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Amazon Announces AI Video Model Can Now Generate Minutes-Long Clips

Amazon has recently rolled out an upgrade to its AI video model, Nova Reel, allowing the tool to generate videos up to two minutes in length. This marks a significant…

Trump Threatens 50% Tariff on China if Retaliatory Duties Go Through

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will impose additional 50% tariffs on China starting Wednesday if China doesn’t retract its plans to impose a 34% retaliatory duty.…

Google Introduces Expanded AI Mode for Smarter, More Conversational Search

Google is rolling out AI Mode, a feature it began testing in March, to millions more Labs users in the U.S. This move positions Google to compete with other AI…

Apple and Tesla’s Stock Targets Slashed Due to Trump’s Tariffs

Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives lowered his price targets for both Apple and Tesla over the weekend, citing the looming disruption caused by President Trump’s tariffs. According to Ives, Apple,…

Google Unveils Pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro, Its Most Expensive AI Model Yet

On Friday, Google released API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro, an AI reasoning model with industry-leading performance on several benchmarks measuring coding, reasoning, and math. For prompts up to 200,000…

GitHub Copilot Introduces New Premium Request System and Price Increases for Advanced Models

GitHub Copilot, the AI-powered coding assistant owned by Microsoft, is about to get pricier for some users. On Friday, GitHub introduced a new feature called “premium requests,” which imposes rate…

US and China Intensify Tariff Conflict with No End in Sight

American companies looking to tap into the massive Chinese market are facing a significant setback. A 34% tariff on US goods entering China will likely eliminate many from consideration entirely.…

Elon Musk’s X Tightens Rules on Parody Accounts to Avoid Confusion

Elon Musk’s X has announced new regulations for parody accounts, marking a shift in how the platform handles impersonation and confusion among users. Starting April 10, parody accounts will be…

Trump Sets 10% Tariff Deadline, Urges America to ‘Hang Tough

The US officially began collecting a 10% “baseline” tariff on all imports starting Saturday, marking a new chapter in President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies. Despite market turmoil, Trump urged…

Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders Amid Trump’s Tariffs

Nintendo announced on Friday that preorders for the highly anticipated Switch 2 game console would be delayed following the announcement of new tariffs by President Donald Trump. The company cited…

FDR Built America, Trump Wants to Dismantle It

If there’s a mirror image opposite to Donald Trump’s second-term blitz, it’s Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose first 100 days in office is the model for presidents who want to get…

Canada Matches U.S. Tariffs on Car Imports

On Thursday, Canada countered with a big display of its own. The Rule will impose a further 25% tariff on all U.S. car imports that do not meet USMCA standards.…

Google Photos Magic Editor Recovers from Glitch with New Patch

Magic Editor, Google’s powerful new photo editing tool, is ready to work! After fixing a bug that stopped folks from saving their edits, it’s back up and fully functional. This…

X Faces $1B Fine and Penalties from EU for DSA Breach

After almost a year since the European Union (EU) claimed that X violated the rules and provisions under the Digital Services Act, they are now deciding on the right punishment,…

Trump Grants 75-Day Extension for TikTok Sale to Avoid Ban

President Donald J. Trump has once again extended the deadline for TikTok’s sale, pushing the date from April 5 to another 75 days to allow the platform more time to…

Companies Line Up to Take Over TikTok

Last call is approaching and there is no shortage of US businesses stumbling over each other to be the one that takes home TikTok. Tomorrow is the deadline for TikTok’s…

UN Warns AI Could Drive Economic Inequality and Job Losses

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has issued a clarion call. They are sounding warning bells about the catastrophic impact AI might have on the world economy…

Trump Warns Foreign Chip Makers Tariffs Will Start Soon

President Donald Trump declared trade war on foreign manufacturers, notably levying high tariffs against Chinese imports and most recently semiconductors. Starting April 5, a baseline tariff of 10% will be…

The White House Labeled Taiwan a Country When Trump Announced Tariffs, but It Isn’t One

Taiwan’s status as a formerly sovereign, currently contested entity is once again in the news. This resurgence comes on the heels of recent tariffs enacted by the Trump administration, igniting…

X Set to Sell Inactive Usernames to Verified Organizations for $10K

X is undertaking a “handle inquiry” process. This unexpected feature enables Verified Organizations to bid on usernames that have been abandoned, something reverse engineer Nima Owji recently uncovered. This exciting…