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“In the turmoil unleashed by Donald Trump’s return to power, Europeans should not lose sight of one striking feature of the tech oligarchs surrounding him: their naked demand that he gets the EU off their backs”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Martin Sandbu Link: The EU needs the courage to imagine a different digital economy

Fonte: TIME Autore: Simon Shuster e Brian Bennett Link: Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington

“European stock indices have outperformed the S&P 500 so far this year. The FT’s Aiden Reiter joins Katie Martin to discuss why investors are finally looking beyond US stocks and why Donald Trump’s policies could accidentally benefit global exporters”. Fonte: Financial Times Link: Will Trump’s tariffs make Europe great again?

“In 2011, Donald Trump spoke before an audience of about 1,000 in Las Vegas, teasing a prospective, if fanciful, presidential run. Halfway through a rant over Middle East policy and oil prices, he digressed for a moment on trade with Asia: “China, I said the other day – very, very hard to buy anything, outside […]

“Just past midnight on February 3rd, Elon Musk appeared on X to explain what he is doing to the federal government. He had to speak over the patter of his four-year-old son, also called X”. Fonte: The Economist Link: Elon Musk is shredding America’s government as he did Twitter

“The American workplace was remade after the death of George Floyd in May 2020. A policeman was convicted of his murder. There were riots. In the heat, the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) were extolled in government and across corporate America”. Fonte: The Economist Link: Corporate America’s diversity wars are just getting started

“President Trump will fire his first tariff salvo on Saturday against those notorious American adversaries . . . Mexico and Canada. They’ll get hit with a 25% border tax, while China, a real adversary, will endure 10%. This reminds us of the old Bernard Lewis joke that it’s risky to be America’s enemy but it […]

“The first step in winning a public debate, indeed in any effective communication, is to get attention for your message. But that in and of itself is not enough. Attention is the means, not the end, because the end is persuasion. Once you have people’s attention, then you can try to persuade them with your […]

“The market reaction, when it came, was brutal. On January 27th, as investors realised just how good DeepSeek’s “v3” and “R1” models were, they wiped around a trillion dollars off the market capitalisation of America’s listed tech firms”. Fonte: The Economist Link: The real meaning of the DeepSeek drama

When asked for his reasons for delaying the ban on TikTok, President Trump, a man not unfamiliar with changing his mind, said: “Because I got to use it.” Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Emily Taylor Link: Why Trump’s change of heart on TikTok? This is about self-interest, not security