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A Planet of the Apes promo freaked out people in California - 2024-04-28T16:31:00Z

Kingom of the Planet of the Apes is one of this summer’s big blockbusters, and with its release in a few weeks, that means its time to up its promo game. We’ve gotten plenty of trailers and posters, and there are standees in theaters, but that’s apparently not enough. 20th Century has decided that we need to see some…

There are plenty of apps you can turn to to generate pictures using artificial intelligence. Still, Midjourney remains one of the best and one of the most popular options, having launched in beta form in July 2022.

You may think that a class of drugs that has been shown to help users lose 15% to 20% of their body weight may put the fitness industry on edge. But some gyms are actually embracing these slimming medications. And surprisingly, a new analyst report from Morgan Stanley published this month suggests these gyms are…

Elon Musk made a surprise trip to China - 2024-04-28T15:32:00Z

A week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk pushed back a trip to India because of “heavy” duties for his electric car company, he touched down in China for an unannounced visit.

The purpose of dropping in? Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software, according to Reuters, which first reported the visit. Musk is set to talk to officials…

15 of the best celebrity cars - 2024-04-28T13:00:00Z

Celebrities sure have it rough; they have to star in blockbuster movies or top the music charts and all they get out of it is guaranteed harassment by paparazzi and a few million dollars. They have a public image to uphold and they know everyone is staring, and the car they drive makes a statement to their fans and…

16 of the best obscure concept cars - 2024-04-28T12:00:00Z

Sometimes concept cars become legendary in their own right, even though they were intended from the beginning to never go into production. Just think about how you felt the first time you saw the Chrysler ME 412 concept. Or that twinge of hope you felt when Mazda showed off the RX-Vision. Or just how much the Maybach…

10 of the most controversial cars right now - 2024-04-28T11:00:00Z

Not everyone likes the same thing. Some of us are chocolate fans, while others are perfectly happy with vanilla. Cars are the same way, but some generate an unreasonably strong response deep in the cockles of the enthusiast heart. We asked you what is the most controversial cars on the market today, and you delivered.…

Former President Donald Trump pocketed more than $1 billion in paper wealth. Trump stood to earn 36 million earnout shares of Trump Media & Technology Group if its dollar volume-weighted average price (DVWAP) — the average share price for a period of time, weighted by volume of shares — is at least $12.50 for a…

A recent analysis from advocacy organization Consumer Reports is the latest to highlight the potential threat of pesticides in our produce. It suggests that around 20% of commonly sold fruits and vegetables in the U.S. could contain unsafe levels of pesticides. Given that concerning news, you might be wondering how to…

President Joe Biden signed the TikTok bill into law, officially starting the 270-day clock for TikTok’s owner, China-based Bytedance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in American app stores.

Cryptocurrency-related stocks surged after Bitcoin underwent a successful “halving.”

It’s not only food CEOs who need to worry about their bottom lines thanks to in-demand weight loss drugs like Ozempic. Big Tobacco and Alcohol have reason to fret, too.

When it comes to buying a new car, agreeing on a price you’re happy with is really only the first step. Even after you learn what your monthly payment will be, you’ll have more expenses to consider, like insurance, gasoline, and maintenance. Odds are, you could run the numbers yourself and come up with a pretty good…

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California released a ruling that concluded state highway police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint. You probably didn’t hear about it. The case didn’t get a lot of coverage, especially because the courts weren’t…

Some cars are just total pains to own. They could break down all the time, be impractical for daily life or any number of other headaches, but sometimes it’s worth it. Sometimes a car is so good to drive or nice to look at or historically significant that owners will look past the fact they are a mess in every other…

It was a strong day for all three major U.S. stock indexes after a big selloff the day before. Google parent Alphabet crossed the $2 trillion threshold for market capitalization on Friday.

The Atacama Desert — an arid, unpopulated swath of northern Chile that is home to some of the most perceptive ground telescopes on Earth — is actually teeming with life beneath the ground, according to a team of researchers that recently scrutinized its soils.

NASA’s iconic Hubble Space Telescope isn’t doing so well. The observatory has been suffering from a pesky glitch affecting its gyroscope, causing it to suspend its science operations for a second time in less than six months.

Jurisdictions around the world are imposing EV mandates, regulating ICE vehicles out of production and sale. This is probably a necessary step to prevent us all from drowning in our homes, but the folks who sell ICE vehicles aren’t happy about it. Case in point: Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, speaking to a group of UK…

There’s something slightly unnerving about seeing an enormous cruise ship out of water. A skyscraper-sized vessel propped up by a few planks of wood in a barren dry dock is definitely strange to see, but it gets even odder when you watch workers slowly cut a ship in half in pursuit of making the vessel even longer.

