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Apple has just made a very interesting acquisition: per Digital Trends, the company has acquired its first ever videogame studio. RAC7, the two-person studio behind Apple Arcade hit Sneaky Sasquatch, has officially joined Apple.
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We don’t typically report on monthly sales data for one car company in one market, but this one seems particularly notable given all that’s going on in the world. In another sign that Elon Musk’s company is in a real tough spot, Tesla is getting absolutely demolished in Europe. The company’s sales in the EU, UK, and European Free Trade Association fell a staggering 49 percent in April year over year, even as overall battery-electric vehicle sales rose.
The new figures from the European Automobiles Manufacturers Association revealed that Tesla only logged 7,261 new vehicle registrations in April, nearly half of what it recorded in April 2024. The numbers are particularly notable considering Tesla recently launched the refreshed Model Y, an update on the global best-seller which was expected to attract a host of new customers. Instead, it appears the strategy has so far been a failure.
Despite Musk’s optimistic talk about the Model Y’s sales prospects, Tesla’s brand crisis appears to be deepening. And it’s not because European consumers are souring on electric vehicles; in the first four months of 2025, new battery-electric car sales grew by 26.4 percent, to 558,262 units, capturing 15.3 percent of the total EU market share.
Despite Musk’s optimistic talk about the Model Y’s sales prospects, Tesla’s brand crisis appears to be deepening.
Tesla’s falling fortunes can be chalked up to several factors, including rising competition from domestic manufacturers and Chinese rivals, and Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending for the Trump administration as part of DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency. Musk’s political meddling in the EU, where he came out in support of Germany’s far-right party ahead of that country’s elections, appears to have done Tesla few favors as well.
Musk seems to be aware that his political activities are having an adverse effect on Tesla. He recently claimed he would spend less time in Washington and focus more on his company — although he also said he would stay involved in Trump’s White House through the end of the president’s term in office.
But while Republicans were once thrilled by Musk’s allegiance to Trump, the country as a whole is sick of his antics. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58 percent of respondents had an unfavorable view of Musk, compared to 39 percent who viewed him favorably. And it would seem like the strategy of tying Musk closely to his companies’ brands has backfired. A survey gauging the reputations of top companies ranked Tesla 95th and SpaceX 86th, down from the 8th highest rated brand and 5th highest four years ago, respectively.
During last month’s quarterly earnings call, Musk confidently told investors that Tesla’s sales would pick back up after factory closures for the refreshed Model Y was all settled. But with the CEO so focused on AI, robotics, and self-driving cars, it’s not clear that there’s any immediate fix to Tesla’s compounding problems.
Razer’s powerhouse Blade 18 portable gaming desktop replacement is launching today with a surprise price hike from its originally advertised $3,199.99 tag. The company has quietly raised the cost of the base spec, which features an RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, to $3,499.99 — a $300 jump from its CES reveal earlier this year.
The Blade 18’s top RTX 5090 graphics spec is also getting a heavy $400 price increase from $4,499.99 to $4,899.99. Razer is also now offering a new RTX 5080 configuration option that starts at $4,099.99. As to why Razer has increased the Blade 18’s prices, the company has not responded to our request for comment at the time of publication.
In April, Razer had temporarily halted direct sales for its laptops just a day before the Trump Administration announced tariffs that would increase costs of tech coming from countries like China and Taiwan, where many laptop components are made. At the time, Razer Public Relations Manager, Andy Johnston, told The Verge Razer had no comment regarding tariffs. Over a week later Razer un-paused sales, including for its just launched Blade 16 laptop.
