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Amazon Tightens Grip on a New Medium: Live Streams of Video Games Image DrLupo, a popular host on Twitch, the game-streaming site owned by Amazon, playing Fortnite Battle Royale. Commenters weighed in on a chat scroll on the right side of the screen. By John Herrman June 17, 2018 Late ...

Just the Fear of a Trade War Is Straining the Global Economy Image The ThyssenKrupp steel mill in Duisburg, Germany. At factories from Germany to Mexico, orders are being cut and investments delayed.CreditLukas Schulze/Getty Images By Peter S. Goodman, Ian Austen and Elisabeth Malkin June 16, 2018 LONDON — Only ...

U.S. and China Expand Trade War as Beijing Matches Trump’s Tariffs Image Employees at a manufacturing plant in McKeesport, Pa., earlier this year. China said it will hit back by imposing its own tariffs on United States goods.CreditRoss Mantle for The New York Times By Ana Swanson June 15, 2018 ...

As China Curbs Borrowing, Growth Shows Signs of Faltering Image A factory in Hangzhou, China. An economic slowdown in the country — coupled with the knock-on effects of widening trade disputes and slowing growth in Europe — may augur poorly for the global economy.CreditCHINATOPIX, via Associated Press By Keith Bradsher ...

United States, Saudi Arabia and Russia Find Agreement on Oil Policy Image Gasoline prices have fallen about a nickel a gallon since Memorial Day. In April, President Trump had tweeted that oil prices were “artificially Very High!”CreditTy Wright/Bloomberg By Clifford Krauss June 13, 2018 HOUSTON — It is unusual for ...

After AT&T-Time Warner Approval, Focus Shifts to Comcast and Disney Image CreditEric Helgas for The New York Times By Edmund Lee June 12, 2018 The battle for the future of media has begun. A judge’s approval on Tuesday of the $ 85.4 billion AT&T-Time Warner deal is sure to touch ...

Free Power From Freeways? China Is Testing Roads Paved With Solar Panels [embedded content] By Keith Bradsher June 11, 2018 JINAN, China — On a smoggy afternoon, huge log carriers and oil tankers thundered down a highway and hurtled around a curve at the bottom of a hill. Only a ...

The New New World Near-Collapse of ZTE May Be China’s Sputnik Moment Image CreditJialun Deng By Li Yuan June 10, 2018 HONG KONG — Once derided as a technology backwater and copycat, China is justifiably proud of its technology boom. Its people zip around the country on high-speed trains. They ...

Image CreditJustin Wood SectionsSkip to contentSkip to site index Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots As the tech moguls disagree over the risks presented by something that doesn’t exist yet, all of Silicon Valley is learning about unintended consequences of A.I. CreditJustin Wood SAN FRANCISCO — ...

Pixar Co-Founder to Leave Disney After ‘Missteps’ Image John Lasseter, a co-founder of Pixar, has long been one of Disney’s most important creative executives, serving as a force behind the “Toy Story,” “Cars” and “Frozen” franchises.CreditBrendan Mcdermid/Reuters By Brooks Barnes June 8, 2018 LOS ANGELES — John Lasseter, the animation ...