Stocks wavered in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday as the first week of corporate earnings season closes out with markets trading near record levels. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% after shifting between small gains and losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 52 points, or 0.1%, as of 3:17 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq compositeContinueContinue reading “Wall Street holds near records amid rising geopolitical tensions”
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The northern lights could be visible in more than a dozen U.S. states this weekend
The northern lights could light up the skies above several northern states this weekend. The aurora borealis will be visible Friday and Saturday nights over North America, and most prevalent for those states on the northern border of the mainland, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather PredictionContinueContinue reading “The northern lights could be visible in more than a dozen U.S. states this weekend”
Meet the Sam’s Club CEO tasked with taking on Costco
Meet the new CEO of Sam’s Club: Latriece Watkins. As you’ll hear from my interview with Watkins this week’s episode of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies podcast, she is a Walmart veteran, who began her career in the real estate division in 2006. Over the next two decades, she rose up through the ranks toContinueContinue reading “Meet the Sam’s Club CEO tasked with taking on Costco”
Actors fight back as AI deepfakes become scarily accurate
During the Hollywood strikes of 2023, a major sticking point for members of the Writer’s Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA was artificial intelligence. When the unions ultimately came to an agreement with Hollywood studios, they won key protections for actors regarding digital replicas and guardrails for how generative AI could be used in writers’ rooms. ContinueContinue reading “Actors fight back as AI deepfakes become scarily accurate”
Trump wants Big Tech to pay for new power plants as electricity prices surge
The data centers that power the AI boom also need power themselves – and a lot of it. Now, the Trump administration wants the tech companies cashing in on AI to foot a bigger part of the bill. The Trump administration said Friday that it would urge major East Coast power grid operator PJM InterconnectionContinueContinue reading “Trump wants Big Tech to pay for new power plants as electricity prices surge”
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