Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️
“Big” George Foreman, one of the most influential and recognizable boxers of all time, died Friday, his family announced on his social media account.
RIP, Big George. 🪦
Apple is reportedly losing more than $1 billion annually on its streaming service, Apple TV+, according to The Information on Thursday — providing a rare glimpse into the tech giant’s content operation.
That’s a huge number. Apple has some really good original programming. The production value is always top notch. I’d imagine that’s why it costs so much to keep going. Take a look at Netflix. They pump out content that, overall, has a much lower production value. Those in turn fund the production of high quality content. 💸
There’s been a lot flying around the social web the past couple of days about Apple completely botching their AI push, and I haven’t seen a whole lot of solutions (I fully admit I could completely be missing it). But off the top of my head, here’s one idea that I think could really help and reap benefits for both Apple and developers.
I’d imagine a lot of developers are going to want access to an AI API.
Put AI in all the things! I’m not sure how I’d use it in my apps, yet, but I could see doing some local machine learning to help pick feeds for the user to check out. 😁
RSS and ATOM feeds are problematic (for our use-cases) for two reasons; 1) lack of history, 2) contain limited post content. We built some open-source software to fix that.
I like this, a lot! This would be a great way to make a complete backup of your blog. Just generate a gigantic RSS feed of everything and push it to GitHub and other places.
One of the things I want to do for Stream is get full content for a particular feed. For now Stream only gets what the feed includes. I’ll have to change that so it grabs the HTML and pulls the body out.
The European Commission is not backing down from efforts to rein in Big Tech. In a series of press releases today, the European Union’s executive arm has announced actions against both Apple and Google. Regulators have announced that Apple will be required to open up support for non-Apple accessories on the iPhone, but it may be too late for Google to make changes. The commission says the search giant has violated the Digital Markets Act, which could lead to a hefty fine.
It’s time to get the popcorn out to see how much these two juggernauts push the rules. 🍿
Apple has already done the very least it could do to comply with opening up the ability to have third party app stores.
What I have trouble understanding is how she continued working with sociopaths after the first few years, when it was obvious that they wouldn’t change. As she rose in the company, and spent time with “Mark” and “Sheryl,” it was clear that these two people, as well as others, don’t care about the consequences of their platform.
Facebook is a nasty, evil, company. I jettisoned my account in 2011 but thought recently about making a new one. What an idiot! I’m glad I didn’t do it.
A month of anti-Tesla dissent escalated this week with two reports of Teslas catching fire in Las Vegas and Kansas City.
I still say these Tesla cars and trucks are spontaneously combusting.
It would a real shame if the stock price sunk so low Space Karen got a margin call.
It’s too bad Tesla’s board is in Space Karen’s pocket. Tesla could use new leadership at CEO and the board.
They’re clearly not innovating or even doing the least bit to update the models they have. When was the last time the body shape changed?
Also, Musk isn’t running the company. Why should he continue to drag them down?
Fire the man already, before one of those giant lots of Tesla’s spontaneously combusts and cause a lot more damage.
After a year, the top 5 percent of apps in most categories, including gaming, photo and video, health and fitness, and social and lifestyle, make more than $5,000/month. The 25th percentile makes $5 to $20 per month, depending on the category, save for photo and video apps, whereas the bottom quartile makes $32 per month.
I’d take $32 per month! I could use it to support my coffee habit. 😁
On the flip side I’m really happy for the companies who make enough to survive on and even thrive. Good for them! ❤️
Word is spreading that Sauer Brands Inc. ― owner of Greenville’s beloved mayonnaise brand ― has been sold to none other than a northern company.
I’d never had Dukes Mayo until we moved to Virginia. In California all I remembered was Craft Mayo as a choice. Dukes became an instant hit for me the first time I had it. I hope these new owners don’t mess it up. 🫙
Robert Rodriguez • The Fresno Bee
On Tuesday, the two defendants in one of Fresno’s biggest business scandals are expected to report to federal prison to serve their sentences for wire fraud and conspiring to commit wire fraud.
I know Jake and Irma personally and I hope nothing but the best for them. I have to believe this was a huge mistake on their part. An ignorant mistake. I don’t know enough about it to know if it was or not. They did so much good for the Central Valley and other places. ❤️
Chinese automaker BYD unveiled a new range of electric vehicles that it said can charge in five minutes, ramping up its competition with Tesla in the burgeoning Chinese market.
It would be nice to see these cars here in the States. Especially if they’re in the 10-20k range. That’s the range I’d consider purchasing a new car.
