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Kinetic cofounders: CEO Nikhil Naikal, CTO Sander Marques, COO Chris Weber Courtesy: Kinetic Automation While electric vehicle demand is still increasing in the U.S., the sales growth rate for cars that pollute less has cooled down in 2024 due partly to the high cost of insurance and repairs for tech-laden new models. A 2024 study

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amazon said Thursday it has removed 95% of the plastic air pillows from its packaging in North America and will replace them with paper fillers made from 100% recycled content. It marks Amazon’s largest plastic-packaging reduction effort and will help it remove nearly 15 billion

Ilya Sutskever, Russian Israeli-Canadian computer scientist and co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, June 5, 2023. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, who left the artificial intelligence startup last month, introduced his new AI company, which he’s calling Safe Superintelligence, or SSI.

Musk is attending Cannes Lions this week with an aim to reassure ad groups and global brands over the future of X. Marc Piasecki | Getty Images Elon Musk on Wednesday tried to walk back remarks lashing out at advertisers fleeing his X social media platform. At the Cannes Lions advertising festival in Cannes, France,

The U.K. is the No. 1 country in Europe for tech by many accounts. In 2023, British startups raised $21.3 billion, their third-highest total on record, according to a report from Dealroom and HSBC Innovation Banking. It’s the No. 1 location in Europe for funding — with France coming in second, raising $9.2 billion last

In this article MSFT NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends an event at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024.  Ann Wang | Reuters Nvidia, long known in the niche gaming community for its graphics chips, is now the most valuable public company in the world. Shares of

In this article ADSK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Autodesk president and CEO Andrew Anagnost. Autodesk Starboard Value sued software maker Autodesk on Monday to delay the company’s annual meeting and reopen the board nominating window and allow the activist to mount a proxy fight. Activists can typically only begin a proxy fight, involving the nomination of

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple Watch Series 9 Source: Apple Inc. Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a blog post on Monday that the next Apple Watch will be thinner and have a larger screen. The Apple Watch Series 10 is expected to be released in September when the

In this article ADSK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jeffrey Smith, CEO and chief investment officer at Starboard Value LP. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starboard Value, the activist fund run by Jeff Smith, has taken a sizable stake in graphics-design firm Autodesk and has spoken with the company’s board in recent weeks over

South Korean authorities are seeking the arrest of Do Kwon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Terraform Labs. His company is behind the now-collapsed terraUSD and luna cryptocurrencies. South Korean prosecutors are now seeking to freeze bitcoin linked to Kwon. Woohae Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Months before Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX fraud

A video of Jared Kushner is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022.  Alex Brandon | Reuters In March 2022, Jared Kushner was called to testify in front of the Jan. 6

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft will no longer ship Recall, an artificial intelligence tool that tracks user activity, when the company releases

In this article ADBE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 20, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Adobe shares surged 15% on Friday, the biggest gain since March 2020, after the software maker reported earnings

In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tempus AI, a health-care diagnostics company that uses AI to interpret medical tests to help physicians provide more accurate treatment for their patients, rose by as much as 15% in its Nasdaq Stock Market trading debut on Friday, after going public under the ticker symbol “TEM.”

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A mockup of Tesla Inc.’s planned humanoid robot Optimus on display during the Seoul Mobility Show in Goyang, South Korea, on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The motor show will continue through April 9. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, arrives at federal court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft will evaluate its employees’ cybersecurity contributions in reviews that will factor into their compensation, Brad Smith, the company’s vice chair

Visitors are looking at a BYD DM-i electric car at the 2024 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, China, on May 3, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Chinese electric vehicle makers mostly surged on Thursday morning after the European Union announced higher tariffs of up

In this article ORCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 16, 2019 in San Francisco, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle shares jumped more than 10% on Wednesday, a day after the