Policy or Cudgel? A Trade Economist on Trump’s Hardball Tariffs.
In 2005, the economist Pietra Rivoli followed the production of a T-shirt from a cotton farm to a Walgreens to understand global trade. Today, she sees a new system arising.
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Trump’s Seesawing on Tariffs Gives the World Whiplash
Blunt letters dictating terms posted to social media and changes late in negotiations have left trading partners wondering what President Trump will do next.
Astronomers found a completely new type of plasma wave near Jupiter
The plasma near Jupiter’s poles is capable of unusual behaviour NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Oleksuik © CC NC SA The cosmic neighbourhood of Jupiter is one of the more peculiar places in the solar system, and the plasmas that reside there are no exception. They ripple with a never-before-seen type of wave. Robert Lysak at the University of…
RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology
After 14 years of developing inside of semiconductor giant Intel, RealSense is striking out on its own. RealSense sells cameras that use stereoscopic imaging, a process that combines two images of the same object from different angles to create depth, enhanced with infrared light. This technology helps machines like robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles have…
2025 BIG3 Week 5: Where to watch Joe Johnson’s return, schedule, live stream, online, TV channel
The BIG3 returns from a week hiatus due to the Independence Day holiday, with Week 5 action taking place in Boston’s TD Garden. There are no undefeated teams remaining after the Dallas Power beat the Detroit Amps, 51-30, two weeks ago, handing Joe Johnson’s squad its first loss of the season. Johnson didn’t play in…
bitchy | Dampier: Prince William always believed that Meghan saw Harry as a ‘stepping stone’
In case you missed it, royal reporters are still in a tizzy that one dead woman put words in another dead woman’s mouth, and they’re using the whole thing to bash the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Sally Bedell Smith has published comments from the late Lady Liza Anson, in which Liza bitched and moaned…
Stock market today: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 07, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stock futures fell Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 35% tariff on Canada starting Aug. 1. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures shed 305 points,…
Manitoba Declares Second Wildfire Emergency in a Near-Record Year
The amount of land burned this year is on pace to be the most since 1994, as 100 blazes burned on Friday across the central Canadian province.
Grok searches for Elon Musk’s opinion before answering tough questions
The latest version of Grok — dubbed a “maximally truth-seeking” AI by owner Elon Musk — is answering controversial questions by first searching for what Musk has said on the matter. Multiple reports show that Grok will specifically look for Elon Musk’s stance across the web and his social media posts when asked questions around…
Bronny James and Lakers can’t match Cooper Flagg and Mavericks
LAS VEGAS — The Thomas & Mack Center public-address announcer called it the “main event” at the NBA Summer League, with Lakers’ second-year guard Bronny James and Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg at the center of it all. The fans didn’t have to wait long for the moment they all came to see when Flagg, the first…