Beleaguered Samsung Electronics, peddler of pretend iPhones, reported a disastrous 96% plunge in second-quarter operating profit on Friday as the South Korean dishwasher maker estimated its operating profit fell to 600 billion won ($459 million) in April to June, from 14.1 trillion won a year earlier in a brief preliminary earnings statement. Samsung’s Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for bribery in January 2021 Reuters: It would be Samsung’s lowest profit for any quarter since a 590 billion won profit in the first quarter of 2009, according to company data. Shares in Samsung fell 1.4% in early morning trade, underperforming a 0.6% drop in the wider market. Samsung is due to release detailed earnings on…

Macworld Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too. Ask a Siri question It’s been a few weeks now since the excitement of the WWDC 2023 keynote presentation, and the triumphs and disappointments have had a chance to sink in. There was plenty of the former, but several of the latter, and the one that continues to sting–particularly when I have an especially bad week with the feature in…

Apple’s upcoming Vision Pro headset will feature a new augmented reality (AR) version of the Visual Lookup feature found in iPhones and iPads. This feature, dubbed “Visual Search,” will allow wearers to get information about various items by simply looking at them. Apple Vision Pro features a pair of advanced, custom micro‑OLED displays deliver more pixels than a 4K TV to each eye — for stunning clarity. The feature was discovered this week by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser, who inspected code within the Xcode beta of visionOS, Apple’s AR and reality operating system that will power the Vision Pro headset. Moser found references to Visual Search in the code, which suggests that the feature is still under development. Visual Search…

For three years running, Apple didn't provide specifics on what they expect for the next quarter, but chief financial officer Luca Maestri gave some color on what the company expects.iPhone continues to be a driver for Apple earningsApple's Q2 earnings beat expectations with $94.8 billion in revenue — a slight decline compared to Q2 2022. However, it is an improvement over the disastrous Q1, and it looks Apple will continue to see improvement through Q3. Read more...

For three years running, Apple didn't provide specifics on what they expect for the next quarter, but chief financial officer Luca Maestri gave some color on what the company expects.iPhone continues to be a driver for Apple earningsApple's Q2 earnings beat expectations with $94.8 billion in revenue — a slight decline compared to Q2 2022. However, it is an improvement over the disastrous Q1, and it looks Apple will continue to see improvement through Q3. Read more...

For three years running, Apple didn't provide specifics on what they expect for the next quarter, but chief financial officer Luca Maestri gave some color on what the company expects.iPhone continues to be a driver for Apple earningsApple's Q2 earnings beat expectations with $94.8 billion in revenue — a slight decline compared to Q2 2022. However, it is an improvement over the disastrous Q1, and it looks Apple will continue to see improvement through Q3. Read more...