Samsung reportedly shipped 60.1 million smartphone models worldwide in Q1, representing 20.8 p.c of the worldwide market share — and first place. In the meantime, Apple shipped 50.1 million models for 17.3 p.c of the market share. Each firms, nevertheless, noticed a lower from Q1 2023. Apple noticed an nearly 10 p.c drop, whereas Samsung’s hit was lower than one p.c.
Apple nudged Samsung out briefly in 2023, nevertheless it’s again to enterprise as ordinary. The IDC’s takeaway is that the world of smartphones is strengthening (what does that imply?), with a lift to higher-priced telephones—true for each Samsung and Apple.
Xiaomi rounded out the highest 5 manufacturers with 40.8 million models, Transsion with 28.5 million models and OPPO with 25.2 million models shipped. By no means heard of Transsion? It’s a worldwide smartphone powerhouse based mostly in China, liable for cellphone manufacturers together with Tecno, Itel and Infinix.
— Mat Smith
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Sonic 3 will get one other actor.
Keanu Reeves will play the broody, tortured Shadow the Hedgehog. The antihero, each an arch-rival and an ally to Sonic, might be created by Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik after the occasions of Sonic 2. Whoa.
The social media app goes offline April 29.
Meta is shutting down Threads in Turkey on April 29 after an interim injunction from the Turkish Competitors Authority (TCA) towards automated information sharing with Instagram. The TCA dominated that linking Threads and Instagram with out consumer opt-in “will result in irreparable hurt” and that Meta “abused its dominant place” within the trade with the follow. This isn’t the primary regulatory battle between Meta and Turkey. Again in 2022, the nation fined Meta $18.6 million for sharing information throughout its apps.
Dismantling an HDD in as little as eight seconds.
Garner Merchandise’ DiskMantler makes use of a mixture of shock, harmonics and vibration to shake aside a tough drive. The method loosens screws and different fasteners to unencumber components like circuit boards, drive assemblies, actuators and rare-earth magnets. The method reportedly takes between eight and 90 seconds for many onerous drives and round two minutes for welded helium drives. Solely a fifth or so of the planet’s e-waste is recycled in the meanwhile, so something that may enhance that share could be welcome.
