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Donald Trump has announced sweeping tariffs on imports from major US trading partners like the EU and China Speculators have suggested that the price of the iPhone could hit $2,300 due to the tariffs We checked in with industry analysts for a balanced perspective Donald Trump has announced that the US will levy sweeping tariffs on international trade that will likely affect the tech industry – with some projections suggesting a $2,300 iPhone could be on the cards. Trump's proposed tariffs, announced on April 3, will affect imports from a long list of countries including allies like Canada and the European Union as well as major manufacturing economies like China and Vietnam. Across the tech industry, commentators and consumers are examining what this could mean for them, and as one might expect the news media and internet have lit up with speculation. According to Reuters , projections from Rosenblatt Securities suggest that the price of a “high-end” iPhone could rise to...

ChatGPT-5 is delayed by a few months The time will allow OpenAI to better integrate the new model New o3 and o4-mini models to come in a couple of weeks OpenAI has changed its plans and is set to put ChatGPT-5 on hold while releasing new o3 and o4-mini models in the next couple of weeks instead. The news broke today in a tweet by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in which he revealed why the plans were changing: “There are a bunch of reasons for this”, wrote Altman, “but the most exciting one is that we are going to be able to make GPT-5 much better than we originally thought. "We also found it harder than we thought it was going to be to smoothly integrate everything, and we want to make sure we have enough capacity to support what we expect to be unprecedented demand.” The mention of 'capacity to support unprecedented demand' is clearly a reference to the recent outages that ChatGPT has been experiencing as millions of new users signed up to try out the new image gene...

Businesses still haven't stopped using easily crackable passwords Germany, the US, and China suffer the most password breaches 123456, password, and qwerty are still being used in 2025 Many businesses are still using weak passwords that can be cracked in less than a second in the event of a brute force attack to secure their accounts, new research from one of the best password managers , NordPass, has found. Passwords such as ‘123456’, ‘secret’, and even ‘password’ are being used by thousands of businesses across the world, resulting in easy picking for hackers. The research also found Germany was top in the world for password breaches, with 582,067 incidents, closely followed by the US with 502,435, and China at 448,375. The password is ‘password’ NordPass ’ research used a 2.5 terabyte database compiled from numerous publicly available data sets, including some from the dark web that covered 11 industries. For enterprise, the most common password in the database was ...

JetKVM is a tiny KVM over IP product for full remote control of any computer It raised over $4 million in crowdfunding from more than 30,000 backers Device includes USB-C, Ethernet, HDMI Mini and RJ11 extension for add-ons Plenty of crowdfunded campaigns fail to draw enough pledges to turn a project into reality, but that isn’t the case with JetKVM, a $69 next-generation open source KVM over IP device that can control any computer remotely. It was successfully funded on Kickstarter on December 3, 2024, smashing its $50,000 goal with a whopping $4,370,767 in pledges from an impressive 31,598 backers. Although the campaign has now ended, you can still become a late backer , and the good news is, you shouldn’t have long to wait to receive the product, as JetKVM is expected to begin shipping in April 2025. Rare RJ11 extension port The small hardware device gives you full remote access to a computer’s screen, keyboard, and mouse, just like a physical KVM switch, but over the in...

Nintendo has some requirements for access to Nintendo Switch 2 priority sales One of them is a Nintendo Switch Online membership It might be an awesome anti-scalper strategy What if on April 8, you queued up to buy the just fully announced Nintendo Switch 2 and didn't find that inventory was empty before you even had a chance to hit enter? Nintendo might have a fascinating new plan for leveling the consumer gaming console playing field. The new Nintendo Switch 2 is bigger and better in almost every way than the original Nintendo Switch and even the more recent OLED model. It's got a bigger screen, magnetic Joy-Cons, USB ports, four times the storage, and 4K support (when docked). My personal favorite is support for classic GameCube games. Even though it costs $150 more than the last model, it's sure to be a hot item and one that you might struggle to get your hands on. Unless, that is, Nintendo's unusual purchasing restrictions make it harder for scaplers to ...

More than $1.5bn of crypto was lost to scams and theft in Q1 2025, report says Most of the funds were lost in the ByBit hack Wallet compromise is the most common way people lose their crypto When it comes to scams and theft, crypto hasn’t had a great year so far. Just in the first quarter of the year, hackers stole more than $1.67 billion across 197 security incidents. This is according to a new report published by blockchain cybersecurity pros CertiK. The Q1 2025 Hack3d Report says the figure represents a 303.38% increase in value compared to the previous quarter. Across the industry, the average loss per incident was $9,549,339, CertiK further said, while the median loss per incident was $66,303. The total value of funds returned was $6,390,698, leading to adjusted total losses of $1,662,600,186 for the quarter. Sadly enough, just 0.4% of stolen funds were returned to customers, but that’s basically how blockchain works, since most transactions are irreversible. M...

While there are still a few question marks, the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct has taught us pretty much everything we need to know ahead of the console's June 5 release date, and I have some mixed feelings. GameChat seems fun (though suspiciously reminiscent of Discord), Switch 2 Editions of both The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom caught my interest , plus a litany of new games and ample examples of why mouse mode could be a silver bullet for an otherwise iteratively updated console. One area sorely missing an overhaul is the user interface (UI), which, based on a screen capture shared by Nintendo, looks much the same as the original Switch with a few minor tweaks: rounded corners on the game library and a slightly expanded menu bar. The menu bar features a few new options, though. Those include a green scroll, which I'd expect to be for news, a 'C' button for the new GameChat features, and a teal button, which I'd wager is for Ga...

