cybertruck.
This PC is powered by a Ryzen 8845HS and has unique features like working doors, headlights, and ports hidden beneath the rear bumper, with a power button integrated into the front shocks.
Pre-orders will eventually become available though pricing and availability details are yet to be announced.
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Everything Else You Need To Know
MKBHD Shares FBI Visit Story: Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, posted a video recounting the time the FBI visited his studio over a suspicious phone.
Applied Intuition Closes $300M Secondary Round: Autonomous vehicle software startup Applied Intuition secured a $300 million secondary sale, just four months after raising a $250 million Series E round, adding Fidelity Management & Research Company to its lineup of investors.
ZeroTier Raises $13.5M To Enhance Network Security: California-based ZeroTier raised $13.5 million in Series A funding to improve security for edge network devices, led by Battery Ventures and aimed at preventing issues like the recent CrowdStrike update fiasco.
Nuro Gears Up for a Comeback: Autonomous delivery startup Nuro received approval from the California DMV to test its third-generation R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area cities.
Marvel Brings Back Russo Brothers: The Russo brothers will direct Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, with Robert Downey Jr. returning as Doctor Doom, as announced at San Diego Comic-Con.
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