Apple’s AI and AR Struggles Show It Has Lost Some of Its Product Edge

Apple’s Tim Cook holding up the iPhone 16 Pro.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Apple’s struggles in emerging areas like artificial intelligence and augmented reality show the company has lost some of its product development edge. Also: Apple is set to launch an invite service; the company reports record-high quarterly revenue despite a big slowdown in China; and SpaceX’s Starlink service is coming to T-Mobile iPhone customers.

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