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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra will not support Bluetooth interactions with the S Pen. The smartphone debuted at the Galaxy Unpacked 2025 as the successor to the Galaxy S24 Ultra. And while it offers hardware upgrades, the flagship phone is confirmed to come with one key downgrade — the S Pen. Although a Samsung blog previously mentioned that customers could purchase a Bluetooth-equipped stylus for using select features on the Galaxy S25 Ultra, the company has now reportedly denied this functionality.Lack of Bluetooth S Pen Support on Galaxy S25 UltraSince Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s debut, reports have been floating about the flagship…

(Bloomberg) — Most Read from Bloomberg President Donald Trump is poised to unleash his first wave of tariffs Saturday, sending foreign governments and businesses rushing to skirt potential duties and prepare for retaliation. The targets are unlikely ones: Canada and Mexico, the two biggest buyers of US goods. Trump has pledged 25% tariffs on about $900 billion in goods from both nations, whose trade surpluses with the US have long chafed the president. Trump on Thursday vowed to follow through by his self-imposed Feb. 1 deadline, though the mercurial president has been known to change his mind. The scope of…

UPS’s (UPS) announcement that it will cut back on deliveries for its largest customer, Amazon (AMZN), sent its stock tumbling as much as 15% on Thursday. But the company says it made the change with the goal of driving profitability long term. UPS CFO Brian Dykes told Yahoo Finance that the strategy is part of an overall shift for the company «to manage our assets and our resources in the areas of the market where we can, quite frankly, drive higher yields and returns.» UPS will cut the volume of Amazon deliveries it transports by more than 50% by the…

India will build native generative artificial intelligence (AI) models within six to eight months, the Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (IT) Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Thursday. The initiative was announced at the Utkarsh Odisha Conclave, where the minister also revealed that the DeepSeek-R1 AI model has been implemented on local Indian servers and that experts are currently evaluating the model’s technical report. Notably, the announcements came just a week after the conclusion of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland where India was also a participant.India Gearing Up to Build Native AI ModelsAccording…

(Bloomberg) — Oil climbed as US President Donald Trump reiterated plans to impose tariffs against Canada and Mexico from Saturday, although crude flows may be exempted from the levies. Most Read from Bloomberg Brent rose above $77 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate was near $73. Trump said he would follow through on his threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports from the two countries, and also said he would target China. While the president flagged an imminent decision on whether crude would be included, no specific details had yet emerged. Crude is still set for a modest advance in…

Brands need to put in the “unexciting but necessary work” if they want to go after potential retailer “copycats” of their products, advises a lawyer who represented Thatchers in its case against Aldi. The cider brand won its case against the discount retailer last week in the Court of Appeal in what many believe to be a landmark decision. The court ruled in favour of Thatchers after finding that Aldi’s Taurus Cloudy Lemon cider product, which bears striking similarities to the Thatchers product of the same name, infringed on the brand’s intellectual property. The ruling supersedes a previous decision from…

Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle, on May 21, 2024. Microsoft, Meta, and IBM all highlighted healthy growth in their AI businesses in the last three months of 2024. Microsoft and Meta, which cumulatively expect to invest nearly $150 billion in infrastructure in their respective 2025 fiscal years, stood by their aggressive spending plans. Executives expressed confidence that Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s incredibly cost-efficient AI model, which spooked investors earlier this week, was ultimately a good thing for their businesses. Artificial intelligence…

Xiaomi 15 Ultra — the top-of-the-line model in the company’s flagship smartphone lineup — is expected to debut in China soon. We’ve already seen a few leaks related the new Xiaomi 15 series phone, that shed some light on its design and specifications. Now, the global variant of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra has been listed on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website, suggests that a global launch is approaching. The Ultra model is expected to arrive with the new Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset from Qualcomm. It could feature a triple rear camera unit that includes a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto…

(Bloomberg) — Shares of SK Hynix Inc., a key supplier to Nvidia Corp., tumbled more than 11% in post-holiday catchup trading after Chinese startup DeepSeek shocked the AI world. Most Read from Bloomberg The surprising news this week that DeepSeek’s new AI model was potentially more advanced than expected, at a much cheaper cost, caused a rout in global chip stocks while South Korea was shut for Lunar New Year. Shares of Nvidia and others have recovered to different degrees but investors are still on edge. “The talk among traders is whether this is a temporary shakedown or something more…

US stocks gained steam on Thursday afternoon as investors digested megacap tech earnings and waited for Apple (AAPL) results for more clues on prospects for Big Tech. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 0.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose nearly 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was up nearly 0.3%. Right ahead of the closing bell, President Donald Trump once again teased looming 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada. The US dollar (DX=F) index spiked on the news, reversing earlier losses to close near flat. After the Federal Reserve stood pat on interest rates as expected, investors have…