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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.
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| 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 …
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| 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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Sources: Apple aims to send more iPhones to US from India, given new tariffs on China, but sees the situation as 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.
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| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Broadcom announces a share buyback program of up to $10B, set to run through the end of the year; AVGO jumps 3%+ after hours, after closing up 5.37% on Monday — Broadcom (AVGO.O) said on Monday it was launching a new share buyback program of up to $10 billion through December 31.
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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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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Meta VP of generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle denies a rumor that the company trained its Llama 4 models on test sets, saying 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.
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| Matthew Gault / 404 Media: |
Framework stops selling its six lowest-priced laptops in the US, saying those models would sell at a loss due to tariffs 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 of one of its models in America thanks to Trump's tariffs.
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| 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 …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
In a memo to staff Shopify's CEO says using AI is now a baseline 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.
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| Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: |
Google Search's AI Mode feature, rolled out to millions more in the US, now gains multimodal capabilities, letting users ask complex questions about pictures — Google started cramming AI features into search in 2024, but last month marked an escalation. With the release of AI Mode … | Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Memo: Google tells staff they can discuss the DOJ's antitrust case, rescinding an earlier command, as part of a settlement with the Alphabet Workers Union — The Silicon Valley giant had ordered employees to stay silent on the landmark case before reaching a settlement with a workers' union over the issue.
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| Vallari Srivastava / Reuters: |
Infineon agrees to acquire Marvell's Automotive Ethernet business for ~$2.5B in cash; the unit is expected to generate revenue of $225M to $250M in FY 2026 — German chipmaker Infineon Technologies (IFXGn.DE) said on Monday it would buy Marvell Technology's (MRVL.O) automotive ethernet business … Sponsor Posts
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