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Tech tariff exemptions are only temporary, according to Trump’s commerce secretary
The tech industry may not be safe from new tariffs, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The Trump administration announced Friday evening that consumer electronics such as laptops and smartphones would be exempt from the tariffs it unveiled e…Read More
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The xAI–X merger is a good deal — if you’re betting on Musk’s empire
When Elon Musk announced that his AI startup, xAI, had acquired his social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), in an all-stock deal, it raised some eyebrows. But in many ways, the deal made sense. xAI’s chatbot, Grok, was already deeply integrated with X, X was floun…Read More
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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 company has a customer…Read More
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Can China fight America alone?
The world’s two biggest economies begin an almighty trade clash
Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/10/can-china-fight-america-alone
#Economics #Finance #Money #Economy #Business
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Meghan Markle has made another angel investment
Meghan is stepping further into the world of business and entrepreneurship. In an interview with Fortune, Meghan revealed that she is an angel investor in the healthcare company Midi, which provides a virtual platform to help treat women experiencing menopause and other health-related concerns. …Read More
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MIT study finds that AI doesn’t, in fact, have values
A study went viral several months ago for implying that, as AI becomes increasingly sophisticated, it develops “value systems” — systems that lead it to, for example, prioritize its own well-being over humans. A more recent paper out of MIT pours cold water on that hyperbolic notion, dra…Read More
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The world flatters the tariff king
In hopes of dodging tariffs, countries are offering gifts to Donald Trump
Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/08/the-world-flatters-the-tariff-king
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Tapestry’s app can now de-dupe your social feeds
Tapestry, a new app designed to organize the open social web, is adding a valuable feature to help people who are keeping up with multiple social networks: It will now remove duplicate posts from your feed. That means if you follow the same person across social networking services like Bluesky a…Read More
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Where real danger might lurk in chaotic markets
The further prices fall, the greater the risk of a “doom loop”
#Economics #Finance #Money #Economy #Business
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Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, sell ads
Waymo is preparing to use data from its robotaxis, including video from interior cameras tied to rider identities, to train generative AI models, according to an unreleased version of its privacy policy found by researcher Jane Manchun Wong. The draft language reveals…Read More
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Will Trump’s trade war cause a global recession?
Investors are worried. At least the economy is starting from a position of strength
#Economics #Finance #Money #Economy #Business
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