The Trump administration is expanding its technology crackdown on China. The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday announced new restrictions targeting imports of advanced Chinese robots and power inverters, as part of a broader push to secure the domestic AI supply chain. According to the FCC, the measure would ban imports of new Chinese-made humanoid and
Oil market volatility continued Tuesday, as prices fell for a second day this week due to a lull in fighting and hopes rose that the United States and Iran would renew talks to end the war. Brent and US crude oil prices fell on Tuesday, extending Monday’s decline. Brent is down almost 16% in the
New tariffs could be on the horizon, this time on Silicon Valley. Donald Trump said Friday that his administration will open a trade investigation into the European Union after regulators fined Google about $1 billion, an investigation that could pave the way for new high tariffs on the bloc. In a Truth Social post, Trump
Vance worked at Mithril Capital, a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel, in 2016. A former coworker previously told Business Insider that Vance was often away from work promoting his book, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Thiel ended up playing an instrumental role in Vance’s rise to power in politics, donating $15 million to his Senate campaign
The US movement against data centers went national on Saturday. Protesters across the United States rallied against the massive facility as part of a nationwide demonstration organized by Humans First, a newly founded conservative nonprofit organization taking on what it calls “Big AI.” The group planned more than 100 rallies throughout the day, from Wasilla
President Donald Trump is using smoke from Canada’s wildfires to threaten tariffs. Trump lashed out at Canada in a post on Truth Social on Friday, accusing the United States’ northern neighbor of mismanaging its forests and causing the current outbreak of wildfires that are sending waves of smoke into the United States. “America is being