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April 14, 2025, 9:30 AM
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Sony hikes PlayStation 5 prices in Europe, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, citing a “challenging economic environment”; the PS5 Pro remains the same price  —  Sony hiked the price of its flagship PlayStation 5 console in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, citing a “challenging economic environment” behind its move.
Financial Times:
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says consumer electronics exempt from tariffs may be included in semiconductor tariffs likely coming in “a month or two”  —  US president says products given reprieve will fall under separate regime  —  Donald Trump signalled on Sunday …
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple asked suppliers in India, Vietnam, and Thailand to ramp up production earlier in 2025; Indian factory utilization rates are already at the limit  —  TAIPEI — Apple is ramping up production of key products in India and Vietnam to take advantage of a 90-day grace period on U.S. tariffs …
Reuters:
President Trump told reporters he would announce the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week, giving some flexibility to certain companies  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would be announcing the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
China suspends exports of a wide range of rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for making semiconductors, robots, drones, cars, and other products
New York Times:
Legal expert: Meta's FTC antitrust trial, where Mark Zuckerberg could take the stand as early as today, is set to be more grueling than Congressional hearings  —  Meta's chief has grown accustomed to tough questioning in courts and hearings, but an antitrust trial starting Monday could be more grueling, experts said.
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
A look at “slopsquatting”, a supply chain attack where threat actors make malicious packages on indexes using AI-hallucinated names resembling popular libraries  —  A new class of supply chain attacks named ‘slopsquatting’ has emerged from the increased use of generative AI tools …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Samsung pauses its global One UI 7 rollout, citing a “serious bug”, after starting on April 7, seven months after Android 15's launch; Samsung hasn't commented  —  The update is on hold after some South Korean users suffered from a ‘serious bug.’
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Intel says it will sell a 51% stake in Altera to Silver Lake, valuing the programmable chip unit at $8.7B; Intel bought Altera for $15B in 2015  —  Intel said on Monday it would sell a 51% stake in Altera to private equity firm Silver Lake, valuing the programmable chip unit at $8.75 billion.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Nvidia starts making its Blackwell chips at TSMC's Phoenix plant and says it aims to make up to $500B of AI infrastructure in the US in the next four years  —  Nvidia says it has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test AI chips in Arizona and Texas …
New York Times:
How private prison company Geo Group built a lucrative side business making digital tools like smart watches and tracking apps to help ICE surveil immigrants  —  After a Honduran immigrant arrived in the United States in 2022, officials ordered him to use a government-issued app as part of an immigration surveillance program.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A recently published support page says OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an ID verification process to access new advanced AI models  —  OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an ID verification process in order to access certain future AI models …

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump threatens to sue the BBC over the Panorama edit, seeking “no less than $1B in damages” if he does not get a full retraction and an apology

Vivian Wang / New York Times:
How China stopped an NYC-based independent Chinese film festival, including pressuring directors and moderators, as it largely erases independent films in China

Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair announces new hires, including Ta-Nehisi Coates as senior staff writer and Adrienne Green as executive editor, plus new contributing editors

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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