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Impact of US tariffs varies across European Union
Impact of US tariffs varies across European Union
Economy
by  AFP

European countries are not all equally exposed to the US market and so will not suffer the same consequences should President Donald Trump go ahead with his threats to impose 30-percent tariffs on the European Union. A 30-percent tariff would be a "catastrophe" for the French wine and spirits sector, Jerome Despey, head of the viticulture branch of the FNSEA union, said Saturday.

xAI apologizes for Grok's offensive posts
xAI apologizes for Grok's offensive posts
Economy
by  AFP

Elon Musk's startup xAI apologized Saturday for offensive published by its artificial intelligence assistant Grok this week, blaming them on a software update meant to make it function more like a human. On Wednesday, Musk unveiled a new version of the assistant, Grok 4, which was unrelated to the July 7 update. tu/md/st