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Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler

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    Spotify says it’s not putting ads on Premium.

    A rumor on social media has suggested that once Spotify’s long-awaited Music Pro / Hi-Fi / Supremium tier arrives, the music streamer might pull an Amazon Prime Video and push paying subscribers to choose between living with ads at their existing price or pay more for the old, ad-free experience.

    There is a rumor circulating that Spotify is putting ads into premium music listening. This rumor is false. Premium music listening is and will remain ad-free.

    Cool, but where are the higher bitrate music streams we’ve been waiting for all these years?

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    Richard Lawler
    Micron tells customers to get ready for tariff surcharges on RAM, SSDs.

    Reuters reports US memory manufacturer Micron has told customers it will add surcharges to some of its products once Trump’s tariffs take effect. Micron’s customers put those chips are largely made in China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore, in products like laptops, servers, and cars, which will also get more expensive.

    The report quotes an executive at an unnamed Asian memory chip manufacturer:

    “If they don’t want to bear the taxes, we cannot ship the products. We cannot be held accountable for the decisions made by your government...With this kind of tax rate, no company can generously say, ‘I’ll take on the burden’.”

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    Richard Lawler
    Trump’s tariff threat now has more tariffs for China.

    After the markets reacted positively to a false report about a potential 90-day pause on tariffs, Donald Trump has decided to push the other way. After China responded to his new tariff plan with retaliatory tariffs of its own and apparently ended negotiations on a solution for TikTok (welcome to the trade war), he posted a new message on Truth Social Monday morning:

    ...if China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th. Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated!

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    Richard Lawler
    A misreported “90-day pause” on tariffs caused a brief market spike.

    Somewhere in the loop of Reuters / CNBC newswires connected to stock traders’ terminals and the @deitaone account on X that usually reposts wire reports, a comment from Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett was reported as though the White House would consider a 90-day pause on tariffs for countries other than China.

    The only problem is that while his response to being asked about a pause in a Fox News interview started with the word “yeah,” it was not a yes to the question being asked. The White House claimed the whole thing was fake news, and prices quickly dropped again.

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    Richard Lawler
    GTA V is coming back to Game Pass, again.

    Microsoft announced that Grand Theft Auto V is returning to the Game Pass library (with the Enhanced edition on PC) on April 15th, continuing a trend that seems to keep the long-in-the-tooth title popping up every couple of years.

    After exiting the bundle in 2020, Rockstar and Microsoft brought the game back in 2021, 2023, and now 2025, but with GTA VI’s scheduled release date looming just a few months away.