August 16, 2023

IN THIS ISSUE

📱 Apple to start paying up in iPhone lawsuit

🎵 Amazon's Music Unlimited plans get price hike

🚙 Lamborghini to unveil its first fully electric car

UP FIRST

Apple to start paying up in $500M iPhone lawsuit

The long-running case will be familiar to many as 'batterygate'

It’s been a while coming, but a recent judicial decision means that Apple can finally begin paying claimants who brought a class-action lawsuit against the tech giant after it was found to be slowing the performance of older iPhone models.

Apple admitted to the practice in 2017, though it insisted it only did it to prevent unwanted shutdowns caused by older batteries not being able to maintain peak performance.

The $500 million settlement won’t make anyone rich, however, as the payouts will amount to around $65 per recipient.

The qualifying handsets include the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, and SE running iOS 10.2.1 or later before December 21, 2017, as well as the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus running iOS 11.2 or later before the same date.

It should be noted that the deadline to participate in the lawsuit was in October 2020, so only some owners of these iPhone models will receive the cash.

MUSIC STREAMING

Amazon increases the cost of its Music Unlimited plans

The higher fees come into effect next month

Amazon Music Unlimited is following in the footsteps of rival music streaming services and raising its subscription fees.

The platform’s individual plan for Prime members will increase from $9 to $10 per month from September 19, the company confirmed on Tuesday. This is $1 less than non-Prime members are required to pay following a $1 increase to $11 earlier this year.

Similarly, the e-commerce giant is also raising the cost of its Amazon Music Unlimited family plan for those with a Prime subscription, from $16 to $17 per month.

Subscribers to both the individual plan and family plan have the option to pay for a full year, and both of these will go up by $10 to $99 and $169, respectively.

In an update on its website, the company said the increases would help it to add “even more content and features.”

ON THE HORIZON

Lamborghini to unveil concept for its first fully electric auto

But the vehicle isn't expected to hit the road for a few years

Lamborghini is about to unveil its first fully electric supercar and on Tuesday offered a teaser in the form of a silhouette image (above) of the vehicle. In a tweet, it told auto fans to expect something “new and truly thrilling.”

The Italian carmaker will show off a concept of its first-ever fully electric car on Friday, August 18th, at Monterey Car Week in California.

There’s little information to go on just now, though we do know that the vehicle won’t be hitting the road anytime soon as the automaker has already said it will enter production “by the end of the decade.”

Lamborghini is taking its time transitioning to electric, promising to launch gas-electric hybrid versions of its lineup by 2024 before making its first fully electric model.

The unveiling of Lamborghini’s first all-electric car comes just a few months after it took the wraps off its Revuelto plug-in hybrid that replaces its Aventador supercar.

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