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Here’s the real reason why Chinese EVs are undercutting Western rivals
JINHUA, CHINA - JANUARY 13: Workers assemble new energy vehicles at an intelligent factory of electric vehicle enterprise Leapmotor on January 13, 2026 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)Vcg |…
Middle East conflict stokes energy supply worries
U.S. crude futures rose more than 1% Wednesday as Trump ordered "a total and complete" block of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.Chinaface | E+ | Getty Images
What you need to know todayCrude oil crossed $80…
Trump wants Navy escorts for tankers in the Gulf. Why it may not work
President Donald Trump is ready to use the U.S. Navy to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as the war against Iran rages, but providing safe passage to the volume of traffic that typically passes through the waterway will…
Data centers become military targets in Iran war
This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.Banking, payments, enterprise and consumer services in the UAE experienced outages earlier this week as AWS (Amazon Web Services)…
Samsung reveals first details of AI smart glasses to launch 2026
The Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ''A new era of mobile agentic AI'' slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics.Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSamsung's upcoming smart glasses will have a camera and be…
Anthropic CEO vows to challenge supply chain risk designation in court
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei confirmed that the U.S. government declared his company a supply chain risk on Thursday and said it has "no choice" but to challenge the designation in court.The startup has been at odds with the Department of…
Palantir stock jumps 15% in week on Iran war boosts, Anthropic muted
Palantir was an outlier in a tough week for the stock market, as the provider of software and services to the U.S. government saw its stock rally 15% following the U.S. attack on Iran. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.2% for the week, pushed…
Trump vows order on college sports NIL fix
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a round table on collegiate sports in the White House in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2026. Nathan Howard | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Friday vowed to issue an executive order to "fix" what…
Shipping giant Maersk halts two key shipping services due to Iran war
Danish shipping giant Maersk on Friday temporarily suspended two services linking the Middle East to Asia and Europe as the Iran war continues to disrupt global supply chains.The company, widely regarded as a barometer of global trade,…
Trump meets with defense CEOs, Pete Hegseth
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Dec. 2, 2025. Brian Snyder | ReutersPresident Donald Trump met Friday afternoon with CEOs of…