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According to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, the tech industry may not be safe from new tariffs. The Trump administration announced Friday evening that home appliances such as laptops and smartphones will be exempt from tariffs announced earlier this month. (Trump delayed many of these tariffs this week, but he left a baseline tariff of 10% and also imposed a 125% tariff on Chinese products.) According to the exemption report, high-tech products may be subject to targeted tariffs, with semiconductors subject to specific scrutiny. Lutnick made it more clear Sunday morning in an interview with the ABC show “This…
Virgil Van Dijk is looking to score late, clarifying Liverpool 13 points and earning the 20th league title.Virgil Van Dijk escaped Liverpool’s blush with a slow winner, beating West Ham 2-1 and Edge within six points of the Premier League title. Andy Robertson’s own goal was to give the low hammer a worthy equalizer after Lewis Diaz placed Liverpool in front early in Anfield, starting at four minutes on Sunday. However, Van Dijk has recovered the lead quickly, indicating that Liverpool still holds the championship mentality even when Liverpool is running out of steam at the end of the season.…
Beijing is calling on Washington to “completely cancel” mutual tariffs amid the escalation of the trade war.China has welcomed the US’s announcement of a series of exemptions from import taxation on household appliances. He said this is a “small step” to correct President Donald Trump’s “false practice” of imposing a 145% tariff on Chinese products. “China is currently assessing the impact,” a Commerce Department spokesperson said in a statement Sunday after Washington said smartphones, computers and other electronic devices would be excluded. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said on Sunday this week that smartphones, computers and other electronics were…
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now the Block), sparked weekend debate over intellectual property, patents and copyright, in a distinctive concise post that “remove all IP laws.” Elon Musk, the current owner of X, immediately replied, “I agree.” It’s not clear exactly what these comments came to, but it comes when AI companies, including Openai (which Musk co-founded, competed and challenged in court) come in a state where they face many lawsuits claiming they violated copyright in order to train their models. In fact, tech evangelist and investor Chris Messina hinted at this while Dorsey wrote…
The Linux Foundation has become a false fame for many years. It goes far beyond its steward roots in the Linux kernel, and has emerged as the vast umbrella outfit for 1,000 open source projects spanning cloud infrastructure, security, digital wallets, enterprise search, fintech, maps and more. Last month, the OpenInfra Foundation (best known for OpenStack) was added to the stable, adding more cement as the “Foundation of Foundations” of the Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation emerged in 2007 from a fusion of two nonprofits focused on Linux. This is the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) and the Free Standards…
The deputy mayor of Schmie, in northern Ukraine, said at least 31 people were killed in the Russian missile attack. Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky called for a global response to the attack. “The consultations have never stopped ballistic missiles or air bombs. What is needed is an attitude towards Russia that terrorists deserve,” he said. Ukrainian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 43 drones out of the 55 they fired overnight by Russia, targeting the north, south and central regions of Ukraine, the air force said. However, he did not say what happened to the drone that escaped destruction. According…
West Bengal’s Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee said the WAQF amendment Act would not “apply” in the state, and that it will live in 25 million Muslims.Indian authorities have deployed troops to crack down on deadly protests in eastern West Bengal over a recently passed controversial bill that critics say dilute Muslim rights to administer a religious fund worth more than $14 billion (WAQF). Protests against the federal WAQF amendment bill in the Maasidabad area of the majority of Muslims in West Bengal escalated on Friday and Saturday, resulting in more than 150 deaths and more than 150 arrests, according to…
The US Senator has joined the AOC, denounced Trump’s “corrupted and disastrous tariff scheme” as a trick to enrich his business peers.Tens of thousands of people gathered in Los Angeles cities to attend a rally organized by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Sens. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez against the growing influence of billionaires and corporates in politics under President Donald Trump’s administration. Sanders took the stage at Gloria Morina Grand Park on Saturday, the latest stop on the ongoing “Oligarchy of the Battle” tour, telling the crowd that Trump is heading the country towards a “society of authoritarian society.” “Mr. Trump, we’re not…
The US government has kept his return to his mother, telling the court that those who were mistakenly deported remained trapped in the infamous prison.The Trump administration admitted before federal court that immigrants who were mistakenly deported last month remained locked up in the infamous prison in El Salvador, but refused to say what stages they were taking to get him back to the United States. In a court filing Saturday, the US State Department said Kilmer Abrego Garcia was “living and safe” in prison, and that he is under the authority of the Salvadoran government. Abrego Garcia, 29, lived…
Israeli forces bombed Al-Ara Arab Hospital in Gaza, the largest functional hospital in northern Gaza, destroying emergency forces, the main entrance and medical oxygen supply. After fleeing the attack early Sunday morning, the severely ill patient was left on the streets, reporting that at least three people, including a child taking oxygen, had died from evacuation. Hospital staff began evacuating patients from the building after saying they received a call from someone identifying Israeli security and themselves shortly before the attack, according to Reuters. Gaza authorities have condemned the bombing and are noting that Al Ali Hospital is treating hundreds…