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April 7, 2025, 8:30 PM

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Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Tech stocks teetered in volatile trading on April 7: AAPL closed down 3.67% and MSFT closed down 0.55%, while Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Nvidia closed up  —  Technology stocks teetered in volatile trading Monday as President Donald Trump stood by his sweeping global tariff plans following last week's devastating sell-off.
Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
Chip stocks had a mixed Monday: Tokyo Electron, SK Hynix, Infineon, and Intel declined, while STMicro and Qualcomm posted gains  —  The rout underscores investor concerns that tariffs could lead to higher prices for chips and subdue demand  —  Global semiconductor stocks opened sharply lower on Monday …
Reuters:
TSMC's and Foxconn's stocks closed down 9.98% and 9.77% on April 7 as US tariffs roil global supply chains; the US' 32% tariff on Taiwan 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 …
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 …
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple plans to send more iPhones to the US from India to offset the China tariffs, but the situation is too uncertain to upend supply chain investments  —  Apple plans to send more iPhones to the U.S. from India to offset the high cost of China tariffs, people familiar with the matter said.
Times of India:
Officials: Apple sent five planes full of iPhones and other products from India to the US in just three days in March's final week to avoid the US' 10% tariff  —  Apple transported five plane full of iPhones and other products from India to the US in just three days during the final week of March …
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 …
Logan Plant / IGN:
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Meta VP of Generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle denies a rumor that the company trained Llama 4 Maverick and Scout on test sets, saying that Meta “would never do that”  —  A Meta exec on Monday denied a rumor that the company trained its new AI models to present well on specific benchmarks while concealing the models' weaknesses.
Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
Framework pauses sales of its six lowest-priced laptops in the US, saying the models would sell at a loss due to the 10% tariff that went into effect on April 5  —  Framework—a company that makes upgradeable and repairable laptops—has said it will pause sales on several versions …
Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Filing: the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal confirms Apple is appealing against a UK order to create an encryption backdoor, 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 …
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Memo to staff: Shopify's CEO says using AI is now a “fundamental expectation” and that teams asking for more resources must first show why AI can't do the job  —  Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke is changing his company's approach to hiring in the age of artificial intelligence.
Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica:
Bloomberg:
Publishers say site traffic has plummeted since Google rolled out AI Overviews; sources: Google acknowledged the drop in an October 2024 meeting with publishers  —  In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating …
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 …

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