Jon Brodkin

2 days ago | arstechnica.com | Jon Brodkin

US drops China tariff from 145% to 30% while governments seek longer-term deal. Jon Brodkin – May 12, 2025 11:38 am | The US and China agreed to lower tariffs by 115 percent for 90 days while they continue talks on a longer-term agreement, sending stocks soaring on hopes that President Trump's trade war won't be as damaging to the two economies as previously feared.

2 weeks ago | arstechnica.com | Jon Brodkin

TP-Link denies selling products below cost amid allegation of predatory pricing. Jon Brodkin – Apr 25, 2025 12:54 pm | Router maker TP-Link is facing a criminal antitrust investigation into whether it engaged in predatory pricing, Bloomberg reported yesterday. TP-Link was already facing government scrutiny over its ties to China.

3 weeks ago | arstechnica.com | Jon Brodkin

Trump administration is "pulling its levers to punish dissent," Krebs said. Jon Brodkin – Apr 17, 2025 1:35 pm | Chris Krebs, the former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) director who was fired by President Trump in 2020 and targeted in a Trump order last week, said he left his job at a security company in order to focus on fighting back against the Trump administration.

1 month ago | arstechnica.com | Jon Brodkin

Apple's App Tracking Transparency Requiring "double consent" for user tracking is too much, French agency says. Jon Brodkin – Mar 31, 2025 1:25 pm | France's competition regulator fined Apple €150 million, saying the iPhone maker went overboard in its implementation of pop-up messages that let users consent to or reject tracking that third-party applications use for targeted advertising.

1 month ago | arstechnica.com | Jon Brodkin

FBI director: Agency "investigating increase in violent activity toward Tesla." Jon Brodkin – Mar 25, 2025 2:55 pm | The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday launched a task force "to try to nail the criminals setting fire to Tesla vehicles and charging stations," and is looking into an anarchist blog that has been "calling for more" attacks, The New York Post reported.