Apple's ushered in a new continuity feature with iOS 18.4 and macOS Sequoia 15.4 You can now use an iPhone or iPad to help set up your Mac While relatively small, this could be a huge time-saver Part of what makes the Apple ecosystem so good – and appealing to newcomers or folks just buying new devices – is the continuity between them, even including set-up. For instance, to set up an Apple Watch or AirPods , just hold the device near your iPhone. Setting up an iPad? Hold it near your iPhone, follow the steps, and scan the glowing blue orb. Setting up a new iPhone? Hold it near your old iPhone. This takes a lot of the manual nature out of a new device setup and even helps authenticate your account. While iOS 18.4 , iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 didn’t bring with them the next major set of Apple Intelligence features, they did bring with them something awesome. And if you are getting a new Mac, planning to get one, or frequently reset your old ones, you’re in for a...

Ayaneo Retro Mini PC AM01S features a 4-inch touchscreen with a 0-90° flip mechanism Magnetically attached port covers create a clean and adaptable workstation Dual-fan cooling system ensures optimal performance without overheating or throttling There are plenty of mini PCs on the market, but few feature a 4-inch touchscreen on a hinge, magnetically attached port covers, and a 0-90° flip mechanism that allows them to operate both flat and upright like the Ayaneo Retro Mini PC AM01S. Unlike many compact systems that rely solely on external monitors , the Ayaneo Retro Mini PC’s flip-up screen functions as a native Windows extended display, similar to the Aoostar G-Flip 370 and the G-Flip mini , providing quick access to performance monitoring, applications, and widgets. The magnetically attached port covers hide unused ports while keeping them accessible, creating a clean and adaptable workstation . Dual-fan cooling with heat pipes and SSD fan for optimal performance This b...

Google’s Chrome installer for PCs with AMD and Intel CPUs has been broken for the past week Detective work suggests that the version for these PCs was accidentally replaced by the Arm installer, which is for very different Snapdragon CPUs While the issue has now been fixed, Google took a long time to resolve it Those trying to install the Chrome browser in Windows 11 or 10 over the course of the past week may well have been flummoxed by an error telling them the app won’t run on their PC – and I can’t quite believe how long it’s taken Google to fix this. Nonetheless, the good news is that the glitch is fixed, even if it took the company way longer than it should have. The problem, in case you missed it, was flagged on Reddit and by Windows Latest a week ago. What happened was that on firing up the Chrome Installer file (ChromeSetup.exe, download from Google’s website), people watched the process come to a screeching halt, with an error message that read: “This app can’t r...

Google's latest feature drop might be a big win for summer travel As with flights, you can now track prices and set alerts for hotels Google Maps can also now pull potential places to visit from screenshots If you’re a fan of Google Flights, especially for the price tracking data and how the current prices you’re seeing rank against other days, you’re in for a treat. As part of a drop of features fit for upcoming summer travel, Google aims to do for hotels what it’s done for flights. And yes, it’s as good as it sounds. Now, when you search for hotels on Google, you’ll have the option to ask the search giant to track prices. Essentially, you turn on the feature and then get an alert if there is a price drop. Similar to flights, you can be a bit descriptive, setting a price range or a 'don’t bother me if it doesn’t fall' here. It will even factor in a star rating if you have one selected and the general area where you were searching for a hotel. (Image credit...

Yesterday morning, I logged into Facebook and saw an image of the Colosseum turned into a water park. On LinkedIn, everyone was busy transforming their headshots into Studio Ghibli characters, courtesy of ChatGPT’s latest update. Threads showed me a video reimagining the cast of Severance crawling around Lumon as babies. And X kindly served up a Grok-generated image of Elon Musk and Donald Trump in a pose I wish I could unsee. It’s not just me, right? Social media has become a swirling mess of synthetic content. We’ve written about the rise of AI slop before – part cringe-inducing art gallery, part uncanny valley fever dream. And sure, the algorithm is feeding me stuff it thinks I care about – Severance babies, travel inspo, a healthy dose of Musk mockery. That checks out. But I keep thinking: has AI officially ruined social media? And is this just harmless chaos or is it quietly rewiring how we see truth, trust, and reality? The four horsemen of the AI slopocalypse One of the ...

Microsoft has reportedly canceled data center leases amid shifting infrastructure priorities TD Cowen analysts suggest lease deferrals reflect oversupply vs demand Microsoft doesn't deny the report but says it's investing $80 billion in infrastructure We recently reported Microsoft had cancelled leases with at least two private data center operators in the US, totaling “a couple hundred megawatts,” and how the company was also not converting “so-called statements of qualifications into leases,” according to claims from TD Cowen analysts. Shortly after that news broke, Microsoft pulled out of a $12 billion deal with CoreWeave (the "WeWork of AI" ), passing on buying more data center capacity from the AI hyperscaler. That option was snapped up by OpenAI, but as it counts Microsoft as its biggest backer, it was essentially paying CoreWeave with Microsoft money! Microsoft appears to be taking a more tactical approach to AI spending, a move that is echoed in a n...