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Why is Nvidia stock up? AI chip shares jump as competitor AMD reports stellar...

Major chip stocks are up in premarket trading this morning. Two of the biggest movers include Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (ticker: AMD), which is currently up over 9%, and ASML Holding (ticker:...

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The Navajo Nation plans to block federal highways in Arizona. Here’s why

The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test a tribal law that bans uranium from being transported on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying the mineral and return to the mine where...

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How Nissan plans to empower workers and reduce emissions by 2030

Nissan has outlined a “sustainability plan” to become a greener and more inclusive company, promising to recycle batteries, empower its workers and create safer cars.Nissan Motor Co. won’t be trying...

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On farms in Texas and Mississippi, this giant mobile machine is helping fight...

Last fall, on a 1,000-acre family farm in Texas, a tractor drove through a cornfield pulling a shipping-container-sized machine behind it. In front, a mechanical harvester picked up cornstalks and...

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We analyzed nearly 2 million GoFundMe campaigns. This is what they don’t tell...

Long before the advent of reality television, the popular game show “Queen for a Day” thrilled American audiences by giving women who told heartbreaking tales of financial struggles a chance at...

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Boeing names new CEO after a second-quarter loss of $1.4 billion

Boeing named a longtime aerospace industry veteran on Wednesday as its next chief executive, who will take over a company that has been rocked by legal, regulatory and production problems.Robert...

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Rupert Murdoch’s media empire battle: Legal experts explain all about trusts

Conservative media titan Rupert Murdoch is making news again—this time, with a secretive effort to change an irrevocable trust. That trust has important ownership interests in both Fox Corp. and News...

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Taco Bell leverages AI for faster drive-thru service amid McDonald’s shift away

Taco Bell is embracing the use of artificial intelligence voice technology in the drive-thru lane. On Wednesday, Yum! Brands, Taco Bell’s parent company, said it would expand the use of AI to hundreds...

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High levels of lead and toxic metals were found in dark chocolate—even...

A recent study has revealed that dark chocolate and similar cocoa products contain significant levels of lead and cadmium, two neurotoxic metals associated with severe health risks, including cancer,...

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Investors are getting back together with Match Group, sending shares up...

Investors are getting back together with Match Group after the dating giant indicated the worst was behind it in its second quarter earnings. That confidence sent shares up more than 14% Wednesday...

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This startup’s ‘brewless’ coffee is more than just a new way to say instant

Given the importance consumers place on convenience, you’d think the quickest coffee fix possible would be the most attractive. But most coffee drinkers are picky. Even if they do so begrudgingly,...

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Microsoft says cyberattack triggered Azure outage that impacted Outlook,...

A global Microsoft Azure outage that impacted a range of services for consumers Tuesday — from reports of stalling Outlook emails to trouble ordering on Starbucks’ mobile app — was triggered by a...

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Citi repeatedly breached a federal rule limiting intercompany transactions

Citigroup repeatedly breached a U.S. Federal Reserve rule that limits intercompany transactions, leading to errors in its internal liquidity reporting, according to a Citi document from December seen...

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CarShield to pay $10M to settle deceptive ads for auto warranty plans, FTC says

CarShield will pay $10 million to settle charges that its advertisements and telemarketing for its extended auto warranty plans are deceptive and misleading, the Federal Trade Commission said. Many...

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80% of managers say they use layoffs as a soft firing, and not for cost-cutting

Technically, layoffs occur because a company is cost-cutting or restructuring, and not through the fault of an employee. Firing occurs because an employee is at fault. But while layoffs are...

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Why Vermont keeps flooding, according to experts

Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday, two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could see catastrophic events like these for the foreseeable future. Climate change is fueling...

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Michigan Supreme Court reinstates minimum wage and sick leave laws

The Michigan Supreme Court overruled the Legislature on Wednesday, reinstating major changes to the state’s minimum wage and paid sick leave laws, a victory for low-wage workers. In a 4-3 decision,...

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Fed holds interest rates steady, but a cut could be coming in September

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but U.S. central bank chief Jerome Powell said policymakers may be ready to reduce borrowing costs as soon as their next meeting in...

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Google is making it easier to remove sexually explicit deepfakes from search

Google is joining the growing number of companies standing up to sexually explicit deepfakes. The Alphabet division has made it easier for users to report nonconsensual imagery found in search...

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Ford’s new low-riding street truck includes a little bit of DNA from Nike...

There’s a little bit of Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and LeBron James tucked inside the 2025 Ford Maverick Lobo, Ford’s first street-style truck in decades. The compact truck’s profile and body is...

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