Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen’s high-stakes test amid tariff turmoil: ‘You can’t be freaking out’

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

At 11 a.m. in California last Thursday, the day after President Donald Trump declared sweeping new tariffs under what he dubbed “Liberation Day,” Ryan Petersen was live on camera, fielding questions from a virtual room packed with more than 2,300 anxious customers. The founder and CEO of Flexport, a now 12-year-old global logistics and customs […]

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Apple’s highest-end iPhone could see $350 price hike in U.S. on Trump tariffs, analyst predicts

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

UBS sees iPhone prices going up, a concern that’s shared by investors and customers due to President Trump’s tariffs.

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Elon Musk’s brother slams Trump tariffs, calls them ‘permanent tax on the American consumer’

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

Kimbal Musk, the brother of the world’s wealthiest person, took to X on Monday to criticize President Trump’s tariffs.

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OpenAI and Google Reject UK Government’s AI Copyright Proposal

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

The government’s proposal suggested a system that permits AI developers to use creators’ online content to train their models unless rights holders explicitly choose to opt out.

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Try Midjourney’s V7 AI Image Generator, Then Share Feedback & Show Off Your Creations

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

Midjourney’s V7 launches with default personalization and upcoming upgrades to Moodboards, SREF, and performance, while core edits still rely on V6 for now.

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Meta Unveils Llama 4 AI Series Featuring New Expert-Based Architecture

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

The Llama 4 series is the first to use a “mixture of experts (MoE) architecture,” where only a few parts of the neural network, the “experts,” are used to respond to an input.

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Meta exec denies the company artificially boosted Llama 4’s benchmark scores

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

A Meta exec on Monday denied a rumor that the company trained its new AI models to present well on specific benchmarks while concealing the models’ weaknesses. The executive, Ahmad Al-Dahle, VP of generative AI at Meta, said in a post on X that it’s “simply not true” that Meta trained its Llama 4 Maverick […]

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Analyst says Apple, Tesla have biggest exposure to Trump’s tariffs

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives slashed his price targets for Apple and Tesla over the weekend as President Trump’s tariffs threaten to disrupt both businesses.  “The tariff economic Armageddon unleashed by Trump is a complete disaster for Apple given its massive China production exposure,” Ives said in a warning note over the weekend. “In our […]

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Trump’s Tariffs Hammer Big Tech as Apple, Meta, Amazon Shares Plunge

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

The 10% baseline tariff plus additional “reciprocal” levies on China, India, and Taiwan has undermined investor confidence in the U.S. tech giants.

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Former Tesla exec Drew Baglino’s new startup is rethinking the electrical transformer

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Techme101

Heron Power is raising between $30 million to $50 million for a Series A, according to a report.

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