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nytimes.com | Eli Tan
For years, the Chinese government has worked to control the export of rare earths, a group of metals used in an array of products, as common as semiconductors and lights. Now, in its trade war with the United States, China is moving to limit the market for these metals even further, which could have disastrous consequences for American manufacturing and military power. So, what exactly are these metals, and why are they so important?
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Eli Tan
For months, Nintendo, the maker of famed video game series like Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, had expected the morning of April 2 to be a celebration. To much fanfare, the company announced the price and release date for the Switch 2, its new video game console eight years in the making. At an event in New York City, Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America's president, took the stage as fans cheered the arrival of new games to accompany the console; Mario Kart, Donkey Kong and Kirby among them.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Eli Tan |Lauren Hirsch
The start-up, which provides the processing power to help develop A.I. systems, faces questions about its debt and the overall economy. Shares of CoreWeave, the first artificial intelligence start-up to go public, opened their first day of trading on Friday at $39.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Eli Tan |Lauren Hirsch
The company, which originally expected its shares to be priced between $47 and $55, will ask for $40 a share in a sign of stock market uncertainty.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Eli Tan
Mr. Musk has said Tesla plans to deploy robot taxis in Texas as early as June, though the company has a history of delaying its robot taxi plans. Regulations in Texas covering robot taxis are much looser than in California, and Waymo debuted its robot taxis to the public in Austin this month. In order for Tesla to offer autonomous taxis on public roads in California, it needs a series of approvals from the California Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Eli Tan |Cade Metz
1 day agoNvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investmentsNo company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT over two years ago — and the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since. And its stock price …5 days agoMicrosoft isn’t launching its Xbox handheld this year, but Asus might beMicrosoft’s next-gen Xbox platform is shaping up.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Eli Tan |Cade Metz
In 2016, three New York commodities traders - Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee - fell in love with cryptocurrencies. They were using Bitcoin to bet on pool games and fantasy football and were captivated by its wild swings in price. They soon decided to create more digital currencies through a process called "mining," which requires a lot of computing power.
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1 month ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Eli Tan
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is finally hanging up on its longtime calling and messaging app Skype, which it acquired 14 years ago, signifying the end of an era for one of the oldest internet communications apps. For users, Skype will go offline May 5, when Microsoft replaces it with a free version of Microsoft Teams. Teams has been Microsoft’s chosen successor for years, offering the same kinds of video calls and group meetings.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Keith Bradsher |Ana Swanson |James Wagner |Melissa Eddy |Eshe Nelson |Alexandra Stevenson | +9 more
The response escalated a global dispute that has rattled governments and international trade. Mexico and Canada have also been targeted by the Trump administration’s new tariffs.
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1 month ago | 
myheraldreview.com | Daisuke Wakabayashi |Alexandra Stevenson |Danielle Kaye |Eli Tan
From her home in Phoenix, Erica Campbell is waiting for a cargo vessel from China to deliver a shipment of thousands of Jesus rattle dolls, tin Easter eggs, religious-themed baby swaddle blankets and 15,000 packages of Jesus Heals bandages. Campbell, 36, owner of Be a Heart, a Catholic goods business, paid the Chinese factories that manufacture the items months ago. The boxes were loaded in a container before President Donald Trump imposed a new 10% tariff on all Chinese imports Feb. 1.
