Dominic Preston

News Editor

Samsung pauses One UI 7 rollout worldwide

Dominic PrestonApr 14, 2025

PS5 price rises substantially in UK and Europe

Dominic PrestonApr 14, 2025

Dominic PrestonApr 11, 2025

EU tech regulations aren’t part of tariff talks, but taxing ad revenue is.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times that the bloc’s laws regulating Big Tech, including the DMA and DSA, are “untouchable” in trade negotiations with the US. They occasionally generate substantial fines on Silicon Valley companies.

What’s not off the table? Retaliatory measures like a new digital advertising tax targeting tech revenue at the source — in contrast to the UK, which already has a similar tax it’s considering watering down.

EU could tax Big Tech if Trump trade talks fail, says von der Leyen

[ft.com]

Digg will let you reserve your username (for a price)

Dominic PrestonApr 11, 2025

You can’t spell ‘S3XY’ without ‘S’ and ‘X’.

Tesla has stopped taking orders in China for new Model S and Model X EVs, which are manufactured exclusively in California and imported. With tariffs now at 125 percent on US imports, you can guess why.

It will still sell its Model 3 and updated Model Y, which are built in Shanghai and make up the overwhelming majority of its Chinese sales — Reuters reports it imported fewer than 2,000 S and X vehicles in 2024.

Tesla stops taking new orders in China for two imported, US-made models

[reuters.com]

Dominic PrestonApr 11, 2025

Google lays off hundreds of Android and Pixel employees.

The Information reported the layoffs, which struck the Platforms and Devices team, responsible for Android software, Pixel hardware, and more. They follow a voluntary buyout in January, and in a statement Google blames the move to combine those teams in April 2024:

“Since combining the Platforms and Devices teams last year, we’ve focused on becoming more nimble and operating more effectively and this included making some job reductions in addition to the voluntary exit program that we offered in January.”

Google Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Group

[theinformation.com]