Online shopping industry thrown into chaos over Trump tax
Chinese small package shipments stopped
The United States Postal Service has suspended all package shipments from China and Hong Kong following President Donald Trump's decision to eliminate the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed small packages under $800 to enter the US without import duties.
China retaliates against Trump’s tariffs
Rare earth exports strangled
The trade war between China and the US took an ugly turn after President Donald Trump imposed a ten per cent tariff on Chinese goods entering the US.
Canada blames Musk
Shoots across his bows before surrendering
Swastica maker Elon [look at me] Musk might find his businesses suffer more as he becomes closely identified with Donald [grab ‘em by the pussy] Trump’s trade policies.
Meta surrenders and gives Trump $25 million
Wrong to suspend his account over that little insurrection business
Social notworking outfit Meta has written a $25 million cheque to Donald Trump to apologise for freezing his account over the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol.
VD Vance says Big Tech has too much power
Things might not be so sweet for Tech oligarchs under Trump
Despite much brownnosing and cash handed over to Donald Trump, it seems that things might not go so well for the Big Tech oligarchs during this third term.
Tech oligarchs consider buying TikTok
Bytedance still involved
A new plan which would keep TikTok available in the US, but under the control of a group of companies including Oracle and Microsoft is being negotiated by the White House.
Musk in a bind over Tesla’s clean energy products
Making a killing in an area which is unpopular with the White House
Swasticar maker Elon [look at me] Musk is in a bit of a bind as new numbers show that his firms are making a fortune out of clean energy and now can store it.
Trump rushes to protect US tech monopolies
Slams EU “taxes”
US President Donald Trump blasted European Union regulators for targeting Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta, describing their cases against American companies as "a form of taxation."
Trump’s Homeland security abandons Chinese telecoms hack investigation
Misuse of resources
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated all members of its advisory committees, including the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), which had been investigating a major Chinese cyberattack on large US telecom firms.
Musk appears to be trying to kill Stargate
Vested interest
Elon [Roman salute] Musk appears to be using his position as Donald Trump’s budget advisor to sabotage his rival’s mega AI plans, Stargate.