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Music Streaming Killed the iPod Touch

May 13, 2022
Apple, Wall Street Journal, New York Times
The context

Say Goodbye: Apple announced that it would be discontinuing the production of the iPod Touch. Former users will remember the impact that the first iPod’s release in 2001 had on the music industry and listeners alike.

Music Streaming Killed the iPod Touch
  • The iPod Touch, the last of the iPod lineage, will only be available “as long as supplies last,” according to a press release from Apple. 
  • According to the tech mega-giant, the music streaming experience has been “integrated” across all Apple products, including Apple Music, that are currently in production. 
  • The good news is that you can still buy an iPod Touch wherever they are still in stock.

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  • The original iPod weighed 6.5 ounces when the product was first released. 
  • The last of its generation, the iPod touch, is no longer in production after almost twenty-two years of iPods.
  • Listeners mostly consume music via streaming, not downloading in a post-iPod era.  

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  • Apple made the call to discontinue the iPod because music streaming happens mostly on phones or through mobile streaming services and not on designated music-listening devices.
  • The iPod is responsible for Apple’s meteoric rise into a dominant industry leader.
  • Apple has sold about 450 million iPods since they first were released in 2001.  

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Meta May Be Planning Further Layoffs

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Meta is reportedly planning a new round of layoffs that are expected to happen sometime in March.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Meta May Be Planning Further Layoffs

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Meta is reportedly planning a new round of layoffs that are expected to happen sometime in March.
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Here we go again

  • Meta is preparing for a new round of job cuts that are expected to take place in March and will affect an unknown number of people.
  • In November, Meta laid off about 13% of its workforce.
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Ford Announces Battery Upgrades

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Ford’s electric vehicles will get new batteries that charge faster and are more affordable, thanks to new chemical breakthroughs in battery tech.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Ford Announces Battery Upgrades

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Ford’s electric vehicles will get new batteries that charge faster and are more affordable, thanks to new chemical breakthroughs in battery tech.
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Better batteries

  • Ford announced it is opening a $3.5 billion electric vehicle factory in Michigan that will produce batteries with a new formula.
  • The lithium iron phosphate battery's chemistry means they are more durable, faster charging, and more affordable.
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ChatGPT Competitor Neeva Throws Down a Challenge

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Neeva launched a generative AI search engine to an international audience today. The company initially launched the AI search engine to a limited audience in January to provide authentic, real-time AI search to a global audience.
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ChatGPT Competitor Neeva Throws Down a Challenge

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Neeva launched a generative AI search engine to an international audience today. The company initially launched the AI search engine to a limited audience in January to provide authentic, real-time AI search to a global audience.
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Neeva launches

  • Neeva launched an AI search engine in the US in January to a limited audience of users.
  • The engine was marketed as an "authentic, real-time AI search.
  • The timing of the announcement was auspicious, as Microsoft and Google battle back and forth over integrating AI into their respective search engines.
  • Users have to subscribe to access the engine because Neeva doesn’t monetize through advertising and prevents third-party trackers from using personal data to display personalized ads.
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Green light for Rust documentary

  • The producers of the film “Rust” announced that they had found a cinematographer to continue the production of the film after it was halted when the former cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed in an on-set accident.
  • The producers announced in October that the film would be completed in Hutchins’ honor and that a documentary would be made about the completion of the film.
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February 14, 2023
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January inflation was higher than expected, sparking fears that the Federal Reserve may enact further interest rate hikes.
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January inflation was higher than expected, sparking fears that the Federal Reserve may enact further interest rate hikes.
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Higher than expected

  • Consumer prices rose 0.5% in January, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index, which was higher than experts expected.
  • The Federal Reserve may issue a more aggressive hike in the coming months to slow inflation.
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The White House reassured the press today that there was no indication that the unidentified flying objects shot down over the US and Canada were part of a Chinese spy program, leaving more questions about the objects’ origins.
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Unclear origins

  • The White House said today that there is no indication that the three objects shot down by the US military over the weekend were part of China's spy program.
  • Officials have yet to analyze the debris from the objects because access has been impossible due to weather conditions and location.
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Sources: TechCrunch, CNET, Vice

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