Thanks, Trump tariffs, now I gotta replace my phone battery
Thanks, Trump tariffs, now I gotta replace my phone battery After five years, I was still happy with my phone, even though its battery had started the inevitable process of slowing to a stop. But Donald Trump’s tariff nonsense pushed me to make a decision: buy a new phone or fix the old one now, […]
Trump wants Apple to stop making more iPhones in India
Trump wants Apple to stop making more iPhones in India President Donald Trump told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he doesn’t want the company to move iPhone production to India. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said during his visit to Qatar. “You’re coming in with $500 billion, but now I […]
FTC v. Meta: The antitrust battle over WhatsApp and Instagram
FTC v. Meta: The antitrust battle over WhatsApp and Instagram Meta antitrust trial The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about whether then-Facebook illegally monopolized the market for “personal social networking services” […]
Nvidia’s flattery of Trump wins reversal of AI chip limits and a Huawei clampdown
Nvidia's flattery of Trump wins reversal of AI chip limits and a Huawei clampdown Nvidia’s flattery of Trump wins reversal of AI chip limits and a Huawei clampdown Trump (center) and Jensen Huang (lower level, far right) seen posing with the Saudi royal family and other US tech leaders at a Saudi-US business investment forum. […]
Meta’s beef with the press flares at its antitrust trial
Meta's beef with the press flares at its antitrust trial Meta’s beef with the press flares at its antitrust trial Long-simmering tension between Silicon Valley and the press that covers it is surfacing during the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta. During a heated cross-examination of the FTC’s key economic expert, Scott Hemphill, Meta’s […]
Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa call on the UK to pass AI copyright transparency law
Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa call on the UK to pass AI copyright transparency law Dua Lipa performs on May 12th in Spain. | Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/Redferns for ABA Last week, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen, Elton John, and hundreds of others in the UK creative industry signed an open letter backing an […]
Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
Elon Musk's apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US Copyright Office by having Donald Trump remove the officials in […]
PayPal launches iPhone NFC payments in Germany after EU forced Apple to open up
PayPal launches iPhone NFC payments in Germany after EU forced Apple to open up German iPhone users are starting to report that they’re now able to use PayPal’s tap-to-pay feature at in-store payment terminals, according to German tech site iPhone Ticker. The new capability, which PayPal announced earlier this month, is a result of the […]
Why one obscure app could help crumble Meta’s empire
Why one obscure app could help crumble Meta's empire Why one obscure app could help crumble Meta’s empire If the question, “Who is Meta’s biggest rival?” were on a Family Feud survey, TikTok would likely be the winning answer. In the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against the Facebook and Instagram owner, the government’s response […]
Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball’s John Gruber
Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball's John Gruber Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball’s John Gruber We’re doing something a little different on today’s episode of Decoder. I asked my friend John Gruber, of the website Daring Fireball, to come on the show […]