Cormac McCarthy

Something Else for Europe and the U.S. to Disagree About: ‘Free Speech’

President Trump and Europe are clashing over tariffs, the war in Ukraine and the very purpose of the European Union’s existence. But they...

Trump’s Tariffs Hammer Big Tech as Apple, Meta, Amazon Shares Plunge

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a host of new tariffs that sent the stock prices of numerous tech giants plummeting. He...

Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots

On a recent morning, I knocked on the front door of a handsome two-story home in Redwood City, Calif. Within seconds, the door...

Tech Stock Shock + Solving the Mystery of OpenAI’s ‘Blip’ + Tinder’s Flirt-Off

Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadioThis week, President Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that are...

This A.I. Forecast Predicts Storms Ahead

The year is 2027. Powerful artificial intelligence systems are becoming smarter than humans, and are wreaking havoc on the global order. Chinese spies...

E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X

European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform X for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content...

New Competitor of Elon Musk’s Starlink: Amazon’s Project Kuiper Internet Satellite Initiative Launches This Month

Amazon is moving ahead with its internet satellite initiative, the tech giant announced on April 2. Project Kuiper, a batch of 27 satellites...

Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Apply to Chips, but Taiwan Remains Wary

Taiwan, the center of the global supply chain for computer chips, woke up on Thursday to the news that President Trump had put...

Ford Offers Discounts on Cars and Trucks as Auto Tariffs Kick In

Ford Motor said on Thursday that it was lowering prices on most of its vehicles to the same levels it charges employees in...

Pixel 10 Pro Fold Leak: Can Google Finally Crack the Foldable Phone Market?

Google continues to struggle to maintain its foothold in the mobile market. With just 4.5% Americans using a Google smartphone as their primary...

Auto Tariffs Take Effect, Putting Pressure on New Car Prices

Tariffs on imported vehicles took effect Thursday, a policy that President Trump said would spur investments and jobs in the United States but...

Mark Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump to Settle Antitrust Suit Against Meta

Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, has lobbied President Trump and his aides to resolve a federal antitrust lawsuit against his company...

To Counter Trump’s Tariffs on Goods, Countries May Hit Back at US Services

President Trump says he is outraged by the fact that the United States imports more goods than it sends to the rest of...

Trump’s New Tariffs Test Apple’s Global Supply Chain

When President Trump first pushed tariffs on China in 2018, Apple began moving more production of iPads and AirPods to Vietnam and iPhones...

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