You can order the new Blade 18 on Razer’s website now, with deliveries starting June 2nd, even for a maxed out configuration that features 4TB storage and 64GB RAM for $5,199.99 (RazerCare warranty not included).
eBay is slashing the jobs of 220 workers at TCGplayer’s card authentication center in Syracuse, New York, as reported earlier by local news outlet LocalSyr. eBay will move the online trading card marketplace’s operations to a warehouse in Kentucky — a decision TCGplayer’s union claims is eBay’s attempt to “evade its bargaining obligations.”
eBay acquired TCGplayer for $295 million in 2022 as part of efforts to expand its presence in the trading card industry. The workers at TCGplayer unionized under the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in 2023, which later filed unfair labor charges that accused eBay of refusing to acknowledge the union, failing to provide relevant information related to collective bargaining, and “surveilling” pro-union employees, among other alleged union-busting tactics.
TCGplayer and eBay also canceled their meeting to finalize the union’s first contract just days before eBay revealed that it’s closing the Syracuse location.
The CWA has since filed another unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accusing eBay of “terminating the employment” of workers to avoid bargaining. On Monday, the CWA claimed that eBay hired security guards at TCGplayer’s Syracuse authentication center that have “created an oppressive atmosphere by physically and verbally harassing employees.”
“TCGplayer is closing its Syracuse Authentication Center to consolidate operations within an eBay logistics center in Kentucky,” eBay spokesperson Maddy Martinez said in a statement to The Verge. “We recognize the near-term impact it will have on our employees, their families and the Syracuse community, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people during this transition.”
“Deploying security guards to stalk us immediately after letting us know that we would all be losing our jobs is psychological warfare,” Zach Freeman, an eBay worker and TCGunion-CWA Local 1123 member said in a press release. “By unleashing this brutal surveillance and intimidation campaign, TCGplayer and eBay are doing everything in their power to punish us for exercising our federally-protected rights to organize.”
Update, May 27th: Added a statement from eBay.
We are now ready to collect all of Tuesday’s best Android game and app deals courtesy of Google Play. Just be sure to also scope out the deals we have today on Nothing’s Ear (a) wireless earbuds, this 50% price drop on Google’s official Pixel 9 Pro XL Case, the first discount on Samsung’s brand-new 2025 3D and OLED Odyssey gaming monitors, the most affordable unlocked Galaxy S25, and the Google Nest Indoor/Outdoor Wireless Cam. As for the apps, highlights include Earn to Die, Aeon’s End, LEGO Bricktales, The Last Game, and more. Head below for a closer look.
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In an email to Pixel owners today, Google is teasing what updates from I/O 2025, like Gemini Live, that they can look forward to in the near future.
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Apple launched C1, its first in-house 5G modem, earlier this year with the iPhone 16e and early findings suggested it performed well against Qualcomm’s own modems. Now a new study says otherwise—but with the huge asterisk that it was paid for by Qualcomm.
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For millions of music fans, the most controversial app ban of the past year was not the brief TikTok outage but the ongoing delisting of Musi from Apple's App Store.
Those users are holding out hope that Musi can defeat Apple in court and soon be reinstated. However, rather than coming to any sort of resolution, that court fight has intensified over the past month, with both sides now seeking sanctions, TorrentFreak reported.
Musi is a free app that lets users stream music from YouTube without interruptions, only playing ads when the app is initially opened. It was removed from the App Store in September 2024 after a YouTube complaint, but it maintains a deeply loyal fan base who swear it's better than alternatives like Spotify. Those fans who still have the app installed on their iPhones can continue to use the service, but if they lose access to the app (by updating their phones) or are first-time users, it is currently unavailable for download, to the dismay of many fans who complain daily on Reddit.
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On your mark, get set, go! Apple will mark Global Running Day in June for its next virtual fitness challenge.
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Apple Invites launched earlier this year as a way to coordinate social events. Today, via a just-released App Store update, the app has received its first new feature since launch.
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CalDigit’s Element 5 Hub is the follow up to its , but this time with the addition of Thunderbolt 5 / USB4 v2 connectivity. The CalDigit Element 5 Hub features a total of nine ports – gaining two additional 10Gb/s USB-C ports while losing only one of the USB-A ports featured on the unit’s predecessor.
Does having a Thunderbolt 5-enabled hub really matter, though? Watch our hands-on video walkthrough as we take a closer look, and subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple-centric hardware reviews.
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