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عقدت دولة الإمارات وتركيا، أمس، الجلسة الثانية للجنة الاقتصادية والتجارية المشتركة (JETCO) في أبوظبي، التي جاءت استكمالاً للنجاح الذي حققته الجلسة الأولى التي أُقيمت في إسطنبول في عام 2023. ويهدف الاجتماع إلى تنمية العلاقات التجارية والاقتصادية بين البلدين، ودعم أهداف اتفاقية الشراكة الاقتصادية الشاملة «CEPA»، التي دخلت حيز التنفيذ منذ الأول من سبتمبر 2023، في وقت كشف عن نمو التجارة الثنائية غير النفطية بمقدار ثلاثة أضعاف منذ عام 2021. وأشاد الاجتماع، الذي ترأسه وزير دولة للتجارة الخارجية، الدكتور ثاني بن أحمد الزيودي، ووزير التجارة في تركيا، عمر بولاط، بالتقدم الكبير الذي شهدته العلاقات الإماراتية-التركية عقب تنفيذ اتفاقية الشراكة الاقتصادية الشاملة، والاجتماع الأول للجنة الاقتصادية والتجارية المشتركة. وشملت المحادثات خلال الجلسة قطاعات مثل: التجارة والتمويل التجاري، والاستثمار، والاقتصاد الأخضر، والخدمات، والتكنولوجيا المتقدمة والصناعة، والجمارك، والتعاون في المشاريع المشتركة في الدول النامية. وقال الزيودي: «تُعدّ اللجنة الاقتصادية والتجارية المشتركة حجر أساس لاستراتيجيتنا للارتقاء بالعلاقات الاقتصادية بين الإمارات وتركيا، وعبر الاستفادة من هذه المنصة، فإنه يُمكننا تحديد أهم الفرص لمصدّرينا، وتعزيز الاستثمار في القطاعات ذات الأولوية، وبناء إطار عمل مرن لتحقيق النمو المستدام». وأضاف أن التعاون بين الجانبين أسهم في إطار اتفاقية الشراكة الاقتصادية الشاملة عن نتائج مبهرة، من حيث نمو التجارة الثنائية غير النفطية بمقدار ثلاثة أضعاف منذ عام 2021، مؤكداً الالتزم بتعميق تلك الشراكة لإطلاق العنان لإمكانات أكبر. وخلال الاجتماع رفيع المستوى، الذي أعقب اجتماع اللجنة الاقتصادية والتجارية المشتركة، أكّد الزيودي أهمية دور القطاع الخاص في تعزيز العلاقات الاقتصادية بين البلدين، قائلاً: «نمتلك فرصة كبيرة لزيادة تدفقات التجارة والأنشطة الاستثمارية بين مجتمعي الأعمال في الإمارات وتركيا، وقد فتحت اتفاقية الشراكة الاقتصادية الشاملة الأبواب أمام هذه الفرص، لكن تفاعل القطاع الخاص وروح المبادرة هو ما سيضمن لنا الاستمرار في الاستفادة منها». من جانبه، أكّد وزير التجارة في تركيا، عمر بولاط، أن دولة الإمارات ستظل أحد أهم شركاء تركيا الاقتصاديين في المنطقة، مشيراً إلى أن الشركات التركية نفذت حتى الآن 149 مشروعاً في دولة الإمارات بقيمة إجمالية تبلغ 17.7 مليار دولار، ما يضع هذا التعاون الاستراتيجي في المرتبة الـ10 عالمياً من حيث عدد المشاريع التي تنفذها الشركات التركية.

بدأت شركة سامسونج أخيرًا في توزيع نظام أندرويد 15 على الأجهزة التي تم إطلاقها بنظام أندرويد 14، ولكن الشركة لم تؤكد ذلك رسميًا حتى الآن، على الرغم من تقديم جداول زمنية للإطلاق قبل بضعة أسابيع.بدلاً من ذلك، بدأت الشركة في إرسال إشعارات إلى الهواتف الذكية الرئيسية الحديثة مثل سلسلة Galaxy S24. يمتد الإطلاق الأولي إلى الأجهزة القابلة للطي مثل Galaxy Z Fold6 (بسعر 999.99 دولارًا – مجددًا على أمازون) وأيضًا Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition.يرجى ملاحظة أن سامسونج قد تقوم بتقييد توزيع One UI 7 على كوريا الجنوبية في الوقت الحالي. ومع ذلك، بدأت الأجهزة التي تم بيعها في كوريا الجنوبية ولكنها تستخدم في بلدان أخرى في تلقي نفس حزم التحديث.بناءً على الإعلانات الرسمية الأخيرة، من المفترض أن يبدأ One UI 7 في الوصول إلى أسواق أخرى مثل أوروبا في وقت لاحق من هذا الأسبوع. حاليًا، يمتد إطلاق الشركة بشكل رئيسي إلى الأجهزة الرئيسية، باستثناء الأجهزة اللوحية متوسطة المدى مثل Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024). وحتى الآن، يجب أن تكون الأجهزة التالية قد بدأت في تلقي إشعارات لتنزيل One UI 7 اليوم على الأقل في كوريا الجنوبية:Galaxy S23Galaxy S23 FEGalaxy S23 PlusGalaxy S23 UltraGalaxy S24Galaxy S24 FEGalaxy S24 PlusGalaxy S24 UltraGalaxy Tab S10 PlusGalaxy Tab S10 UltraGalaxy Tab S9Galaxy Tab S9 FEGalaxy Tab S9 FE PlusGalaxy Tab S9 PlusGalaxy Tab S9 UltraGalaxy Z Flip5Galaxy Z Flip6Galaxy Z Fold5Galaxy Z Fold6Galaxy Z Fold Special Editionالمصدر

