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Alan Rappeport

Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1

The president said the planned duties were a response to China’s failure to curb fentanyl exports.

The Verge

Sarah Jeong

Trump pardons Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht

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On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015, when he was convicted of multiple charges, including the distribution of narcotics.

The Silk Road marketplace, which was only accessible through the Tor network, became one of the most prevalent early...

The Verge

Sean Hollister

Here’s what Bambu will — and won’t — promise after its controversial 3D printer update

Using the non-touch screen on an older Bambu P1P 3D printer. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

Bambu Lab, the company behind my favorite 3D printers, has given itself one hell of a week. Now, I’ve got answers to some of my burning questions, answers which you might also hopefully appreciate. But first, some backstory.

Since last Thursday, some creators have pledged not to buy Bambu printers anymore, even removed some of their 3D models from its online repository, after the...

Wired Top Stories

Andy Greenberg

Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.

ESPN.com

Jorge Castillo and Bradford Doolittle and Buster Olney and Jesse Rogers

Baseball Hall of Fame voting winners and losers: Three stars are headed to Cooperstown -- who else got good (or bad) news?

The results are in! Our experts break down the highs and lows of the 2025 vote that made Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner Hall of Famers.

Mashable

Elon Musk and the Roman salute: What it is and why it doesnt matter what you call it

At Donald Trump's post-inauguration rally on Monday, presidential adviser, DOGE head and world’s richest human Elon Musk twice made a gesture that many identify with a "seig heil," the infamous Nazi salute.

The X, Tesla and SpaceX CEO thanked the assembled crowd saying, “I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” before biting his lip, dramatically slapping his chest with his right hand and sending his right arm skyward, palm out. Musk turned around and made the gesture again,...

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"Honestly, It Was The Most Comforting Advice": Millennial Parents Are Sharing The Best And Worst Advice They've Been Given About Raising Their Kids

"The one that immediately makes me livid is 'Don't pick your baby up every time she cries. You're just teaching her how to manipulate you.' Said about my 3-week-old. As if a newborn would be learning how to game the system."

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"I Can't Stress Enough How Handy This Product Is": 30 Travel Products That Are Like Little Life Hacks

"Very useful, especially when traveling with kids." —one reviewer whose life has just been changed thanks to the fact that Airplane Pockets exist.

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Which Popular Scent Are You? Eat A Massive Meal To Find Out

Vanilla people are the sweetest.

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40 Of The Best Valentine's Day Gifts To Give In 2025

"I love that" —Lisa Barlow of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and your partner opening their Valentine's Day gift.

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The Verge

Lauren Feiner

Trump says he’s open to Musk or Ellison buying TikTok

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President Donald Trump says he’d be open to his buddies Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok.

“Larry, let’s negotiate in front of the media,” Trump said at a press conference with the Oracle co-founder, SoftBank CEO Masa Son, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to announce a $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. “What I’m thinking about saying to somebody is, buy it, and give half to the United States of America. Half, and we’ll give...

Wired Top Stories

Aarian Marshall

Trump Says He Ended the ‘EV Mandate.’ What Does That Mean?

Policy experts say the implications of Donald Trump’s executive order for EV owners—and the EV-curious—won’t be clear for a while.

Wired Top Stories

David Cox

Trump’s Plan to Leave the WHO Is a Health Disaster

The exit will cut a huge chunk from the World Health Organization’s budget, but the short-term financial gain for the US could come at the cost of disease outbreaks flaring up across the world.

SBNation.com

Andrew Mearns

Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame

Photo credit should read JOHN MABANGLO/AFP via Getty Images

An all-time international baseball icon will get his day in the Cooperstown sun this July, alongside pitchers CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Few Americans knew what to expect of Ichiro Suzuki when he first came to the United States in 2001. He had been an otherworldly hitter in Japan, tearing up the NPB with a .353/.421/.522 triple slash across nine seasons, winning seven consecutive batting titles and three Pacific League...

ESPN.com

Bradford Doolittle

Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner gain Hall of Fame entry

Ichiro Suzuki is the first Japanese-born player voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He'll be joined by CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner in the Class of 2025.

Mashable

Meta’s Community Notes won’t apply to paid ads

Wanna say something absurd on Facebook without anyone to tell your audience it's wrong? Make it a paid ad, I guess.

In early January, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his platform would be getting rid of its fact-checkers in favor of Community Notes. It turns out, those Community Notes meant to keep posts factual and accurate won't apply to paid ads, Reuters reports, citing an anonymous source. The only content that community notes will apply to is "organic content," and fact-checking...

Mashable

Instagram is showing your friends which Reels you’ve liked

I come to you bearing bad news: Instagram is showing your friends which Reels you've liked.

It might encourage more engagement on Instagram Reels, but at what personal cost to us all?

At the top right of the Reels, you might see some of your friends' profile photos with little hearts in the corner of their images. Click that, and you'll be taken to the "With friends" tab. Each video will show you which of your friends liked the video, with your friend's image and a heart overlaid on the image...

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All The Best Deals At Amazon This Week

Don't ~sleep~ on a discounted Tempur-Pedic memory foam mattress topper, luxurious beauty products, handy TikTok-famous gadgets (RIP), and more.

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Can You Guess The Celebs By Their Pixelated Faces?

I know that pixel.

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28 Kitchen Products You Don’t Technically Need, But Will Most Definitely Want

If you're someone who would buy a garlic crusher shaped like a little Dracula, this is the post for you.

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