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ECONOMY
In What Ways Has U.S. Trade with China Changed?
Hunter L. Clark and Gregory Simitian Over the past year, U.S. trade policy with China has undergone enormous changes, but with surprisingly little effect on overall trade balances. In fact, the U.S.’s twelve-month trade deficit, while highly volatile due to import front-running early in the year, ended 2025 at $1.2 trillion, almost unchanged from 2024. At the same time, China’s trade…
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MARKET
Amazon’s stock has come alive, setting the company up to join an exclusive club
Amazon’s stock needs to rise less than 2% for the company’s market cap to top $3 trillion — something only four other companies have ever achieved. Source link
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Meta threatens to withdraw its apps from New Mexico
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta has threatened to withdraw its apps from New Mexico due to new proposed state regulatory requirements designed to enhance the protection of minors within its apps, according to the AP. Meta floated the withdrawal threat as part of the company’s legal…
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GADGET
The Next Call Of Duty Is Not Coming To PS4 (Or Presumably Xbox One)
It looks like new Call of Duty games will no longer be coming to last-gen platforms like the PS4 and Xbox One, requiring franchise fans to purchase expensive newer consoles. The official brand recently posted to social media that the “next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4.” The post didn’t specifically…
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MOBILE
Vodafone now fully owns the UK’s VodafoneThree
Vodafone and Three announced plans to merge in the UK back in 2023, and the consolidation was eventually given the go-ahead by regulators in December 2024. The merged entity, VodafoneThree, officially began operations on May 31, 2025, with Vodafone holding 51% of the shares and CK Hutchison (Three’s owner) holding 49%. Now, almost exactly one year later, Vodafone is buying…
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SCIENCE
Why some mathematicians think we should abandon pi
May 5, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Why some mathematicians think we should abandon pi A growing minority believes it’s a mistake to tie so many mathematical formulas to the famed 3.14… value. Another value, tau, could be better By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Antonio Iacobelli/Getty Images This article is from Proof Positive, our…
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CELEBRITY
Lena Dunham Red Dress Inspired by Blood Splatter
Lena Dunham had a bloody good time at the 2026 Met Gala. In keeping with the night’s “Fashion Is Art” dress code, the Girls alum and Valentino designer Alessandro Michele found inspiration from Artemisia Gentileschi‘s 17th century painting “Judith Slaying Holofernes” as the jumping off point for her feathered and sequined red Valentino gown. “I shared that inspiration with Alessandro,”…
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GAMING
Froggy Hates Snow – How a Love of Dome Keeper and Digging Created a Fresh Spin on Survival Games
The premise of Froggy Hates Snow is, as you would expect from the title, relatively simple: you are a frog who is trapped in the snow. The only way out (other than hiding in his heat bubble forever) is to dig his way to freedom, either fending off the ten waves of shadowy monsters that attack periodically, or finding the…
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CULTURE
A place to call home for artists who don’t belong — Jewish Renaissance
This May also sees the return to Venice of Anna Kamyshan, a Londonbased Ukrainian architect, who last year presented The Castle of Yiddishland, an AI-generated video of traditional shtetl shuls floating above different cities around the world, inspired by Magritte’s Castle of the Pyrenees. The video was part of last year’s Yiddishland Pavilion, but this year Kamyshan has a separate…
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GAMBLING
Treasury’s Scott Bessent Doesn’t Want You Playing the Lottery
Posted on: May 5, 2026, 12:10h. Last updated on: May 5, 2026, 12:10h. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says middle-class Americans shouldn’t be playing the lottery Bessent says many Americans should rethink their “get-rich-quick” mindsets United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is encouraging all Americans to make responsible financial decisions. And for most, that doesn’t include playing the lottery. Treasury Secretary…
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