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The marketplace runs on small businesses all over the world — but Donald Trump’s tariffs are causing uncertainty. In a blog post today, Etsy CEO Josh Silverman said the company will add features like shopping pages surfacing domestic sellers, which could be useful for shoppers who want to avoid tariffs. Etsy also updated its seller handbook with a tariff section providing advice. It’s an interesting look into the many moving parts of global trade that are upended by Trump’s trade war. [Link: Supporting Our Global Community as Trade Policies Evolve | https://www.etsy.com/news/supporting-our-global-community-as-trade-policies-evolve | etsy.com]

On Instagram, AI tools will detect underage users and automatically change their account settings.

Trump’s tariffs aren’t policy. They’re a cudgel.

Shein and Temu both warned shoppers earlier this month that prices would increase on April 25th. Shoppers are now seeing the impact of Trump’s tariffs directly.

Drop-shipping packages straight from China to shoppers’ homes was kind of the whole point of retailers like Temu. In response to Donald Trump’s tariffs, Temu now tells Wired that it’s switching to a “local fulfillment model” where orders come from US warehouses. With the de minimis exception officially dead (at least for now), it’s no surprise that retailers are scrambling — especially sites like Temu, whose wide product offerings depended on the exception. [Link: Temu Blocks US Shoppers From Seeing Products Shipped From China

In the lead up to Fortnite returning to the App Store, Epic is trying to entice players with a 20 percent rewards bonus when you use the company’s payment system to make purchases in certain games. The offerings follow a court ruling in the Epic v. Apple antitrust case that is already having downstream effects on app developers and users. [Link: Better Deals in Fortnite and More: Players Get 20% Back in Epic Rewards Starting Today

The New York Times walked through one business owner’s tariff bill, breaking out all the taxes that stack on top of each other. On April 27th when the shipment arrived in the US, the total cost of tariffs was $34,389. Today, the tariff rate would be $12,954 now that Trump has slashed rates. His frequent tariff changes mean everyone is in a constant state of uncertainty. [Link: How Trump China Tariffs Hit One Shipment of T-Shirts

The company says its new ad system will use AI to place ads in videos at “contextually relevant” moments where viewers are most likely to be engaged. YouTube announced the feature on Wednesday at its annual Brandcast event for advertisers. [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/Peak-Points-Still.png?quality=90&strip=all]

Qatar offering Donald Trump a private jet was framed as an extravagant gift — but it may have also been an efficient way to get rid of a clunky, expensive, fuel guzzling aircraft the royal family has been trying to sell since 2020. Forbes reports the aircraft flew just 1,069 hours in the five years before it was put up for sale, and that upgrading it to be used a presidential plane would years. [Link: Why The Qataris Are Happy To Dump Their 747 On Trump

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