Equity and Inclusion Newsletter

17 hours ago | seattletimes.com | Mark Gurman

Apple is developing a feature for its Vision Pro headset that lets users scroll through software with their eyes, aiming to enhance the device with a novel interface. The eye-scrolling capability is being tested as part of visionOS 3, an upcoming version of the Vision Pro’s operating system, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Already, the headset lets users navigate the software by looking at objects and then selecting them by pinching their fingers.

22 hours ago | seattletimes.com | Sara Michelle Fetters

When Three Dollar Bill Cinema announced in April that, on the 30th anniversary of the Seattle Queer Film Festival and the 20th anniversary of TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Festival, both would be celebrated in a combined event July 10-12, it sent shock waves throughout the local independent film community. Redubbed the Seattle Queer & Trans Film Festival, the choice to meld the two programs into one for their pearl and china celebrations was not made lightly.

1 day ago | seattletimes.com | Huizhong Wu

BANGKOK (AP) — While U.S. President Donald Trump has talked of victory after reaching a weekend deal with China to reduce the sky-high tariffs levied on each others’ goods, businesses in China are reacting to the temporary deal with caution. The U.S. and China have cut the tariffs levied on each other in April, with the U.S. cutting the 145% tax Trump imposed last month to 30%. China agreed to lower its tariff rate on U.S. goods to 10% from 125%.

1 day ago | seattletimes.com | Richard Fausset

You can often find the eldest brother of the Successor of the Prince of the Apostles down at the Twisted Fork restaurant in Port Charlotte, Fla., where, on Honky-Tonk Thursdays, he is most likely boot-scooting along with the rest of the line dancers. His ringtone plays the opening riffs of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.” He incurred $20,000 in roof damage from Hurricane Ian.

1 day ago | seattletimes.com | Eric Lipton |David Yaffe-Bellany

A struggling technology company that has ties to China and relies on TikTok made an unusual announcement this week. It had secured funding to buy as much as $300 million of $TRUMP, the so-called meme coin marketed by President Donald Trump. GD Culture Group, a publicly traded firm with a Chinese subsidiary, has only eight employees, its public filings show, and recorded zero revenue last year from an e-commerce business it operates on TikTok, a Chinese-owned video-sharing app.