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Bill Maher on His Dinner at the White House With Donald Trump

Daring Fireball

China suspends exports of a wide range of rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for making semiconductors, robots, drones, cars, and other products (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)

Techmeme

‘What It Feels Like, Right Now’

Daring Fireball

Chris Whipple on the End of the Biden Administration

Daring Fireball

Jamelle Bouie on Trump’s Tariff Obsession

Daring Fireball

US lawmakers who benefited from crypto super PACs are advancing crypto priorities in Congress, like the Genius Act to establish rules for stablecoin issuers (David Yaffe-Bellany/New York Times)

Techmeme

Smartphone tariffs are coming back in ‘a month or two,’ says Trump admin

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Source: Trump plans to instruct the Commerce Department to launch a Section 232 national security probe into chip imports, which could lead to new tariffs (Ari Hawkins/Politico)

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Jack Dorsey says "delete all IP law" in an X post and Musk says "I agree"; Dorsey says current models "take way too much" from creators and "only rent-seek" (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

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League’s current main plot moves forward toward Ionia and the deadly Darkin

Polygon - All

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says consumer electronics exempt from tariffs may be included in semiconductor tariffs likely coming in "a month or two" (Financial Times)

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These 7 video games have amazing ASMR

Polygon - All

How the Switch 2 compares to the ROG Ally

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Sources: Apple is working on a lighter and cheaper Vision Pro and a Mac-tethered model with ultra-low latency; an overhaul will make iPadOS 19 more like macOS (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Wool, water, Wi-Fi: Modernizing an ancient business at the final frontiers of e-commerce

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5 movies about revolution to watch while you wait for Andor season 2

Polygon - All

iPads could get more Mac-like features soon

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A look at Bitcoin Commons, a coworking hub in Austin where ex-staffers of companies like Apple are building crypto startups, as Trump rolls back regulations (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

Techmeme

The era of the bad video game movie is over, if Hollywood lets these guys do their job

Polygon - All

Witch Watch’s Ms. Makuwa is my kindred spirit in anime fandom

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