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Apple may hike iPhone prices as Trump tariffs on China remain high

Apple’s reliance in China will likely lead to higher prices for iPhones.

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Tech stocks head for winning week with Nvidia tracking for 15% bounceback

Technology stocks were on pace for a winning week Friday on the heels of a volatile stretch spurred by ongoing tariff uncertainty.

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Stripe CEO says company management regularly asks customers for ‘candid feedback’

Digital payments platform Stripe invites customers to join its management team meetings on a bi-weekly basis so it can get “candid feedback,” according to co-founder Patrick Collison. In an April 8 post on X, the fintech giant’s CEO said the … Continue reading

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Ireland’s data regulator investigates X’s use of European user data to train Grok

Ireland’s data regulator, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), said Friday that it has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the social media platform’s use of personal data collected from European users to train Grok. The DPC will investigate … Continue reading

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Hacked documents reveal guide to serving Elon Musk on private jets

A recent breach of Berkshire Hathaway-owned private jet company NetJets has revealed a guide for flight attendants serving Elon Musk, per a Bloomberg report. The memo offers an interesting glimpse into the personal preferences of the world’s richest man. Some … Continue reading

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Why Nest co-founder Matt Rogers is still bullish on HVAC

Matt Rogers says Quilt is picking up where his old startup, Nest, left off.

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Where Were Big Tech’s CEOs on Tariffs?

Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders refrained from making public statements while their companies collectively lost trillions. Their silence was both deafening and strategic.

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What’s Wrong With Apple?

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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How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse

A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet.

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Dropbox Chief Customer Officer Eric Cox plans to step down, per filing

Dropbox’s chief customer officer, Eric Cox, plans to step down, according to a document filed with the SEC on Friday. Cox will remain in his current role for “a period of time” to help with the transition, per the filing, … Continue reading

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