Trump threatens Apple with 25% iPhone tariff
While it appeared for a while that Apple might escape the long arm of the tariff for at least a while, President Trump on Friday escalated his war against overseas manufacturing by targeting Apple and…
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Trump admin lashes out as Amazon considers displaying tariff costs on its sites
This morning, Punchbowl News reported that Amazon was considering listing the cost of tariffs as a separate line item on its site, citing “a person familiar with the plan.” Amazon later acknowledged that there had…
The U.S. tariff drama could lead to slim pickings on Apple Store shelves
If you plan to buy a major technology device in the next couple of months, you might have difficulty finding it in stock. According to Reuters on Monday, the Trump administration’s tariff policy will lead…
Gamers Nexus joins The Full Nerd podcast for tariff talk
The Trump administration’s unprecedented import taxes are weighing heavily on US businesses and consumers, and nowhere more heavily than in the computer industry. The team over at Gamers Nexus published an incredible exposé video on…
Tech manufacturers are suspending US shipments amid tariff woes
As the Trump administration’s trade war oscillates, tech manufacturers are trying to deal with the unpredictable nature of an economy held hostage to a single man’s whims. But smaller, more niche businesses simply can’t deal…
Tariff are an opportunity for Apple to reset its priorities
Tariffs! Are they off? Are they on? Are they halved, doubled, super-tricksy inside-outified? Nobody really knows. While my colleague Jason Snell already gave some concrete ideas for how Apple can deal with the wild world…
Amid Trump tariff chaos, Nvidia launches AI chip production on US soil
Nvidia announced plans today to manufacture AI chips and build complete supercomputers on US soil for the first time, commissioning over one million square feet of manufacturing space across Arizona and Texas. The politically timed…
White House bizarrely denies the existence of Apple’s tariff exemption
In the tariff saga’s latest baffling twist, President Trump claimed Sunday that the exemption announced Friday for imported electronics simply does not exist. In a lengthy post to Truth Social (via HuffPost), the president insisted…
Apple gets a tariff exemption on iPhones and, well, everything else
After a week of fears, uncertainty, and doubt, President Trump dropped a surprise on Saturday that will be music to Tim Cook’s ears: All of Apple’s products are exempt from the 125 percent tariffs placed…
Tariff panic? Buying an iPhone right now is a terrible idea
Because it’s so big and its supply chain is so dependent on Chinese factories, Apple is almost uniquely vulnerable to the effects of President Trump’s 125 percent tariff on goods coming out of that nation.…