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| Apple’s earnings show the impact of COVID-19, NVIDIA’s top scientist shares an open source ventilator design and Amazon anticipates big spending in the coming months. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 1, 2020. |
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| Apple device sales have taken a hit, but the companyâs services are doing swell, according to its latest earnings report. The iPhone, the longtime cornerstone of the companyâs hardware portfolio, hit $28.96 billion in revenue for Q2, down from $31.1 billion from this time last year. The iPad and Mac lines saw drops for the quarter, as well. In fact, a new Canalys report suggests that smartphone sales are down 13% globally. Read more |
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| The mechanical ventilator design developed by NVIDIA’s Bill Daily can be assembled quickly, using off-the-shelf parts with a total cost of around $400 â making it an accessible and affordable alternative to traditional, dedicated ventilators which can cost $20,000 or more. Read more |
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| The company’s net sales were up 26% year-year-over. Of those sales, $41 billion was attributable to product sales and $33 billion to services (which includes AWS, but also streaming and other non-physical goods). CEO Jeff Bezos acknowledged the challenges the company is facing, but he also reiterated that it plans to double down on spending in Q2. Read more |
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| Walmart now hopes to capitalize on the increased demand for speedier delivery with the introduction of a new service that allows consumers to pay to get to the front of the line. The retailer confirmed today itâs launching a new Walmart Grocery service called âExpress,â which promises orders in two hours or less for an upcharge of $10 on top of the usual delivery fee. Read more |
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| Co-founder and CEO Sam Pillar argues that his startup Jobber is proof that starting a company with a stranger isnât just doable, it can even be an advantage. That’s because it allowed them to arrive at big decisions and have productive debate without the baggage and bias of a pre-existing relationship, establishing Jobberâs feedback-oriented culture. (Extra Crunch membership required.) Read more |
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| Cliqz, a Munich-based anti-tracking browser with private search baked in that has sought to offer a local alternative to Google powered by its own search index, is shutting down â claiming this arm of its business has been blindsided by the coronavirus crisis. However, the company is not closing down entirely, and a spokesman confirmed that Ghostery will continue. Read more |
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| Most online coding courses, either free or paid, essentially suggest you download a project or copy-paste code from their snippets going through their courses. Unlike JetBrains, they tend not to include Integrated Development Environments, which are more helpful in the learning process. Read more |
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