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EU finance ministers agree on a €3 customs duty on low-value parcels from July 2026, aiming to crack down on Chinese imports from retailers like Shein and Temu (Reuters)

Reuters:
EU finance ministers agree on a €3 customs duty on low-value parcels from July 2026, aiming to crack down on Chinese imports from retailers like Shein and Temu  —  European Union finance ministers agreed on Friday to set a 3 euro ($3.52) custom duty on low-value parcels arriving in the bloc …

Will AI make research on humans…less human?

If you’re a human, there’s a very good chance you’ve been involved in human subjects research. Maybe you’ve participated in a clinical trial, completed a survey about your health habits, or took part in a graduate student’s experiment for $20 when you were in college. Or maybe you’ve conducted research yourself as a student or […]

My defense of a $40 cable paperweight – I’m sorry

Warning: I'm going to make an attempt to justify a $40 paperweight for cable management. I'm not sure how I ended up in this position, or who hurt me. All I can say is that I'm not proud of myself, so please, take pity. I've been using Native Union's 3-cable Weighter for about a week. […]

Papua New Guinea says Google will build three subsea cables for the country, a $120M effort funded by Australia, amid China boosting its influence in the region (Kirsty Needham/Reuters)

Kirsty Needham / Reuters:
Papua New Guinea says Google will build three subsea cables for the country, a $120M effort funded by Australia, amid China boosting its influence in the region  —  Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under …

Trump’s support is collapsing — but why?

The second Trump administration started off with a bang: riding the high of 2024’s historic levels of new multiracial and working class support, bullying law firms and universities, flinging out executive orders and DOGE restructurings like nobody’s business. A Republican-controlled Congress was ready to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda, and his deportation and tariff policies […]