Richard Lawler

Trump says he'll put tariffs on imported chips ‘in the near future'

photo of Trump says he’ll put tariffs on imported chips ‘in the near future’ image Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Without going into detail about what might happen to the $52 billion in subsidies from the CHIPS Act under his administration, Donald Trump said tariffs on foreign computer chips, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals are coming “in the near future.” He also…

Yes, it does look a lot like Apple's Vision Pro, but that is actually Project Moohan, the Samsung / Google project we tried out last month and saw again recently at Samsung Unpacked

Now that a Chinese startup has captured a lot of the AI buzz , what happens next?

According to Bloomberg and user reports, T-Mobile’s list of eligible devices for beta testing Starlink direct-to-cell connections now includes iPhones. While only a few Samsung Galaxy devices were supported at first, now iPhone owners with the most recent update can reportedly connect, as well as some people with Android 15 devices. That gives those owners an alternative to Apple’s Globalstar-connected service while off the grid that works without pointing their phone at the sky first. [Link: Apple and SpaceX Link Up to Support Starlink Satellite Network on iPhones

Apple’s AR roadmap looks increasingly unclear.

Following up on an earlier report, Business Insider reports some Microsoft employees have been let go with letters citing “your job performance has not met minimum performance standards and expectations for your position,” and several reported receiving no severance. Asked about the plan earlier this month, Microsoft spokesperson Frank Shaw said, “...When people are not performing, we take the appropriate action.” [Link: Microsoft's performance-based job cuts begin, termination letters show: Ousted workers lose healthcare, and some say they get no severance

It’s no 12 Days of Shipmas, but after a week of AI attention on the developments of DeepSeek, OpenAI has something to show off. A post on X says a livestream is scheduled for 4PM PT / 9AM JST, and we’ll add the link here once it’s available. Recent OpenAI announcements have included Sora, scheduled tasks in ChatGPT, and its computer-using Operator agent, so now we’ll see what is coming next.

[Media: https://www.youtube/watch?v=DTAYuj8K7YE] After a few delays, Universal and Blumhouse’s sequel to their $180 million grossing viral hit about a best-friend-AI-bot-gone-bad is scheduled to premiere on June 27th, 2025. Now the first teaser trailer has dropped on the night of the Grammy Awards with an assist from Chappell Roan’s song “Femininomenon.” In M3gan 2.0 the robot will be resurrected to do battle with a military-grade spinoff based on her original tech, and presumably some new TikTok dances.

Apple could upgrade its iCloud calendar with ‘Confetti.' In his Power On newsletter Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman writes that the PowerBeats