We learned last month that despite Fisker beginning production on its Ocean SUV, the startup automaker lost nearly half a billion dollars last year and desperately needed a bailout. Nissan was reportedly in negotiations to give Fisker $400 million, but that apparently fell through, so it looked like bankruptcy was the…

Tesla cut 10 percent of its workforce a few weeks ago, and now we’re getting a better look at what sort of severance package its recently laid-off workers are getting. CEO Elon Musk sent an email to impacted employees late at night on April 14 letting them know they were immediately terminated and cut out of Tesla’s…

If there’s one thing that all Americans — divided they may be — can agree on, it’s that taxes are a pain. Centuries of that philosophy is what’s employed many of the more than 1.65 million accountants and auditors in the U.S. and allowed services like TurboTax and H&R Block to flourish — despite their exhaustively…

Former Tesla executive Andrew Baglino is looking to pocket some cash wealth on his way out the electric vehicle-maker’s door. Baglino, who resigned last week as the company’s senior vice president for energy engineering and powertrain, sold 1.14 million of his shares in Tesla on Thursday, according to a filing with…

Apple and Google have removed apps that promised deepfake nudes from the App Store and Google Play, according to a report from 404 Media.

AI just powered Google to a $2 trillion market cap - 2024-04-26T19:31:00Z

Google parent Alphabet crossed the $2-trillion threshold for market capitalization on Friday, thanks to a stock surge powered partly by its work with generative artificial intelligence.

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein will soon face stricter digital regulations from the European Union, the world’s largest trading bloc said in a statement on Friday.

Starbucks and the union representing its workers ended a two-day contract bargaining session over a variety of issues on a positive note, having made “significant progress.”

Snap shares jumped 30% Friday after the company reported improved sales and a big increase in premium subscribers.

Tesla is facing a new probe from U.S. auto safety regulators related to its Autopilot driver assistance technology, even as a separate investigation has been closed.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Thursday that genetic fragments of the H5N1 bird flu virus have been detected in one in five retail samples of milk it tested. This comes just days after the agency first said it found inactive traces of the virus in the commercial milk supply.

The people responsible for driving the current artificial intelligence boom are now being tasked with advising the U.S. government on how to safely and securely deploy the technology in critical infrastructure.

Tesla stock has started to make its long-awaited comeback this week after — repeatedly — bottoming out at new 52-week lows earlier this month.

In the month since it debut on the Nasdaq, Trump Media & Technology Group’s market value has soared to almost $10 billion, and plunged to below $4 billion. The volatile stock performance has been driven by a “meme stock”-like frenzy and regulatory disclosures that shaved several billions of dollars off of its market…

U.S. mortgage rates recently hit a new high for the year (so far), as inflation fears continue to creep up. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage hovered between 7.4% and 7.5% this week, according to Mortgage News Daily’s daily data — itshighest daily level since last November.

Ethereum developer and the company behind crypto wallet MetaMask Consensys has filed a lawsuit in a Texas court alleging regulatory overreach by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas that the SEC has been…

A Baltimore publisher is suing the owner and operator of the DALI, the cargo ship responsible for the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26.

Wall Street thinks Google stock will keep surging after a brief stall in February and March.

It’s been one month since Trump Media & Technology Group debuted on the Nasdaq to much fanfare, after its merger with blank check company Digital World Acquisition Corp. went through following almost two years of delays. Since going public on March 26, Trump Media has seen its stock go on a wild ride.

Elon Musk is once again richer than Mark Zuckerberg - 2024-04-26T16:05:00Z

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is once again wealthier than Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, thanks to Meta’s big market capitalization loss this week.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq and other U.S. stock indexes breathed a sigh of relief on Friday morning after a big selloff the day before, thanks partly to strong earnings by Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet. Google reported an almost 60% surge in profitsin the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year,…

Hertz is ditching even more electric cars - 2024-04-26T15:38:00Z

Hertz is ditching more of its fleet of electric vehicles, which it says are unreliable and more expensive than gas-guzzlers, as it reports a $392 million loss for the first quarter of 2024.

Thanks to data privacy concerns, Chinese officials are reportedly telling hotels in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou to stop scanning their guests’ faces.

AbbVie raised its full year profit guidance today, even as sales of its flagship medication have continued to fall.

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that has seen rapid growth, is now running low onorbs — the devices used for iris scans in exchange for tokens. Worldcoin has decided to increase Orb production to meet high demand and logistical challenges.

Shoppers are purchasing name-brand beauty products again, and that’s lifting sales at consumer goods company Unilever. The London-based Unilever this week reported a 4.4% increase in sales during the first quarter of 2024, surpassing analysts’ expectations of a 3.5% rise.

Japan’s Moon lander survived a rough landing - 2024-04-26T14:15:13Z

Japan had its moment in the Moon’s glow earlier this year when scientists landed a lunar probe on the surface of our nearest celestial neighbor. The landing didn’t quite go to plan, though, as the probe landed face-first. After that, it was expected to survive for a matter of days. However, the probe is still going…

China’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings attached to the core module, which had been damaged by space debris.

Over the last several years, Saudi Arabia has been working on a massive infrastructure project that its leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (or MBS) hopes will transform the Kingdom and its relationship with the outside world. The Neom project is a series of developments that are currently under construction in…

Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant recently voted to join the United Auto Workers union, making it the first factory outside the Big Three to unionize. It’s a huge win for the employees who work there but also for labor rights in general. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that many of those same…

Anglo American stock climbed 5% in London after it turned down BHP Group’s takeover bid Friday.

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