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US rare earths produced by Washington-backed companies are flowing to Japan and South Korea, as American demand has yet to materialize despite the Trump administration’s push to develop a national supply chain.

Rare earths products produced by MP Materials, Energy Fuels and Phoenix Tailings—which together have won billions of dollars in US government support—are being sold to companies in Asia, where the scale of magnet manufacturing remains larger than the nascent production in the US.

China’s lock on global supplies of rare earths and critical minerals has become a national security concern in the US and other Western nations, since Beijing started restricting access to them. The metals are crucial to 21st-century technology and are used in the manufacturing of everything from weapons guidance systems to electric vehicle batteries.

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Nintendo has announced it is ending Mario Kart Tour.

Service for the app will end on September 29, 2026, at 2:00 AM ET.

Nintendo stopped automatic subscription renewals and new subscriptions to Gold Pass on July 7.

It’s hard to believe that Mario Kart Tour is almost seven years old at this point. The game was released on September 25, 2019, so we’re only a few months away from the anniversary. Unfortunately, it looks like this September will be the phone app’s grand farewell party.

Through an end-of-service notification , Nintendo is letting Android and iOS users know that Mario Kart Tour is coming to an end on smart devices. According to the announcement, service for the game will be shut down on September 29, 2026, at 2:00 AM ET.