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The US and China agree to a deal to lower tariffs for the next 90 days, a sign of easing tensions; the US plans to cut tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30% — Deal to reduce duties for next 90 days marks the first sign of tension easing between the two economic superpowers
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Sources: Apple considers raising prices for its fall iPhone lineup, a step it is seeking to couple with new features and design changes, without blaming tariffs — China still leads production of high-end models, exposing the company to trade risk — Apple is weighing price increases …
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Sources: SoftBank and OpenAI's $100B Stargate investment hits snags on tariff fears; talks with dozens of lenders started earlier in 2025 have yielded no deals — SoftBank Group Corp.'s plans to invest $100 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US have slowed …
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The White House says a 120% tariff rate on shipments from China valued under $800, or a flat $100 fee per postal item, will remain, in a blow to Shein and Temu — Small packages from China are still subject to tariffs of 120%, a White House official confirmed Monday …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning an AI-powered battery management mode for iOS 19 that analyzes how a person uses their phone and makes adjustments to conserve energy — Apple Inc. is planning to use artificial intelligence technology to address a frequent source of customer frustration: the iPhone's battery life.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google is updating its “G” icon for the first time in 10 years, with its four colors now blending together on a gradient — Following the last update nearly 10 years ago, Google is updating its iconic ‘G’ icon. — On September 1, 2015, Google significantly updated its logo … | Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Perplexity is in advanced talks to raise $500M led by Accel in a round that values it at $14B, up from $9B in November 2024 — Artificial-intelligence search company is raising $500 million — Perplexity is in advanced talks to raise $500 million in a round that values it at $14 billion …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: the Trump admin is considering a sale of hundreds of thousands of US AI chips to UAE's G42 and is expected to unveil a deal with Saudi Arabia's Humain — The firm, which the U.S. government scrutinized for its ties to China, is angling for hundreds of thousands …
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| Bloomberg: |
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz disclosed last month that he had gifted $1B+ worth of CrowdStrike stock to undisclosed recipients, cutting his voting power to 2.5% — The disposition is the latest in a series of transactions that have slashed his voting power in CrowdStrike to 2.5% from 31% in 2022 …
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| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Senator Tom Cotton introduces a bill to mandate that AI chip makers use geo-tracking tech to comply with export rules, taking effect six months after it passes — Senator Tom Cotton's legislation seeks to “prevent advanced American chips from falling into the hands of adversaries like Communist China.”
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google's Gemma models passed 150M downloads and 70K+ variants on Hugging Face, after launching in Feb. 2024; Meta's Llama models passed 1.2B downloads in April — Google's openly available Gemma collection of AI models has reached a milestone: over 150 million downloads.| Ateev Bhandari / Reuters: |
American Bitcoin, a bitcoin miner backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, said it will list on the Nasdaq via an all-stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining — American Bitcoin, a new bitcoin miner backed by U.S. President Donald Trump's two eldest sons, said on Monday it will list … | Kritika Lamba / Reuters: |
Chegg says subs dropped 31% in Q1 to 3.2M; it will lay off 248 employees, or ~22% of its staff, to cut costs as students keep turning to AI tools like ChatGPT — Chegg (CHGG.N) said on Monday it would lay off about 22% of its workforce, or 248 employees, to cut costs and streamline …
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| Financial Times: |
Saudi Arabia launches Humain, a multibillion-dollar AI company chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the main vehicle to drive the kingdom's AI strategy — Riyadh's latest multibillion-dollar push will bring new focus to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's tech ambitions
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