Social networks have too much political influence, Americans tell researchers

aol.com More than three-quarters of American adults—78%, up from 72% four years ago—think social media companies have too much power and influence in politics, the latest Pew…

Walmart to close health centers in retreat from offering medical care

cbsnews.com Walmart is shutting down all of its health care clinics and virtual medical services, the nation's biggest retailer said on Tuesday, citing an inability to make the…

McDonald's, Coca-Cola report, investors await Amazon, AMD:

finance.yahoo.com It's an earnings blitz on Wall Street today. This morning, McDonald's (MCD), Coca-Cola (KO), and PayPal (PYPL) were among several top names reporting. McDonald's earnings…

Emmy Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Updated Picks as ‘Shogun’ Ends (Or Does It?), ‘Hacks’ Begins (Again) and ‘Expats’ Star Nicole Kidman Is Feted

hollywoodreporter.com With the May 31 Emmys eligibility cutoff almost exactly one month away, Emmys-related action is picking up. On April 22, Ryan Seacrest, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke…

Daniel Wallace's 5 favorite books that should not be forgotten

theweek.com When you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission. All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Alabama native Daniel Wallace…

The Deposit Myth: How a linguistic glitch confuses the hell out of economists and the public alike

asomo.co Paying subscribers can access the audio version here Imagine the fiery origins of the earth, with asteroids crashing and depositing debris all over the planet, and volcanos…

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Tanks Over 9% Amid Concerns It Could Lose NBA Rights

thewrap.com Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery sank in Tuesday trading following a report that the entertainment conglomerate may be set to lose its lucrative deal to air NBA games. The…

How businesses are actually using generative AI

economist.com IT HAS BEEN nearly a year since OpenAI released GPT-4, its most sophisticated artificial-intelligence model and the brain-of-sorts behind ChatGPT, its groundbreaking robot…

AGBA Stock Pops 35% on Triller Merger Update

investorplace.com AGBA Group (NASDAQ:AGBA) stock is gaining on Tuesday after the company provided investors with another update on its planned merger with Triller. The big news announced…

Amazon Stock Dividend? Keep an Eye on Q1 Earnings After the Bell Today

investorplace.com Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) opened in the green today ahead of an expectedly optimistic first-quarter earnings report due later this evening. Analysts are also abuzz over a…

Stock Market Crash Warning: Don’t Get Caught Holding These 3 Cloud Computing Stocks

investorplace.com Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: )(NASDAQ: ) exceeded Wall Street expectations in their latest quarterly results, driven by a surge in cloud revenue fueled by…

It’s back: Targeted Amex card holders can get up to 30% off at Amazon

edition.cnn.com Most American Express card members typically think of their Amex points as opportunities for amazing travel opportunities. While that’s true, there’s another lesser-known…

Lottery bids for skilled-worker visas plunge in the US after changes aimed at fraud and abuse

finance.yahoo.com Lottery bids for highly educated worker visas plunged nearly 40% this year, authorities said Tuesday, claiming success against people who were “gaming the system” by…

The Dow drops 300 points before the Fed meets as inflation pressures rise

qz.com The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other U.S. stock indexes fell Tuesday morning after strong labor data increased speculation that the Federal Reserve won’t cut interest…

3 AI Stocks You'll Wish You'd Bought on the Dip

finance.yahoo.com After nearly a year during which artificial intelligence (AI) stocks steadily booked significant increases, the segment began to cool off in March. The pullbacks of some of…

Trapped in an Amazon return box: One Utah cat’s mistaken journey to California

siliconvalley.com By Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times Matt Clark needed to return five pairs of steel-toed work boots that he ordered from Amazon, so he packaged them up in a big box — along…

Open Source world's Bruce Perens emits draft Post-Open Zero Cost License

theregister.com Interview Bruce Perens believes he can do three impossible things, having already accomplished two of them. "I have done two impossible things, though of course I wasn't the…

Why Is Marin Software (MRIN) Stock Up 23% Today?

