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07.10 / 05:39

Citi FIVE country 2020 Courts International Yoga business founder pleads guilty to tax charge in New York City

An international yoga business founder whose chain of yoga studios promoted themselves as “Yoga to the People” has pleaded guilty to a tax charge in a New York federal court

04.10 / 10:51

markets COST UPS Booking Platform Tesla reports Robotaxis can’t be a solo act

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Robotaxis might not need drivers. But they still need passengers—lots of them.

03.10 / 17:52

Google Photos voice information Features Traffic Videos Google's search engine's latest AI injection will answer voiced questions about video and photos

Google is pumping more artificial intelligence into its search engine

03.10 / 04:25

UPS Strategy NVIDIA Research Altria track ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots

OpenAI says it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots

01.10 / 11:21

Provident Digital Ripple CEO security reports Ripple Boosts Middle East Presence with In-Principle Approval in Dubai

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01.10 / 09:13

Provident Waters Aware community wellness Celebrity rights Voters in Northern California county to vote on whether to allow large-scale farms

A proposal to phase out large-scale confined animal farms will be put before voters in a Northern California county

30.09 / 18:41

Progressive Software Highways reports Department Traffic Updates NHTSA: Cruise to pay $1.5M penalty after failing to fully report crash involving pedestrian

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle division will pay a $1.5 million penalty as part of a consent order after the unit failed to fully report a crash involving a pedestrian

30.09 / 18:41

BLOCK Progressive Google prevention Features Courts Videos Epic Games sues Google and Samsung over phone settings, accusing them of violating antitrust laws

Video game maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung on Monday, accusing the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party competition in application distribution on Samsung devices

29.09 / 13:13

markets COST UPS Citi Google Fighting President AI data center boom spurs race to find power

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tech companies scouring the country for electricity to power artificial intelligence are increasingly finding there is a waiting list. In many places the nation’s high-voltage electric wires are running out of room, their connection points locked up by data centers for AI, new factories or charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

29.09 / 07:51

markets BAY Universities country rock Department Courts A tiny tribe is getting pushback for betting big on a $600M casino in California's wine country

A Northern California tribe's chances of owning a Las Vegas-style casino seemed like a dream as unlikely as hitting the jackpot

27.09 / 22:03

markets Provident Waves Google wellness country Investigations Amazon's $4 billion partnership with AI startup Anthropic gets UK competition clearance

Britain’s competition watchdog has cleared Amazon’s partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic because the $4 billion deal didn’t qualify for further scrutiny

27.09 / 22:03

CEO Platform Action wellness Meta Ceo show information Courts Mark Zuckerberg faces deposition in AI copyright lawsuit from Sarah Silverman and other authors

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by authors including comedian Sarah Silverman accusing the company of copyright infringement to train its artificial intelligence technology

27.09 / 08:43

UPS Williams show country patient Courts Investigations US cracked down on a Silicon Valley ‘pill mill.’ It had already moved to China

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Federal authorities came down hard on Done Global, the California-based telehealth startup that prosecutors allege is an Adderall “pill mill" with a “predatory business model." Its founder was arrested and most of its U.S. staff have quit, but it’s still pumping out prescriptions to its American clientele.

27.09 / 04:15

BLOCK CEO Apple Sustainability Research President reports OpenAI CFO tells investors funding round should close by next week despite executive departures

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar is looking to reassure its investors that the richly valued artificial intelligence startup is still in a strong position and is poised to close a big funding round soon, despite losing top talent this week.

26.09 / 20:01

UPS CEO Remark Exodus Browser Research wellness OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders

26.09 / 15:07

Hollywood UPS Art Career film love reports Francis Ford Coppola bet more than $100 million on his legacy. Now what?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Francis Ford Coppola was flush from The Godfather in 1973 when he bought an architectural jewel in San Francisco’s North Beach for $500,000. His new headquarters was a flatiron building clad in tile and copper, with an eight-story steel frame that withstood the great earthquake of 1906.

26.09 / 13:29

Digital Fox Airlines hospital reports travelers International United Airlines flight maneuver to avoid another plane injures 2

'Flying for Peanuts' author Frank Lorenzo reveals what he has learned in the industry on 'The Claman Countdown.'

25.09 / 22:13

Provident CEO Pinnacle President social information Department OpenAI exec Mira Murati says she's leaving artificial intelligence company

A high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year said that she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company

25.09 / 07:39

markets Platform RAI social Courts Interviews Relationships Elon Musk, X seek dismissal of Don Lemon's lawsuit over canceled partnership

Elon Musk and X asked a federal judge to dismiss former CNN anchor Don Lemon's lawsuit claiming they defrauded him by canceling a partnership on the social media platform following a contentious interview. In a Monday night filing in San Francisco federal court, Musk said he did nothing wrong by allegedly telling Lemon there was «no need» to sign a contract, and that he and X would give Lemon «full authority and control» over his work even if they did not like his views. Musk called it unreasonable for Lemon to rely on a vague statement that a written contract was unnecessary for a multimillion-dollar partnership.

25.09 / 06:51

Citi Football awards BAY community Sporting athletics As an era ends, the city that was home to the Oakland A's comes to grips with their departure

The Athletics already have carved out Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful and sad-sack franchises with nine World Series titles and 19 seasons of futility punctuated by 100 or more losses

24.09 / 22:33

markets COST Universities Justice Department Investigations Department of Justice sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets

The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market

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