Smithsonian Magazine

The Supermarket Scanner Changed the Way We Buy Groceries Forever

A Spectra Physics Model A supermarket scanner—one of the first ten ever produced. A laser within the unit projects a beam onto a mirror that redirects it through the glass plate on the top. Cade ...
Wall Street Journal

China Is Propping Up the World Economy by Importing a Lot Less Oil

A sharp fall in China’s crude oil imports during the Iran war has been instrumental in holding down oil prices and keeping the global economy humming. Clues are emerging in the mystery of the missing ...
CNBC

Volvo Cars wins U.S. approval to keep importing vehicles with 'connected car' technology

Volvo Cars, majority owned by China's Geely Holding(GEELY.UL), said on Tuesday it received approval from the U.S. government allowing it to continue selling vehicles. In January 2025, President Joe ...
Reuters

Volvo Cars wins US approval to keep importing vehicles with 'connected car' technology

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - Volvo Cars (VOLCARb.ST), opens new tab, majority owned by China's Geely Holding(GEELY.UL), said on Tuesday it received approval from the U.S. government allowing it to ...
Business Wire

It’s Now Even Easier to Secure Your Credentials: LastPass Launches First-of-Its-Kind Mobile Smart Scanner, Which Imports Typed and Handwritten Credentials Directly into a ...

Secure access starts with securing credentials, and this means moving paper-based passwords into the LastPass secure vault with nothing more than a phone’s camera. “Secure access starts with securing ...
NDTV

Fed Up With High Prices, Americans Are Importing Homes Directly From China

Importing is attractive, and Chinese sellers know US people want it. A growing number of Americans are turning to Chinese suppliers to cut the cost of building and renovating their homes, bypassing ...
CNN

Tired of high costs, some Americans are importing homes straight from China

Gennadiy Tsygan knows how expensive it is to build a home in the United States. That’s why he imported almost everything for his dream house from China. Most of his home fixtures were imported ...
Reuters

US import prices post biggest increase in four years amid broad rise in goods

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. import prices increased by the most in four years in February as energy costs surged in anticipation of conflict in the Middle East, adding to signs that ...
The White House

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes a Temporary Import Duty to Address Fundamental International Payment Problems

PROTECTING THE U.S. ECONOMY AND NATIONAL INTERESTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation imposing a temporary import duty to address fundamental international payments problems and ...
New York Post

Desperate California importing oil from Bahamas using century-old loophole as state faces highest US gas prices

California is increasingly importing gasoline through the Bahamas — a workaround to a 106-year-old US shipping law that forces domestic fuel shipments onto costly American vessels. More than 40% of ...
E&E

US increasingly dependent on importing critical minerals

The U.S. is reliant solely on foreign imports for at least 16 minerals — an increase from 2024, according to new federal data. The U.S. has become more reliant on foreign imports of more than a dozen ...