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Intel has paths around Trump’s China tariffs, analysts say

On Friday, Trump said he planned to push ahead with tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports. While chips were largely spared from the initial list of targeted goods released in April, U.S. trade officials on Friday released a second tariff list of 284 products worth $16 billion that includes the processor and memory chips at the heart of Intel’s business. …read more […]

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Trump told Apple CEO iPhones will be spared from China tariffs – New York Times

The newspaper reported that Cook travelled to the White House last month to warn Trump of the potentially adverse effects of Trump’s trade policies on Apple in China but did not specify precisely when Trump made the commitment to Cook. Apple and the White House were not immediately available for comment. …read more […]

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Tesla’s Musk alleges ‘extensive’ employee sabotage

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk accused an employee of “extensive and damaging sabotage” to the company’s operations in an email sent on Monday to company employees. Musk said an employee had made code changes to the company’s operating system and exported “large amounts of highly sensitive Tesla data to unknown third parties,” according to the email, which was obtained by Reuters. The company is investigating whether the employee “was working with any outside organizations,” the email said. …read more […]

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Musk Calls for Paranoia After Fire Halts Tesla Assembly Line

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk just invoked a late tech titan in urging workers to keep an eye out for any funny business after a fire briefly halted car output. In a “strange incident that was hard to explain,” a small fire on a manufacturing line in Tesla’s plant stopped production for several hours, Musk wrote in an email to employees Monday. Tesla can ill afford manufacturing setbacks now. …read more […]