Apple CEO Tim Cook says tariffs to add $900M in costs in Q3, but future uncertain

Apple CEO Tim Cook says tariffs to add $900M in costs in Q3, but future uncertain

Apple CEO Tim Cook offered the company’s first comments on the impact of President Trump’s tariffs during Thursday’s second-quarter earnings call with investors. While the iPhone maker saw only “limited impact” from tariffs in the March quarter, Cook said Apple couldn’t forecast what that would mean for the coming quarter. However, if things remained the…

Google is funding electrician training to help meet the power demands of AI

Google has announced that it’s helping to financially support the electrical training ALLIANCe (etA), an organization formed by the National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electricians. The goal is to train “100,000 electrical workers and 30,000 new apprentices in the United States” to meet the growing power demands of AI. Using AI…

The 45 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (May 2025)

The 45 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (May 2025)

While Netflix seemingly led the way for other streaming networks to create compelling original programming, Hulu actually beat them all to the punch. In 2011, a year before Netflix’s Lilyhammer and two years before the arrival of House of Cards, the burgeoning streamer premiered The Morning After, a pop-culture-focused news show that ran for 800…

Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AI

Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AI

Hungry to learn more about Anthropic, directly from Anthropic? You aren’t alone if so, which is why we’re so delighted to announce that Anthropic co-founder and Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan is joining the main stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. Lean into this session exploring the frontier…

Beyond A2A and MCP: How LOKA’s Universal Agent Identity Layer changes the game

Beyond A2A and MCP: How LOKA’s Universal Agent Identity Layer changes the game

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Agentic interoperability is gaining steam, but organizations continue to propose new interoperability protocols as the industry continues to figure out which standards to adopt.  A group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University proposed a new interoperability…

Nothing sub-brand CMF just announced a new smartphone and earbuds

Nothing sub-brand CMF just announced a new smartphone and earbuds

Nothing sub-brand CMF just announced several new products, including a refresh of its flagship smartphone. The Phone Pro 2 looks to be an improvement over its predecessor in every major way. The company says it's the lightest and slimmest smartphone it has ever designed. It’s 7.8mm thin and weighs 6.5 ounces. That may make it…

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for April 28 #217

Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for April 28 #217

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition must be incredibly difficult to assemble. I’ve noticed numerous categories where the puzzle maker falls back in picking a certain athlete,…