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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Tech stocks fall after President Trump announced new global tariffs: Amazon drops as much as ~6%, Meta drops ~5%, Nvidia ~6%, Alphabet ~3%, and Microsoft ~3% — Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced …
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| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
Apple shares drop 7%+ after President Trump announced new tariffs, including 46% on Vietnam and 26% on India, where Apple has been moving production from China — The iPhone maker spent years trying to move production of some products out of China to avoid tariffs. But now that may not matter.
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
The White House says de minimis tariff exemptions for up to $800 packages from China and Hong Kong will end on May 2, affecting marketplaces like Temu and Shein — De minimis tariff exemptions, which currently allow packages worth as much as $800 from China and Hong Kong to enter the US duty free …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Amazon has put in a bid to acquire all of TikTok, but various parties involved do not appear to be taking it seriously, ahead of the April 5 deadline — The e-commerce giant put in a last-minute offer for the popular video app, according to three people familiar with the talks.
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| Kaya Yurieff / The Information: |
Source: President Trump plans to announce TikTok America, a company that is ~50% owned by US investors and 19.9% by ByteDance, which would license the algorithm — President Donald Trump plans to announce later on Wednesday his plan for a new company called TikTok America … | Wall Street Journal: |
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
Circle's S-1 shows that it is a fintech and that, as of December 31, 2024, ~85% of USDC reserves were in a BlackRock-managed money market fund only for Circle — Circle, slangy wealth management chatbots, private credit runs, SEC climate rules and OCC desk space.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Europol says German and Dutch authorities shut down Kidflix, a CSAM dark web streaming platform with 1.8M users between April 2022 and March 2025, on March 11 — Kidflix, one of the largest platforms used to host, share, and stream child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils a NotebookLM “Discover sources” feature, which searches the web and recommends up to 10 “relevant sources” for users to add to their notebooks — To date, NotebookLM works by having you manually add files and links, with Google now introducing a … | The Information: |
Sources: Google is in advanced talks to rent Nvidia Blackwell chips from CoreWeave, highlighting how Nvidia customers are struggling with AI chip availability — Google is in advanced talks to rent state-of-the-art Nvidia Blackwell chips for running artificial intelligence from CoreWeave …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic lays off 16% of its staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; ahead of the layoffs, its website listed 1,744 employees — Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce.
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| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Sources: Justin Sun bailed out Techteryx's TrueUSD after $456M in reserves, managed by First Digital, became illiquid; Techteryx says it was a victim of fraud — Justin Sun bailed out Techteryx's TrueUSD stablecoin after nearly half a billion dollars of its reserves were rendered illiquid … | Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft has halted talks for, or delayed development of, data center projects in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin — The software company has recently halted talks for, or delayed development of, sites in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois …
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| The Verge: |
Nintendo says the Switch 2 will cost $450 for the console or $500 for a Mario Kart World bundle on its June 5 launch; preorders in North America open on April 9 — Nintendo is finally sharing some real details about its next console. … After a reveal that was light on details …
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| Joey Roulette / Reuters: |
Amazon plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network on April 9, after launching two prototype satellites in 2023 — Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg is lobbying Trump for a settlement to stop Meta from facing an antitrust trial later this month; he visited the White House on April 2 — Meta Platforms CEO has visited the White House three times since the start of Trump's second term
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Bluesky: @joshsternberg.com, @nycsouthpaw, @drewharwell.com, @cooperlund.online, @sarahbca, and @pbump.com
X: @mrddmia, @matthewstoller, @nancyscola, and @meghanbobrowsky
| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
Netscout: DDoS attacks rose from 13M+ in 2023 to ~17M in 2024, becoming a staple of geopolitical conflict as new tech like AI supercharges their power — A type of cyberattack that was once the preserve of petty criminals is becoming a staple of geopolitical conflict as new technology supercharges …
More: BetaNews, Cointelegraph, Netscout, Risky Business, Forbes, Advanced Television, and ITPro
| Jessica Testa / New York Times: |
Spotify rolls out new ad tools, including an AI tool in the US and Canada to generate scripts and voiceovers, and pitches itself to advertisers as “nutritional” — After finally achieving profitability, the streaming platform wants to be a healthy alternative to “doom scrolling.”
More: Music Ally, The Hollywood Reporter, Ad Age, Spotify, Adweek, and The Media Leader
| Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu: |
Rotterdam-based Gradyent, which lets energy providers optimize their systems by creating digital twins of heating and cooling grids, raised a €28M Series B — Energy providers can use Gradyent's tech to optimise performance, reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 10%, lower operational costs …
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