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May 23, 2025, 7:20 PM

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Jesse Pound / CNBC:
Trump says a 25%+ tariff “must be paid by Apple” on iPhones not made in the US, and he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US  —  President Donald Trump said in a social media post Friday that Apple will have to pay a tariff of 25% or more for iPhones made outside the United States.
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Bloomberg:
President Trump says that the tariffs he has threatened against Apple would also be aimed at “Samsung and anybody that makes that product”  —  “It would be more,” Trump said when asked at the White House whether his tariff threat would only apply to Apple.
Financial Times:
Sources: Oracle will spend ~$40B on ~400,000 Nvidia GB200 chips and lease them to OpenAI at its 1.2GW Texas data center, billed as the first US Stargate project  —  The 1.2 gigawatts infrastructure project will be one of the largest in the world  —  Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tim Cook called Texas Governor Greg Abbott last week urging a veto or changes to a bill that would require Apple to verify users' ages on its devices  —  Apple's CEO called Greg Abbott after law passed requiring app stores to verify user ages  —  Apple stepped up efforts in recent weeks …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
CEO Anil Dash says Glitch will stop hosting projects and close user profiles on July 8; Glitch launched in March 2017, and Fastly acquired it in May 2022  —  The collaborative coding platform will no longer host projects starting July 8th. … Glitch, the coding platform where developers …
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan used an AI avatar for his initial comments on Zoom's Q1 earnings call on May 21; Klarna's CEO used an AI avatar to deliver earnings on May 19  —  CEOs are now so immersed in AI, they're sending their avatars to address quarterly earnings calls instead of themselves, at least partially.
Reuters:
Sources: DOGE is using a customized Grok to analyze US government data, including at DHS where it has not been approved, raising security and privacy concerns  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the U.S. federal government to analyze data …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Discord SVP Peter Sellis says the app is exploring forums and LLM-powered summaries to make discussions easy to follow and shareable outside the platform  —  It's thinking about something like forums, too. … Discord has become the place for gaming communities on the internet.
More: Neowin and TechCrunch
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the trade-offs with Route Share, Uber's business structure, autonomous vehicles, working with fleet operators, and more  —  Today, I'm talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.  We recorded this conversation the day Uber announced a big set of product updates …
Bloomberg:
Sources: CommScope is exploring a sale of its broadband connectivity and cable arm CCS for up to $10B, seeking to unload assets to repay debt  —  The company is working with an adviser to gauge buyer interest in the business, known as CCS, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information.
More: Reuters

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