Is Your Remote Coworker a North Korean Scammer? / Google Finally Brings One of Its Most Useful Apps to the Apple Watch / Trump Threatens to Cut SpaceX's Funding

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THIS WEEK IN TECH

Google Brings One of Its Most Useful Apps to the Apple Watch for the First Time

Only a handful of Google apps are available on Apple's smartwatch, but this one should help you stay organized. Are more on the horizon?

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Trump-Musk Feud Reignites: President Threatens to Cut SpaceX's Funding

As Elon Musk continues to blast Trump's budget bill, the president seems to entertain the thought of deporting the Tesla CEO, a US citizen born in South Africa.

FBI: North Koreans Have Secured Remote Jobs at 100+ US Companies

Federal investigators seize 137 PCs from 'laptop farms' in 16 states that allegedly helped the scammers convince companies that their new hires were based in the US.

Apple Considers Replacing Its Own AI With ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude

RIP Apple Intelligence? Apple asks its rivals to create models that could run on its cloud infrastructure and power Siri. Across town, Meta courts top AI talent with $100 million paydays.

Is the Xbox Dead? Founding Member Slams Microsoft's Gaming Strategy

'It looks like they're abandoning pretty much everything that made the Xbox brand great in the first place,' says Laura Fryer, a former executive producer at Microsoft Game Studios.

Napster Resurfaces As (What Else?) an AI Company. Can Its Agents Deliver?

The new company offers AI-generated Napster Companions that you can chat with via a Napster View add-on screen for $19 a month after 15 free minutes. I took it for a spin.

Ford CEO Calls China's EVs 'Humbling' as Xiaomi Debuts $35K Tesla Model Y Rival

The cost, quality, and technology of Chinese EVs exceeds what Jim Farley has seen 'in the West.' He would know, because he drove a Xiaomi SU7 for six months and didn't want to give it back.