Monthly Archives: April 2025

Trump’s Tariffs Haven’t Resulted in Higher Prices on Amazon—Yet

The ecommerce site penalizes sellers for abrupt price hikes, and many are hesitant to make risky changes amid a volatile trade war.

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TSMC denies it’s talking to Intel about chipmaking joint venture

TSMC denied reports that the semiconductor giant was in active discussions with Intel regarding a chipmaking joint venture.

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Tesla whistleblower wins legal battle against Elon Musk

Engineer Cristina Balan raised a safety concern about a design flaw which could affect the cars’ braking in 2014.

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‘Scammers used fake app to steal from me in person’

Fake bank apps mimic legitimate mobile banking platforms, allowing fraudsters walk away with high-value items.

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Smashing, the reading curation app by Goodreads’ founder, shuts down

Smashing, an AI-powered app that lets users build a curated list of news and posts, is shutting down, because of its inability to scale rapidly enough.

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TSMC first-quarter profit tops estimates, rising 60%, but Trump trade policy threatens growth

TSMC beat profit expectations for the first quarter, thanks to a continued surge in demand for AI chips.

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xAI adds a ‘memory’ feature to Grok

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is slowly bringing its Grok chatbot to parity with top rivals like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Wednesday night, xAI announced a “memory” feature for Grok that enables the bot to remember details from past conversations. … Continue reading

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Zoom restores service after an hours-long outage

Zoom says its platform is back online after suffering an outage for much of Wednesday afternoon. “Service has now been restored after the earlier outage, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding,” Zoom said in a post on X … Continue reading

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Chapter, a Medicare startup with links to Vance, Thiel, and Ramaswamy, just raised a round at $1.5B valuation

Chapter, a Medicare advisory startup co-founded by former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, has closed a $75 million funding round at a valuation of $1.5 billion led by private equity and venture firm Stripes. The startup helps seniors choose Medicare … Continue reading

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Nvidia says it follows export laws ‘to the letter’ a day after AI chip sales to China stopped

Nvidia said in a statement that its exports help alleviate the U.S. trade deficit.

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