Big Tech’s Tariff Chaos + A.I. 2027 + Llama Drama

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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 […]


Tesla shares retreat following sharpest rally since 2013

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk wears a ‘Trump Was Right About Everything!’ hat while attending a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025.  Carlos Barria | Reuters Tesla shares slumped on Thursday, reversing course a day after the electric vehicle maker had its biggest gain on the market since 2013. […]


OpenAI Asks Court to Bar Elon Musk From Unfairly Attacking It

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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 […]


PC shipments increased in first quarter, companies braced for tariffs

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Dell, HP and Lenovo laptops on display at the Consumer Electronics Show 2025 in Las Vegas, on Jan. 8, 2025. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Personal computer shipments rose in the first quarter of the year as companies sped up deliveries to gear up for incoming tariffs. Research firm Canalys estimates that shipment […]


No Phone, No Internet: A First-Time Visit to Casablanca

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According to my pathetic map, I should have been close to the royal palace. But nothing in Casablanca’s bustling Mers Sultan quarter, where trams rumble past shoe stores and cafes, looked remotely palatial. I tried one street, then the next. Finally, I approached some teenage girls in jeans and head scarves downing Diet Cokes outside […]


Apple slide puts Microsoft back on top as most valuable public company

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Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, laughs as he attends a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2020. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Apple‘s 23% plunge over the past four trading sessions has again turned Microsoft into the world’s most valuable public company. As of Tuesday’s close, Microsoft is worth $2.64 […]


How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs

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Last Wednesday, the Trump administration believed it had a plan to save TikTok. ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, along with some of its U.S. investors, and officials in Washington had coalesced around a new ownership structure for the popular video app, four people familiar with the situation said. That structure, the people said, would help TikTok […]


Tech stocks whipsaw in volatile trading as Trump stands by tariffs

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s advisor Elon Musk reacts on the day of a rally in support of a conservative state Supreme Court candidate of an April 1 election in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on March 30, 2025. Vincent Alban | Reuters Technology stocks teetered in volatile trading Monday as President Donald Trump stood by his sweeping […]


Man Employs A.I. Avatar in Legal Appeal, and Judge Isn’t Amused

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Jerome Dewald sat with his legs crossed and his hands folded in his lap in front of an appellate panel of New York State judges, ready to argue for a reversal of a lower court’s decision in his dispute with a former employer. The court had allowed Mr. Dewald, who is not a lawyer and […]


For bitcoin bulls who self-custody crypto, the risks are growing

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Whether to buy cryptocurrency as a long-term holding may be the biggest decision an investor interested in digital assets has to make, but where to store crypto like bitcoin can become the most consequential. Following the wildfires earlier this year in California, social media posts began to appear with claims of bitcoin losses, with some […]