Trump pivots from 20 percent Strait of Hormuz fee amid Iran war escalation
Trump backs away from fee, says regional countries will instead invest in US in return for transit protection.
United States President Donald Trump has backed away from his claim that Washington would levy a 20 percent transit fee for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Mizuno Launching New Neo Ace Tennis Shoe As Flagship Model
The new Mizuno Neo Ace tennis shoe launches Aug. 1. Mizuno
Mizuno tennis has a new flagship shoe. The Japanese brand announced the release of the Mizuno Neo Ace, designed for the intermediate to advanced all-around player, taking over the title of “flagship” for the brand.
House Bill To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent Could Be Good For Your Sleep And Potentially Preventing Fatal Crashes - Jalopnik
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This week, the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a bill that could make daylight saving time a permanent fixture for the country. No longer will most Americans be a slave to changing every digital clock in the house twice a year, and studies find that the country could benefit in preventing some fatal crashes associated with the lost hour in the spring time change.
China’s Mythos Moment Is Coming, But How Bad Is The Threat?
Chinese AI models are closing the gap on Mythos, and raising new questions about security. On 9 August 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Jonathan Raa / Nurphoto (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
'Consumers Would Stop Truly Owning Their Games' — Mexican Lawmakers to File Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against Sony Over Its Choice to End Physical Game Production
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Lawmakers in Mexico are set to file an anti-trust complaint against Sony due to the company’s controversial decision to stop printing physical games starting January 2028.
Best content optimization tools for ROI-focused teams
Organic search still delivers some of the strongest returns in marketing, and the right content optimization tools make it easier to capture.
New US Ebola patient arrives in Germany for treatment
A US national who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has arrived in Germany for treatment, the health ministry in Berlin said on Monday, weeks after another American infected with Ebola in the DRC was treated in Berlin.
At $7,500, Is This 2004 Chrysler Sebring GTC On Track For A Quick Sale? - Jalopnik
When originally posted, the ad for today's Nice Price or No Dice Sebring had a typo that added an extra zero to the price tag. Let's see if this rare manual-equipped convertible's desirability warrants having more than one zero removed from that price.
Well-designed urban street plantings provide relief from summer heat
New research shows that improvements in tree, shrub and grass plantings along city streets in Queensland can substantially improve pedestrians' thermal comfort.
Disturbance has a greater effect on giant kelp productivity than resource availability
Marine scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that disturbances to giant kelp forests have a major influence on their net primary productivity (NPP)—an indicator of an ecosystem's health and its ability to support its community—even more so than the availability of the resources needed for growth. Using data from decades of monthly measurements in the kelp forests at the campus's National Science Foundation-supported Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research (SBC LTER) site, the researchers uncovered the direct, indirect and fascinating effects of disturbance on one of the world's most productive ecosystems.