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Pressure Mounting as Beijing Cuts Import Tariffs on Over 1,500 Products

Beijing has reportedly decided to slash import tariffs on more than 1,500 products amid increased U.S. pressure and slowing exports. The move is aimed at opening up the domestic economy to foreign businesses and stimulating spending among citizens. Reducing import tariffs China’s finance ministry has declared that import tariffs on products like wood, minerals, paper, ...

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Palantir: The World’s Most Powerful Data Collection and Analysis Tool

When the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke out, many people first heard the name Palantir Technologies. And that is surprising since the company literally offers one of the world’s most powerful tools for data collection and analysis. Palantir Technologies Palantir remains a very secretive company and was named so by its founder Peter Thiel after the ...

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SingularityNET: The Next Step in AI Evolution

The AI industry is largely a monopoly of a few tech giants. SingularityNET seeks to disrupt it by providing a decentralized marketplace that would allow AI developers from across the world to connect to users. What makes SingularityNET even more interesting is the fact that it allows for the possibility of AIs to learn from ...

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Teenagers’ Addiction to Social Media and Its Consequences

While parents and teachers are well aware of addictions like alcohol, drugs, and smoking that affect teenagers, many remain woefully unaware of addiction to social media. According to a report by Common Sense Media, the number of teenagers who own smartphones more than doubled from 41 percent in 2012 to about 89 percent in 2018. ...

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Craftsman Builds Mechanical Makeup Table for the Queen

Modern people believe living conditions in ancient times were very primitive. It may come as a surprise then that during the Tang Dynasty, the queen had a fully mechanical makeup table. Actually, ancient Chinese science and technology was quite advanced. Papermaking, gunpowder, and the compass were all invented in China. Stories of other incredible inventions ...

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Federal Government Sues California Over Net Neutrality Law

The Department of Justice has sued the state of California for passing a Net Neutrality law that goes against the federal administration’s policy of deregulating the Internet. The lawsuit argues that the new law places burdensome regulations on the Internet and is anti-consumer in nature. The Net Neutrality law The Net Neutrality bill was signed into ...

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Will the Chinese Middle Class Rise Up Against the Chinese Communist Party?

Under constant pressure from the U.S. tariffs and sanctions, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for developing self-reliance in society, painting the United States as the “foreign enemy.” Meanwhile, the Chinese middle class seems to be swinging back and forth in their support of the Chinese Communist Party’s policies, while being very afraid that they ...

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China's middle class.

Beijing Trying All Tricks to Counter and Topple Trump

With the U.S.-China trade war not showing signs of ending anytime soon, President Trump is reportedly ready to pile on as much pressure as he can on China so that Beijing feels the pain and accepts America’s demand for fair trade practices. Trump’s trade tariffs In an interview with South China Morning Post, former White ...

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Trump Has to Counter Chinese Influence on UN

China is trying to increase its influence in the United Nations, looking to change the rules of international cooperation to their liking. And President Trump, though he has quite often spoken against the organization in recent times, has to ensure that he keeps Chinese influence from having too much say in the workings and decision-making ...

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Hundredth Indian Airport Is One of the Most Beautiful in the World

India its The 100th Indian airport was recently inaugurated at Pakyong in the state of Sikkim. And according to people who have visited the place, it is one of the most beautiful airports in the world. The 100th Indian airport at Pakyong Pakyong is situated about 20 miles from Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. The ...

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