Marcus Mendes, reporting for 9to5Mac: Which brings us to The Information’s report, and its account of several cases where “Apple employees who left for other companies over the past decade told The In...
Apple 正式推出 Apple Upgrade 产品租赁计划,支持 iPhone、Mac、iPad 和 Apple Watch 按月租用,到期可免费升级或支付尾款购买。 iPhone 17e 月租 17.99 美元起,Apple Watch Series 11 月租 11.99 美元起,MacBook Air 月租 24.99 美元起,iPad mini 月租 15.99 美元起;租赁无利息,但 36 个月租 MacBook Pro 需付约 600 美元尾款才能拥有。作者批评该租赁模式鼓励超支消费,类比曾取消的 iPhone Upgrade Program 和运营商合约机,认为可能让用户陷入无力承担的债务。
据 The Information 报道,苹果正与投行及半导体初创公司接触,探索收购以加速自研服务器芯片开发。目前苹果内部 AI 服务器仍依赖 M2 Ultra,下一代芯片 Baltra 延期至 2026 年后。面对性能瓶颈,高负载任务如新 Siri 的 Gemini 模型处理仍依赖谷歌云 Nvidia GPU。此举打破苹果一贯的小规模收购策略,显示其在私有云算力上的紧迫需求。
Hugo Lowell, Lily Hay Newman, and Maxwell Zeff, reporting for Wired (Apple News+ ): Trump administration officials concluded talks with Anthropic on Monday without lifting export controls that were i...