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| Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired: |
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser says the company is “actively assessing” the impact of US tariffs, which “weren't factored into” its Switch 2 pricing — Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser tells WIRED the company is still figuring out how to address tariffs …
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Forums: r/technology, r/NintendoSwitch2, r/Switch, and r/Switch
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
US tech stocks fall for a third session after US tariffs: Apple, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet drop; an X post caused stocks to jump temporarily — Technology stocks teetered in volatile trading Monday as President Donald Trump stood by his sweeping global tariff plans following last week's devastating selloff.
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Forums: r/Destiny, r/StockMarket, r/Economics, and r/FluentInFinance
| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo's and Sony's stocks closed down 7.85% and 10.04% on April 7 amid a Japan selloff driven by US tariffs; most Switches are assembled in China and Vietnam — Nintendo, fresh off the announcement of its pivotal next-generation Switch 2 console, is particularly vulnerable …
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| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Bitcoin is down 10%+ to ~$76K after President Trump's global tariffs, far below its record price of nearly $110K on Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025 — The rapid drop shows that cryptocurrencies, which the president has promoted, are subject to the same market gyrations as any other risky asset.| Ben Berkowitz / Axios: |
President Trump posts that the US will impose additional tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9, unless China withdraws its 34% retaliatory tariffs — President Trump on Monday threatened to impose an extra 50% tariff on China, but opened the door to talks with other nations on a path to lowering their tariffs.
More: DNA India, Bloomberg, CNBC, Tech in Asia, DigiTimes, Barron's Online, New York Post, and BusinessLIVE. X: @rajatsuri
| Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal: |
Global chip stocks drop as the US tariff rout on markets intensifies, extending last week's losses; Nvidia, Intel, ASML, SK Hynix, Infineon, and STMicro fall — The rout underscores investor concerns that tariffs could lead to higher prices for chips and subdue demand| Reuters: |
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| Logan Plant / IGN: |
Q&A with Nintendo of America VP of Product Bill Trinen on pricing first-party games like Mario Kart World at $80, Joy-Con 2 and using it as a mouse, and more — On price, mouse controls, and a lot more. … Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on Nintendo Switch 2 …
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Bluesky: @stealth40k, @stealth40k, and @loganjplant
Forums: r/PiratedGames, r/Games, and r/Mario
| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
Filing: the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal confirms Apple is appealing against a UK order to create an encryption “back door”, and says the case can be public — 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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Mastodon: @openrightsgroup@social … and @alexhaydock@infosec.exchange
X: @judiciaryuk and @adamwagner1
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| The Information: |
Sources: in recent weeks, OpenAI discussed acquiring io Products, a startup Sam Altman has been working on with Jony Ive to develop an AI 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 …
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, Fortune, and WinBuzzer
| Will Knight / Wired: |
Stanford's 2025 AI index: China files more AI patents than the US, but US companies produced 40 frontier models, compared to 15 from China and three from Europe — New research from Stanford suggests artificial intelligence isn't ruled by just OpenAI and Google, as competition increases across the US, China, and France.
More: Stanford HAI, Business Standard, International Business Times, CIO Dive, Tech Brew, Nature, Axios, SiliconANGLE, and Business Wire. Forums: r/artificial
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says an “off-frontier” strategy of building models “three or six months behind” cuts costs and helps focus on some use cases — Microsoft owns lots of Nvidia graphics processing units, but it isn't using them to develop state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models.
More: Windows Central, Pureinfotech, Digital Trends, Guru3D, and TestingCatalog
| Reuters: |
Chinese outlet Caijing: Microsoft's joint venture Wicresoft will cease China operations on April 8, cutting ~2,000, after ending outsourced post-sales support — Microsoft's (MSFT.O) joint venture Wicresoft will cease its China operations from Tuesday, a move that will lead to the layoff …
More: South China Morning Post, WinBuzzer, Pandaily, and Tech in Asia
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