Category: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: Tesla reportedly formed a secret team to quash driving range complaints
Tesla is facing allegations that it's trying to minimize complaints about performance. Reuters sources claim the company had a secret Diversion Team in the Las Vegas area to cancel range-related service appointments. If a customer complained the range didn't live up to marketing claims, advisors would tell owners that Environmental…
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The Morning After: Everything announced at Samsung’s Summer Unpacked 2023 event
Cruelly timed for just after The Morning After newsletter yesterday, Samsung’s latest Unpacked media event was a first for the company. It’s the first time the company has launched over five devices in a single day. Ah wait, no. Was it the first time K-Pop superstars BTS helped promote Samsung’s…
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The Morning After: Netflix lists $900,000 AI job to help ‘create great content’
It looks like the big entertainment powers are digging in for a long battle with striking actors and writers. Not that they don’t have money to use. Here’s an example: Netflix’s recent job posting for a machine learning platform product manager, with a heady annual salary of $300,000 to $900,000…
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The Morning After: Our verdict on Sony’s newest noise-canceling earbuds
Over the years of true wireless earbuds, Sony has consistently kept its place among the best with its 1000X series. Just when it seems like others may gain ground through software tricks or beefed-up noise-cancellation, the company adds new features or improves audio quality to ensure it continues to dominate.…
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The Morning After: Twitter rebrands itself as X and ditches the bird
In a series of tweets last Saturday, Musk said the company’s famous bird logo and name would soon disappear. The company will change from Twitter to “X.” According to Platformer, Musk emailed staff later over the weekend saying the company would become X and his note “was the last email…
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The Morning After: What to expect at Samsung’s Unpacked 2023 event next week
As competition finally starts to figure out foldables, Samsung’s ready to prove it can still deliver them best. Its next Unpacked event is teasing a new generation of foldable phones, flanked by smartwatches and tablets. Here's what we're expecting. While it hasn’t named the new hardware, the company is expected…
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