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twolf2919 said:

"For Apple, Monday's list of tariff letters means it faces even more costs than it did before April's omnibus announcement for importing goods in the future." - why is that?  The announced tariffs on Japan, Korea,  Malaysia, and Khazakstan are tariffs the US will begin charging for goods coming into the US from those countries.  As far as I know, Apple doesn't import goods - INTO THE US - from any of these countries.  It is importing parts from them into China, Taiwan, and  India - so these US tariffs are irrelevant, no?  Far more important is what  China, Taiwan, and India tariff goods from those countries at.

AppleInsider said:

Perhaps in an acquihire to boost search, or to improve Siri, Apple executives have reportedly recently discussed buying or partnering with AI startup Perplexity.

Perplexity may be on Apple's acquisition list

The two executives linked to discussions are said to be the company's head of mergers Adrian Perica, and Eddy Cue. According to unnamed sources within Apple, internal discussions are in a very early stage, and there has not yet been an offer made.

Also a possibility is a team-up with Perplexity, rather than an outright buy. Any partnership would put Perplexity in Safari, and perhaps integrated into the long-delayed improved Siri project, that is now not expected to ship until 2026.

I’ve been using Perplexity for a few months, mainly as a very efficient search engine, so it has mostly replaced Google in my case.

It’s faster, reliable, and doesn’t overwhelm you with ads.

It doesn’t replace higher end models like Claude or ChatGPT, but it can provide the basis for a query into those models.

I would be very happy if Apple integrated Perplexity in its OS tools.

jfabula1 said:

Apple needs to satisfy their investors…
That is why the second hand market is there for the masses if brand new iPhone is unaffordable for them or maybe subsidized by provider which are already existing. We should be frugal.