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Trump's dream of a US-made iPhone clashes with Apple's manufacturing reality

A $2,300 iPhone?
In context: President Trump's 104% tariff on goods imported from China is now in effect. It will have an enormous impact on many US firms, especially Apple, which relies heavily on China to manufacture its iPhones. Trump believes the solution is to start making the handsets in the US, but that would be nearly impossible, especially in the short term. And even if it were, iPhones would likely become much more expensive.
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Shopify CEO: justify new hires by proving AI can't do the job better

AI use will also become part of Shopify's performance and peer reviews
A hot potato: In another example of the impact AI is having on jobs, Shopify's CEO has issued a warning to the company's managers: show that AI can't do the job better than a human before hiring new workers. Shopify previously laid off staff after it started using generative AI to complete some customer support tasks.
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Software engineers offer $10,000 reward to anyone who helps them land six-figure jobs

Desperate times call for desperate measures
WTF?! Finding a well-paid coding job is a lot harder today than it was a few years ago, thanks in no small part to AI. Securing one that comes with a six-figure salary is even more difficult, but a couple of software engineers believe they have the answer: offering $10,000 to anyone who can get them a software developer role that pays no less than $100,000 per year.
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