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Uber CEO snubs Elon Musk’s vision of a $30,000 payday for Tesla owners who rent out their cars as self-driving taxis
12 August 2024
Uber CEO snubs Elon Musk’s vision of a $30,000 payday for Tesla owners who rent out their cars as self-driving taxis
Around the time Tesla CEO Elon Musk was asking investors to reapprove his $56 billion pay package, the company also announced that it would launch its long-awaited autonomous vehicle rideshare service Robotaxi on August 8. That launch never happened. Instead, Tesla ended up postponing its planned Robotaxi unveiling until October to build more prototypes. The vision for Robotaxis is current…
Pregnant women are being left to bleed or miscarry in public restrooms because doctors are too scared to treat them, lawsuit claims
12 August 2024
Pregnant women are being left to bleed or miscarry in public restrooms because doctors are too scared to treat them, lawsuit claims
Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarriage and told her to “let nature take its course” before discharging her without treatment for her ectopic pregnancy. When the 25-year-old returned three days later, still bleeding, doctors finally agreed to…
EV charging company will penalize drivers who take more than they need
5 August 2024
EV charging company will penalize drivers who take more than they need
Electrify America, one of the leading charging companies in the U.S., is trying to encourage drivers to get what they need and get out, or else pay a fee. The idea is to increase turnover at busy stations, improving availability and reducing the odds that drivers will have to wait for someone else spending extra time to “top off” their…
Stock market turmoil means investor panic—here’s how to keep your head above water
5 August 2024
Stock market turmoil means investor panic—here’s how to keep your head above water
Friday’s jobs report set the weekend off on the wrong foot, and now most of the global markets look like they’re shaking off an epic hangover this Monday. Add global socio-political conflict in the Middle East and poor earnings among tech and consumer-facing companies to the mix and you have a fully boiling pot, as Paul Christopher, head of global…
AC bills are so high Americans are cutting down on groceries to pay for them
29 July 2024
AC bills are so high Americans are cutting down on groceries to pay for them
And now, climate change is coming for American pantries. Indeed, one in three American households are cutting back on groceries to help pay for their utility bills as 75% of them expect their expenses to increase during the summer and “cause them financial strain.” The figures are according to survey results of 2,000 U.S. adults by PowerSetter, an energy comparison…
Conservative activist pushing to boycott Harley Davidson for “going woke”
29 July 2024
Conservative activist pushing to boycott Harley Davidson for “going woke”
Over the past month, a conservative online commentator has effectively pushed Deere & Co. and Tractor Supply to walk back certain DEI initiatives. Now, the music video director turned right-wing political influencer Robby Starbuck is taking aim at another rugged American brand. In a nine-minute video on X, Starbuck went after Wisconsin-based Harley Davidson for being “out of alignment with…
War and rising nationalism is expected to spur a venture capital boom in a one-time Silicon Valley ‘taboo’ sector: defense tech
22 July 2024
War and rising nationalism is expected to spur a venture capital boom in a one-time Silicon Valley ‘taboo’ sector: defense tech
Geopolitical flare ups are helping to temper venture capital’s decades-long love affair with software and spark a greater interest in defense technology, according to several startup investors. The wars in Ukraine and Israel have spurred venture capitalists to open their pocketbooks for so-called defense tech, the equipment and systems used to defend national interests, according to a report from AIN…
What the Trump-Harris fundraising battle looks like now
22 July 2024
What the Trump-Harris fundraising battle looks like now
Last month, Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee seemed to have gained a firm financial advantage over Democrats after trailing earlier this year. Following Trump’s felony conviction on May 30 and President Joe Biden’s rocky debate performance on June 27, money came pouring into his and the R.N.C.’s war chests while Democrats burned through cash. As of the end…
Bird flu symptoms in humans with H5N1 virus
15 July 2024
Bird flu symptoms in humans with H5N1 virus
Earlier this month, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency not for the wildfires common to the Centennial State this time of year, but for a bird flu outbreak at a commercial poultry facility in Weld County, north of Denver. Now, several workers at the egg farm who had been culling poultry in response to the spread of avian…
How the Celsius CEO turned a cult-favorite energy drink into a stock-market lightning rod with 6,000% growth
15 July 2024
How the Celsius CEO turned a cult-favorite energy drink into a stock-market lightning rod with 6,000% growth
John Fieldly, 44, is revved up. The CPA-turned-energy-drink evangelist is the president, CEO, and chairman of Celsius Holdings, the ubiquitous energy drink known for its proclaimed calorie-burning abilities—up to 140 calories per bottle consumed, the company claims. If that weren’t enough to endear itself to gym rats, it also comes in over 30 zany flavors like kiwi-guava. If you ask…