Tech News

1. Tariffs and Trade:

   • President Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for some countries but raised tariffs on China to 125%. 👉 cnbc.com
   • China retaliated by raising tariffs on U.S. goods to 84%. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • The U.S. plans to increase taxes on imports of small parcels from China, targeting retailers like Temu and Shein. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Amazon canceled orders for products made in China and other Asian countries after Trump's tariff announcement. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Apple supplier Luxshare is in talks with clients to move more production from China, including to the US, to avoid tariffs. 👉 reuters.com
   • Apple, Dell, Microsoft, and Lenovo rushed shipments of $3,000+ devices to the US to avoid tariffs. 👉 asia.nikkei.com
   • PC shipments rose 9.4% YoY in Q1 due to OEMs increasing US deliveries in anticipation of tariffs. 👉 canalys.com
   • Trump stated he told TSMC it would pay a 100% tax if it didn't build US plants. 👉 reuters.com
   • Framework delays Laptop 12 orders in the US over tariffs. 👉 theverge.com

2. Artificial Intelligence Advancements:

   • Google is launching Agent2Agent, an open interoperability protocol for seamless collaboration between AI agents across different frameworks and vendors. 👉 testingcatalog.com
   • Google unveiled Ironwood, its seventh-generation TPU AI accelerator chip, optimized for inference. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Google launches Workspace Flows, an AI tool for workflow automation, and new features for Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat, and Vids. 👉 9to5google.com
   • Google is adding AI agents to Gemini Code Assist for tasks like creating apps from specifications in Docs and migrating code. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Google unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash, a reasoning model optimized for “high-volume, cost-sensitive” and “real-time” applications. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Reddit is integrating Gemini into its conversational AI search tool, Reddit Answers, to improve search relevance and provide quick answers. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • YouTube is expanding its pilot program to detect AI-generated likenesses of famous people and supports the US NO FAKES Act. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Adobe outlines agentic AI features coming to Photoshop, Acrobat, Premiere Pro, and more, including one-click context-aware edits. 👉 zdnet.com
   • Lovable AI is vulnerable to VibeScamming, allowing creation of credential harvesting pages. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • A study suggests AI bots can provide mental health therapy with similar efficacy to human clinicians. 👉 npr.org
   • EU unveils its AI Continent Action Plan to catch up with the US and China, aiming to build “AI gigafactories”. 👉 wsj.com^$

3. Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities:

   • Microsoft's April 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 134 flaws, including an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • The Windows CLFS zero-day was exploited by the RansomEXX ransomware gang. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Fortinet released patches for a critical FortiSwitch flaw that allows remote admin password changes. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • A CentreStack RCE was exploited as a zero-day to breach file-sharing servers. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Hackers targeted SSRF bugs in EC2-hosted sites to steal AWS credentials. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • A WhatsApp flaw can let attackers run malicious code on Windows PCs. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • A fake Microsoft Office add-in tools are pushing malware via SourceForge. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Microsoft says some Windows users might be unable to log into their accounts via Windows Hello after installing the April 2025 security updates. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Trump directs the DOJ to investigate former CISA director Chris Krebs. 👉 nextgov.com
   • Tens of thousands of Chinese surveillance cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed. 👉 threatpost.com
   • Ofcom opens an investigation into a pro-suicide forum with 10K+ members, its first using the Online Safety Act. 👉 bbc.com
   • Hackers lurked in Treasury OCC’s systems since June 2023 breach. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • NSO Group, which is still on the US Commerce Department's Entity List, has hired Vogel Group, a lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration. 👉 wired.com
   • EU issues Apple's Digital Markets Act antitrust ruling within weeks. 👉 appleinsider.com

4. Malware and Phishing:

   • A Chinese-affiliated threat actor is exploiting an ESET security scanner flaw to deliver TCESB malware. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • Microsoft is investigating a global Exchange Admin Center outage. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • A "murder prediction" tool is being developed in the UK using personal data to find likely killers. 👉 theguardian.com
   • New phishing kits now vet victims in real-time before stealing credentials. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Cybercriminals are selling access to Chinese surveillance cameras. 👉 threatpost.com
   • Push Security highlights that phishing attacks bypass email, network, endpoint, and identity security controls. 👉 pushsecurity.com
   • A fake reservation links are preying on weary travelers. 👉 threatpost.com
   • SourceForge cracked software listings are spreading cryptocurrency miner and clipper malware. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • Hackers Are Distributing A Newly Compiled Version Of The BeaverTail Malware Via Malicious npm Packages. 👉 thehackernews.com

5. Business News and Market Trends:

   • The Nasdaq jumps 12% after Trump announced a 90-day tariff pause. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Ripple agrees to acquire prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25B. 👉 coindesk.com
   • Amazon is weighing a $15B warehouse expansion plan. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Established software companies face challenges capitalizing on AI as customers build tools themselves. 👉 news.slashdot.org
   • Nuro raised a $106M Series E at a $6B valuation, down from $8.6B in 2021. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Samsung and Google plan to launch Ballie, an AI-powered home robot, in summer 2025. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Microsoft has scrapped plans to build three data center campuses in Licking County, Ohio. 👉 datacenterdynamics.com
   • Solid, which claimed to be the ‘AWS of fintech,’ files for bankruptcy after raising nearly $81M in funding. 👉 techcrunch.com

6. Clean Energy:

   • The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year. 👉 theguardian.com

7. Google Cloud Next Announcements:

   • Google Cloud Next featured a raft of AI agent technologies, including the Ironwood TPU, Agent2Agent protocol, and updates to Workspace. 👉 techstrong.ai
   • Google to Help Developers Make Their Own AI Agents in Cloud Push. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Sundar Pichai, Google Cloud Next 25: New AI capabilities to transform your business. 👉 blog.google

8. Other Security News:

   • Authorities detained customers of Smokeloader malware and seized servers. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Phishing kits now vet victims in real-time before stealing credentials. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Italy is seeking €1.2B from fintech group ION following a probe by prosecutors in Bologna into alleged tax evasion over the 2013-2023 period. 👉 reuters.com
   • Ex-Facebook employee Sarah Wynn-Williams tells US senators that Meta targeted teens with ads based on their emotional state identified via their online activity. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC faces $1 billion fine after inadvertently supplying Huawei. 👉 neowin.net
   • Authorities tracked down Smokeloader botnet's customers and detained at least five individuals. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

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