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.
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
will other tech companies face the heat? Here's what the US President said The Economic Times : Trump threatens 25% tariff on iPhones not made in US, targets India production Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, ...
Sources: Builder.ai collapsed after it revised its 2024 revenue estimate from $220M to ~$55M and restated its previously reported 2023 sales from $180M to ~$45M
Failed UK start-up revised down revenues to just a quarter of prior estimates — Microsoft-backed Builder.ai collapsed …
X experienced a significant outage globally on Saturday morning, after a fire reportedly broke out in an Oregon data center owned by X on Thursday
Feeds aren't loading on X following a reported data center fire earlier in the week. … Elon Musk's X appears to be in the midst of a significant outage.
Polygon cofounder Mihailo Bjelic steps down from the project's development studio, Polygon Labs, and from the foundation board, marking the third founder exit
- Mihailo Bjelic is stepping back from his active role developing Polygon and from the foundation's board, according to an announcement on Friday.
A look at The Technology Brothers Podcast Network, a daily tech news talk show that has captured the attention of Silicon Valley's investors and founders
In recent months, John Coogan and Jordi Hays, co-hosts of “TBPN,” a daily tech news talk show that has captured the attention … X: @ashleymayer , @turnernovak , @frankcdale , @adamkovac , @amir , @ka...
Sources: Salesforce is in talks to acquire cloud data management company Informatica, reviving discussions that stalled in 2024; INFA closes up 17.45%
If a deal is reached, it could be announced as soon as next week, according to the people, who asked to not be identified because the discussions are private.
Japanese carrier Docomo is discontinuing its emoji set, which was last updated in 2013 and became one of the most influential in history after its debut in 1999
This week, it was announced that Docomo's emoji designs will no longer appear on any of the Japanese mobile network's devices.
The Shein India app, launched by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail in partnership with Shein, has struggled to gain traction after launching in February
Early data shows the partnership is off to a slow start, as Reliance's retail machine struggles to cement its place in a market dominated by Amazon and Walmart. X: @jeelanireports , @rinachandran , @r...
Metaverse startup Infinite Reality, which claims a $15B+ valuation, told shareholders it is rebranding as Napster, an “AI-powered digital experiences” provider
Florida-based metaverse startup Infinite Reality, which claimed to have raised one of this year's largest funding rounds …
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 …
Sources: Nvidia plans to launch a new AI chip priced between $6,500 and $8,000, well below the $10,000-$12,000 the H20 sold for, after US export curbs
Nvidia (NVDA.O) will launch a new artificial intelligence chipset for China at a significantly lower price than its recently restricted H20 model …
Trump hosted a gala dinner for top buyers of $TRUMP, including Justin Sun, and said he was fulfilling his promise to make the US the world's “crypto capital”
and no access to the president NBC News : Who attended Trump's crypto dinner? Photos and social media offer some clues Vignesh Karunanidhi / crypto.news : TRON's Justin Sun vows to cement Trump, US cr...
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 … Bluesky: @edzitron.com , @martinsfp , @marypcbuk , and @reckles...
Utah-based Awardco, which makes HR software that helps AT&T, Adobe, and other clients manage employee rewards, raised a $165M Series B at an over $1B valuation
Awardco announced Tuesday it has raised a $165 million Series B, valuing the employee rewards platform at more than $1 billion.
Experts say some Trump officials' plans to amp up cyberattacks against China would risk retaliation the US is increasingly unprepared for amid budget cuts
Joseph Menn / Washington Post :
Anthropic says Opus 4 will use an email tool to “whistleblow” if it detects users doing something “egregiously evil”, like marketing a drug based on faked data
It turns out that Claude 4 Opus (Anthropic) … Ryan Tannenbaum : Claude 4 Opus is designed to take over your computer and contact the cops ... and press ... if it finds you are doing something egregiou...
RevenueCat, which offers tools for devs to add subscriptions to their apps, raised a $50M Series C led by Bain Capital Ventures, valuing the company at $500M
The news just broke on Reuters, was featured in TechCrunch … Lucinda Shen / Axios : First Look: Axios Pro Premium PYMNTS.com : RevenueCat Raises $50 Million to Expand Platform for Monetizing Consumer ...
A look at the rise of “sovereign AI”, wherein countries invest directly in chip companies like Nvidia and AMD, making AI chips a highly politicized business
As Nvidia and others strike deals with sovereign nations, their business will become politicized as never before
The US DOJ announces criminal charges against 16 individuals allegedly linked to DanaBot, a Russia-based malware operation that infected 300K+ machines globally
“Although the DanaBot C2s are active for extended periods of time, 50% of the infected victims only communicate … Forums: r/ActiveMeasures : Feds charge 16 Russians allegedly tied to botnets used in c...
A US judge vacates Avraham Eisenberg's convictions for fraud and manipulation related to a $110M theft on Mango Markets in 2022 due to insufficient evidence
Bloomberg :
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
stinks though, glitch is an awesome product, created an amazing community, and helped people learn to code. it'll be missed. … Fiona Hopkins / @fionawh.im : Sad times. I'm glad they're being respons...
OpenAI says Operator, its AI agent that can use the web to perform tasks, will soon use a model based on o3 after previously using a custom version of GPT-4o
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Thoma Bravo-backed Nearmap agrees to acquire property and casualty insurance tech provider itel from PE firm GTCR, a source says for over $1.3B, including debt
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
That's what Klarna just reported. Largely thanks to smart AI integration. — https://lnkd.in/... … Georg Zoeller : Klarna is a front runner at replacing humans with AI and then quietly undoing when ...
Q&A with Demis Hassabis about how Google I/O became the Gemini show, Google getting “AGI-pilled”, Project Astra, Sergey Brin's shorter AGI timelines, and more
New York Times :
A look at Anthropic's first developer conference, where CPO Mike Krieger said 70%+ of Anthropic's code pull requests are now written by their AI model Claude
www.zdnet.com/article/firs... Kylie Robison / @kylierobison.com : if you were not at anthropic's very first developer conference - dont fret - i wrote about literally everything that happened on and o...
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
Bloomberg :
CB Insights: OpenAI's acquisition of Jony Ive's io for $6.5B sets a new record for venture-backed acquisition by a private buyer
Katie Roof / Bloomberg : X: @katie_roof . LinkedIn: Katie Roof X: Katie Roof / @katie_roof : We're seeing record billion-dollar startup sales to private strategics with 7 in the past year. OpenAI, Da...
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