investorplace.com MRIN stock is up on a new product launch Marin Software (NASDAQ:MRIN) stock is on the rise Tuesday after the enterprise marketing software company announced its new…

Higher-paid employees looking for work are having a tough time, and it could be a sign of a shift in the workplace

businessinsider.com Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here. Hey there! Leave it to the…

JLab Introduces 2-in-1 OTC Hearing Aid and Earbud for Under $100

benzinga.com San Diego, CA, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the award-winning designer of personal tech, JLab, introduced the Hear OTC Hearing Aid, a sleek 2-in-1 solution that…

Even Walmart thinks American healthcare is too expensive

theverge.com Walmart isn’t making enough money off its new health centers, so it decided to close up shop. The retail giant announced today that it’ll shutter all 51 health centers it…

Amazon set to report first-quarter earnings after the bell

cnbc.com Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco on June 8, 2022. Amazon will report first-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Here's…

Small business owners reveal ‘out of this world’ impact to their bottom lines

foxbusiness.com Some small business owners are pointing their fingers at one big macroeconomic change that has left them feeling more pessimistic about their futures than ever. "The rising…

Woman on girls' weekend logs onto doorbell app, can't believe what she sees

newsweek.com A woman received an unexpected surprise when she was far from home. A video posted by Tyler (@tylerrae143) revealed what she saw when she logged into her Ring doorbell app…

AWS Launches GenAI-Powered Assistants for Software Development, Business Decision-Making

pymnts.com announced the general availability of its generative artificial intelligence-powered assistants for software development and business decision-making. One assistant, Amazon…

Why This Could Be a Massive Week for Nvidia Stock Investors

finance.yahoo.com In today's video, I discuss recent updates impacting Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). Check out the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link…

Sam’s Club’s AI-powered exit tech reaches 20% of stores

techcrunch.com Amazon may be scaling back its AI-powered Just Walk Out checkout-free tech in its stores in favor of smart shopping carts, but Walmart-owned Sam’s Club says it’s turning to…

Walmart-Vizio Merger Gets FTC Antitrust Scrutiny

pymnts.com Federal regulators are examining Walmart’s plan to buy smart television maker Vizio. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is conducting an antitrust review of the proposed…

Thousands of baby products seized over safety fears

newsweek.com More than 2,000 baby products that failed to meet U.S. safety standards for children have been seized at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, U.S. Customs and Border Protection…

Walmart to close 51 clinics as it shutters its entire Walmart Health division

nbcnews.com Walmart will close all 51 of its doctor-staffed health clinics as part of an announcement that its Walmart Health initiative is shutting down. The clinics, located in…

Stock Market Crash Warning: Don’t Get Caught Holding These 3 Hydrogen Stocks

investorplace.com The hydrogen energy sector has a lot of headwinds facing it. Equities related to the once-burgeoning hydrogen market are largely worth avoiding in 2024. The demand for…

UMG’s Regional Mexican Label Fonovisa-Disa Appoints Ana Martinez as U.S. GM

billboard.com Fonovisa-Disa, Universal Music Group’s regional Mexican label, has appointed Ana Martinez to U.S. GM. Based in Los Angeles, Martinez, a 19-year music industry veteran, will…

Avoid All Conditioner Brands, Except These 8

247wallst.com The day you get your hair cut, colored or styled by a professional is the day you feel most confident about how it looks. To bring that style home, you often have to invest…

Amazon makes its AI assistant Amazon Q generally available and adds an “app creator” to let employees build generative AI-powered apps based on company data

geekwire.com In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. Amazon says it will give…

Campus protesters are calling for divestment from Israel. Here’s what that means

siliconvalley.com By Samantha Delouya | CNN College campuses across the country have been thrown into disarray by pro-Palestinian demonstrations this month. While the demands among protesters…

Live updates: Amazon to report quarterly earnings today after the market close

aol.com None Investors will be looking for updates on the company's cloud-computing business, as well as plans for AI. • None The company's stock is up 19% in 2024 so far, more than…

