(Reuters) – Verizon said on Tuesday that it added Comcast’s Peacock to its streaming subscription hub and plans to offer YouTube Premium at a discounted rate with myPlan subscriptions. The telecom firm said it will offer YouTube Premium for $10 per month, offering savings of 30% to myPlan customers, starting Thursday. Peacock streaming service, under…
By Jonathan Stempel and Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Tesla has been sued by an environmental nonprofit that accused Elon Musk’s electric car company of violating the federal Clean Air Act hundreds of times by letting its Fremont, California, plant emit harmful pollutants. In a complaint filed on Monday, the Environmental Democracy Project said Tesla has…
By Tim Reid MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – For four nights at Donald Trump’s nominating convention in Milwaukee, a roster of speakers attempted to give one of the most divisive politicians in recent U.S. history a makeover, describing him as a loving and caring family man whose near-assassination at a rally on Saturday had changed him. Early…
By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado (Reuters) -Drops in power generation from wind farms, hydro dams and nuclear reactors has forced the operator of the electric grid in Texas – one of the largest power systems in the United States – to boost fossil fuel use and emissions so far this year. Rising use of air…
(Reuters) -Amazon.com said on Wednesday it would discontinue its security robot, Astro for Business, for small- and medium-sized businesses as it shifts its focus to household robots. The e-commerce giant initially launched the canine-like robot for household use in 2021. Astro for Business was launched last November for a range of customers including retail, manufacturing,…
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) – Nike will roll out new $100-and-under sneakers in countries around the world, its chief financial officer said Thursday, as the sportswear giant tweaks its product lineup in a plan aimed at getting sales back on track. Nike has significantly hiked the list price of its top-end…
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines’ shares rose about 7% in premarket trade on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that activist investor Elliott Investment Management had built a nearly $2 billion stake in the U.S. carrier. According to the Journal’s report on Sunday, Elliott is one of Southwest’s largest investors and plans to push for…
By Aditya Soni (Reuters) – Microsoft investors will have one big question when the tech giant reports earnings on Tuesday: has growth in its Azure cloud-computing business picked up enough to justify the billions of dollars being spent on artificial intelligence infrastructure? Widely seen as the front-runner in the race to make money from AI,…
(Reuters) – ** Shares of Apple Inc climbs 2.1% with the iPhone maker on track to close with a market cap of $3.33 trln, more than any company in history, with Microsoft and Nvidia both close behind ** AAPL now up ~10% since June 7, just before the co unveiled a long-awaited AI strategy, integrating…
(Reuters) – Chrysler is recalling more than 211,000 vehicles in the United States due to a software malfunction that could disable the electronic stability control system, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Saturday. Due to the malfunction, the Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) control module may disable the electronic stability control system, the…
