Apple reportedly punts on the next iPhone Air Courtesy Apple<\/p>\n Apple needs a breath before it puts out the next iPhone Air.<\/p>\n The $999 thin-and-light model was supposed to fill out the product portfolio the same way its inspiration, the MacBook Air, once did. (That is: Not quite as cheap as the base model, not quite as expensive as the \u201cPro\u201d model.)<\/p>\n But sales have proven lackluster as consumers find that their hearts lie with bigger batteries and better audiovisual capabilities, given the price.\u00a0<\/p>\n A new report from The Information<\/a> says Apple will now delay the release of the next iPhone Air, due a year from now, to rework the formula.<\/p>\n Presumably, that will mean different tradeoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Though there\u2019s not much to be done about battery life in this format\u2014unless someone plans to bend the laws of physics\u2014one can imagine Apple trying to save a few cents in less prominent places in a bid to tilt the \u201cvalue\u201d meter in its favor.<\/p>\n Alternatively, the company could just put its base iPhone\u2014already quite a bit thinner and lighter than its Pro sibling\u2014on a diet and brand it \u201cAir.\u201d<\/p>\n There\u2019s no shame in that game: Today the slim MacBook Air, once the top of its line, now sits at the bottom of the company\u2019s Mac range but is responsible for 2 in 5 Macs sold. \u2014AN<\/p>\n EU may force member states to ditch Huawei, ZTE tech<\/p>\n The European Union\u2019s executive branch reportedly wants to force member states to scrub Chinese telecommunications tech from their communications networks.<\/p>\n Gear made by Huawei and ZTE\u2014considered high-risk vendors\u2014is in the legal line of fire, according to a new Bloomberg report<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n National governments, not the EU, have final say over infrastructure decisions. But the European Commission reportedly seeks to make a 2020 recommendation a legally binding requirement that would come with financial penalties for noncompliance.<\/p>\n \u201cThe EU is increasingly focused on the risks posed by Chinese telecom equipment makers as trade and political ties with its second-largest trading partner fray,\u201d the report reads. \u201cThe concern is that handing over control of critical national infrastructure to companies with such close ties to Beijing could compromise national security interests.\u201d<\/p>\n China\u2019s Foreign Ministry previously said that there was little factual basis for the EU to label Huawei and ZTE as \u201chigh risk.\u201d Whatever the case, local companies like Sweden\u2019s Ericsson and Finland\u2019s Nokia stand to benefit. \u2014AN<\/p>\n So long, Meta ‘like’ and ‘share’ buttons (sort of)<\/p>\n Meta said Monday that it will discontinue use of its \u201clike\u201d and \u201cshare\u201d buttons on external websites. They\u2019ll remain in place on Meta\u2019s own channels.<\/p>\n The company says it will turn externally embedded Facebook controls into zero-by-zero-pixel elements so as not to break web pages the world over.<\/p>\n The change, planned for February 10, 2026, comes as usage of the plugins has declined to unspecified levels. \u201cThe digital landscape has evolved,\u201d the company notes<\/a> in a blog post for software developers.<\/p>\n The buttons were first introduced in 2010\u2014a time when social media networks were more favorable to content published elsewhere and keen to drive engagement on their platform.<\/p>\n (What did the digital landscape look like then? Justin Bieber\u2019s debut album, the first Apple iPad, and the utter domination by the TV series Glee. Ah, mem\u2019ries.)<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Meta would much prefer you to engage with its AI chatbot. The silver lining? The World Wide Web is still going strong\u2026for now. In 2025 Facebook remains a Top 10 website, as it did in 2010, with almost 10 billion monthly visits. \u2014AN<\/p>\n More tech<\/p>\n \u2014Rumble will acquire Northern Data.<\/a> The Canadian video platform will buy the German AI infrastructure company in an up to $970M deal.<\/p>\n \u2014CoreWeave handily beats on Q3 results<\/a>. $1.36 billion in expectations-beating revenue and a net loss of $110 million, down from last year\u2019s $360 million.<\/p>\n \u2014C3.ai may decide to sell<\/a>, or at least fundraise, in the wake of CEO Thomas Siebel\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n \u2014AI errors are growing in legal briefs<\/a>. A \u201crising tide of AI slop\u201d including references to cases that don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n \u2014TSMC sales slowest in 20 months<\/a>. Is the AI boom slowing down, or just taking a beat?<\/p>\n \u2014Klook files for IPO<\/a>. The APAC travel booking service lost about $141 million on $407 million of revenue this year.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/apple-iphone-air-promo-yt.jpg\"\/)
<\/a>A 2025 promotional image for Apple’s first-generation iPhone Air.\u00a0<\/p>\n