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Nearly all of Foxconn’s India-made iPhones are now going to the US, report finds

From March to May, Apple’s manufacturing partner, Foxconn, shipped 97% of the $3.2 billion worth of iPhones it exported from India to the US, up from just 50% last year, according to customs data seen by Reuters. Foxconn, which makes the bulk of Apple’s iPhones, still produces most of those in China.

Apple’s plan has been to move production of US-sold iPhones from China, which had been facing sky-high tariffs (now 55%), to India, where the tariffs are lower (currently 10%) — a move President Trump doesn’t care for but which is happening anyway. Additionally, the president has threatened tariffs of “at least 25%” on smartphones sold in the US but made elsewhere.

Counterpoint Research said it expects India-made iPhones to account for up to 30% of iPhone shipments globally this year, compared to 18% last year.

Apple’s plan has been to move production of US-sold iPhones from China, which had been facing sky-high tariffs (now 55%), to India, where the tariffs are lower (currently 10%) — a move President Trump doesn’t care for but which is happening anyway. Additionally, the president has threatened tariffs of “at least 25%” on smartphones sold in the US but made elsewhere.

Counterpoint Research said it expects India-made iPhones to account for up to 30% of iPhone shipments globally this year, compared to 18% last year.

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Amazon closes at all-time high

Fresh off strong earnings Thursday, Amazon saw its stock price end the week at a record closing high of $244.22.

The stock is up 10% so far this year.

The e-commerce and cloud giant beat analysts’ revenue and earnings, and its massive gain was responsible for more than all of the positive return delivered by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF on Friday.

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Google uses an AI-generated ad to sell AI search

Google is using AI video to tell consumers about its AI search tools, with a Veo 3-generated advertisement that will begin airing on TV today. In it, a cartoonish turkey uses Google’s AI Mode to plan a vacation from its farm before it’s eaten for Thanksgiving.

Like other AI ad campaigns that have opted to depict yetis or famous artworks rather than humans, Google chose a turkey as its protagonist to avoid the uncanny valley pitfall that happens when AI is used to generate human likenesses.

Google’s in-house marketing group, Google Creative Lab, developed the idea for the ad — not Google’s AI — but chose not to prominently label the ad as AI, telling The Wall Street Journal that consumers don’t actually care how the ad was made.

Google’s in-house marketing group, Google Creative Lab, developed the idea for the ad — not Google’s AI — but chose not to prominently label the ad as AI, telling The Wall Street Journal that consumers don’t actually care how the ad was made.

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Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft combined spent nearly $100 billion on capex last quarter

The numbers are in and tech giants Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft spent a whopping $97 billion last quarter on purchases of property and equipment. That’s nearly double what it was a year earlier as AI infrastructure costs continue to balloon and show no sign of stopping. Amazon, which reported earnings and capital expenditure spending that beat analysts’ expectations yesterday, continued to lead the pack, spending more than $35 billion on capex in the quarter that ended in September.

Note that the data we’re using here is from FactSet, which strips out finance leases when calculating capital expenditures. If those expenses were included the total would be well over $100 billion last quarter.

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