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iPhone production plans said to be 20M down on consensus expectations

Apple’s iPhone production plans for 2022 are said to be around 220 million units – some 20M lower than the consensus estimates of analysts. It would also represent zero growth on 2021. The Cupertino company is facing a perfect storm of obstacles in the run-up to the launch of this year’s iPhone lineup … Background Despite the challenges of the last couple of years, Apple has continued…
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Will the iPhone 14 lineup face delays? Kuo weighs in

A report from early this week suggested Apple and its suppliers were struggling with iPhone 14 production due to COVID-19 lockdowns in China. In addition, an analyst said iPhone 14 Plus/Max production was delayed by three weeks. Now, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that despite…
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Tesla delivers Megapacks to new Bitcoin mining facility

Tesla has delivered four Megapacks to a giant new Bitcoin mining facility in Texas that is going to be the first to be powered by the automaker’s solar and batteries. Last month, the project was announced as a partnership between Tesla, Blockstream, and Jack Dorsey’s Blocks (formerly Square). The idea is to build a new 30 Petahashes per second open-source Bitcoin mining facility powered by a…
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Google Calculator 8.2 adds two-column UI for tablets [U: Quick Settings tile]

Following Lens last week, Google Calculator is the next first-party application to be updated for tablets and other large screen Android devices. Update 5/26: Google also added a Quick Settings tile with Calculator 8.2 that simply launches the app. It is using the themed icon as the illustration. (Thanks Kawshik.) Original 5/24: Before this update, the tablet UI was just the landscape version…
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M8 electric trains replace diesel trains on Connecticut’s Shore Line East line

Kawasaki M8 Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) electric trains began to run on Connecticut’s Shore Line East this week. New electric trains in Connecticut Shore Line East provides daily service from New Haven to New London. It has connecting service to New York City through Metro-North’s New Haven Line, which has had M8 EMU trains for more than a decade. The electric M8s are a substantial…
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