Banning TikTok in US
TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, faced an April 5 deadline to sell its stake in the app or else be banned in the U.S. after Trump extended an earlier January deadline set by Congress last year.Trump announced on social media Friday afternoon that he was signing a second executive order to extend the deadline another
The debut in iOS 18.4 for Apple products
After a false alarm, Apple has followed through with releasing an AirPods Max firmware update that enables support for lossless audio and ultra low-latency audio on the over-ear headphones. These features are only available on the newer version of the AirPods Max with a USB-C port, with the older version of the headphones that still
PayPal Adds Solana and Chainlink
Both Solana and Chainlink play critical roles in the blockchain space. Solana supports fast, low-cost transactions and is widely used in decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming, and Web3 applications. Chainlink, on the other hand, is essential for enabling smart contracts to access real-world data through decentralized oracles. PayPal has expanded its cryptocurrency offerings in the US
Mircosoft AI agent to browse the web for you
Agentic AI is essentially a fancy way of describing an AI tool that can perform multi-step web-based tasks autonomously, or semi-autonomously, on your behalf.Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event was quite loaded, but the company reserved most of its attention for the Copilot AI stack. In Copilot’s case, the fancier one is Actions. So far, AI chatbots
Apple to expand its manufacturing in Brazil
Apple is planning to expand its manufacturing facility in Brazil in an attempt to avoid the newly imposed tariffs on China by the Trump Administration. Trump’s newly announced tariffs include 34% on Chinese imports and 26% on Indian, two crucial markets for Apple hardware. This means that Apple will be forced to pay higher taxes
The S&P 500 correction
A few months ago, the benchmark S&P 500 seemed unbreakable and was still hitting new all-time highs. But since peaking on Feb. 19, the index has pulled back, even briefly closing at more than 10% below its high mark, putting it firmly in correction territory. As the data shows, a correction does not mean a
Amazon’s Starlink rival launched
The new space race, where tech giants battle to offer us high-speed internet from low-earth orbit, is heating up – Amazon has just announced that its first Project Kuiper satellites will be launching next week to take on Starlink.Amazon says the broad aim of Project Kuiper is to “provide fast, affordable broadband to communities around
The use of Social Media data by big companies
our data represents our personhood; it encompasses our relationships, our thoughts, our interests, and the memories we create each day. That information should be controlled by us—not by Big Tech.For years, it has been common wisdom that social media is not the product—we are. Indeed, users do not pay for access to social media platforms,
Vatican engages Russia over the war in Ukraine
The Vatican’s Foreign Minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher held a phone call on Friday with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss the war in Ukraine and plans to stop the fighting. Russia and Ukraine agreed to a limited truce last month against launching attacks against the other side’s energy facilities. Both have accused each other of
Stock market plunges after Trump’s Tariff
Stocks in the U.S. and overseas dropped sharply for a second day on continued fears that President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign imports would ignite a massive trade war and lead to an economic recession.On Friday the S&P 500 was down 2.5% at market open. That came after the index fell 4.84% Thursday — its