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The Biden Administration is taking the next step to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug under federal law, the Justice Department said in a statement on Thursday. That move prompted cannabis stocks to pop.

The German government is investigating Mercedes-Benz for union-busting an American unionization drive, the United Auto Workers (UAW) announced Thursday. The union has been campaigning to represent workers at the automaker’s Vance, Alabama plant. Employees at the location are currently voting on the matter, and their…

It’s been roughly seven weeks since Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, but nearly two dozen sailors remain on the cargo ship responsible for the disaster. The Dali was finally unstuck on Monday from a giant piece of bridge that fell on the ship’s bow. However, the BBC reports that 21 Indian and Sri Lankan…

OpenAI launched its Superalignment team almost a year ago with the ultimate goal of controlling hypothetical super-intelligent AI systems and preventing them from turning against humans. Naturally, many people were concerned — why did a team like this need to exist in the first place? Now, something more concerning…

Hertz gambled and lost when it placed its big EV bet on Tesla a few years ago. It was a chance for the rental car company to shake up the industry, instead the company bought 30,000 Teslas, got scared away by depreciation and expensive repairs and now wants to get rid of them. While all those used Teslas looked to be…

When 14-year-old Harris Wolobah of Massachusetts died last fall, the boy’s family suspected it could be related to a viral spicy potato chip he ate just a few hours earlier. Wolobah’s family was correct, according to an autopsy report obtained by the Associated Press.

People who depend on daily insulin shots may soon have welcome news: a new experimental drug could cut their treatments down from daily doses to weekly ones.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, the world’s largest futures exchange, will soon offer spot Bitcoin trading as crypto is becoming mainstream and demand is surging, reports the Financial Times.

Swiss pharma giant Roche posted positive results on Thursday of its phase-1 clinical trail for its experimental weight loss drug CT-388.

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Microsoft is reportedly asking hundreds of its employees in China to consider relocating outside of the country amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China.

United Airlines got a bit of good news this week. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told the carrier that it can have more freedom to design new routes and add new planes to its fleet. Bloomberg reports that “after a careful review and discussion about the proactive safety steps United has taken to date,” the…

It’s no surprise that there’s big money in private equity.

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As usual, Google I/O 2024 is an absolute whirlwind of news and announcements. This year, rather than focusing on hardware, Android, or Chrome, Google spent most of this year’s developers’ conference convincing us that its AI features are worth prioritizing. One of those projects is Project Astra, a multimodal AI…

The Tesla Cybertruck is already outselling most of the electric pickup truck market, losing out only to the Ford F-150 Lightning. In March, the Cybertruck notched 1,158 new vehicle registrations. That’s more than the Rivian R1T’s 548, the Chevy Silverado EVs’ 319, and the GMC Hummer EV’s 192. Still, everyone lagged…

Amazon is letting go of more people. Fortune reports that that the company laid off 100 people from its customer service team. One of them told the magazine that they routinely pulled 12- and 16-hour days to get their jobs done — and their hard work was rewarded by their computers suddenly being shut off in the middle…

Under Armour is laying off a chunk of its workforce as it braces for a predictable decline in sales from its North America market, it said in its latest quarterly earnings report.

Tesla may have already found a potential partner to use its long-promised robotaxis in China.

Nvidia’s hot streak is continuing as the chipmaker’s stock barrels toward a record high ahead of first quarter earnings next week. The chipmaker’s shares were up 0.8% in Thursday morning trading, to $953.83. Nvidia’s previous record high close was $950.02, which it hit on March 25.

Though Uber is usually associated with for-hire vehicles that will take you from one place of your choosing to another place of your choosing, the company just unveiled a new service that might sound familiar to the car-free among us.

Getting travel sick is rubbish, it can ruin a road trip, put you off taking that once-in-a-lifetime whale watching trip and dampen any excitement that comes with taking a plane on holiday. Well now, relief may be in sight as Apple believes it has a cure for motion sickness, and it doesn’t involve donning a pair of ridi…

A bipartisan bill that would prohibit American agencies from working with several Chinese biotech companies, thanks to national security concerns, was approved by a House of Representatives committee on Wednesday. But as it moves ahead, Chinese biotech leaders are jockeying to lobby the United States.

Given the worsening divisions in the United States, there’s a growing possibility that the country could fall into a civil war, according to Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio — but he thinks a certain blonde pop star could unify the country.

Walmart’s sharp retail wit is resonating well with consumers, especially high-income shoppers. Walmart stock popped 6% in Thursday morning trading, after the U.S. retail giant reported strong first quarter earnings. That rise was led by high income customers, as well as its e-commerce and advertising businesses.