• Teens Love iPhone and Apple Watch, But Not Apple Music and Apple TV+

    The iPhone continues to be overwhelmingly popular with teens, according to Piper Sandler's biannual teen survey. 85 percent of U.S. teens surveyed own an ‌iPhone‌, and 86 percent plan to purchase an ‌iPhone‌ as their next smartphone. While the ‌iPhone‌ is still the most popular smartphone among teens, ownership is down from the October 2023 survey where 87 percent of teens owned an ‌iPhone‌ and 88 percent planned to purchase one.Both the 85% iPhone ownership and 86% intention to purchase an...

  • apple music streaming apps link websites: Apple to let music streaming apps in Europe link to own websites for

    Apple announced measures on Friday to make it easier for music streaming apps on its App Store in the European Economic Area to inform users of other ways to purchase digital services, as it looks to comply with a European Union mandate. The announcement comes weeks after the iPhone maker was fined 1.84 billion euros ($1.99 billion) by the EU for thwarting competition from music streaming rivals via restrictions on its App Store. The European Commission had said in March that Apple's...

  • Apple boasts that it has cut greenhouse gas emissions in half

    As part of its annual report on its environmental efforts, Apple has announced that its overall greenhouse gas emissions are now down 55% since 2015. Apple is working to use alternative energy supplies including wind Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, Apple has issued its now annual Environmental Progress Report. It says the 55% cut represents important progress in its intention to become carbon neutral by 2030. "The proof of Apple's commitment to climate action is in our progress," said...

  • Spotify planning to launch more expensive ‘Music Pro’ subscription with lossless songs

    A recent report revealed that Spotify is planning to raise the price of its subscription soon, at least in some countries. And for those who think that paying $10.99 a month for a music streaming platform is already too much, the company may soon introduce an even more expensive “Music Pro” subscription that will enable lossless audio and some other extra features. more

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    Tesla cuts its 'full self-driving' subscription in half to $99/month

    If you're interested in using Tesla's Full Self-Driving functionality (even though the company's self-driving feature is a misnomer), you'll be happy to learn that the subscription just got a whole lot more affordable. Tesla has charged a $199 monthly payment since FSD's since inception in 2021, but on Friday, cut the price to $99 per month.In March 2024, Tesla started offering a free 30-day trial of FSD to every eligible Tesla owner, an offer that's still going on if you haven't tried it out...

  • EU regulators assess Apple's plan for complying with music streaming order

    EU antitrust regulators are checking if an Apple proposal would comply with their order to let Spotify and other music streaming services inform users of payment options outside its App Store, the European Commission said on Monday. The iPhone maker risks antitrust charges and fresh fines if its proposal announced last Friday fails to satisfy the EU competition enforcer, which issued its order together with a 1.84 billion euro ($2 billion) fine last month Under Apple's proposal, the Swedish...

  • EU regulators assess Apple's plan for complying with music streaming order

    EU antitrust regulators are checking to see if an Apple proposal would comply with their order to let Spotify and other music streaming services inform users of payment options outside its App Store, the European Commission said on Monday. The iPhone maker risks antitrust charges and fresh fines if its proposal announced last Friday fails to satisfy the EU competition enforcer, which issued its order together with a 1.84 billion euro ($2 billion) fine last month Under Apple's proposal, the...

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    Find the Perfect Images for Less With a JumpStory Essentials Plan: Lifetime Subscription for Just $100

    If you work online or in a profession where you need to regularly create assets with stock images, you know all about the struggle to find the perfect images. Finding the best pictures to make your content pop just got way easier and more affordable, thanks to a deal at StackSocial. Right now, you can get the JumpStory’s Essentials Plan: Lifetime Subscription, which normally runs $300, for just $100. That’s a whopping 66% off, and the lowest price you’ll find it for. With access to JumpStory’s...

  • Dutch Cabinet scraps plans to cut half a billion euros from youth care budget in 2025

    The plan to slash spending on youth care by more than 500 million euros in 2025 will not happen, the caretaker Cabinet said. The coalition still leading the Dutch government announced the decision as part of the Spring Memorandum, one of the annual updates on the state of the national budget.

  • The U.S. might ban TikTok. Record labels are cutting ties. What's music's Plan B?

    In November 2022, Isimeme Udu uploaded the song that changed her life. The singer, who performs as Hemlocke Springs, was stressing about her medical studies at Dartmouth when she dropped her synth-pop track “Girlfriend” onto TikTok. Its lo-fi élan immediately found an audience. Within hours, Grimes commented with high praise, and fans clamored for the new “awkward Black girl anthem,” as many described it. Millions of plays later, Udu finished her degree and became a touring sensation — she...

  • Honeywell exec reveals plan to deliver $100 million in value with generative AI: “Just getting started”

    The remarks by Sheila Jordan, chief digital technology officer, that the company is already making "tens of millions" in dollars in net value with generative AI are significant because outside of the big GenAI technology providers like OpenAI and Microsoft, few Fortune 500 end-user companies are on record saying they’ve created so much net value.