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Trump Tariffs Add to Apple’s Long-Standing Innovation Woes
Even before the threat of President Trump’s tariffs, there were questions about the company’s inability to make good on new ideas.
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Big Tech’s Tariff Chaos + A.I. 2027 + Llama Drama
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, with the tech world in chaos over President Trump’s tariffs, we look at how four specific companies are navigating the new day-to-day reality. Then, the A.I. researcher Daniel Kokotajlo returns to the show to discuss a new set of […]
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Nintendo Switch Game Console Release Is Whipsawed by Tariff Threats
For months, Nintendo, the maker of famed video game series like Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, had expected the morning of April 2 to be a celebration. To much fanfare, the company announced the price and release date for the Switch 2, its new video game console eight years in the making. At an […]
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Neutrinos Are Shrinking, and That’s a Good Thing for Physics
On Thursday, researchers unveiled the most precise measurement yet of a neutrino, scaling down the maximum possible mass of the ghostly specks of matter that permeate our universe. The result, published in the journal Science, does not define the exact mass of a neutrino, just its upper limit. But the finding helps bring physicists closer […]
Read MoreHow Do the iPhone 16E and Google Pixel 9A Compare to More Expensive Models?
With tariffs threatening to drive up the costs of most things, the new entry-level phones from Apple and Google present a timely opportunity to save some bucks.
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OpenAI Asks Court to Bar Elon Musk From Unfairly Attacking It
OpenAI asked a federal court on Wednesday to bar Elon Musk from unfairly attacking it through a high-profile lawsuit he filed last year, the latest move in a bitter feud between the artificial intelligence start-up and the world’s richest man. In a filing in federal court in San Francisco, OpenAI said Mr. Musk had “made […]
Read MoreLive Video: Watch Amazon Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites
The spacecraft are the online giant’s entry into beaming wireless service from space, but the company has much to do before it can compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.
Read MoreNo Phone, No Internet: A First-Time Visit to Casablanca
On her first visit to Morocco’s largest city, a visitor swears off her phone, the internet and even printed guides. Her aim? To get lost, learn as she goes, and reclaim the serendipity of travel.
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Justice Dept. Disbands Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit
The Trump administration is disbanding a unit in the Justice Department that was responsible for investigating cryptocurrency crimes, criticizing the Biden administration as too aggressive against the fast-growing industry. In a memo issued late Monday, Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, denounced his predecessors for investigating cryptocurrency operators in a manner he called “ill conceived […]
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Robert W. McChesney, Who Warned of Corporate Media Control, Dies at 72
Robert W. McChesney, an influential left-leaning media critic who argued that corporate ownership was bad for American journalism and that Silicon Valley billionaires who dominated online information were a threat to democracy, died on March 25, at his home in Madison, Wis. He was 72. The cause was glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, his wife, […]
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