You can now take a 5G-powered virtual tour of The Met
Pandemic travel restrictions and shelter-in-place orders have made it difficult to access cultural experiences. But a virtual tour of the…
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Trump-supporting billionaire Ken Langone: Republicans betrayed us
Billionaire Republican donor and Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone says he feels “betrayed” by the Republicans who attempted to overturn…
Continue Reading CES 2021 highlights: see-through TVs, a rollable smartphone and ice cream pods
We’re two days into this year’s virtual Consumer Electronics Show, and we’ve already seen big tech announcements from companies…
Continue Reading Dollar General will pay its workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Dollar General wants its employees to get COVID-19 vaccines, so it’s offering to pay them to do it. The chain said Wednesday that it will give…
Continue Reading Volkswagen and Audi are starting to challenge Tesla
The world’s largest carmaker is starting to gain ground on Tesla. Volkswagen sold 231,600 battery electric vehicles in 2020, according to…
Continue Reading Dubai real estate developer wants to do more business with Trump
Corporate America may be running away from President Donald Trump but at least one of his international business partners is standing by him. Hussain…
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The big winners from Tesla stock surge: lithium miners and battery makers
The incredible stock market surge for Tesla isn’t just making Elon Musk and Tesla investors rich. Traders betting on lithium miners and battery…
Continue Reading New York City moves to end contracts with the Trump Organization
New York City is seeking to terminate its business relationships with the Trump Organization in response to last week’s attack on the US…
Continue Reading Circle K’s owners offer $20 billion for France’s biggest retailer
Convenience store operators are having a moment. Canada’s Couche-Tard, the owner of Circle K, said in a statement on Wednesday that it’s…
Continue Reading YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump’s channel
YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump’s channel for at least one week, and potentially longer, after his channel earned a strike under…
Continue Reading Life may get back to normal this year. But the economy probably won’t
It’s tempting to think now that 2020 is over, the economy will soon snap back to normal. But that’s still far off: Americans aren’t…
Continue Reading Amazon is removing QAnon merchandise from its site
Amazon said it is banning QAnon merchandise from its marketplace in response to the extremist group’s role in attacking the US Capitol. The…
Continue Reading Forget foldable TVs. Transparent screens are the cool new tech trend
TVs seem to get bigger, slimmer and more connected each year. But now, in 2021, you can also see right through them. In a video shown during the…
Continue Reading New York City terminates contracts with the Trump Organization
New York City is terminating its business relationships with the Trump Organization in response to last week’s attack on the US Capitol. On the…
Continue Reading Pinduoduo under fire as China turns on its tech titans
One of China’s most prominent e-commerce companies is facing intense public backlash over allegations that it overworks its employees.…
Continue Reading Investors bet on a rapid vaccine rollout. That’s now at risk
Faith in massive Covid-19 vaccination efforts has been a key reason stocks have kicked off 2021 by notching a string of record highs. But early…
Continue Reading The tech industry used ‘the nuclear option’ to crack down on violent groups organizing online
Twitter’s decision to ban President Donald Trump from its platform on Friday sent shock waves through the political and tech worlds. But a…
Continue Reading Las Vegas, the hardest-hit metro economy in America, just suffered another blow
In the run-up to the Consumer Electronics Show last year, Gina Muoio was pulling 60-to-80-hour weeks at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las…
Continue Reading Australian company renames racially offensive cheese brand
An Australian food company has officially renamed a famous snack brand after years of complaints that it shared its name with a racial slur.…
Continue Reading Why messaging app Signal is surging in popularity right now
Users have flocked to encrypted messaging app Signal by the millions in recent days — bringing it to the No. 1 spot on both Google Play Store and…
Continue Reading Amazon slams Parler in court reply and invokes Big Tech’s liability shield
Amazon Web Services filed its response to Parler’s lawsuit on Tuesday, blaming the social media platform favored by the far-right for filing a…
Continue Reading A global chip shortage is hitting carmakers at the worst possible time
The world’s largest carmakers are facing a critical shortage of semiconductors that threatens to hamstring production just as the industry…
Continue Reading UK to fine companies that fail to disclose imports tied to China’s Xinjiang region
The British government will fine companies which hide connections to China’s Xinjiang region where Uyghurs and other minorities are allegedly…
Continue Reading Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election
Some of America’s biggest companies are suspending donations to Republican Congress members who objected to the Electoral College’s…
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Idaho has the lotto fever
The Mega Millions Jackpot is estimated at $625million and the Powerball is estimated at…
Continue Reading CES 2021 hightlights: see-through TVs, a rollable smartphone and ice cream pods
We’re two days into this year’s virtual Consumer Electronics Show, and we’ve already seen big tech announcements from companies…
Continue Reading Visa and Plaid scrap $5.3 billion merger agreement
Visa and fintech startup Plaid have terminated their $5.3 billion merger agreement after facing a legal challenge from the Department of Justice. The…
Continue Reading Drivers and labor union seek to overturn new California Prop 22 law
The fight over the future of gig economy work in California isn’t over. A labor union and a group of gig workers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Analysis: Will deplatforming make Trump and the far-right vanish, move — or radicalize further?
