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10 Takeaways From Tech’s Biggest News Week of the Year
Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft all made big headlines in a wild week of AI news. Here’s the view from the ground.
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Trump Threatens Apple With Tariff on iPhones if They’re Not Made in the US
The president says Apple will be hit with a tariff “of at least 25%” on iPhones that are made in India and shipped to the States
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Martina McBride Urges Congress to Protect Artists From ‘Terrifying’ AI Tech, Says Deepfakes Are a ‘Betrayal’
The country star’s testimony in support of the NO FAKES Act comes on the heels of a Human Artistry Campaign open letter signed by over 400 entertainers
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OpenAI Teams With iPhone Designer Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create AI Devices
The AI company is buying the startup io to craft hardware, with Ive taking “deep creative and design responsibilities”
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Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Driven Studio Primordial Soup Partners With Google DeepMind
The first project, Eliza McNitt’s “Ancestra,” premieres next month at the Tribeca Film Festival
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Promise AI Studio Adds Google, Michael Ovitz as Investors
The tech giant, CAA co-founder and media venture join Peter Chernin’s North Road and Andreessen Horowitz as financial backers in the AI company focused on TV and movie production
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Charter and Cox to Merge in $34.5 Billion Deal, Creating Cable and Wi-Fi Giant
One of the biggest deals of the year in a tepid M&A market so far, the proposed tie-up will face review under President Trump’s regulators that will be closely watched by other companies
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YouTube Shorts Revenue on Par With Regular Videos, CEO Neal Mohan Says
The TikTok-style short-form video platform saw a 20% increase in viewership in the first quarter of 2025
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Trump Says He Has a ‘Little Problem’ With Apple Boss Tim Cook
“We’re not interested in you building in India. India can take care of themselves. They’re doing very well. We want you to build here,” the president told the tech CEO
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Pushes for More AI ‘Freedom,’ Less Regulation
The ChatGPT boss has been calling on lawmakers to make it easier for AI models to be trained using copyrighted material
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How YouTube’s New AI Tool More Directly Connects Brands and Creators to Drive Ad Sales
The platform unveiled Insights Finder and Takeovers, two new options for advertisers, at its 2025 Newfronts presentation
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Video Game Industry Sees $7.8 Billion Boost Thanks to AI and Blockchain, DDM Games Reports
This marks the largest quarter since 2023
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Netflix Unveils First Look at New Homepage Design
The streamer is also launching updated mobile features, including a video feed and generative AI-powered search in collaboration with OpenAI
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OpenAI Ditches For-Profit Ambitions After Elon Musk Rips Sam Altman Over Plan
Altman says making the ChatGPT company into a public benefit corporation will help it make “rapid, safe progress”
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Jeff Bezos to Sell $4.8 Billion in Amazon Stock
The world’s second-richest man plans on selling up to 25 million shares in the company he founded over the next year
