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Samsung’s discounted microSD Express card more than doubles your Switch 2 storage

If you buy digital games for the Nintendo Switch 2, Samsung’s P9 microSD Express card offers an easier way to expand your storage without constantly deleting games to make room. It’s cheaper than other microSD cards, and it’s an even better value right now, with the 512GB version priced at $79.99 ($40 off) — just […]

I was first at the scene of a 999 call – then I was sexually assaulted

Ambulance volunteer Emily Hilton was assessing a man who had fallen on a busy road when he sexually assaulted her.

Age of 'fascism' in America: Reed Brody warns that the US is 'living in a very dangerous moment'

In a wide-ranging interview, Reed Brody, former NY Asst Attorney General and renowned int'l human rights lawyer, sounds the alarm at home. Drawing on decades of experience, Brody delivers a scathing assessment of a second Trump term, raising urgent concerns about the erosion of institutions, the rule of law, and checks and balances. Unlike Trump's first term, when political norms and guardrails curbed some of his extreme impulses, Brody warns an emboldened Trump prioritises fealty and capitulation over country.

Macron answers Trump's tariff threats at Davos World Economic Forum

French President Emmanuel Macron warned against "useless aggressivity" and said France preferred "respect to bullies" following US President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs over Greenland and the Board of Peace. He spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos. 

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Stock Market Today, Jan. 20: Trump's Greenland threat creates market fallout

Stock Market Today, Jan. 20: Trump's Greenland threat creates market fallout

Tariff fears are back — and they’re hitting Amazon, Walmart and other retail stocks

Retail stocks slumped Tuesday as tariff fears returned following President Donald Trump’s latest threat against eight European countries.

3M says how much Trump’s new tariff threat could cost this year, and the stock dives

3M’s stock drops as President Trump’s new tariff threat raises uncertainties over the full-year outlook, at a time the consumer business continues to struggle.

Treasury market faces worst day in months after Trump threatens European allies with tariffs related to Greenland

Long-dated U.S. government debt was getting slammed on Tuesday as nervous investors reacted to President Donald Trump’s plans to slap 10% tariffs on imports from eight European countries beginning next month.

The Download: digitizing India, and scoring embryos

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The man who made India digital isn’t done yet Nandan Nilekani can’t stop trying to push India into the future. He started nearly 30 years ago, masterminding an ongoing experiment in technological state…

The UK government is backing AI that can run its own lab experiments

A number of startups and universities that are building “AI scientists” to design and run experiments in the lab, including robot biologists and chemists, have just won extra funding from the UK government agency that funds moonshot R&D. The competition, set up by ARIA (the Advanced Research and Invention Agency), gives a clear sense of…