The post-Brexit hard sell for British food in Asia
The UK still lags far behind its main European counterparts, both in terms of sales and reputation.
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Target to pull LGBTQ-themed items from some stores during Pride Month: report
Target plans to offer the full assortment of the merchandise online but is examining store-level data to decide which physical locations will carry the products, the report said
Apple issues a rare apology for its iPad 'Crush' ad that shows guitars and pianos being destroyed
Apple issued a rare apology on Thursday for its iPad Pro “Crush” commercial after it faced widespread backlash from users who said it did not reflect the tech giant’s commitment to creativity. Read more...
Novo Nordisk struck a $600 million deal to find the next weight loss wonder drug
The company behind blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy wants to keep the gravy train running. Expanding an earlier deal, it announced Thursday that it will pay U.S. company Metaphore Biotechnologies as much as $600 million to help it develop new medicines. Read more...
A sunspot is now 15 times wider than Earth — and still growing
The Sun is a hot mess right now. Solar maximum is fast approaching, and a giant dark spot on the surface of the Sun keeps growing while spewing radiation out to space in the process. Read more...
A new humanoid robot feels she has 'intrinsic charm.' Should we fear her?
The Bloomberg Technology Summit on Thursday hosted one non-human guest: the humanoid robot Ameca. Ameca is “the world’s most advanced human shaped robot,” according to its maker, the British company Engineered Arts. Read more...
A Boeing supplier whistleblower says fuselage oversights were 'a recipe for disaster'
Spirit AeroSystems, the supplier that crafted the Boeing 737 Max 9 fuselage that dropped a door plug mid-flight in January, has received far less scrutiny than its customer in the wake of the incident . But a new whistleblower’s allegations might change that. Read more...
Megyn Kelly slams ‘sleazy’ Stormy Daniels for ‘bulls–t #MeToo revisionism’ about Trump sex romp
"What shocked me the most [about Stormy Daniels] is that she completely revised her account of the interlude [with Trump]," Kelly said on Thursday.
Free wine hidden in small print claimed after three months
The offer was included on the tax website as an "experiment" to see if anyone would read the terms.
The Dow jumps 330 points as AI drives Amazon stock to a 52-week high
The Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its winning rally to seven consecutive days on Thursday, with Amazon stock reaching a new 52-week high . Read more...
They're gonna blow Up the Baltimore bridge to free the cargo ship that destroyed it
The enormous Dali container ship has been stuck in Baltimore since it hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge way back in March. The ship lost power and careered into one of the supports for the bridge, bringing it crashing down and killing six workers on the bridge.
'It's obviously nice to have Taylor Swift': A Meta executive on Threads playing catch-up to Elon Musk's X
Meta executive Chris Cox wasn’t braggy about Threads’ recent dominance over Elon Musk’s X during the Bloomberg Technology Conference on Thursday. Read more...
OpenAI mulls letting users create AI-generated pornography — with a ban on deepfakes
OpenAI said it is "exploring whether we can responsibly provide the ability to generate NSFW (not-safe-for-work) content in age-appropriate contexts."
Trump Media investor convicted of insider trading, helped others make $22M before merger
Bruce Garelick was convicted of tipping others in 2021 to news that Digital World Acquisition Corp. was merging with Trump Media & Technology Group.
Nissan's profits surged 92% last year as sales grew in every major market — except China
Nissan Motor Co. had a pretty good fiscal 2023. Read more...
Google workers complain of ‘decline in morale’ as CEO Sundar Pichai grilled over raises, layoffs: ‘Increased distrust’
Googlers last week peppered CEO Sundar Pichai and CFO Ruth Porat with questions about why they have not seen a bump in salary.
Aldi is slashing prices as it looks to win the inflation-era grocery wars
Discount grocer Aldi wants to give consumers a break from sticky inflation – at least for a little while. The company is cutting prices on more than 250 items , it said earlier this month, in a summer sale that is expected to run through Labor Day. Read more...
A Hertz customer who rented a Tesla somehow got charged $277 for gas — in a Tesla
A longtime Hertz customer with President’s Circle status was slapped with an unexpected $277.39 charge after returning the Tesla Model 3 that he rented during a weekend in Los Angeles . The renter was Joshua Lee, who selected the “skip the pump and save time” option on his
Amazon stock just hit a new 52-week high as AI boosts profits
Amazon’s stock rose 1.5% to $191.70 on Thursday afternoon, hitting a new 52-week high. The stock is up 25% so far in 2024 and 73% over the past year. Read more...
The 'godmother of AI' says stop worrying about an AI apocalypse
Fei-Fei Li is a computer scientist who created a massive database, ImageNet, that laid the foundation for modern artificial intelligence, earning her the nickname “godmother of AI.” Now, she’s an AI policy adviser to the Biden Administration and the co-director of Stanford’s
A company selling carbon removal to companies opened the world's biggest pollution 'vacuum' in Iceland
A Swiss company just set up a giant ‘vacuum cleaner’ that will suck as much as 36,000 metic tons of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. Read more...
Beyond Meat stock plunges 14% because it's raising prices and needs cash
Plant-based company Beyond Meat is struggling to reach even the healthiest of consumers — and it needs to raise cash quickly. Read more...
There's a new weight loss procedure that involves 'burning' people's stomach linings
The future of weight loss is looking more varied by the second. This week, scientists have reported the preliminary findings of a small trial testing out a novel, non-surgical procedure for obesity — one that works by burning part of the mucus-filled lining of the stomach. The
A former GM exec on why Saab, Saturn, Pontiac, and even the Hummer had to die
The period of 2008 to 2009 was rough for Detroit’s Big 3 automakers. While Ford technically never filed for bankruptcy — though it did receive some of those sweet bailout funds — GM and Chrysler did. GM seemed to have it the worst, as the automaker had to get rid of four of
Wall Street banker’s death at 35 ignites firestorm over alleged grueling 100-hour work weeks
Many on Wall Street are quick to link his passing to a culture they believe values wealth over wellbeing.
Workers who switched jobs in search of greener pastures during Great Resignation have regrets: survey
Two-thirds of those who switched jobs two years ago were satisfied while 62% who did not change jobs said the same thing, according to a survey.
Anthropic's co-founders say their AI models are taking lessons from social media's harms
Where OpenAI’s mission has focused on bringing AI to scale, its rival Anthropic has focused on safety and security. And its co-founders, siblings and former OpenAI employees Daniela and Dario Amodei, say their concerns about AI’s potential for harm originate from watching the
Tesla has slashed 3,400 job postings across North America –down to just 3
Tesla on Wednesday yanked thousands of open positions in North America from its official careers page, bringing the total number of open roles at the electric vehicle giant down to just three from 3,400. As of Thursday, Elon Musk’s Austin, Texas-based auto firm boasted just
