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Trump's Tariff Confusion, Meta's Antitrust Trial | Bloomberg Technology

Trump's Tariff Confusion, Meta's Antitrust Trial | Bloomberg Technology

President Donald Trump says some tech products will be exempt from tariffs. But many are still confused about what he means. And, ...

ON Semiconductor Withdraws $6.9 Billion Bid to Acquire Allegro

ON Semiconductor Withdraws $6.9 Billion Bid to Acquire Allegro

ON Semiconductor Corp. scrapped efforts to acquire Allegro MicroSystems Inc., withdrawing a bid of $35.10 a share.

Hertz Says Hackers Stole Driver’s License Numbers, Personal Data

Hertz Says Hackers Stole Driver’s License Numbers, Personal Data

Hertz is alerting customers to a data breach involving driver’s license numbers and other personal information, following a hack i...

Apple to Analyze User Data on Devices to Bolster AI Technology

Apple to Analyze User Data on Devices to Bolster AI Technology

Apple Inc. will begin analyzing data on customers’ devices in a bid to improve its artificial intelligence platform, a move design...

Elon Musk’s Starlink Granted License to Operate in Lesotho

Elon Musk’s Starlink Granted License to Operate in Lesotho

Lesotho granted a license to Elon Musk’s Starlink to operate its satellite network in the tiny southern African mountain kingdom.

OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding

OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding

GPT 4.1, GPT 4.1 Mini, and GPT 4.1 Nano are all available now—and will help OpenAI compete with Google and Anthropic.

Could a Mar-a-Lago Dinner Cost the West Its AI Lead?

Could a Mar-a-Lago Dinner Cost the West Its AI Lead?

Nvidia’s CEO appears to have convinced Trump to let it keep selling valuable AI chips to China. That could put the US and Europe o...

The Subjective Charms of Objective-C

The Subjective Charms of Objective-C

The verbose programming language felt like a universal form of communication—until it didn't.

Apple Increased iPhone Shipments 10% in Bid to Counter Tariffs, IDC Says

Apple Increased iPhone Shipments 10% in Bid to Counter Tariffs, IDC Says

Apple Inc.’s iPhone unit shipments surged 10% in the first quarter as part of an effort to accelerate deliveries and avoid expecte...

Nvidia Says It Will Build Up to $500 Billion of AI Gear in US

Nvidia Says It Will Build Up to $500 Billion of AI Gear in US

Nvidia Corp., the dominant player in chips for AI models, said it will produce as much as half a trillion dollars’ worth of AI inf...

Blue Origin Rocket Carries All-Female Crew to Space

Blue Origin Rocket Carries All-Female Crew to Space

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin carried an all-female crew to the edge of space and back. Katy Perry, Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sánchez and fo...

Blue Origin Rocket Sends Katy Perry to Edge of Space

Blue Origin Rocket Sends Katy Perry to Edge of Space

A Blue Origin rocket sent pop star Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez, the fiancee of Jeff Bezos, on a trip to the edge of space and ba...

Meta Faces Potential Breakup With FTC Antitrust Trial Starting

Meta Faces Potential Breakup With FTC Antitrust Trial Starting

The US Federal Trade Commission is finally having its day in court against Meta Platforms Inc., arguing that the company must be b...

A Sock-Sorting Vacuum Shows Home Robots Are in Their Early Stages

A Sock-Sorting Vacuum Shows Home Robots Are in Their Early Stages

Roborock’s $1,900 vacuum cleaner is saddled with limitations, but it offers a glimpse at where home robots are headed.

An Open Source Pioneer Wants to Unleash Open Source AI Robots

An Open Source Pioneer Wants to Unleash Open Source AI Robots

Hugging Face has acquired the open source robot startup Pollen Robotics to help “democratize” robotics.

Khosla-Backed Energy Startup Nabs $258 Million to Help Power Data Centers

Khosla-Backed Energy Startup Nabs $258 Million to Help Power Data Centers

Mainspring Energy’s generators are able to run on different types of gas, including carbon-free hydrogen.

