Apple’s second-quarter earnings report for fiscal 2016 is historic for all the wrong reasons. The iPhone has driven growth at a breakneck pace for nearly a decade now, and has helped Apple consistently post on-year sales and profit growth in every quarter. But in the March quarter this year, Apple’s revenue declined for the first time in 13 years as the pillar on which Apple has stood since 2007 finally began to crack. For the first time ever, Apple’s iPhone sales declined, dropping significantly in fiscal Q2 2016 compared to the same period a year ago.

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It’s been several months since Sony announced it would be producing an animated movie based entirely on the emoji that live in our Facebook messages and text conversations, but everyone was still finding it hard to believe until the studio explained what the film would be about at CinemaCon 2016 earlier this month.

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Amazon always has sales going on a wide range of storage products, but some sales are better than others. That’s why we do our best to dig through them to weed out the so-so sales, and we often include the better bargains in our daily deals posts. Amazon has three sales in particular going right now that we wanted to highlight though, because they cover popular storage products that we find people are often looking for.

Check out these three deals below, and note that these sale prices are good through the end of the day on Saturday, April 30.

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When Apple posts its earnings results for the March quarter later this afternoon, don’t expect to see any huge surprises. As we covered previously, Apple’s projected revenue for the quarter will likely fall due to an anticipated year-over-year decline in iPhone sales. Hardly a surprise, Tim Cook projected an iPhone sales shortfall during Apple’s last earnings conference call. Cook, however, did caution that the drop-off in quarterly iPhone sales may not be as severe as some bearish analysts on Wall St. might assume.

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Filming continues for the upcoming eighth episode of the Star Wars saga, with a report suggesting that Disney will use some unexpected Stormtrooper cameos once again, just like Episode VII. In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, none other than Daniel Craig took on the role of a Stormtrooper, and he even had a few lines of dialogue – if you’re good with voices, you’ll know which one he was.

In the untitled Episode VIII, which is set to premiere in mid-December next year, we’ll see at least two more well-known celebrities hide in Stormtrooper armor. This time around they’re not actors, but they’re certainly famous. And, ironically, they’ll play empire servants even though they’re in line to actually run an empire in real life.

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Your birthday only comes around once a year, so why limit your celebration to just a few drinks at a bar and a Facebook wall packed with generic HBD messages? Instead, you might want to spice things up with a little bit of free food. And while you’re at it, you might even want to make a whole day of it: go on an indulgent restaurant-hop, picking up free food from a number of establishments throughout the day.

But where to start? Which restaurants out there offer up free birthday food? And more importantly, which restaurants offer up the best birthday deals around?

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The third installment of the Captain America saga is set to hit theaters soon, with Civil War positioned as an important turning point in the Marvel universe. But we’re not going to talk about this massive conflict between superheroes. Instead, we’re going to look at how many people (and other beings) the Captain killed so far. He might be a good guy, but he’s also a shockingly prolific murderer.

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Relative to how fast things typically move in the auto industry (read: not fast at all), Tesla’s emergence as a forward-thinking and revolutionary company seemingly came out of nowhere. While traditional automakers over the years have been quick to scoff at Tesla’s prospects for long-term success, the success of the Model S and the recent explosion in Model 3 reservations underscore that Tesla is here to stay.

Speaking to how Tesla is completely turning the auto industry on its head, just yesterday we highlighted a video featuring a drag race between a Tesla Model X and a Ferrari F430. Impressively, the Model X managed to hold its own against the F430 for far longer than you might imagine.

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We told you about a big sale on Google’s Nexus 6P smartphone earlier this morning that drops the phablet’s price to under $400. That’s a crazy price for one of the best phablets on the planet… but not everyone wants a phablet. If you’re looking for a pure Android experience that’s easier on your pockets — and easier on your wallet — than the Nexus 6P, the only way to go is the Nexus 5X.

And it just so happens that unlocked Nexus 5X models are on sale right now on Amazon starting at under $285. That’s a remarkable price for this phone, which normally starts at $350, and it won’t last long so it’s time to get moving.

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Earlier this month, Amazon unveiled the brand new, surprisingly pricey Kindle Oasis. Although the eReader doesn’t release until the 27th, critics have already gotten their hands on the Oasis, and their reviews are beginning to trickle in.

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