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Apr 11, 2025

Bytes: Week in Review — How tariffs impact consumer gadgets, e-commerce and the AI boom

Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

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Bytes: Week in Review — How tariffs impact consumer gadgets, e-commerce and the AI boom
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The tariff rollercoaster has created a lot of uncertainty in the tech industry. We're digging into how it’s playing out for makers of consumer tech, e-commerce platforms and AI. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, about all these topics for this week’s Tech Bytes.

More on everything we talked about

Tariffs Will Make Electronics More Expensive. If You Need a New Gadget, ‘Buy It Now’” from Wired

Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders, Citing Tariff Uncertainty” from The Hollywood Reporter

Amazon Cancels Some Inventory Orders From China After Tariffs” from Bloomberg

Trump triples tariffs on low value packages from China and Hong Kong” from The Verge

Tariffs Are Coming for the AI Boom” from The Wall Street Journal

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Bytes: Week in Review — How tariffs impact consumer gadgets, e-commerce and the AI boom