US, EU Should Unite to Fight China on Trade, Politico Owner Says

US, EU Should Unite to Fight China on Trade, Politico Owner Says

The German billionaire who owns Politico and Business Insider said he is “more optimistic than ever” that the US and Europe can es...

San Francisco's Mayor Pitches Beauty, Culture to Win Tech Business

San Francisco's Mayor Pitches Beauty, Culture to Win Tech Business

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists...

Peter Thiel Joins Board of Enriched Uranium Startup General Matter

Peter Thiel Joins Board of Enriched Uranium Startup General Matter

The nuclear power company has raised $50 million in a new funding round.

Africa Venture Capital Inflows Shrinks for Second Straight Year

Africa Venture Capital Inflows Shrinks for Second Straight Year

Venture capital funding for African startups shrank again last year, though the share of home-grown investors advanced.

Dubai’s 70% Property Rally Faces Threat From Tariff Turmoil

Dubai’s 70% Property Rally Faces Threat From Tariff Turmoil

Over the last four years, Dubai property prices have surged 70% and outperformed other major cities. That relentless boom now face...

Why It’s Impossible for Most Small Businesses to Manufacture in the US

Why It’s Impossible for Most Small Businesses to Manufacture in the US

American companies that make everything from keychains to mattresses say Chinese manufacturing is superior, and tariffs won’t be e...

Taiwan Dollar Volumes Surge With Tech Demand Ahead of Tariffs

Taiwan Dollar Volumes Surge With Tech Demand Ahead of Tariffs

Taiwan dollar trading volumes jumped to a 16-year high as the greenback slumped and foreign demand for local electronics received ...

Intel Close To Unveiling Deal To Sell Altera To Silver Lake

Intel Close To Unveiling Deal To Sell Altera To Silver Lake

Intel Corp. is nearing an agreement to sell a stake in its programmable chips unit to Silver Lake Management, as the struggling US...

Asian Dollar Credit Incurs Worst Losses in Five Years on Tariffs

Asian Dollar Credit Incurs Worst Losses in Five Years on Tariffs

Asian dollar bonds are suffering the biggest losses since the pandemic, following a selloff that underscores concerns about region...

AI Stock-Analytics Chatbot BridgeWise Expands Into Dubai

AI Stock-Analytics Chatbot BridgeWise Expands Into Dubai

BridgeWise, a startup whose AI chatbot provides stock investment advice, is expanding into the Gulf region with an office in Dubai...

Sony Lifts PS5 Price in Europe by 25% Ahead of a Likely US Hike

Sony Lifts PS5 Price in Europe by 25% Ahead of a Likely US Hike

Sony Group Corp. raised the price of its PlayStation 5 console by around 25% in Europe and in the UK ahead of a likely US increase...

OCI Is Said to Put Brakes on Malaysia IPO Plan on Market Turmoil

OCI Is Said to Put Brakes on Malaysia IPO Plan on Market Turmoil

OCI Holdings Co.’s financial advisers have paused work on the potential listing of its Malaysian polysilicon business amid volatil...

Trump’s Tariff Exemption to Trim GDP Impact on China, Citi Says

Trump’s Tariff Exemption to Trim GDP Impact on China, Citi Says

President Donald Trump’s latest tariff exemptions on consumer electronics and semiconductors could reduce the negative impact on C...

FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake

FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake

The blockbuster antitrust case begins Monday. Its outcome could impact how Big Tech companies grow—but the government has a long w...

AE Industrial Partners Mull $2 Billion York Space Sale

AE Industrial Partners Mull $2 Billion York Space Sale

AE Industrial Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, is considering a sale of York Space Systems that could value the sat...

Trump Says He’s Looking at Tariffs on Chips, Electronics Supply Chain

Trump Says He’s Looking at Tariffs on Chips, Electronics Supply Chain

President Donald Trump denies that there was a tariff “exception” for certain electronics announced Friday, saying in a post on Tr...

Stripe’s Banking Push Comes as Fintechs Dive Deeper Into Finance

Stripe’s Banking Push Comes as Fintechs Dive Deeper Into Finance

Some fintechs have a new strategy for navigating the risks and limitations associated with their partnerships with banks: Become a...

