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AI start-up Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.5bn all-cash bid for Google’s Chrome, positioning itself as a potential buyer if a U.S. court forces a divestment following Google’s antitrust loss. Backed by SoftBank, Nvidia, and Jeff Bezos, Perplexity says major VC funds will finance the deal, pledging to keep Chromium open-source, retain staff, and invest $3bn over two years.

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Japanese automakers expect a ¥1.9 trillion ($12.9bn) hit this fiscal year from U.S. tariffs on Japan-built cars, prompting plans to expand U.S. production and adjust supply chains. Despite a recent trade deal lowering the total tariff to 15%, companies like Mazda, Subaru, Toyota, and Honda are boosting American manufacturing to protect profitability and jobs at home.

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Mỗi tháng 1 cuốn sách, tháng 8.2025: Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company từ tác giả Patrick McGee.

Incheon International Airport ranked third globally for international passenger traffic in 2024, handling 70.66 million travelers — up 27% from 2023 and rising from seventh place. Boosted by terminal upgrades, Incheon is now Asia’s top airport, trailing only Dubai (92.33 million) and London Heathrow (79.19 million).

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U.S’s deficits with Vietnam ($14.7 billion in May), and Taiwan ($12.6 billion in June), and other Asian partners surpassed that with China for the first time since records began in 2002. In June, U.S. trade deficit with China fell to $9.5 billion — its lowest in about 21 years — as imports from China dropped to just 7% of total U.S. imports, down from nearly 15% in January.

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Việt vừa chuyển đổi trang web này từ Ghost sang Astro. ấn tượng đầu tiên là tốc độ. Astro nhanh hơn hẳn.

Việt sử dụng template astro-erudite và tuỳ chỉnh lại 1 số page như Now & Reading cho phù hợp nhu cầu. Toàn bộ quá trình từ tạo các trang tùy chỉnh đến deploy lên Vercel đều được thực hiện 100% dựa trên hướng dẫn của ChatGPT.

Lately, I’ve been struggling to stay focused on my reading. I started “The Hard Thing About Hard Things,” but it’s proving to be a bit “hard” to get through somehow. 😅 So, when I mentioned to ChatGPT how much I enjoyed Ishiguro’s writing, especially after finishing his two books “The Remains of the Day” and “Never Let Me Go,” it recommended I give “Klara and the Sun” a try instead.