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  1. Counterpoint: iPhone 16 Was The World’s Best-selling Smartphone in Q1 2025
    Counterpoint: iPhone 16 Was The World’s Best-selling Smartphone in Q1 2025

    The iPhone 16 topped global smartphone sales during the first quarter of 2025, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. This marked the first time since 2022 that a base iPhone model has led global sales in the period...

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  2. Jony Ive to Lead OpenAI’s Design Work Following $6.5B Acquisition of His Company
    Jony Ive to Lead OpenAI’s Design Work Following $6.5B Acquisition of His Company

    OpenAI is acquiring io, the device startup that CEO Sam Altman and famed Apple designer Jony Ive have quietly been working on for two years, in an all-equity deal that values that startup at $6.5 billion

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  3. Understanding Import and Export Tariffs: Who Pays?
    Understanding Import and Export Tariffs: Who Pays?

    Learn who is responsible for paying import and export tariffs in international trade. Explore the impact of Incoterms on tariff responsibilities and how they affect both buyers and sellers in cross-border transactions

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  4. iPhone 16 Pro Is The Surprise Loser In Apple’s Recent Sales
    iPhone 16 Pro Is The Surprise Loser In Apple’s Recent Sales

    CIRP just published US sales data for the iPhone in Q1, including a breakdown of how each different iPhone 16 model is performing. There are winners and losers, and even the first iPhone 16e data. The surprise loser of the...

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  5. Apple Hit A Big iPhone Sales Achievement For The First Time
    Apple Hit A Big iPhone Sales Achievement For The First Time

    Amid all the back-and-forth turmoil surrounding tariffs, and ongoing sales struggles in China, Apple and the iPhone have at times appeared “doomed.” But new data from Counterpoint reveals the iPhone actually just hit...

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  6. Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders in Response to Tariffs
    Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders in Response to Tariffs

    Nintendo is delaying preorders for the newly announced Switch 2 in the U.S. due to concerns around President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Preorders will no longer begin on April 9

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  7. Google Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Its Search Monopoly
    Google Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Its Search Monopoly

    To dismantle Google’s illegal monopoly over how Americans search the web, the US Department of Justice wants the tech giant to end its lucrative partnership with Apple, share a trove of proprietary data with competitors...

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  8. Apple might release a $2,000 Vision headset next year
    Apple might release a $2,000 Vision headset next year

    A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple’s next big mixed reality release could come as early as next year, with the launch of a Vision headset costing around $2,000 — not exactly cheap

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  9. Global Mac shipments fell 17.5% ahead of M4 updates
    Global Mac shipments fell 17.5% ahead of M4 updates

    Technically Q3 saw the global PC market achieve a fourth consecutive quarter of growth, as total shipments were up year-on-year, though just barely

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  10. Apple May Turn AI Features Into Paid Subscription Services, Analysts Say
    Apple May Turn AI Features Into Paid Subscription Services, Analysts Say

    According to recent reports, analysts speculate that these new services could cost users up to $20 per month, reflecting Apple's growing emphasis on monetizing software and services

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  11. Android users switching to iPhone hits 5-year high, but there’s a downside for Apple
    Android users switching to iPhone hits 5-year high, but there’s a downside for Apple

    Following a report that iPhone 15 device sales are below what Apple saw with the iPhone 14 series, CIRP has published its newest study on Android users switching to iPhone. While an increase in the metric means fresh...

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  12. Apple’s Back to School promo coming back this week in the US and Canada
    Apple’s Back to School promo coming back this week in the US and Canada

    Apple’s traditional “Back to School” campaign is making a comeback this week for customers in the US and Canada, at least that’s what Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman said on Monday. The campaign typically offers either...

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