2025 Winners and losers: Honor

    Honor enjoyed a great 2025! It’s been hard to find any losers in the maker’s lineup, thanks to thoughtful upgrades and great deals throughout the year. Let’s look at how it did. Winner: Honor Pad X9a and MagicPad 3 Honor made a few solid tablets in 2025, but the affordable Pad X9a and flagship MagicPad…

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      Trump Mobile Delays Phone Release Due to Government Shutdown

      Screengrab via Trump Mobile Trump Mobile is delaying its initial shipment of its long-awaited, gold-colored T1 smartphones, blaming the latest government shutdown. The cell phone service launched by the Trump Organization on June 16, 2025 has been promising the release of its gold-colored smartphone since August. Its new release date has not formally been announced,…

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        EU moves to extend carbon border tax to cars and auto parts, China responds

        China’s Ministry of Commerce has responded to the European Union’s latest legislative proposals and implementation rules for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), as the policy enters its full implementation phase from January 1, 2026, as reported by CLS. The comments come as the EU finalizes calculation methodologies, default carbon intensity values, and prepares for…

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        The year of temptation: Will Xi Jinping risk it all over Taiwan in 2026?

          What to Expect from Xi Jinping Regarding Taiwan in 2026? | World News

          Will 2026 become the year when Chinese President Xi Jinping decides that the long-promised “reunification” of Taiwan can no longer wait?Driving the newsChina’s latest round of live-fire military drills in the air and seas around Taiwan landed with unusually sharp timing: just as the calendar flipped another year closer to 2027, a date that looms…

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