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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo and Sony fell by 10%+ on April 7 amid a widespread selloff in Japan exacerbated by US tariffs; most Switch hardware is assembled in China and Vietnam — Nintendo, fresh off the announcement of its pivotal next-generation Switch 2 console, is particularly vulnerable as North America accounted …
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| Reuters: |
TSMC and Foxconn fell by the Taiex exchange's daily 10% limit on April 7 as US tariffs roil global supply chains; Taiwan's 32% tariff is among Asia's highest — Taiwan stocks plummeted almost 10% on Monday, the biggest one-day percentage fall on record, in the first trading since U.S. tariffs …
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| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Bitcoin is down 10% to around $76,000 after President Trump's global tariffs, far below its record $110,000 high at Trump's January 20 inauguration — The rapid drop shows that cryptocurrencies, which the president has promoted, are subject to the same market gyrations as any other risky asset.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
How Apple may adjust to the US tariffs; sources say the iPhone 17 Pro's camera panel will span the width of the phone and will be the same color as the device — After years of avoiding iPhone price hikes in the US, Apple could finally be forced to to make increases.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is keeping TikTok and other ByteDance apps on its US App Store for at least another 75 days, following assurances from AG Pam Bondi — Apple Inc., following assurances from the Trump administration, is keeping TikTok and other apps from ByteDance Ltd. on its US App Store for at least another 75 days.
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| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
Sources and an APK teardown: OpenAI is testing watermarks for images generated via ChatGPT's free account; whether OpenAI rolls the feature out is unclear — OpenAI is reportedly testing a new “watermark” for the Image Generation model, which is a part of the ChatGPT 4o model.
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Sources: OpenAI recently discussed acquiring io Products, a startup Sam Altman has been working on with Jony Ive to develop an AI-powered device, for $500M+ — OpenAI in recent weeks discussed acquiring a startup its CEO Sam Altman has been working on with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive's studio … | Matteo Wong / The Atlantic: |
A look at the ARC-AGI exam designed by French computer scientist François Chollet to show the gulf between AI models' memorized answers and “fluid intelligence” — Deep down, Sam Altman and François Chollet share the same dream. They want to build AI models that achieve …
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| Philip Stafford / Financial Times: |
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company is involved in discussions about US rules on stablecoins, and may offer a US-only coin depending on new US regulations — World's most traded cryptocurrency does not currently accept customers in the US — Tether, the world's most traded cryptocurrency …
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| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
SignalFire raised a $1B+ fund to bet on early-stage AI startups, taking its AUM to $3B, and plans to use AI to spot market trends to help portfolio companies — With the new funds SignalFire will focus on AI — and use it too. — Venture capital firm SignalFire has raised over a $1 billion … | Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
Filing: the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal confirms Apple is appealing against a UK order to create a “back door” in its Advanced Data Protection service — Apple (AAPL.O) is appealing against a British government order to create a “back door” to its encrypted cloud storage systems …
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| Jamie Friedlander Serrano / Washington Post: |
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