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| Fareed Sahloul / Bloomberg: |
Sources: StubHub, Klarna, eToro, and adtech group MNTN have paused their IPO plans as President Trump's trade war upends the global economy — Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump's trade war upends the global economy …
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| Fortune: |
Analysts say Microsoft, whose shares fell the least among top tech companies, is shielded from the worst tariff impacts due to Azure and a broad enterprise base — As Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary Friday with a Seattle event spotlighting its latest AI developments …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
The Nasdaq fell 5.8% on the second day following Trump's tariffs announcement, with Nvidia closing down 7.4%, Apple 7.3%, Netflix 6.7%, Meta 5%, and Amazon 4.2% — Amid steep losses, U.S. president says ‘my policies will never change’ — Stocks dropped sharply for a second day …
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Trump says he will sign an EO to keep TikTok running for an additional 75 days, as a deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed” — President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: a TikTok deal, which was largely finalized by April 2, was put on hold after China indicated it would reject the deal over Trump's tariffs — A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated that it would not approve the deal following President …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders that were set for April 9 due to concerns about Trump's tariffs but the June 5 launch date remains unchanged — Nintendo says preorders will no longer start on April 9th, but the console's June 5th release date is unchanged.
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| TechCrunch: |
SensorTower: users in India have spent $8M on ChatGPT subscriptions through IAP since 2023, not including web app purchases, versus ~$330M spent by US users — For years, U.S.-based tech companies have tapped into India's vast and increasing internet user base for growth. OpenAI is no exception.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Amazon introduces a Kindle Recaps feature that uses GenAI and moderators to create short summaries of books in a series — Amazon is introducing a new “Recaps” feature for Kindle users to help them recall plot points and character arcs before picking up the latest book in a series.
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Microsoft Copilot adds support for memory, personalization, web-based actions, podcast creation, camera and screen analysis, deep research, and more — The AI assistant adds personalization, web actions, podcast creation, and more. … As it marks its 50th anniversary …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
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| RT Watson / The Block: |
The US SEC says that “covered” US dollar stablecoins like USDT and USDC are not securities, and registration is not required for minting or redeeming them — - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said “covered” U.S. dollar stablecoins — basically USDT and USDC …
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| Google Online Security Blog: |
Google announces Sec-Gemini v1, an experimental AI model for cybersecurity, claiming it outperforms others on the leading CTI-MCQ threat intelligence benchmark — Today, we're announcing Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental AI model focused on advancing cybersecurity AI frontiers.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff rejoins Amazon as a VP of product overseeing Ring and related businesses, replacing Elizabeth Hamren, who succeeded him in 2023 — Jamie Siminoff has returned to Amazon as a vice president of product overseeing the company's home security camera arm and related businesses.
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