MAGA’s next wave of influencers saved TikTok
MAGA's next wave of influencers saved TikTok MAGA’s next wave of influencers saved TikTok The death knell for American TikTok should have been on March 13th, 2024, when Congress voted on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis to force its parent company to sell the app or face an outright ban. Rarely do you ever see Republicans […]
The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump’s tariffs
The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump's tariffs The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump’s tariffs Kickstarter is launching a new “Tariff Manager” tool that will allow creators to apply a surcharge to projects after their campaign has ended, as spotted earlier by […]
America is living in tariff limbo
America is living in tariff limbo For millions of people, any one of the many unprecedented actions in the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency was enough to show that the US is barreling toward – or has already arrived at – billionaire-helmed fascism. Sure, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has […]
Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine
Brendan Carr's FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine In less than 100 days the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been converted from a media and telecom watchdog into a bizarre, rights-trampling grievance machine built for one purpose: to coddle and protect the ego of President […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability
Elon Musk's DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability Elon Musk’s expansive portfolio of companies could avoid more than $2.37 billion in potential legal liability due to his unprecedented influence over the US government, […]
Trump offers a private dinner to his biggest memecoin buyers
Trump offers a private dinner to his biggest memecoin buyers Donald Trump | Image: Laura Normand / The Verge President Donald Trump recently announced that he would host a private dinner for the top 220 biggest holders of $TRUMP, the meme coin he launched days prior to taking office – and several U.S. Senators would […]
Shein and Temu raise prices in response to Trump tariffs
Shein and Temu raise prices in response to Trump tariffs Donald Trump’s staggering tariffs on Chinese imports have hit nearly every category of consumer goods, from electronics and automobiles to clothing and footwear. One of the most vulnerable industries is the ultracheap e-commerce sites like Shein, Temu, and AliExpress that American shoppers have become accustomed […]
Yahoo wants to buy Chrome
Yahoo wants to buy Chrome Legacy search brand Yahoo has been working on its own web browser prototype, and says it would like to buy Google’s Chrome if the company is forced by a court to sell it. The information came out during the fourth day of the Justice Department’s remedies trial to rectify Google’s […]
Former DOJ antitrust chief says a Google break up will benefit the internet
Former DOJ antitrust chief says a Google break up will benefit the internet Today, we’re talking about the very real possibility that the United States government might break up Google. To figure that all out, I invited Jonathan Kanter, the former assistant attorney general for antitrust under the Biden administration, to join me on Decoder […]
Did Tim Cook finagle a special tariff deal? Senator Warren wants to know
Did Tim Cook finagle a special tariff deal? Senator Warren wants to know Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent Apple CEO Tim Cook a letter asking for information regarding Cook and Apple’s conversations with President Donald Trump’s administration about tariffs and any special exemptions from the tariffs, Bloomberg reports. Warren’s letter, obtained by Bloomberg, points out […]