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US tariffs: how Trump’s tax is impacting big tech and beyond

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President Donald Trump has announced that he’s imposing a tariff on goods from some of the US’s biggest trade partners: Canada, Mexico, and China. Under the executive orders signed on February 1st, Canada and Mexico will face a 25 percent tariff, while goods from China will be subject to a 10 percent tax. Energy resources from Canada will also have a lower 10 percent tariff. Trump positioned the tariffs as a way to “halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the United States,” referring to fentanyl. The change will have a big impact on the cost of a wide variety of goods imported from each country, including electronics, produce, clothing, and much more. Though Trump previously said the tariffs will “enrich” citizens , consumers are expected to bear the brunt of the fees as they typically lead to higher prices. Here’s all the latest news on Trump’s tariffs. Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Canadian officials have reportedly been notified of tariffs. Tr...

Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China

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The US is officially imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. President Donald Trump announced that goods imported from Mexico and Canada will face a 25 percent tariff, while goods from China will face a 10 percent tariff. There will also be a lower 10 percent tariff on energy resources from Canada. In a series of posts on X announcing the tariffs, the administration claimed they were happening to “hold China, Mexico, and Canada accountable for their promises to halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the United States” while repeatedly referencing fentanyl. The tariffs are expected to have an impact on a huge swath of goods , ranging from the electronics we use every day to necessities like clothing, pharmaceuticals, and lithium batteries. ➡️Here are the facts that you need to know: President Trump is implementing a 25 percent tariff to be paid for by Mexican producers until Mexico cooperates with the U.S. in the fight against drugs. Mexican cartels are the world’s lea...

Google’s AI Super Bowl ad is wrong about cheese

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A screenshot from Google’s Super Bowl commercial. | Screenshot: Google Google just debuted a series of Super Bowl ads showing how small businesses use Gemini AI across all 50 states, but the cheese lovers out there might notice something a little off about its Wisconsin one. As spotted by @natejhake on X , the ad shows Gemini AI generating text that says Gouda accounts for “50 to 60 percent of the world’s cheese consumption” — a stat that isn’t quite accurate. The cheese is undoubtedly popular in Europe, but the same can’t be said for the rest of the world. “While Gouda is likely the most common single variety in world trade, it is almost assuredly not the most widely consumed,” Andrew Novakovic, E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics Emeritus at Cornell University, tells The Verge . Gemini doesn’t say where it fetched this information, but it doesn’t appear to be completely made up. A site called Cheese.com has the same stat (the legitimacy of which Redditor...