Harri Weber

Los Angeles

Reporter, Writer and Editor at Freelance

i write rock songs 🦎 reporting/editing stories on science/tech 🦎 mail: [email protected] prof pic @andykaydee + ty @bitter_fig

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Tesla's Model S and X sales in China hit a trade war roadblock

1 week ago | qz.com | Harri Weber

In This StoryAs Beijing retaliated — again — against President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, Tesla (TSLA-0.61%) quietly pulled options to buy new Model S and X electric vehicles from its website in China, several outlets reported Friday.
Michael Saylor's company was on a Bitcoin buying spree. Soon it might need to sell

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Harri Weber

Michael Saylor’s bluster about never selling your Bitcoin lost a little oomph this week, as the company he co-founded clarified that, actually, there are some circumstances in which it might need to unload some of its stockpile. “A significant decrease in the market value of our bitcoin holdings could adversely affect our ability to satisfy our financial obligations,” Strategy (MSTR) (formerly MicroStrategy) noted in a regulatory filing on April 7.
Bitcoin falls below $80,000 as the rally subsides

2 weeks ago | qz.com | Harri Weber

In This StoryCOIN-4.74%MSTR-9.05%MARA-6.38%Winning the White House was supposed to transform the crypto sector, but for much of this year, it hasn’t paid off for holders of leading cryptocurrencies. Suggested ReadingHow Trump’s tariffs could make your iPhone cost $3,500Suggested ReadingSure, Bitcoin and other top tokens hit record highs when the industry’s preferred candidate, Donald Trump, beat Kamala Harris and concluded the Biden administration’s era of close oversight and crackdowns.
Here's what's up with Tesla's slippery stock price today

2 weeks ago | qz.com | Harri Weber

In This StoryTesla (TSLA-7.65%) stock took another dive on Thursday as analysts chopped price targets for the electric-vehicle maker, citing the Trump administration’s impending 25% tariffs on auto parts and weakening demand in Europe and China.
Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and more Magnificent 7 stocks slide

2 weeks ago | qz.com | Harri Weber

In This StoryAAPL-5.37%NVDA-5.79%META-6.19%AMZN-5.34%MSFT-3.58%The roller-coaster week for global equity markets took another sharp turn Thursday, yanking Nvidia (NVDA-5.79%), Apple (AAPL-5.37%), Amazon (AMZN-5.34%), and other Big Tech stocks down with it.
The Trump administration told crypto cops to ignore 'unwitting' regulatory violations

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Harri Weber

President Donald Trump’s crypto-industry backers notched another win this week, as the administration instructed federal prosecutors to “no longer target virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, and offline wallets for the acts of their end users or unwitting violations of regulations.” Instead, a Monday evening memo from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche read, U.S. attorneys should direct their attention to “individuals who victimize digital asset investors, or those who...
Tesla, Microsoft, and Meta follow Nvidia in Magnificent 7 stock rally

2 weeks ago | qz.com | Harri Weber

In This StoryTSLA+5.50%MSFT+2.85%META+2.69%NVDA+5.81%AMZN+2.03%The trade-war selloff took a breather on Tuesday, buoying Big Tech firms including Nvidia (NVDA+5.81%), Tesla (TSLA+5.50%), Meta (META+2.69%), and Microsoft (MSFT+2.85%), after a mixed day on Monday and two especially gnarly days last week $1.8 trillion off the market value of leading tech stocks.
India could be a key part of Apple's damage-control plan for tariffs

2 weeks ago | qz.com | Harri Weber

In This StoryAAPL-4.15%NWSA-1.83%META+2.71%UBS-0.50%Apple’s (AAPL-4.15%) initial plan to take the edge off of President Donald Trump’s trade war includes sourcing more of its phones for the U.S. market from factories in India, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Bitcoin falls below $78,000 as trade war chaos hits the crypto market

2 weeks ago | qz.com | Harri Weber

In This StoryDonald Trump’s trade-war fallout has lobbed about $4,553, or 5.5%, off the price of Bitcoin so far, as markets swing aggressively and billionaires call on the president to pause his tariffs. Suggested ReadingHow Trump’s tariffs could make your iPhone cost $3,500Suggested ReadingBitcoin slipped below $77,900 midday on Monday, down from $82,400 on Thursday.
The Dow swings violently and the S&P 500 touches bear market territory as trade war fallout continues

2 weeks ago | qz.com | Harri Weber

In This StoryAAPL-5.44%NKE-5.66%DLTR+6.14%JPM+0.24%The S&P 500 touched bear market territory and the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed as much as 1,700 points early Monday — before gaining more than 700 points and then turning negative again.