Two coffee makers AND a trap door
WASHINGTON (ANP) - De Verenigde Staten hebben aangekondigd hun sancties tegen de Iraanse oliesector aan te scherpen. Dat verklaarde de Amerikaanse minister van Financiën Scott Bessent in een persbericht.
De sancties zijn met name gericht op de transportinfrastructuur, waaronder een twintigtal personen en entiteiten die banden hebben met het netwerk van oliemagnaat Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani.
"Het ministerie van Financiën voert krachtige maatregelen uit in het kader van de operatie 'Economische woede' en richt zich daarbij op de elites van het regime, zoals de familie Shamkhani, die zich ten koste van het Iraanse volk proberen te verrijken", aldus Bessent.
Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani is de zoon van Ali Shamkhani, een naaste adviseur van de voormalig hoogste Iraanse leider Ali Khamenei; beiden kwamen op de eerste dag van de oorlog om het leven.
Senator’s fourth attempt for resolutions fails, but votes show growing appetite among Democrats to impose limits
Bernie Sanders on Wednesday led a failed effort to block the sale of bombs and bulldozers to Israel, but the votes revealed a growing appetite among Democrats to impose limits on US weapons transfers to a longtime US ally.
It was the fourth time Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, had forced consideration of resolutions cutting off military aid for Israel in the Senate, all of which have been rejected by the chamber’s Republican majority, and many Democrats.
Continue reading...‘Designed to disorient’: LA art museum unveils enormous concrete gallery, 20 years in the making
Stretched across a boulevard and shaped like an ‘amoeba’, the divisive Geffen Galleries open next week
Two decades ago, the new director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) began a project to revitalize the space for the 21st century. On Wednesday, the institution unveiled the results of that $724m effort: the David Geffen Galleries, a hulking, curving concrete building that spans Wilshire Boulevard.
In a city of striking modern architecture, from the Getty Museum to the Disney Concert Hall, the opening is a landmark event. The project, whose unconventional shape has been likened to an amoeba, has inspired praise and polarization.
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Browser fingerprinting is everywhere
Google markets its Chrome browser by citing its superior safety features, but according to privacy consultant Alexander Hanff, Chrome does not protect against browser fingerprinting – a method of tracking people online by capturing technical details about their browser.…
In an interview with Fox News, Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that allowing Chinese vehicle imports could put nearly a million U.S. jobs at risk. He said China's heavily subsidized auto industry has enough excess capacity to supply the entire U.S. market, while also raising serious cybersecurity concerns given how much data modern connected cars collect. Ars Technica reports: "First of all, the Chinese have huge direct support for their auto companies," Farley said, while noting that China has the ability to build an additional 21 million vehicles a year on top of the 29 million that are expected to roll off Chinese production lines in 2026. "They have enough capacity in China to cover all the manufacturing, all the vehicle sales in the United States," Farley said.
"Manufacturing is the heart and soul of our country, and for us to lose those exports would be devastating for our country," he continued, before pointing out the cybersecurity worries about Chinese cars. "All the vehicles have 10 cameras. They can collect a lot of data," he said.
Farley has praised Chinese EVs like the Xiaomi SU7, even going on podcasts to sing its praises. But he believes Ford's forthcoming affordable Kentucky-built EVs, due to start hitting dealerships next year, have what it takes to be competitive. When asked about new car prices rising an average of 2 percent last year, Farley repeatedly said that Ford had "worked with the administration" so that there's "essentially no big impact" of the Trump tariffs. The CEO justified the rising costs by pointing to the F-150's sales as proof of its value.
"Manufacturing is the heart and soul of our country, and for us to lose those exports would be devastating for our country," he continued, before pointing out the cybersecurity worries about Chinese cars. "All the vehicles have 10 cameras. They can collect a lot of data," he said.
Farley has praised Chinese EVs like the Xiaomi SU7, even going on podcasts to sing its praises. But he believes Ford's forthcoming affordable Kentucky-built EVs, due to start hitting dealerships next year, have what it takes to be competitive. When asked about new car prices rising an average of 2 percent last year, Farley repeatedly said that Ford had "worked with the administration" so that there's "essentially no big impact" of the Trump tariffs. The CEO justified the rising costs by pointing to the F-150's sales as proof of its value.
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