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10.01.26 - 10:00
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Trump promises oil companies ′total safety′ in Venezuela as he urges them to invest billions (The Guardian)
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Country is 'uninvestable' today, president told, but CEOs signal they are ready to spend with supportDonald Trump promised oil giants “total safety, total security” in Venezuela in an effort to persuade them to invest $100bn in the country's infrastructure after US forces toppled Nicolás Maduro from power.At a roundtable press conference at the White House on Friday afternoon with more than a dozen oil executives, including leaders from Chevron, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhilips, the US president doubled down on claims that Maduro's arrest presents American oil companies with an unprecedented opportunity for extraction. Continue reading......
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10.01.26 - 09:42
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Trump may be the beginning of the end for ′enshittification′ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow (The Guardian)
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The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our livesIt's been 25 years since I started working for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an American nonprofit dedicated to preserving and promoting human rights on the internet. I've found myself in dozens of countries working with activists, politicians and civil servants to untangle the complex technical questions raised by the internet, and every one of our discussions ended in the same place. “OK,” they'd say, “you've definitely laid out the best way to regulate tech, but we can't do it.”Why not? Because – inevitably – the US trade rep had beaten me to every one of those countries and made it eye-wateringly clear that if they regulated tech in a way that favoured their own people, industries and national interests, the US would bury them in tariffs.Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books, m...
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10.01.26 - 09:06
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Horse power: Chinese brands look to boost sales with Lunar New Year items (SCMP)
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As the Chinese zodiac's Year of the Horse approaches, distiller Kweichow Moutai has released a limited promotional line of its baijiu sorghum liquor commemorating the occasion as it seeks to bounce back from a prolonged sales slump – a marketing strategy being adopted by several brands in China as they look to give their revenues a festive boost.
On Tuesday, Moutai launched three limited Year of the Horse editions priced between 1,899 yuan and 3,789 yuan (US$272 to US$542) a bottle.
The company......
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