Trump’s chip tariffs won’t hit Apple despite no plans for a US-made iPhone. It’s now clear that Apple plans to survive Donald Trump’s trade war by playing to the president’s ego. On Wednesday, Trump announced that Apple would be exempt from a threatened 100 percent tariff on semiconductors that…
Size matters most for Framework’s first stab at a desktop workstation/gaming PC. Framework’s main claim to fame is its commitment to modular, upgradeable, repairable laptops. The jury’s still out on early 2024’s Framework Laptop 16 and mid-2025’s Framework Laptop 12, neither of which has seen a hardware refresh, but…
Lots of suspension tweaks but no extra power for this WRX variant. The Subaru WRX has always been the equivalent of an automotive shrug. Not because it lacks character but because it simply doesn’t care what others think. It’s a punk rock band with enough talent to fill stadiums…
President accuses semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan of being “highly conflicted.” Donald Trump has called for the newly appointed chief executive of Intel, Lip-Bu Tan, to resign, alleging that the semiconductor industry veteran is “highly conflicted.” “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Trump said…
Why AI-based voice cloning is the next frontier in social-engineering attacks. By now, you’ve likely heard of fraudulent calls that use AI to clone the voices of people the call recipient knows. Often, the result is what sounds like a grandchild, CEO, or work colleague you’ve known for years…
Hulu will finish integrating into the Disney+ app in 2026, Disney says. Bob Iger, the CEO of The Walt Disney Company, announced today that Disney will “fully integrate” Hulu into the Disney+ app in 2026. Although a company representative told Variety that people will still be able to buy…
Liz Reid says Google’s data shows AI is generating consistent clicks and better experiences. Google has often bristled at the implication that its obsession with AI search is harming web traffic, and now search head Liz Reid has penned a blog post on the topic. According to Reid, clicks…
Ten of 21 known cockatoo species exhibit dance behavior, and one bird executed 17 unique moves. Snowball the dancing cockatoo gets down with his bad self to the Backstreet Boys. In 2008, a YouTube video featuring an Eleanora cockatoo named Snowball dancing to the beat of the Backstreet Boys…
The team behind the research has worked with Google to mitigate the attack, but what comes next? Generative AI systems have proliferated across the technology industry over the last several years to such a degree that it can be hard to avoid using them. Google and other big names…
Falling operating margins, revised sales estimates, and scaled-back forecasts. An ill wind blows through the automotive industry. Yesterday, after the market closed, Rivian reported its results for the second quarter of 2025, and they weren’t great. Unlike the last two quarters, Rivian did not make a gross profit, and…
