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The European Commission imposed a 500 million euro ($571 million) fine on Apple for preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store.

The commission, which is the EU’s executive arm, also fined Meta Platforms 200 million euros because it forced Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them.

 

Elijah Manley was still a teenager when his frustration with President Trump pushed him to get involved in politics. Today, he's finally old enough to run for Congress. Upset with how his own Democratic Party is responding to Trump, he's decided to do just that.

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 14 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

From the article:

"Danish Justice Minister Hummelgaard suggested he would have no problem if Signal ceased operations in Denmark over its refusal to work with law enforcement"

 

The U.S. should stop making threats and resorting to coercion if it wants to make a deal, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

 

During a call with investors Tuesday, Musk blamed “paid” and “very organized” protesters for his electric company’s remarkably weak earnings so far in 2025.

https://archive.ph/M6g1C

 

A record-breaking tunnel is being built under the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Germany, which will slash travel times and improve Scandinavia's links with the rest of Europe.

Running for 18km (11 miles), the Fehmarnbelt will be the world's longest pre-fabricated road and rail tunnel.

 

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the government funded broadcaster, at least temporarily. It's a dramatic turn in a series of legal cases revolving around the limits of executive power and the strength of the Constitution's protection of free speech.

 

But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Bessent also cautioned that talks between the United States and China had yet to formally start.

https://archive.ph/jlKid

 

Vladimir Putin has offered to halt his invasion of Ukraine across the current front line as part of efforts to reach a peace deal with US President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

https://archive.ph/nfKxL

 

Francesco Sciortino, co-founder and CEO of German startup Proxima Fusion, believes fusion energy can complement wind and solar power and become a “decisive building block” for Europe’s energy security.

“Fusion holds the potential to fundamentally transform the way we think about energy, changing the world from a place that’s controlled by those with reserves of oil and gas, to one where technology lets countries control their own fate,” he told TNW.

 

The European Union will not decouple from the Chinese economy as a condition for reaching a trade deal with Donald Trump's administration, the European Commission said on Tuesday amid reports that the White House has asked countries to do exactly that.

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

He's trying to stroke his ego

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Can China not reverse engineer the replacement parts and manufacture them themselves?

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll redact my post.

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A stable and predictable government also helps.

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)
[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Read-out of the phone call between President von der Leyen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/read_25_1004

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Says it in the last paragraph, financial pressures & not having your own home.

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago

They're trying to gift themselves the USIP building aswell

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/

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