Month: June 2025
Waymo cars are coming to New York, but with a driver behind the wheel
Waymo driverless vehicles wait at a traffic light in Santa Monica, California, on May 30, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters Residents of New York City will soon start seeing Waymo cars cruising the avenues. But at least for now, a human will be in the driver’s seat. Alphabet‘s self-driving car unit announced on Wednesday that […]
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Trump deploys additional 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles
A man faces members of security forces outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal building after days of protests against federal immigration sweeps and the deployment of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 10, 2025. David Ryder | Reuters President Donald Trump’s administration is ordering an additional 2,000 […]
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OpenAI is winding down its work with Scale AI, whose founder is joining Meta
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the annual Snowflake Summit in San Francisco, California on June 02, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI is winding down its work with Scale AI, the artificial intelligence startup that received a multibillion-dollar investment from Meta earlier this month and saw its founder […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nucor, Sunrun, Affirm, Zoetis, Circle and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Steel stocks — Shares of steel producer Nucor jumped more than 3%. The company issued rosy guidance for its second-quarter earnings, calling for $2.55 to $2.65 per share, while FactSet consensus estimates sought $2.36 per share. In contrast, Steel Dynamics’ guidance fell short of Wall Street’s […]
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Amazon’s Zoox boosts robotaxi production ahead of first commercial launch in Las Vegas
Amazon’s Zoox robotaxi unit is ramping up vehicle production at a new facility in Hayward, California. Zoox Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle startup Zoox on Wednesday opened a sprawling new manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, paving the way for more robotaxi production as it plans a commercial rollout of its fleet later this year. […]
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Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
People hold rainbow-coloured umbrellas and flags at a demonstration as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over an appeal by U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration of a lower court’s decision upholding a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, outside the court in Washington, U.S., December 4, 2024. Benoit Tessier | […]
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Trump says ‘stupid’ Powell ‘probably won’t cut’ rates when Fed meeting ends Wednesday
watch now VIDEO5:2305:23 Trump says ‘stupid’ Powell ‘probably won’t cut’ rates when Fed meeting ends Wednesday Squawk on the Street With the Federal Reserve just hours away from its latest decision on interest rates, President Donald Trump on Wednesday lambasted Chair Jerome Powell, calling him “stupid” while doubting the central bank would cut. In his […]
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Pro-Israel hackers destroy $90 million in Iran crypto exchange breach, analytics firm says
Representations of cryptocurrency Binance are seen in front of displayed Nobitex logo and Iran flag in this illustration taken November 3, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, was hacked for more than $90 million Wednesday, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The funds were drained from platform wallets into addresses bearing […]
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U.S. Steel ceases trading on the NYSE as Japan’s Nippon finalizes takeover
Rolls of steel are seen before the US president speaks during a rally at US Steel – Irvin Works in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on May 30, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Steel shares stopped trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday after Japan’s Nippon Steel […]
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Oura, Maven Clinic team up to bring biometric data into clinical care
Kate Ryder, CEO of Maven, speaking at the CNBC Changemakers Summit in New York on April 18th, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Women’s and family health platform Maven Clinic is partnering with smart ring maker Oura, a step forward in the integration of the increasing amount of data being collected by wearable devices and clinical […]
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