8BitDo Ultimate 3-Mode Controller for PC, Xbox, Mobile (Jade) $70 | Releases May 15 Preorder at Amazon 8BitDo is adding to its lineup of gaming peripherals inspired by the original Xbox's popular transparent green special-edition next month. The Jade Edition of the 8BitDo Ultimate 3-Mode Controller is officially licensed by Xbox and is available to preorder for $70 ahead of its May 15 release. The premium controller will join the matching Retro 87 Mechanical Keyboard and Retro R8 Wireless Mouse, both of which launched in January.The 8BitDo Ultimate 3-Mode Controller originally launched in white and black models last spring. While it has the same core feature set as the 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4GHz and 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth (Switch), it's important to note that the 3-Mode model has a peculiar quirk. It's the only 8BitDo Ultimate Controller with an Xbox button, but it only offers a wired connection on Xbox consoles. The other two modes that create the "3-Mode" moniker are wireless: It can sync wirelessly via a 2.4GHz USB dongle on PC and supports Bluetooth on iOS, Android, Mac, and Apple TV.Check out a list of core features and customization options below. If the 3-Mode is of interest, you should know that the black and white editions are steeply discounted at Amazon right now:Continue Reading at GameSpot

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Nintendo has made its own Discord-like chat app for the Switch 2, and it’s going to charge you for it. Once the free period is over on March 31, 2026, GameChat, and the C button that activates it, will require a Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) membership. So what happens if you aren’t a subscriber and press the C button? Not much, vice president of player and product experience Bill Trinen told Polygon in a recent interview. “You would be able to find out about the NSO subscription there and get a sense of some of the functionality,” he said. Presumably, this is how you’d learn that GameChat works a lot like Discord video chat works on PC. You can talk with your friends in handheld or docked mode via a built-in microphone and stream your gameplay to each other. There’s even a camera you can buy to overlay onto your stream, or just to chat face-to-face. But unless you have an active NSO membership, you’ll have a whole button dedicated to nothing on your Switch 2. It doesn’t even sound like you can remap it to something else. It will just be a reminder of the annual $19.99 fee you may or may not be handing to Nintendo every year (or $49.99 for the Expansion Pack). Trinen says the C button has a price tag because GameChat is “part of the overall platform experience” and that “NSO really is a critical piece of the Nintendo Switch 2 experience.” He listed off some of the new Switch 2-exclusive benefits, like access to old GameCube games and free upgrades to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. That subscription fee will be on top of a console that’s already going to cost you $449.99 — or possibly more if U.S. President’s Trump’s tariffs prompt Nintendo to increase it. We won’t know if GameChat will prove to be worth it until the Switch 2 releases in June. Correction (April 8): A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the frequency of Nintendo Switch Online’s fees. It has been updated to reflect NSO’s annual subscription fees.

