Diversified supply chain fails to dodge Trump’s trade war

The maker of very expensive printer ink HP saw its shares tumble by as much as 15 per cent in extended trading after its second-quarter numbers took a kicking from Donald Trump’s tariff train wreck.

Export restrictions are helping not hindering the Chinese

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slammed the export controls on his outfit saying that they were counterproductive and helping the Chinese fight off US compeition. 

Intel, Micron, Qualcomm say tarrifs could blow up their supply chains

Troubled Chipzilla has joined forces with Micron and Qualcomm to tell the Trump administration to pack in the semiconductor tariff sabre-rattling.

iPhones made outside US could get slapped with a massive tax

President Donald Trump is kicking off another round of his trade war antics, and this time the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is in the firing line. On 23 May 2025, Trump warned Apple boss Tim Cook that unless iPhones are made in the US, they’ll be hit with a 25 per cent tariff.

Cupertino giant must keep jobs at home 

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is facing new political headwinds after Donald Trump publicly urged chief executive Tim Cook to halt the company’s growing manufacturing expansion in India.

Nvidia happy for now

The Trump administration has torched the Biden-era “AI Diffusion Rule” just days before it was set to take effect on 15 May. The rule, described by a Commerce Department official as “overly complex, bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation,” carved up the globe into chip access tiers.

SoftBank’s silicon darling stumbles as Washington jitters mount

British chip designer Arm took a knock on 8 May, warning that trade uncertainty has fogged up its revenue crystal ball..

Looking to AI to sort things out

Bookshifter Amazon warned the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street that the US tariff policy is battering its bottom line. Shares dipped 2.3 per cent in after-hours trading after the company had a weaker-than-expected forecast for the second quarter.

Trump screams extortion

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has been handed a €500 million ($570 million) slap by EU regulators, with Facebook flogger Meta coughing up €200 million, in the first real show of teeth under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

Prices likely to spike, analysts warn

Tech manufacturing lines are buckling, which could mean prices are set to rise, analysts have warned.