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By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN

(CNN) — Apple announced Monday a lower-priced version of the iPhone 17, expanding its smartphone lineup as it relies on its blockbuster product to stave off concerns the company is falling behind in artificial intelligence.

The iPhone 17e, which starts at $599, is a pared-back version of the pricier iPhone 17. The phone has the same processor but a slightly smaller screen. It also has one camera instead of two and lacks the Dynamic Island bar for showing information from apps. The device launches March 11.

Apple doesn’t typically release new versions of its cheaper phones every year as it does its pricier iPhones. But this follows the introduction of the iPhone 16e last year, a departure from the sporadic releases of its previous budget smartphone, the SE line. The new phone is perhaps an indication that it’s seeing increased demand for cheaper phones, and that iPhone 16e was popular with consumers following a muted reception of the iPhone Air.

Sales of the iPhone have also been instrumental in quelling Wall Street’s concerns about where the company stands in the AI race. The tech giant blew past revenue expectations in the fourth quarter of 2025, largely driven by the iPhone 17’s success. Apple saw record iPhone upgrades last year and double-digit growth on “switchers,” or users that switched from Android to the iPhone.

“The demand for iPhone was simply staggering,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said on the company’s earnings call in January.

The iPhone 17e, which costs $200 less than the iPhone 17, could also help boost adoption of Apple Intelligence by appealing to users with older phones that don’t support Apple’s AI features.

But the launch also comes at a challenging time for the broader smartphone industry as device makers grapple with the ongoing memory shortage driven by AI. The International Data Corporation estimates the global smartphone market will decline 6.8% in the first quarter of this year.

The iPhone 17e kicks off what is expected to be a significant year of product launches for Apple. The company’s revamped version of Siri, which will be powered by Google’s Gemini AI model and is expected to arrive later this year after delays. Apple’s first foldable iPhone could also arrive this year, according to Bloomberg.

The iPhone 17e will be available in black, white and pink, and includes more storage space than its predecessor. It also includes a new version of Apple’s cellular modem, which it says is twice as fast as the one in the iPhone 16e.

The company also announced Monday a new version of the iPad Air.

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El presidente Donald Trump declaró a CNN en una entrevista telefónica de nueve minutos el lunes por la mañana que las fuerzas estadounidenses están “destrozando” a Irán, pero que la “gran ola” aún está por llegar.

“Les estamos destrozando”, declaró Trump a Jake Tapper de CNN. “Creo que va muy bien. Es muy poderoso. Tenemos las mejores fuerzas armadas del mundo y las estamos usando”, agregó.

Trump abordó diversos temas en la entrevista, incluyendo la duración prevista del conflicto, su sorpresa ante las represalias generalizadas de Irán y el plan de sucesión previsto para el país.

Sobre la posible duración de la guerra, el presidente dijo: “No quiero que se alargue demasiado. Siempre pensé que serían cuatro semanas. Y vamos un poco adelantados”.

Al preguntársele si Estados Unidos está haciendo algo más, además del ataque militar, para ayudar al pueblo iraní a recuperar el control de su país, Trump respondió: “Sí”.

“Sí, estamos haciendo. Pero ahora mismo queremos que todos se queden en casa. No es seguro ahí fuera”.

Y la situación se va a volver aún más insegura, dijo el presidente.

“Ni siquiera hemos empezado a atacarlos con fuerza. La gran ola ni siquiera ha llegado. La gran ola llegará pronto”.

Hasta ahora, dijo el presidente, “la mayor sorpresa” han sido los ataques de Irán contra los países árabes de la región: Baréin, Jordania, Kuwait, Qatar y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.

“Nos sorprendió”, dijo Trump. “Les dijimos: ‘Lo tenemos bajo control’, y ahora quieren luchar. Y están luchando agresivamente. Iban a involucrarse muy poco y ahora insisten en involucrarse”.

Refiriéndose a los líderes árabes, el presidente declaró a CNN: “Conozco a esta gente. Son duros e inteligentes”.

Los iraníes, dijo, “dispararon contra un hotel, dispararon contra un edificio de apartamentos. Simplemente los enfureció. Nos quieren, pero estaban mirando. No había razón para que se involucraran”.

Sobre los ataques de Irán contra ellos, dijo que “esa fue probablemente la mayor sorpresa”.

