2026-06-29
Trump threatens 100% tariffs over digital services taxes
The ink was barely dry. The EU had just signed a trade deal with Washington. A day later, Trump threatened to blow a hole in it. On Friday, the president posted the threat on Truth Social. Any country that imposes a digital services tax on US firms, he wrote, would face “a 100% TARIFF on […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-29
Peec AI doubles its valuation betting GEO is the new SEO
For 20 years, marketing meant one thing: rank on Google. That deal is breaking. A Berlin startup has just doubled its valuation on a bet about what comes next. Peec AI is in talks to raise new funding at a pre-money valuation of $200M, Sifted reported, citing three sources. That is roughly double its worth […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-29
ETH Zurich’s bidirectional pixel could turn screens into cameras
A pixel has always done one job. On a screen it emits light to build a picture. In a camera it absorbs light to record one. A team in Switzerland has now made one that does both. Researchers at ETH Zurich have built the first bidirectional pixel, in work published in Nature. The same tiny […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-29
Tesla settles a fatal Full Self-Driving crash lawsuit
A settlement is the sound a lawsuit makes when it stops. For Tesla, one just went quiet. The far louder problem, a federal safety investigation, is still talking. Tesla has settled a lawsuit tied to a fatal 2023 crash involving its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system, Bloomberg first reported. Neither side disclosed the terms. TechCrunch laid […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]