Month: December 2024
Apple launches its ChatGPT integration with Siri
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Apple released updates for its iPhone, iPad and Mac software on Wednesday that include a long-awaited ChatGPT integration with Siri. The ChatGPT integration triggers when users ask Siri complicated questions. When Siri is asked a question that Apple’s software identities as better suited for ChatGPT, it asks the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: GameStop, Macy’s, GE Vernova, Duolingo and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Macy’s — The department store chain tumbled 9% after it lowered its fiscal-year forecast. Macy’s now sees adjusted earnings coming in between $2.25 to $2.50, while prior guidance adjusted for delivery expense had estimated a range between $2.34 to $2.69, according to FactSet. GE Vernova — […]
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Tom Brady watches, game-worn jerseys sell for $9 million at auction
Tom Brady’s Rolex worn during his 2023 season. Sotheby’s (L) | Reuters (R) Sotheby’s has scored big off of Tom Brady. The auction house held its “GOAT Collection” sale on Tuesday night, selling all 41 items offered for a total of $9 million. The lots consisted of watches, jerseys and other sports treasures. The watches […]
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Ro to offer lower-price vials of weight loss drug Zepbound by teaming up with Eli Lilly
Patients will be able to access Zepbound single-dose vials at Ro Coutesy: Ro Direct-to-consumer health-care startup Ro on Wednesday said its platform will now offer more affordable single-dose vials of the weight loss drug Zepbound through a new partnership with Eli Lilly, which aims to streamline access to the popular treatment. Ro said it will […]
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Sports Illustrated takes over naming rights of pro soccer venue Red Bull Arena
Rendering of Sports Illustrated Stadium The New York Red Bulls have a new stadium naming rights partner. On Wednesday, the Major League Soccer 2024 Eastern Conference Champions announced a 13-year naming rights deal with Sports Illustrated. Effective immediately, the 20,000-capacity Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, will be renamed Sports Illustrated Stadium. It marks […]
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The limits of intelligence — Why AI advancement could be slowing down
Generative artificial intelligence has developed so quickly in the past two years that massive breakthroughs seemed more a question of when rather than if. But in recent weeks, Silicon Valley has become increasingly concerned that advancements are slowing. One early indication is the lack of progress between models released by the biggest players in […]
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Macy’s ends delivery expense investigation, saying employee hid $151 million
A Macy’s store decorated for the holidays in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Macy’s on Wednesday said it has wrapped up an investigation into an employee who intentionally hid about $151 million of delivery expenses on its accounting books for nearly three years […]
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Greece’s ghost towns offer a glimpse of a country struggling with ‘existential’ population collapse
A cafe offers a glimpse into the past in the abandoned village of Lasta. There are no staff but instead an honor system, which allows visitors to serve themselves a coffee in exchange for a donation. CNBC Lasta, GREECE — There’s nobody around anymore to man Saint George cafe in Lasta, a mountainous village in […]
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Trump’s White House return is already pushing Europe and the UK closer together
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves talks to the media at the EU Council headquarter on Dec. 9, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty Images BRUSSELS, Belgium ꟷ President-elect Donald Trump has not yet re-entered the White House, but the U.K. and neighboring European Union are already working […]
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CEO of logistics giant C.H. Robinson says the business can weather Trump tariffs
Dave Bozeman, chief executive officer of C.H. Robinson. Source: C.H. Robinson As Dave Bozeman takes the stage at his first investor day as CEO of C.H. Robinson, he’ll have to contend with a freight recession, the threat of higher tariffs and the turnaround of a century-old logistics giant. “I want to lay out our vision […]
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