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 …
Q&A with Nintendo of America VP of Product Bill Trinen on pricing first-party games like Mario Kart World at $80, Joy-Con 2 and using it as a mouse, and more
On price, mouse controls, and a lot more. … Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on Nintendo Switch 2 …
US tech stocks fall for a third session after US tariffs: Apple, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet drop; an X post caused stocks to jump temporarily
Technology stocks teetered in volatile trading Monday as President Donald Trump stood by his sweeping global tariff plans following last week's devastating selloff.
Bitcoin is down 10%+ to ~$76K after President Trump's global tariffs, far below its record price of nearly $110K on Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025
The rapid drop shows that cryptocurrencies, which the president has promoted, are subject to the same market gyrations as any other risky asset.
Filing: the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal confirms Apple is appealing against a UK order to create an encryption “back door”, 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 …
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 …
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
Officials: Apple sent five planes full of iPhones and other products from India to the US in just three days in the last week of March to avoid the 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 …
President Trump posts that the US will impose additional tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9, unless China withdraws its 34% retaliatory tariffs
President Trump on Monday threatened to impose an extra 50% tariff on China, but opened the door to talks with other nations on a path to lowering their tariffs.
Stanford's 2025 AI index: China files more AI patents than the US, but US companies produced 40 frontier models, compared to 15 from China and three from Europe
New research from Stanford suggests artificial intelligence isn't ruled by just OpenAI and Google, as competition increases across the US, China, and France.
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 …
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says an “off-frontier” strategy of building models “three or six months behind” cuts costs and helps focus on some use cases
Microsoft owns lots of Nvidia graphics processing units, but it isn't using them to develop state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models.
The UK bans hidden fees imposed by online businesses as well as the use or commissioning of fake reviews, effective April 6, with compliance enforced by the CMA
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Global chip stocks drop as the US tariff rout on markets intensifies, extending last week's losses; Nvidia, Intel, ASML, SK Hynix, Infineon, and STMicro fall
The rout underscores investor concerns that tariffs could lead to higher prices for chips and subdue demand
Chinese outlet Caijing: Microsoft's joint venture Wicresoft will cease China operations on April 8, cutting ~2,000, after ending outsourced post-sales support
Microsoft's (MSFT.O) joint venture Wicresoft will cease its China operations from Tuesday, a move that will lead to the layoff …
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company is involved in discussions about US rules on stablecoins, and may offer a US-only coin depending on new US regulations
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Sources and an APK teardown: OpenAI is testing watermarks for images generated via ChatGPT's free account; whether OpenAI rolls the feature out is unclear
but only for free users Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : OpenAI Is Testing Watermarks for Its GPT-4o Image Generation Mode Bluesky: @badinternet.oracularhades.com : ""wanna use AI to remove my AI wa...
SignalFire raised a $1B+ fund to bet on early-stage AI startups, taking its AUM to $3B, and plans to use AI to spot market trends to help portfolio companies
Katie Roof / Bloomberg :
AI is aiding radiologists with tools like tumor-detection algorithms; 75%+ of AI software cleared by the US FDA for medical use is designed to support radiology
Jamie Friedlander Serrano / Washington Post : Bluesky: @lauridonahue . X: @christinayiotis Bluesky: Lauri Donahue / @lauridonahue : This is an example of GOOD (non-generative) AI. It's about recogni...
Paris-based Pennylane, which makes cloud-based accounting software for SMBs, raised €75M, doubling its valuation to €2B, led by Sequoia, CapitalG, and Meritech
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
Huawei says it “terminated the employment of two individuals” on April 1 and suspended a third on April 2 for their alleged involvement in EU political bribery
Mathieu Pollet / Politico :
A look at the ARC-AGI exam designed by French computer scientist François Chollet to show the gulf between AI models' memorized answers and “fluid intelligence”
Matteo Wong / The Atlantic :
Source: AI coding startup Anysphere, whose assistant Cursor has helped lead to “vibe coding”, hit 1M+ DAUs in March 2025, driven largely by word-of-mouth growth
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg :
Analysis: TikTok's algorithm actively promotes child begging livestreams and TikTok profits from the content, with an up to 70% cut, despite anti-begging rules
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