Trump señaló que la amenaza nuclear iraní ha sido un problema importante en la región durante algún tiempo.

“Hay que entender que vivieron bajo esa nube oscura durante años. Por eso nunca se pudo tener paz”, dijo.

Sobre quién podría surgir para liderar Irán, Trump dijo: “No sabemos quiénes son los líderes. No sabemos a quién elegirán. Tal vez tengan suerte y consigan a alguien que sepa lo que hace”.

Los iraníes, dijo, perdieron “mucho liderazgo” debido a los ataques iniciales.

“Cuarenta y nueve personas”, dijo Trump. “Fue un ataque asombroso”.

“Se volvieron un poco arrogantes” al reunirse todos en un solo lugar, añadió. “Pensaban que eran indetectables. No lo eran. Nos sorprendió”.

Trump dijo que no estaba claro quién gobernaba el país.

“Ni siquiera saben quién los dirige ahora”, dijo Trump. “Derribamos a 49 líderes iraníes”.

“Esos eran los líderes, y algunos de ellos estaban siendo considerados”, dijo Trump. Pero con más de cuatro docenas de muertos “no sabemos quién gobierna el país ahora. Ellos no saben quién los dirige. Es un poco como la cola del paro”, agregó.

El presidente afirmó que su equipo intentó negociar con los iraníes, pero no pudieron “llegar a un acuerdo con esta gente”. Cada nueva oferta, añadió, se correspondía con la retirada de las anteriores.

Los iraníes no aceptarían poner fin a su enriquecimiento de uranio, afirmó Trump.

“Tenían todo ese material enriquecido. Pensaron en rehacerlo allí, pero estaba en tan mal estado, la montaña prácticamente se había derrumbado”, dijo Trump.

Trump afirmó sobre su acción militar: “Esta es la manera” de tratar con Irán.

“No tenemos que preocuparnos por los acuerdos”, opinó. Señaló la larga historia del país causando destrucción en la región tras

By Steve Contorno, CNN

(CNN) — A visible fracture has emerged in President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in the aftermath of the United States’ latest military campaign against Iran, and many outspoken conservative opponents across social media have rallied around the words of one influential figure to express their concern: the late activist Charlie Kirk.

Rob Smith, an Iraq War veteran and conservative commentator, resurfaced an informal X poll Kirk circulated last June asking followers whether the US should get involved in “Israel’s war with Iran” (90% opposed intervention). Former congresswoman and MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene reposted a clip of Kirk with 2.7 million views calling regime change in Iran “pathologically insane.” The conservative comedy duo known as the Hodgetwins shared with their 3.5 million followers a clip of Vice President JD Vance posthumously crediting Kirk with persuading Trump to avoid deeper engagement with Iran last year.

Posting the same video on X, the right-wing cleric Calvin Robinson wrote: “God bless Charlie Kirk. We are worse off without him.”

Others in Trump’s sphere of support have pushed back against efforts to use Kirk’s voice to shape the debate from beyond the grave. Trump loyalist Laura Loomer, who said she spoke to the president this weekend after the strikes, wrote on X that outspoken opponents of Trump’s alliance with Israel “never miss a beat exploiting his death to say our entire foreign policy has to be dictated by the opinions of Charlie Kirk, who is dead.”

“Of course it’s sad, but Charlie Kirk was wrong about a lot,” she added. “Just like he was right about a lot.”

The public feud is a reminder of the uncertainty among many of Trump’s most-engaged online supporters over how to reconcile his repeated pledges to keep the US out of foreign wars with his aggressive actions in Venezuela and Iran.

It’s also a sign of Kirk’s enduring influence over Republican politics — an influence that has, in some ways, grown in the six months since a gunman killed him during an event on a Utah college campus. Statues honoring Kirk have been proposed for universities in Minnesota and Florida. His image has appeared in GOP campaign advertisements across the country, and a banner bearing his likeness now hangs from the US Department of Education headquarters.

As the founder of Turning Point USA, a group focused on mobilizing younger conservatives — many of whom are skeptical of foreign wars — and as a millennial who came of age in the shadow of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Kirk had been a prominent critic of military intervention.

Before his death in September, he left behind an extensive trail of public warnings about Iran. He derided talk of war with Iran as a “a weird fanatical obsession” within the Republican Party and specifically called out South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former national security adviser Read more