Stock market today: Indexes drop as hot labor data adds pressure ahead of Fed meeting

aol.com None The quarterly measure saw wage and labor costs accelerate, adding pressure on the Fed. • None Tuesday marks the start of the Fed's meeting of the Federal Open Market…

Walmart launches cheap brand customers will love

thestreet.com The world of retail may be in a constant state of flux, but this doesn't have to mean bad things for the customer. In fact, ever since covid became something of a grim…

Sam's Club says getting rid of physical receipt checks at the door has been a big success

aol.com None Sam's Club's new AI-powered purchase verification tech is now in more than 120 locations across the US. • None The Walmart-owned warehouse club says it has helped get…

Stock market today: US stocks set to snap 5-month win streak with Fed, Amazon in focus

finance.yahoo.com US stocks dipped lower on Tuesday as new labor data came in hotter than expected while investors await the Federal Reserve's upcoming interest rate decision, along with…

Stock Market News Today, 04/30/24

tipranks.com U.S. futures edged lower on Tuesday morning after a positive start to the week, with investors awaiting the release of earnings from mega-cap companies, including Amazon…

Satellite of love: SES and Intelsat finally tie the knot in $3.1B acquisition

theregister.com Satellite operator SES is to acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion, creating an entity with more than 100 Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and 26 Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)…

Amazon earnings: 5 things to focus on in the 'everything stock' update

thestreet.com Amazon shares edged higher in Tuesday trading ahead of the tech and retail giant's highly anticipated first-quarter report after the closing bell. Amazon (AMZN) , the…

Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret

nakedcapitalism.com Lambert here: Talking his book. But it’s a good book to talk! By Justin Nobel, who writes on issues of science and the environment for Rolling Stone and has a book on oil…

Stocks Fall Ahead Of Fed Meeting

investors.com The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes fell Tuesday, as Wall Street braced for the start of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting. Meanwhile,…

Bruce Perens tries to achieve a third impossible thing

theregister.com Interview Bruce Perens believes he can do three impossible things, having already accomplished two of them. "I have done two impossible things, though of course I wasn't the…

Futures Fall Ahead Of Fed Meeting

investors.com Dow Jones futures and other major stock indexes fell Tuesday, as Wall Street braced for the start of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting. Meanwhile, Tesla (TSLA)…

A new Walmart in-store AI is giving employees advice on how to sell products before it's too late

cnbc.com Produce goes bad and clothes go out of fashion fast, issues that add to the massive food and retail waste the world's major retailers are on the hook to solve. Walmart…

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint all fined by FCC for sharing customer data

thestreet.com TheStreet's Caroline Woods brings the latest business headlines from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets open for trading Tuesday, April 30. Related: Stock…

Tesla wants to monetize its cars to process AI workloads

theregister.com EV carmaker Tesla is considering a wonderful money-making wheeze – use all of that compute power in its vehicles to process workloads for cash, like a kind of AWS on wheels.…

Stardew Valley’s cookbook feels like hanging out with the game’s cozy characters

polygon.com More than a month has passed since developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone released the big 1.6 update for Stardew Valley, but the fun isn’t over yet. Barone teamed up with…

‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ Review: Peacock Holocaust Drama Leaves an Indelible Mark

thewrap.com In a season post October 7th, as Pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University and beyond escalate their protests with intimidating chants, and the Israeli attack on Gaza…

Portal Space Systems unveils Supernova, an ultra-mobile spacecraft

techcrunch.com The era of stationary spacecraft may soon be over. Portal Space Systems, a company headed by propulsion expert Jeff Thornberg, is looking to help usher in a new renaissance…

‘Red One’ Down: How Dwayne Johnson’s Tardiness Led to a $250 Million Runaway Production

thewrap.com For more than two decades, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has nurtured a reputation as a hard-working, musclebound action-comedy movie star with considerable box-office drawing…

Here Are My 3 Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Right Now

finance.yahoo.com The artificial intelligence revolution is in full swing, as evidence by the strong results reported by several big tech giants last week. There is perhaps no stronger…