The Trump administration orders enhanced vetting of H-1B applicants and their families for past work in “censorship”, including fact-checking and online safety
and require them to make profiles public, State Department says The Indian Express : Donald Trump's new H-1B vetting: What are new requirements for US visa? NDTV Profit : Issuance Of Visas Sovereign R...
Online loans marketplace LendingTree says CEO and Chairman Doug Lebda died at 55 in an ATV accident on his family's farm; Lebda founded LendingTree in 1996
all on the same stage Times of India : Doug Lebda dies: LendingTree CEO and founder pases away in ATV accident; company shares drop by 4% Associated Press : LendingTree CEO and founder Doug Lebda dies...
Sources: Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX will be the main TikTok USA investors, with a ~45% stake; ByteDance will own 19.9% and ByteDance investors 35%
We may never know if the administration-brokered TikTok sale complies with the law … New York Times : Trump Clears Way for American-Owned TikTok Valued at $14 Billion Financial Times : TikTok US to be...
Microsoft plans to raise Xbox Series X price by $50 to $649.99 and Series S by $20 to $399.99 starting Oct. 3, citing “changes in the macroeconomic environment”
second price increase of 2025 comes as shifting tariffs continue to plague tech prices Vikki Blake / Eurogamer.net : U.S. Xbox fans hit with another hardware price hike just four months after the last...
How Jensen Huang successfully lobbied Trump to resume Nvidia's H20 sales to China; US officials hadn't vetted the 20% pay-to-play proposal when Trump offered it
Amrith Ramkumar and Robbie Whelan, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): Emma Roth / The Verge : US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : T...
Starlink experienced a network outage for about 2.5 hours on Thursday; NetBlocks reports that connectivity dropped to “16% of ordinary levels”
What Caused The Global Outage And Is It Back Up Yet? Abdullah Asim / PhoneArena : Starlink goes down mere hours after T-Mobile's service goes live Reuters : Musk's Starlink says it is experiencing maj...
The US FCC aims to introduce a ban on companies that use certain Chinese tech and equipment from building submarine communication cables that connect to the US
proposed new rules would ‘secure cables against foreign adversaries’ Michael Kan / PCMag : FCC Moves To Ban Chinese Tech From Undersea Fiber Cables Joe Warminsky / The Record : FCC wants to ban Chines...
Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions, and it's unclear how many times the deadline can be extended
Again NZ Herald : Trump gives TikTok 90 more days to find buyer, again delayed ban Joe DePaolo / Mediaite : ‘Brazenly Illegal’: Conservatives Lash Out at Trump for Executive Order Sidestepping TikTok ...
President Trump says he told Tim Cook that “I don't want you building in India”, “India can take care of themselves”, and Apple will be “upping” US production
what Apple can to do to appease Trump Adrija Chatterjee / Moneycontrol : India's value for money makes it a natural pick for the likes of Apple, says govt official Shouvik Das / Livemint : No change t...
Sources: a TikTok US deal, which was largely finalized by April 2, was put on hold after China indicated it would reject the deal over President Trump's tariffs
Donald Trump has given TikTok a 75-day extension for the second time … M. Faiz Zaki / Tempo : ByteDance Still Negotiating with US Over TikTok's Fate Jacob Burg / Santa Clarita Valley Signal : Trump ex...