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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.

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 non-Tesla EVs to charge at Tesla Superchargers,…

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 short squeeze in 2021, posted on X after a…

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.

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 bedtime stories in different voices.

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 billion. Kraft Heinz is in talks with Bank…

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 of spending yet another summer choking…

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 918 Spyder. A few years ago Porsche said…

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 customers during the first quarter of 2024.

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 their fearless leader signaled a second…

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.

American philanthropist Melinda French Gates will resign from her post as co-chair of the Gates Foundation, the organization she co-founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates.

The website Realtor.com put together a ranking of cities where college graduates might have a relatively easy time finding a place to live. The factors in the ranking include affordable rents, available places to rent, and the job market. Among the top 10 cities identified, this list goes from number 10 to number 1.

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It’s pretty unusual for a car company to truly be divisive; outside of labor strikes or the occasional scandal or recall, they’re generally not something to be fought about at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Tesla, as usual, is the exception.

Merck announced Monday that it is pulling the plug on its phase 3 trial of an experimental combination treatment for skin cancer after side effects of the medication led patients to drop out of the study.

Google made a big mistake recently. The company accidentally erased the private Google Cloud account of a $125 billion Australian pension fund, UniSuper.

WiFi is a precious resource, and you don’t want other people — house guests, neighbors, relatives, delivery drivers, hackers sitting at the end of your garden — accessing it without your permission. With that in mind, it’s a good idea to regularly audit who’s accessing your WiFi and kick off any unwelcome interlopers.

They’re small, they’re convenient, and, according to security researchers, they’re extremely hackable. The car key fob doesn’t exactly have the greatest reputation when it comes to digital security. Over the past few years, law enforcement agencies have alleged an uptick in the number of car thefts tied to hacking…

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Another day, another airline CEO publicly grumbling about how long they’re having to wait on unfulfilled orders from Boeing. This time, it’s Carsten Spohr of Lufthansa. In an interview with the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung, he expressed some tight-lipped annoyance at the planemaker.

A majority of Americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck — including high earners.

OpenAI is announcing new ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates Monday afternoon, and chief executive Sam Altman is pushing its hype online.

Foreign automakers are expected to face even more competition in China from domestic car companies, as Xiaomi reportedly has plans for an electric SUV to rival Tesla.