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| Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired: |
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 …
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Forums: r/Switch, r/NintendoSwitch2, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/videogames, r/technology, and r/Switch
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
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.
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
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 …
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| Times of India: |
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 … | Ben Berkowitz / Axios: |
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.
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/IRstudies, r/China, r/Economics, r/ProfessorFinance, r/atrioc, r/law, and Slashdot
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
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.| Reuters: |
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| Logan Plant / IGN: |
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 …
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Bluesky: @stealth40k, @loganjplant, and @stealth40k
Forums: r/technology, r/PiratedGames, r/NintendoSwitch2, r/Games, r/Mario, and r/mariokart
| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
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 …
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X: @judiciaryuk and @adamwagner1
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| The Information: |
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 …
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Bluesky: @vcarchidi. X: @steph_palazzolo, @andrewcurran_, and @btibor91. LinkedIn: Scott Griffiths. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Will Knight / Wired: |
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.
More: Stanford HAI, Business Standard, SiliconANGLE, International Business Times, Axios, Tech Brew, Nature, HPCwire, and CIO Dive
Forums: r/artificial and r/technews
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
An unreleased version of a Waymo privacy policy found by Jane Manchun Wong says it may use interior camera data to train AI models and sell ads, with an opt out — Waymo is preparing to use data from its robotaxis, including video from interior cameras tied to rider identities …
X: @wongmjane
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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.
More: Windows Central, Pureinfotech, Digital Trends, Guru3D, and TestingCatalog
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
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