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Trump Says He Will Help Speed Up Power Plants For AI

Apr 7, 2025 · 2:39pm PDT
Trump’s comments come as companies building data centers for AI, including Oracle, have been concerned about how their costs might go up in response to the tariffs his administration announced last week. 
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Shopify CEO Tells Staff to Prove Work Can’t Be Replaced by AI

Apr 7, 2025 · 1:43pm PDT
Lutke is the latest tech executive to turn to artificial intelligence to cut costs.
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Oracle Execs Worry About Tariff Impact on Mega Data Center For OpenAI

Apr 7, 2025 · 1:03pm PDT
Higher prices could hurt data center projects across the U.S.
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Nvidia Closes Acquisition of GPU Cloud Startup Lepton 

Apr 7, 2025 · 12:40pm PDT
Nvidia's string of purchases of small AI and cloud startups continues with Lepton, whose co-founders have previously managed large-scale cloud services.
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OpenAI Has Discussed Buying AI Device Startup Started by Jony Ive, Sam Altman

Apr 6, 2025 · 6:08pm PDT
The startup's designs for an AI device are still nascent, but potential ideas include a “phone” without a screen and AI-enabled household devices.
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White House Adviser’s Venture Firm Lays Off Staff, Shifts Focus

Apr 6, 2025 · 1:55pm PDT
Craft Ventures is changing its emphasis to late stage investing from early stage deals.
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Meta Releases Llama 4 AI Models

Apr 5, 2025 · 12:58pm PDT
The two new models are taking a new approach called mixture of experts.
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Musk v. OpenAI Trial Delayed to March 2026

Apr 4, 2025 · 5:18pm PDT
OpenAI’s lawyer embraced the delay.
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Trump Delays TikTok Deal by Another 75 Days; Deal Scuttled by Tariffs

Apr 4, 2025 · 11:14am PDT
President Trump on Friday said he would sign another executive order to keep TikTok 'up and running' for an additional 75 days.
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Trump Says He Discussed Tariff Cuts With Vietnam, Boosting Apparel Stocks

Apr 4, 2025 · 11:06am PDT
Many companies, especially in apparel and footwear, have shifted production to Vietnam over the past several years as a hedge against a trade war between the U.S. and China.
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EU Regulators Prepare Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X

Apr 3, 2025 · 11:40pm PDT
The move comes amid growing tensions between the U.S. and Europe over tariffs and the war in Ukraine.
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TikTok Owner Faces European Fine For Data Privacy Violation

Apr 3, 2025 · 11:20pm PDT
The regulatory challenge in Europe comes as TikTok tries to avoid a ban in the U.S.
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Tech Stocks Take a Beating From Tariffs

Apr 3, 2025 · 11:04pm PDT
The tech sector took one of its biggest beatings since the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Apple Shares Fall the Most Since March 2020 on New Tariffs

Apr 3, 2025 · 10:49pm PDT
Apple is facing steep tariffs not just in China, but also in India and Vietnam, where it has gradually shifted some of its production to in recent years.
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Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump to Settle Antitrust Lawsuit

Apr 2, 2025 · 2:49pm PDT
The lawsuit, filed in 2020 by the Federal Trade Commission under Trump’s first administration, is scheduled to go to trial on April 14.
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White House Says It’s Again Closing E-commerce Tariff ‘Loophole’

Apr 2, 2025 · 2:46pm PDT
The parcels will be subject to a duty of either 30% of their value or a flat fee of $25 per package, which will increase to $50 in June.
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Google Replaces Head of Gemini Chatbot

Apr 2, 2025 · 1:59pm PDT
Josh Woodward, currently the head of product incubator Google Labs, will now also lead the Gemini chatbot group, known internally as Bard.
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Tesla Has Worst Quarter for Deliveries Since 2022

Apr 2, 2025 · 1:29pm PDT
Analysts blame Musk's role in Washington for turning off potential buyers
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Google in Advanced Talks to Rent Nvidia Chips from CoreWeave

Apr 2, 2025 · 12:47pm PDT
Major Nvidia customers like Google are struggling to get enough chips to meet rising demand.
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Amazon Submits Last-Minute TikTok Bid

Apr 2, 2025 · 10:17am PDT
Parties involved in the TikTok sale talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously.