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India reels from US tariff hike threat

[ad_1] Jewelry is on display at a store in the ‘Little India’ neighborhood of New York City. Photo: ANGELA WEISS / AFPSource: AFP Indian exporters are scrambling for options to mitigate the fallout of US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariff salvo against the world’s most populous nation. Many warn of …

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Passwords under threat as tech giants seek tougher security

[ad_1] Security researchers hope stuffing passwords with special characters and numbers will soon be history. Photo: Chris Delmas / AFP/FileSource: AFP Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method — but also running into public hesitancy. “The password era …

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‘Stop production’: Small US firms battered by shifting tariffs

[ad_1] On April 2, US President Donald Trump, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick beside him, unveiled sweeping tariffs on almost all trading partners. Photo: Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP/FileSource: AFP When US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on almost all trading partners in April, Ben Knepler contacted the factory in Cambodia …

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