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US bans China crypto-miner from nuclear base area
Chinese firm MineOne Partners has been ordered to sell land it owns near a US nuclear missile site.
Cow dung's key role in India's energy industry
India is hoping that biogas, produced from farm waste, will curb its reliance on imported gas.
Top fitness company CEO suspended amid federal probes, allegedly threatened to decapitate franchisee: report
“The investigators are focusing on how Xponential allegedly misled franchisees into agreements and then essentially trapped them.”
Starlink satellites, John Deere tractors, and more: The tech hit by the solar storm
On Friday, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years. Intense solar activity sent bursts of radiation toward Earth, causing fluctuations in the upper atmosphere that led to disruptions in the power grid and radio blackouts, among other technologies and
McDonald's $5 meal deal could win back inflation-weary customers, Bank of America says
McDonald’s has high hopes that a $5 meal deal will help it bring back price-cautious consumers – and one analyst says it could, so long as it’s done correctly. Read more...
OpenAI's new ChatGPT is pretty flirty
OpenAI unveiled GPT-4o on Monday , showcasing the real-time audio features that make it seem like Spike Jonze’s film Her is now becoming a reality. Just like in the movie, OpenAI gave ChatGPT a dynamic, friendly, and arguably flirty, voice that truly sounds just like a human.
The government ordered utilities to make a 20-year plan to climate-proof the grid
As the planet continues to warm and humans continue wracking their brains for solutions, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wants to make sure the lights stay on while that happens. The agency announced a new rule Monday that will require transmission providers to come up
Google's I/O conference will 'solidify' its status as an AI winner, analyst says
Skeptics thought generative artificial intelligence was a big threat to Google, a tech giant that makes most of its money through its ever-popular search engine. Read more...
Hackers are scrambling Christie's plan to sell almost $1 billion worth of art
Christie’s is about to try to sell an estimated $840 million of art this week. But it had a major wrench thrown into its plans last week when hackers took down its website. Read more...
Goldman Sachs CEO raises alarm on US debt: ‘Ability to spend without constraint is not unlimited’
Solomon said that while it was anticipated that the government would spend during COVID lockdowns, "we're a long way out of that pandemic."
Don't use an Amazon adapter to charge your electric car at a Tesla Supercharger
Tesla’s charge port has become the North American Charging Standard (NACS), but what does it take for non-Tesla owners to take advantage of the brand’s ubiquitous Supercharger network? Online retailers like Amazon are full of NACS adapters that look like they would allow
Archegos’ Bill Hwang lied to become Wall Street legend, causing $36B fund to collapse: prosecutors
Archegos' collapse caused more than $100 billion in shareholder losses at companies in its portfolio, harming investors who sold shares after their scheme collapsed, prosecutors also allege.
Wall Street is watching two big inflation reports. Here's what to know
Stubbornly high inflation has been a problem for investors, consumers — and the Federal Reserve. Two economic reports this week will reveal whether inflation is holding strong, receding somewhat, or even increasing in 2024. Read more...
Johnson & Johnson is selling off its stake in the maker of Tylenol and Band-Aids
Kenvue, the maker of popular consumer health brands like Tylenol and Listerine, announced Monday that Johnson & Johnson is selling its remaining stake in the company. The reversal comes about a year after the healthcare giant spun off its consumer health business into Kenvue.
App stores are hugely lucrative—and under attack
Governments want to curb their power
GameStop meme stock mania is back. Here’s what happened last time
It looks like meme stocks are back in the game. Shares in video game retailer GameStop got a huge boost Monday due to a cryptic social media post. “Roaring Kitty,” the online name of American investor Keith Patrick Gill, who is known for igniting GameStop’s massive meme stock
OpenAI's new ChatGPT can tell bedtime stories and solve math problems
OpenAI on Monday debuted a new chatbot with some impressive — or freaky, depending on your perspective — capabilities. With its ability to see, hear, and talk like a real person, OpenAI executives demonstrated how the latest ChatGPT can translate live conversations and tell
New version of Chat-GPT can teach maths and flirt
OpenAI has unveiled a new, faster version of its generative AI tool, ChatGPT.
OpenAI unveils voice-activated ChatGPT AI model that can have ‘realistic conversations’
In one demonstration, the ChatGPT voice assistant was able to read out a bedtime story in different voices, emotions and tones.
Kraft Heinz might sell Oscar Mayer
Kraft Heinz is thinking about selling its iconic hot dog brand Oscar Mayer. The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, reports that the packaged foods giant is exploring a sale of the meat maker that could be valued between $3 billion and $5
Canadian wildfire smoke is again blowing into the U.S.
Health officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin issued air quality warnings on Sunday after the smoke from wildfires raging in western Canada started to reach the Upper Midwest. And it’s causing plenty of anxiety in people across a large swath of the U.S. who are dreading the idea
Porsche is debuting a new hybrid 911 sports car
Porsche likes to make a big stink about the fact that Ferdinand Porsche developed the world’s first hybrid drive car, the Lohner Porsche Semper Vivus , around 125 years ago. Back in 2010 the company raced a hybrid-drive 911 GT3 R , and shortly after released the hybrid hypercar
Tesla has so many unsold cars that it's storing them in an an abandoned mall parking lot
Parking lots full of Tesla vehicles are becoming impossible to ignore as the electric automaker seemingly can’t sell enough cars and trucks to match its rate of production. According to its own figures, the electric automaker produced 46,561 more vehicles than it delivered to
Meme stocks are in chaos because a Reddit guy named Roaring Kitty has returned
GameStop and other meme stocks surged wildly on Monday morning as Keith Gill returned to social media. The leader of the 2021 meme-stock mania, also known as Roaring Kitty and Deep Fucking Value, sent a single tweet on Sunday night that shook the universe of meme stocks, as
Tesla settles ex-worker’s lawsuit alleging she was fired after being sexually harassed 100 times
Tyonna Turner worked at Tesla's flagship Fremont, Calif., assembly plant, where the company is accused in a number of lawsuits of failing to address rampant harassment of black and female workers.
American, Delta and other airlines are suing the government to keep the fees they charge hidden
Last month, the Department of Transportation told U.S. airlines that they would need to start disclosing all of the fees customers need to pay to buy a plane ticket. Now, according a report from Reuters , the airlines are suing to block that rule. Read more...
