China widens Japan export curbs, targeting drone makers, nuclear firms and defense institutes

File photo: The Japanese national flag flies in front of the container pier in the Tokyo port.

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China on Monday blacklisted four Japanese government defense research institutes and imposed tighter export restrictions on dozens of other Japanese entities, escalating a months-long campaign to restrict Tokyo's access to dual-use goods, including rare earth minerals.

Creamy Basil Sauce

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You’re going to fall in love with this creamy basil sauce! It’s like a super fresh, summertime aioli that brings sandwiches and snacks to life. You can whip this sauce together in just a few minutes with a few ingredients. I make it all the time, and keep finding more uses for it, so I’m highlighting it here today.

CRM administration: Roles and best practices guide

After years of working alongside CRM administrators, I’ve learned the single biggest difference between CRM platforms that drive revenue and ones that collect digital dust. The difference isn’t the software nor the budget, but the quality of the administration behind it.

I Briefly Rode In The Slate Truck, And It's Gonna Be A No From Me, Dog - Jalopnik

Two colorfully wrapped Slate trucks driving past each other

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One of the most talked about new cars over the past year has been the two-door electric pickup truck from Slate Auto, a partially Bezos-backed startup that seemingly came out of nowhere. When the Slate was first revealed in April 2025, we lived in a world where the federal EV tax credit still existed, and Slate said the "blank Slate" truck would start at less than $27,500 before that incentive was factored in, so hypothetically the truck would be "under $20,000" with that applied.

8 top Profound alternatives your marketing team can actually use

As AI search reshapes how customers discover and evaluate brands, tools like Profound are gaining attention for helping marketers measure visibility within AI-generated answers. But, as budgets tighten, new AI visibility features emerge, and integration demands increase, many teams are actively seeking alternatives to Profound AI.

New superconducting X-ray detector is up to 1,000 times more sensitive

A major new tool for X-ray research has entered service at BESSY II. Developed through a collaboration between HZB, MPI-CEC (Mühlheim-an-der-Ruhr, Germany), and NIST (Boulder CO, USA), the instrument is the first and only TES spectrometer operating at a synchrotron facility in Europe.

2028 Mercedes-Benz VLE Is The Most Exciting New Luxury Car In Ages - Jalopnik

Front 3/4 view of a brown Mercedes-Benz VLE

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Talk to any real car enthusiast, and they'll probably agree that vans rule. That's true whether we're talking about minivans, cargo vans, kei vans, funky MPVs or anything in-between. Passenger vans are still rather popular in the U.S., but they've become mostly boring family vehicles with a "soccer parent" stigma. For years, us enthusiasts have been lamenting our country's lack of futuristic high-end vans, watching from afar as China and Europe have seen scores of cool new vans get introduced. But now, for the first time, we're getting a luxury van in the U.S., and it's coming from Mercedes-Benz.

The making of Jannik Sinner

It was in the foothills of the Dolomite mountains that a three-year-old Jannik Sinner took his first steps towards becoming the world's best player.

It started on the ski slopes, where he was so good he later became a giant slalom runner-up in the junior national championships.