trade
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IKEA Asks Horror Game to Change So People Stop Comparing It to IKEA
In an unexpected move, furniture giant IKEA has sent a solo indie developer a cease and desist letter reviewed by Kotaku, demanding he make changes to his unreleased survival horror game set in an IKEA-like furniture store. Lawyers representing IKEA are claiming that the game commits trademark infringement because some press outlets have drawn comparisons between…
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7-Eleven Stores in Japan Are Getting Touch-Free Floating Holographic Self-Checkouts
As convenient as self-checkout machines can be for quickly getting out of a store, they’re also a convenient way to expose yourself to a touchscreen that thousands of others have used. To make the machines more sanitary, some 7-Eleven stores in Japan will be installing floating holographic displays that work without any physical contact.
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Trump Says He’ll Relax Sanctions On Huawei As Part Of Trade Talks With China
Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, met during the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan and reached a “cease-fire” in the ongoing U.S.-China trade war that will “remove some curbs on Huawei Technologies Co. buying high-tech equipment from the U.S.,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Alibaba CEO Warns That ‘If Trade Stops, War Starts’
Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba and the second-richest man in China, visited Australia on Saturday. He had a dire warning for Trump and his hardline, anti-globalisation ideas about trade: This could be war.