Thomas Ricker

Rival LG said it first, now Samsung says it might relocate manufacturing of its Visual Display and Digital Appliance business units. ”[We] plan to minimize the impact of tariffs by ... relocating production of some volumes for VD and DA businesses, using our global manufacturing bases, if necessary,” said CFO Park Soon-cheol.

The company’s Zero Connect Box has trickled down from its 2023 flagship to the new QNED9MA TV. The Mini LED television is available in 65- ($1,799.99), 75- (2,299.99), and 86-inch ($3,499.99) models. That’s not cheap, but it’s 10x less than you would have paid to get that zero-latency wireless audio and video tech when first introduced .

The New York Times explores the likelihood that synthetic dyes will be phased out of US “food” production.

That’s what The Financial Times’ sources are saying, with the goal of producing “the entirety of the more than 60mn iPhones sold annually in the US by the end of 2026.” But the real goal is to avoid the worst of Trump’s tariffs and to continue the diversification of Apple’s supply chain to places outside China.

“We are optimizing our production locations and also considering price hikes,” said Lucky Goldstar’s senior vice president Kim I-kueon. South-Korea based LG might move the manufacturing of home appliances like washers and dryers to its factory in Tennessee, where it could cover nearly one-fifth of LG’s total home appliance sales in the US market.

The restrictions on rare earth minerals and related magnets came in response to Trump’s escalating tariffs and we’re now seeing some direct impact. Tesla’s occasional CEO says his plan to build thousands of Optimus humanoid robots this year is contingent upon the availability of those magnets needed for the robot’s motors.

Pew Research surveyed a group of teens and parents about social media and mental health with predictable results. But this chart is, by far, my favorite, suggesting that Gen Alpha remains irrepressibly optimistic despite everything.