A federal investigation is underway after Nevada’s safety regulator suddenly dropped violations against Boring Company
Lawyers and regulators say the Nevada state agency’s handling of the safety investigation went against procedure.
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Fed chair contender Christopher Waller says weak jobs data is strengthening the case for more rate cuts: ‘AI is stalling hiring’
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‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry piles misery onto tech stocks after Oracle fails to close AI debt deal
Of course, Burry has a conflict of interest in the form of a $1.1 billion short bet against AI stocks. So take his doom-mongering with a pinch of salt.
HashKey shares start trading in Hong Kong, as the city increasingly embraces crypto
Hong Kong has tentatively embraced cryptocurrencies and digital assets as a way to shore up its status as an international financial center.
Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel
Fuel and crude prices near five-year lows as global oil output led by OPEC and the U.S. continues to rise.
‘Robots are going to be amongst us’: Qualcomm exec says buckle up for the next 5 years. Your car is going to be the first shoe to drop
Driver-assisted technology demand is growing for AI features like hands-free highway assist.
The job market is so bad, people in their 40s are resorting to going back to school instead of looking for work
“Experience is no longer enough,” a job-search expert says.
A grassroots NIMBY revolt is turning voters in Republican strongholds against the AI data-center boom
“It’s like the Gilded Age, part two,” Kerwin Olson, a leader of an anti-data center activist group, said. “Only bigger.”
Jim Carrey nearly quit ‘Grinch’ and offered to return his $20 million paycheck. Then the founder of SEAL Team Six came to the rescue
"Jim started having panic attacks. I would see him lying down on the floor in between setups with a brown paper bag."
