Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’

Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’

Nintendo is raising the prices of its original Nintendo Switch game consoles, the company announced on Friday. The price increases, which are taking effect on August 3, are due to “market conditions,” Nintendo says. The company’s reference to “market conditions” likely hints at President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The affected products include the Nintendo Switch —…

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Apple has now sold 3 billion iPhones

Apple has now sold 3 billion iPhones

Apple has sold 3 billion iPhones since the product was launched in 2007, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. It took Apple nine years to sell the billionth iPhone, a milestone the company reached in 2016. This implies that Apple sold 2 billion between 2016 and now — also…

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Apple projects tariff costs will hit .1B next quarter

Apple projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter

Tariffs are projected to cost Apple $1.1 billion in the July-to-September quarter, an uptick from the previous period, CEO Tim Cook said during the company’s earnings call with investors Thursday.  Those cost projections, which are based on current rates and policies, could end up lower than expected as they did in the previous quarter. Apple…

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India’s richest man wants to turn every TV into a PC

India’s richest man wants to turn every TV into a PC

Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, has launched a virtual desktop service for set-top box users. This means that India’s richest man, Reliance’s chairman Mukesh Ambani, hopes to turn millions of TVs in the world’s most populous country into PCs. Called JioPC, the service offers a cloud-based PC experience through Jio’s…

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