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From left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Senator Dave McCormick, his wife Dina Powell McCormick and Elon Musk watch the men’s NCAA wrestling competition at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Meta on Friday announced that it was expanding its board of directors with…
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, holds hundred dollar bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Marco Bello | Getty Images Founders Fund, the venture capital firm run by billionaire Peter Thiel, has closed a $4.6 billion…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote for the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, U.S. March 18, 2025. Brittany Hosea-Small | Reuters Technology stocks were on pace for a winning week Friday on the heels of a volatile stretch spurred by ongoing tariff uncertainty and economic fears….
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, with the tech world in chaos over President Trump’s tariffs, we look at how four specific companies are navigating the new day-to-day reality. Then, the A.I. researcher Daniel Kokotajlo returns to the show to discuss a new set of…
CEO of Apple Tim Cook speaks at an event in 2022. Jerod Harris | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Technology stocks surged, with Apple and Nvidia rallying more than 10% after Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for some countries. Stocks skyrocketed across the board following a multi-day selloff spurred by an aggressive…
The biggest technology companies and their chief executives donated millions to President Trump’s inauguration, hosted black-tie parties and dinners in his honor, and allowed him to announce and take credit for new multibillion-dollar manufacturing projects. But less than three months into the president’s second term, Mr. Trump has hardly returned their lavish gestures with favors….
The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, June 9, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Silicon Valley executives and financiers publicly opened their wallets in support of President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential run. The early returns in 2025 aren’t great, to say the least. Following Trump’s sweeping tariff plan announced Wednesday, the Nasdaq suffered…
When President Trump announced sweeping tariffs this week, some of the biggest tech companies had obvious reasons for worry. Apple, Dell, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard — which rely on hardware and global supply chains that are in the direct line of fire from tariffs — saw their shares go into free-fall. But there was another big tech…
President Trump and Europe are clashing over tariffs, the war in Ukraine and the very purpose of the European Union’s existence. But they are also divided over free speech — with potentially far-reaching implications for how the digital world is regulated. The E.U. has been investigating U.S. companies under the Digital Services Act, a new…
Apple CEO Tim Cook, center, watches during the inauguration ceremonies for President Donald Trump, right, and Vice President JD Vance, left, in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Shawn Thew | Afp | Getty Images Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in…