While property taxes vary widely across the United States (Essex County, New Jersey has some of the highest on average, at $13,145; while West Virginia has some of the lowest—just $989), if you own a house, you’re paying some kind of property taxes—and if you renovate that house, your property taxes will probably go up. That happens because significant improvements to your home will increase its value, and your property's value is what your property taxes are based on. It can take some time for your local tax assessor to catch up with your renovations, but at some point your property will be reassessed and your taxes increased accordingly, so it's best to be prepared to take the hit. Part of that preparation means knowing the sorts of renovation projects that will have the biggest impact on your tax bill. Tax rates and assessment procedures vary widely from place to place, so it’s impossible to say exactly how much impact a particular project will have on your particular tax bill—but these seven renovations are likely to hike your property taxes the most.Building an additionGenerally speaking, anything that increases your home's livable space will increase your property taxes. Property taxes are usually assessed through potential sales value, replacement cost, or estimated rental value (sometimes all three), so having more living space obviously boosts every aspect of your home’s value.This includes other renovations that add livable space without requiring new construction, like converting a garage into a bedroom or office, or subdividing a bedroom into two (a house with three bedrooms, however small, is often considered more valuable than one with two). And certain kinds of outbuildings, like a shed in your backyard, might increase your tax bill too—especially if they are built on a foundation and connected to water, electric, and sewer lines.Adding a bathroomLike bedrooms, more bathrooms generally mean your house is worth more, so adding one to your home will probably increase your tax bill. Just upgrading your existing bathrooms can also trigger a property tax increase, as many tax assessments rely on the number of fixtures in the bath to assess general value—thus, a two-piece half bath is valued less than a five-piece en suite. Turning that simple three-piece into a lavish spa bathroom might cost you at tax time, even though you didn’t actually add a new bathroom.Installing an in-ground poolEven though pools are kind of controversial in terms of home value—they can even lower your potential sale price because they’re expensive to maintain, and not everyone is a fan of pools—they will still increase your property value because a) they’re clearly an improvement, in the sense that they add something to your property that wasn’t there before (and they typically do add some value) and b) they’re considered “real property” instead of personal property (and luxuries, to boot) because they’re attached to the home. (An above-ground pool would probably be considered personal property, and have no impact on your property taxes).Adding a patio or deckAdding a patio or deck to your outdoor space obviously improves that space, making it more pleasant and useful. That doesn’t necessarily guarantee a property tax bump—different tax codes will have different guidelines regarding outdoor spaces, and the size and scope of your deck or patio area (as well as the materials you use) will be factor as well. But in general, if your new outdoor space can be expected to raise the sale value of your home, it will also raise your property taxes.Finishing your basementIf your current tax assessment is based on a house with a damp, dingy basement filled with cobwebs and exposed plumbing, it shouldn’t be a shock that transforming that space into a cozy entertainment area or guest suite will increase your property taxes. Since a finished basement generally offers a 70% ROI in terms of home value, if your basement costs the average of $32,000 to finish, your home should increase in value by about $22,400, and your taxes will definitely increase accordingly.General land improvementsA key concept in property taxes is “improvement.” Every house once started off as an empty plot of land. Someone came along and improved it by clearing the plot, running sewer, water, and power lines, pouring a foundation, and building a house there. All those improvements made the land more valuable, and that process continues when you renovate or add onto the property.That doesn’t only mean additions and renovations to the house itself, however—you can also improve the land in various ways:Adding fencing to a yardPaving a dirt or gravel drivewayAdding drainage or irrigation systemsLandscaping and hardscapingAdding outdoor lightingRegradingInstalling sidewalksAll of these projects improve the property, add value, and could trigger significant property tax hikes.Adding a fireplaceAdding a fireplace to your home makes it a cozier, warmer place—and also a more valuable one. Fireplaces are generally considered luxuries (unless your home relies on one for heat), which is one reason homes with fireplaces sell for about 13% more than comparable homes. As a result, you can expect that extra value to be reflected in your home’s next tax assessment. Call before you renovate If you’re considering any sort of renovation, addition, or other improvement to your home, it can be very difficult to determine how—or when—it will impact your property taxes. And one rule is likely to hold true: If you pull permits for the project (and you definitely should pull permits for any job for which local building codes require you to), eventually your local tax office will become aware of your projects and move to reassess your home’s value for tax purposes. The easiest way to get some idea of what the tax impact will be is to call your local assessor’s office and ask, before you start any work. They probably won’t be able to give you a precise number, but they can tell you if you can expect your project to raise your tax bill, and possibly give you a general idea of what the increase could look like.

Razer laptops are now among the latest collateral damage of President Donald Trump's tariffs. Days after Nintendo paused Switch 2 pre-orders, The Verge reported that Razer has paused direct sales of devices like the Blade 16 gaming laptop in the US. The Blade 16's product page, which recently included a pre-order link, now only offers a measly "Notify me" button. In addition, its configurator page, which allowed you to choose a graphics card, processor and other specs as recently as a few days ago, now draws a 404 error. You can still pre-order it in Europe and other regions. Razer's laptop product page for US customers now only includes live order links for items like skins, docks and cooling pads. Razer Although Razer hasn't publicly linked the pause to Trump's tariffs, it isn't hard to connect the two. The levies are scheduled to kick in at 12:01AM ET tonight, dramatically affecting companies that build products in or source parts from countries like China and Taiwan. Tariffs are a tax on imported foreign goods, and businesses often pass the higher cost to consumers. Economists have estimated that consumers will pay an extra $3,800 annually due to Trump's policy — and that was before Trump announced additional tariffs on China, totaling a staggering 104 percent. Razer's pause follows the halting of Switch 2 US pre-orders as Nintendo gauges the situation and ponders its next move. Similarly, Framework stopped selling some of its laptops in the US, and Reuters reported on Tuesday that memory chipmaker Micron plans to add a surcharge to some products. Expect the "Liberation Day" hits to keep coming as tonight's official beginning of the biggest US tax hike since 1968 approaches.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/razer-laptops-are-the-latest-trump-tariff-casualty-204844654.html?src=rss

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