Apple Readies Pair of Headsets While Still Looking Ahead to Glasses

Apple Readies Pair of Headsets While Still Looking Ahead to Glasses

Also: company prepares more macOS-like features for iPadOS 19.

Apple Was on Brink of Crisis Before Tariff Concession From Trump

Apple Was on Brink of Crisis Before Tariff Concession From Trump

Apple Inc. has managed to dodge its biggest crisis since the pandemic — for the moment, at least.

Apple India Produces $22 Billion of iPhones in Shift From China

Apple India Produces $22 Billion of iPhones in Shift From China

Apple Inc. assembled $22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months ended March, increasing production by nearly 60% over ...

Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs

Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs

President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariff...

Binance Met With Treasury Officials Last Month, WSJ Says

Binance Met With Treasury Officials Last Month, WSJ Says

Binance executives met with officials from the Treasury Department in March to discuss a loosening of US oversight on it, the Wall...

Netflix Tests New AI Search Engine to Recommend Shows, Movies

Netflix Tests New AI Search Engine to Recommend Shows, Movies

Netflix Inc. is testing new search technology for subscribers that employs artificial intelligence to help them find TV shows and ...

Canada Has Answer to Energy Needs in AI Race, Ex-Google CEO Says

Canada Has Answer to Energy Needs in AI Race, Ex-Google CEO Says

Canada’s abundant hydroelectricity offers the best way to power booming artificial intelligence servers and win the global AI race...

Meta Adds Former Trump Adviser, Stripe CEO to Board of Directors

Meta Adds Former Trump Adviser, Stripe CEO to Board of Directors

Meta Platforms Inc. has added two new people to its board of directors — Dina Powell McCormick, a key former adviser to President ...

US-China Tariff Tensions' Impact on Tech Sector | Bloomberg Technology

US-China Tariff Tensions' Impact on Tech Sector | Bloomberg Technology

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss how the US-China tit-for-tat tariffs are impacting tech policy. Plus, Mitchell Gre...

Ex-OpenAI Staff Back Musk in Legal Fight to Block Restructuring

Ex-OpenAI Staff Back Musk in Legal Fight to Block Restructuring

A dozen former OpenAI employees are objecting to the startup’s plan to restructure as a for-profit, siding with Elon Musk’s high-s...

The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes

The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes

Under the Trump administration, federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questio...

What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Tech—and You

What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Tech—and You

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts look at the impacts this trade war will have on the products we all use and how you can bes...

Trump Boosts Pressure on Experts Who Crossed Him on 2020 Fraud

Trump Boosts Pressure on Experts Who Crossed Him on 2020 Fraud

Canada Tech CEOs Urge ‘Real Debate’ on Economy Ahead of Vote

Canada Tech CEOs Urge ‘Real Debate’ on Economy Ahead of Vote

Canadian technology leaders are calling for a “real debate” about the country’s economic future when party leaders discuss their v...

The Eight-Year Journey Behind ‘Blue Prince,’ the Year’s Best-Reviewed Video Game

The Eight-Year Journey Behind ‘Blue Prince,’ the Year’s Best-Reviewed Video Game

A puzzle game that defies easy explanation may go down as one of the finest ever made

Trade War Raises Alarm for Ansys-Synopsys Deal Needing China Nod

Trade War Raises Alarm for Ansys-Synopsys Deal Needing China Nod

The escalating tariff fight between the US and China is casting a shadow over one of the world’s biggest pending deals, and trader...

Irish Watchdog to Probe Musk’s X Over Data Use for AI Tool Grok

Irish Watchdog to Probe Musk’s X Over Data Use for AI Tool Grok

Ireland’s data watchdog has launched an inquiry into Elon Musk’s social media platform X over the processing of European users’ po...

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This bill aims to help firefighters with cancer. Getting it passed is just the beginning

California, other states sue Trump administration to block o...

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California, other states sue Trump administration to block order on voting overhaul

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