Just now, silence may not be that comforting. For years there has been a din on social media — from President Trump on Twitter, from right wing…
Continue Reading Etsy removes ‘Camp Auschwitz’ shirt from its website following Capitol siege
Etsy removed a “Camp Auschwitz” t-shirt from its website after a rioter was spotted wearing a shirt with the same message during the US…
Continue Reading Sheldon Adelson, Republican kingmaker and casino magnate, has died at 87
Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications…
Continue Reading PayPal ditches Christian crowdfunding site used by the Proud Boys
PayPal is cutting ties with Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo following the January 6 US Capitol siege. The site, which the far-right extremist…
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Jackpots getting bigger for Mega Millions and Powerball
The jackpots for two lottery games continue to rise this…
Continue Reading New York Times faces new pushback on ‘Caliphate’ podcast
The New York Times is facing fresh blowback for how it handled the fallout over falsehoods unearthed in “Caliphate,” the paper’s…
Continue Reading GM is starting its own electric delivery van company
General Motors is starting a new vehicle brand to sell electric delivery vans in the United States and Canada beginning in 2021. Called BrightDrop,…
Continue Reading Dishwashing robots and Bluetooth masks: Pandemic products hit tech’s biggest show
A nearly human-sized robot grabs a dish out of a crowded sink with its gripper arms and neatly adds it to the dishwasher. It then sets the table,…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank won’t do any more business with Trump
Deutsche Bank will no longer do business with President Donald Trump, a move that will cut off his business from a major source of loans that once…
Continue Reading Boeing reports strong end to its worst year in decades
Boeing ended its worst year in more than 40 years with its best month of 2020. The company reported that it delivered 39 jets to customers in…
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CNN’s Sara Sidner cries during COVID-19 report: ‘We are literally killing each other’
CNN correspondent Sara Sidner has been covering COVID-19 grief firsthand, and on Tuesday, she shared the pain that comes with reporting on the deadly…
Continue Reading Why 2021 could be the year of the Dow dogs
There’s more to the market than the FAANG stocks of Big Tech. It could finally be time for dividend-paying value stocks like the so-called dogs…
Continue Reading Parler may be gone for now. That won’t stop the calls to violence online
Parler all but vanished from the internet this week. Major tech platforms, including Apple and Amazon, booted the social network popular with the…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s money faucet is getting turned off
A growing number of businesses suddenly want very little to do with Donald Trump after he incited a mob to attack the Capitol. That could make it…
Continue Reading Ford shuts down a plant because it can’t find enough computer chips
A computer chip shortage has shut down the Louisville, Kentucky, Ford plant this week, the latest shutdown because of an industry-wide problem that…
Continue Reading Panasonic’s augmented reality display aims to change the way drivers see roads
The head-up display, which projects information onto the windshield for drivers, has been available in some cars since 1988. But while over the past…
Continue Reading GoFundMe is banning fundraising for travel expenses used for potentially violent political events
GoFundMe will no longer allow people to fundraise for travel expenses used for potentially violent political events after pro-Trump protesters used…
Continue Reading Yelp will tell you if local businesses are enforcing masks and social distancing
Customers observing coronavirus violations at businesses and restaurants can now complain on Yelp. The crowd-sourced review platform is expanding its…
Continue Reading For companies, breaking up with Trump is a delicate dance
Following last week’s insurrection at the US Capitol, a growing number of companies are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump and…
Continue Reading Sales of unapologetically ugly Crocs soar due to Covid
Crocs’ bittersweet moment has arrived in the midst of a global pandemic. The foam clog, derided by many for being “ugly,” expects…
Continue Reading Facebook bans ‘stop the steal’ content, 69 days after the election
Facebook will begin removing all content that mentions the phrase “stop the steal,” a full 69 days after Election Day. The social media…
Continue Reading Videos of passengers being removed from planes do not indicate federal no-fly status yet, TSA says
Videos of belligerent passengers at airports — some donning pro-Trump outfits — being forced off planes or denied boarding are circulating widely…
Continue Reading Now it’s sinking in: Wednesday’s Capitol Hill riot was even more violent than it first appeared
News outlets are publishing more and more videos, photos and testimonials from Wednesday’s pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill. And it’s…
Continue Reading Bitcoin plunges more than 20% in three days. It’s now in a bear market
Bitcoin prices surged to a new all-time high of nearly $42,000 on Friday, only to plunge all the way back to about $31,000 Monday morning.…
Continue Reading Parler sues Amazon for cutting off its services
Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by the far-right, sued Amazon on Monday in response to being deplatformed, alleging an…
Continue Reading Pompeo accuses VOA of “demeaning America” in speech that whistleblowers blast as “political propaganda”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Voice of America news service of “demeaning America” in a speech that a watchdog group…
