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More than half the rooms at budget hotels nationwide were vacant during the first three months of 2024 as inflation-battered...
Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as customers cite issue with accelerator pedal
Tesla has reportedly paused all Cybertruck deliveries as customers have complained of a potentially fatal flaw with the electric vehicle’s...
Google staffers in headscarves storm NYC, California, Seattle offices to protest company’s $1.2B contract with Israel
Google staffers wearing traditional Arab headscarves barged into the California office of the company’s top cloud executive, while other workers...
Morgan Stanley stock soars after blowout first-quarter earnings under new CEO
Investors on Wall Street were bullish on Morgan Stanley after the investment banking giant reported first-quarter profits that blew away...
Biden admin recruits 15 states to help enforce airline consumer laws
The Biden administration is enlisting the help of officials in 15 states to enforce consumer-protection laws covering airline travelers, a power...
'Grand Theft Auto' videogame maker axing 600 jobs, scrapping projects
Take-Two Interactive Software will lay off about 5% of its workforce, or around 600 employees, the publisher of the “Grand Theft...
Google staffers in headscarves storm NYC, California, Seattle offices to protest company’s $1.2B contract with Israel
Google staffers wearing traditional Arab headscarves barged into the California office of the company’s top cloud executive, while other workers...
Why Are So Many People Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness?
On Tuesday, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, made by a man who...
Social Media Platforms Have Property Rights Too
While pundits and lawyers cross swords over free speech on social media, a quieter yet critically important principle is being...
Biden admin recruits 15 states to help enforce airline consumer laws
The Biden administration is enlisting the help of officials in 15 states to enforce consumer-protection laws covering airline travelers, a power...
Why it’s so hard for China’s chip industry to become self-sufficient
But in the last few years, both the US and Chinese governments have changed that way of thinking. And new...
The great commercial takeover of low Earth orbit
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Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would make a $1.5 billion investment in G42, an artificial intelligence giant in the...
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5 Possible SHTF Situations in 2024
40.8K Will 2024 be a dumpster fire? Every new year comes with a set of new predictions. Times are always...
California fast-food franchisees worried they’ll lose customers to Chili’s, Applebee’s because of $20 minimum wage
Fast-food franchisees are worried that customers will defect to fast-casual options like Chilis and Applebees as the state’s minimum-wage law...
Key senator wants vote on TikTok sale-or-ban bill ‘sooner as opposed to later’
A powerful Democratic senator said she wants a vote sooner as opposed to later” on a bipartisan bill that could...
Tech exec predicts ‘AI girlfriends’ will create $1B business: ‘Comfort at the end of the day’
It’s only a matter of time before someone builds the next billion-dollar dating app that will pair real-life users with...