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Jake Angelo

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Newsroom Fellow @semafor covering biz and tech. Say hi: jangelo@semafor.com. Words in Fortune, Gay Times, Newsday, and more

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Semafor Newsroom Fellow. Former Fortune News Fellow. Words in Fortune, Newsday, Gay Times, Uncloseted Media, Staffing Industry Analysts and more.

Articles

Tariff refunds weigh on federal budget Original

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By Jake Angelo
| Semafor Verified
Tariff refunds are squeezing the federal budget. The US paid out $26 billion more in refunds than it collected in June after a February Supreme Court decision struck down most of the Trump administration’s levies, contributing to a widening $120 billion monthly deficit. The White House justified tariffs partly as a way to close the budget gap, but has paid back more than $80 billion to companies — which now must figure out what to do with the windfall.
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Meta unveils two AI models

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By Jake Angelo
| Semafor Verified
Meta this week rolled out two new AI models as it tries to catch up to competitors and assert itself as a top player in the AI race. Muse Image, true to its name, is an AI image-generation feature for advertisers, creators, and influencers with a feature that’s already causing concern about privacy and online safety: It lets users generate AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts without the account holder’s expressed permission.
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Wearable-makers vie to control data

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By Jake Angelo
| Semafor Verified
Wearable-makers want a smartphone-adoption moment. Chipmaker Qualcomm is working on up to 40 different kinds of devices with its customers, helping them design things like digital watches, rings, and glasses in a way that delivers consumer data back to the companies creating the products, Ziad Asghar, senior vice president and general manager of XR and wearables, told Semafor. “Pretty much every company that has massive or big AI investments” is jumping in, he said, declining to name his clients.
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Awards

Philip Greer Scholarship Award for outstanding financial writing

2025