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Source: The Verge Donald Trump’s staggering tariffs on Chinese imports have hit nearly every category of consumer goods, from electronics and automobiles to clothing and footwear. One of the most vulnerable industries is the ultracheap e-commerce sites like Shein, Temu, and AliExpress that American shoppers have become accustomed to. It is already showing signs of…
Source: The Verge Federal agents arrested a Milwaukee judge Friday on obstruction charges for allegedly interfering with an immigration arrest. Judge Hannah Dugan of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court was arrested in the county courthouse and remains in federal custody, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Source: The Verge Legacy search brand Yahoo has been working on its own web browser prototype, and says it would like to buy Google’s Chrome if the company is forced by a court to sell it. The information came out during the fourth day of the Justice Department’s remedies trial to rectify Google’s search monopoly….
Source: The Verge A group of tabletop game makers and other American small businesses are filed a lawsuit on Thursday against President Donald Trump and his administration to attempt to stop his tariffs. The lawsuit alleges the tariffs are “unlawful and unconstitutional” and details how they are creating challenges for the plaintiffs’ businesses. The tabletop…
Source: The Verge Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent Apple CEO Tim Cook a letter asking for information regarding Cook and Apple’s conversations with President Donald Trump’s administration about tariffs and any special exemptions from the tariffs, Bloomberg reports. Warren’s letter, obtained by Bloomberg, points out that Apple “appeared to have invested heavily in influencing the…
Source: The Verge Perplexity Chief Business Officer Dmitry Shevelenko said he didn’t want to testify in a trial about how to resolve Google’s search monopoly because he feared retribution from Google. But after being subpoenaed to appear in court, he seized the moment to pitch a business opportunity for his AI company: buying Chrome. If…
Source: The Verge A Democrat has entered the manosphere. Pete Buttigieg, the former Secretary of Transportation in the Biden Administration and a presidential candidate in 2020, sat for a three-hour appearance on Andrew Schultz’s Flagrant on Wednesday to discuss current events, the state of politics, and the culture wars — his latest foray into breaking…
Source: The Verge Something is rotten in the Department of Justice. Three federal prosecutors told their supervisors they’d rather resign than admit to wrongdoing over their refusal to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “We will not confess wrongdoing where there was none,” Celia V. Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach and Derek…
Source: The Verge The European Commission has just issued its first Digital Markets Act (DMA) fines to Apple and Meta, and now it’s telling Apple that it’s not impressed with the company’s approach to alternative app stores. The DMA originally forced Apple to begrudgingly allow alternative app stores on iOS in EU countries last year,…
Source: The Verge Elon Musk runs companies that make electric vehicles and solar panels, things that are supposed to reduce pollution and fight climate change. But over the years, Musk’s companies have faced repeated accusations by regulators including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that they’ve skirted the law, from allegations of Tesla mishandling hazardous waste…
