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Cadillac’s EVs are attracting new buyers, including more customers trading in Teslas
Business

Cadillac’s EVs are attracting new buyers, including more customers trading in Teslas

A Cadillac all-electric 2025 Escalade IQ luxury SUV is displayed during press day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, September 14, 2023. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT — Cadillac’s expanding all-electric vehicle lineup is attracting a notable number of new buyers to the American luxury brand, including an increase this year […]

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Elon Musk commits to leading Tesla for next five years
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Elon Musk commits to leading Tesla for next five years

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks via video link at the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday committed to leading the electric-vehicle-maker for the next five years. “Yes, no doubt about that at all,” […]

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The challenges facing Elon Musk and NASA in sending humans to Mars
Technology

The challenges facing Elon Musk and NASA in sending humans to Mars

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, want to make living on Mars a reality.  Musk has said that his company, SpaceX, can get humans to Mars as early as 2029. Meanwhile, NASA officials have said that sending humans to Mars even by 2040 would be an “audacious” goal. China also has […]

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Grok’s ‘white genocide’ auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with ‘at will’
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Grok’s ‘white genocide’ auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with ‘at will’

Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images In the two-plus years since generative artificial intelligence took the the world by storm following the public release of ChatGPT, trust has been a perpetual problem. Hallucinations, bad math and cultural biases have plagued results, reminding users that there’s a limit to how much we can rely […]

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Nvidia and Tesla ripped higher this week, boosted by Trump’s Middle East tour
Technology

Nvidia and Tesla ripped higher this week, boosted by Trump’s Middle East tour

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 31, 2025 shows (L) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025, and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on January 31, 2025. Jensen Huang, CEO of AI chip giant Nvidia, met January 31, […]

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Federal Reserve will reduce staff by 10% in coming years, Powell memo says
Finance

Federal Reserve will reduce staff by 10% in coming years, Powell memo says

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell departs after holding a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Federal Reserve will look to reduce its headcount by 10% over the next couple of years, including […]

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Trump slams Supreme Court, Springsteen and Swift
Politics

Trump slams Supreme Court, Springsteen and Swift

U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaks to media on Air Force One as he departs the Al Bateen Executive Airport on May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump took aim at the Supreme Court, fellow Republicans and several celebrities Friday in […]

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Tesla adds long-time Chipotle executive Jack Hartung to board of directors
Technology

Tesla adds long-time Chipotle executive Jack Hartung to board of directors

Jack Hartung. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Tesla has appointed long-time Chipotle executive Jack Hartung to its board of directors, effective June 1. As part of the board, Hartung will join Tesla’s audit committee, the electric vehicle company disclosed in a filing with the SEC on Friday. The addition comes as Tesla battles sinking EV sales […]

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Qatari cybertrucks, elite camels and historic mega-deals: Why Gulf countries are going all out for Trump’s visit
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Qatari cybertrucks, elite camels and historic mega-deals: Why Gulf countries are going all out for Trump’s visit

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L) receives US President Donald Trump in the Qatari capital Doha on May 14, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — If the Arab Gulf states were to hold a popularity contest right now, President Donald Trump would be the prom […]

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Musk’s xAI says Grok’s ‘white genocide’ posts resulted from change that violated ‘core values’
Technology

Musk’s xAI says Grok’s ‘white genocide’ posts resulted from change that violated ‘core values’

Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI on Thursday evening made its first public comment about the latest controversy surrounding Grok, writing in a post on X that an “unauthorized modification” caused the chatbot to generate variations of a “specific response on a political topic.” That controversial topic was “white genocide” […]

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