Ontario Premier Doug Ford suspended the province’s planned 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the U.S. after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick agreed to renewed trade talks, with both agreeing to “let cooler heads prevail.” U.S. President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports to 50%, prompting Ford to impose the surcharge. Following a conversation between Ford and Lutnick, Trump decided not to move forward with the additional 25% tariff, but the originally planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and other trading partners will still go into effect.
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Wellington man gets shock $16,000 bill after using a Google AI-ready tool, Meridian culls 53 jobs as it offshores billing – Tech Insider
Wellington tech contractor Drew Broadley unexpectedly incurred a bill of $15,760 in May while using Google BigQuery, a data management and analysis tool within the Google Cloud Platform. He expressed concern about managing his family's bills due to this financial surprise, despite believing his query—meant to retrieve timestamps for a client's Google Analytics activity—was carefully constrained. This incident highlights the potential risks and costs associated with cloud-based data services. Full Article
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