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Trump tariffs could raise prices on technology like laptops, smartphones and AI
Workers weld acid batteries at the Leoch International Technology Ltd. factory in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Mauricio Palos | Bloomberg | Getty Images The world’s most valuable chipmaker and the world’s largest contract manufacturer for electronics announced in November that Foxconn was building a massive factory in Guadalajara, Mexico, to assemble […]
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Meta to begin testing ads on Threads, its micro-blogging app
Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta will begin testing ads on its Threads microblogging service with a few companies in the U.S. and Japan, the company said in a blog post Friday. The experiment marks Meta’s first run at generating revenue from Threads. Meta launched the app in July 2023 to rival X, […]
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EA shares drop 7% after company lowers guidance due to weakness in soccer, other games
Visitors play the ‘EA Sports FC 25’ game in front of a placard with England’s midfielder Jude Bellingham at the Electronic Arts booth during the media day at the Gamescom video games trade fair in Cologne, western Germany on Aug. 21, 2024. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images Electronic Arts slashed its full-year bookings […]
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How Bluesky, Twitter’s one-time side project, is challenging Elon Musk’s X
Billionaire Mark Cuban, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and author Stephen King are all now on Bluesky. The social media platform is the brainchild of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who conceived Bluesky as a side project inside Twitter in 2019. Bluesky, which is no longer affiliated with Dorsey, is now its own company, and […]
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Reddit shares rise 7%, hit record as Raymond James raises price target
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after ringing a bell on the floor setting the share price at $47 in its initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Reddit shares rose over […]
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Nvidia passes Apple again to become world’s most valuable company
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia passed Apple in market value on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly-traded company […]
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Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.
Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S. The Apple App Store and the Google Play store’s removal of TikTok means people in the U.S. can no longer download the […]
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Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting the stage for U.S. users to lose access Sunday
The Supreme Court has upheld the law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday or face an effective ban of the popular social video app in the U.S. ByteDance has so far refused to sell TikTok, meaning many U.S. users could lose access to the app this weekend. The app may […]
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Apple disables AI notifications for news in its beta iPhone software
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks at the start of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 10, 2024 in Cupertino, California. Apple will announce plans to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into Apple software and hardware. ( Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple has temporarily disabled Apple Intelligence summaries for news apps for users […]
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Snap shares drop as FTC refers MyAI chatbot complaint to the DOJ
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, joins CNBC ‘Power Lunch’ on September 17, 2024. CNBC Snap shares closed down 5% on Thursday after the Federal Trade Commission said it would refer a complaint against the company to the Department of Justice. The FTC’s non-public complaint involves allegations that Snapchat’s My AI chatbot poses “risks and harms to […]
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