Continue Reading What to expect at the first ever all-digital CES 2021
Disinfectant gadgets, next-generation fitness equipment and robots that help you cook dinner. Those are a few of the countless new products expected…
Continue Reading Ford shuts down a plant because it can’t find enough computers
A computer chip shortage has shut down the Louisville, Kentucky, Ford plant this week, the first shutdown because of an industry-wide problem that is…
Continue Reading Ford Mustang Mach-E wins SUV of the Year award
The Ford Mustang Mach-E won the 2021 North American SUV of the Year Award. The award was presented in an online ceremony Monday along with the North…
Continue Reading Bank of America and BP are backing Prince Charles’ new climate effort
Prince Charles is leading a fresh charge to tackle the climate crisis, this time with the support of several major companies including Bank of…
Continue Reading US banks ditch products linked to Chinese stocks after NYSE ban
Wall Street banks are shaking up their offerings in Hong Kong, pulling the plug on hundreds of products to comply with the US ban on several Chinese…
Continue Reading Twitter’s stock falls after Trump’s account is suspended
Shares of Twitter fell Monday after the company announced late Friday that it had permanently banned President Donald Trump from the platform.…
Continue Reading Racial inequality in banking is a huge problem. Killer Mike thinks he has a solution
Michael Render — the Atlanta rapper better known as Killer Mike — says he got an early lesson in personal finance from his mom and grandfather,…
Continue Reading Stripe will halt processing Trump campaign donations because of encouraged violence
Stripe will halt payment processing for President Donald Trump’s campaign website after last week’s breach of the US Capitol. The Wall…
Continue Reading Fox News removes one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage
Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further…
Continue Reading Parler sues Amazon over deplatforming
Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives, sued Amazon on Monday in response to being deplatformed, alleging an…
Continue Reading The fried chicken sandwich wars are heating up. Here are the new entrants
The fried chicken sandwich wars sparked by Popeyes in 2019 are still clucking along two years later — and they’re heating up again. This…
Continue Reading CNN announces promotions for Jake Tapper, Abby Phillip, Dana Bash and others
Some of the most respected faces of CNN’s marathon election coverage are being promoted to more prominent roles, according to a series of…
Continue Reading Bone appétit: Ben & Jerry’s is now making dog treats
Ben & Jerry’s is already irresistible to most humans — and now, they’re looking to hook man’s best friend with a new line of…
Continue Reading Boot brand Dr. Martens is considering a London IPO
Iconic footwear brand Dr. Martens is considering a listing on the London Stock Exchange amid a bullish outlook for the UK IPO market in 2021. The…
Continue Reading Nearly 4 million Americans have been out of work for at least six months
Jennifer Davis lost her job as director of catering and special events at a small restaurant chain within 15 minutes of Maryland shuttering bars and…
Continue Reading PGA cancels plans to play 2022 championship at Trump golf course
The 2022 PGA Championship will not be played at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, according to an announcement from PGA of America…
Continue Reading Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is launching an energy drink
Can you smell what “The Rock” is cooking? The wrestler-turned-actor-turned-entrepreneur is entering the energy drink business with ZOA, a…
Continue Reading Richard Branson’s mother dies of Covid-19
Eve Branson, mother of Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group, has died of coronavirus, her son announced Monday. In a blog…
Continue Reading Staples offers to buy Office Depot for $2.1 billion
Staples is once again proposing to buy rival Office Depot in a $2.1 billion deal, five years after the US government squashed their prior merger…
Continue Reading Corporate America pulls the plug on President Trump
Corporate America has long had a complex relationship with President Donald Trump. Many executives have been critical of his unpredictability,…
Continue Reading Fox News adds another hour of opinion programming to its evening schedule
Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further…
Continue Reading Parler has now been booted by Amazon, Apple and Google
Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives, now finds itself virtually homeless on the internet as Amazon, Apple and…
Continue Reading Chinese search giant Baidu teams up with Geely to build electric cars
Chinese search giant Baidu is teaming up with carmaker Geely to build electric vehicles, the latest move by a tech company to shape the future of the…
Continue Reading Experts warn that Trump’s ‘big lie’ will outlast his presidency
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. So many lies led up…
Continue Reading CEO arrested for breaching the US Capitol during Trump-fueled insurrection
The CEO of a Chicago company said he was arrested after breaching the US Capitol during Wednesday’s Trump-fueled insurrection in Washington,…
Continue Reading Capitol rioter to CNN: We could absolutely f***ing destroy you
Journalists reported on violence and chaos in real time as rioters stormed the Capitol Wednesday, and some members of the media experienced the wrath…
Continue Reading Stelter: Fox News and Facebook are part of the pro-Trump fantasyland that enabled the Capitol siege
A sick brew of misinformation and hate, cooked up for years by pro-Trump media and enabled by Big Tech, culminated last Wednesday in the siege of the…
Continue Reading Parler has now been booted by Amazon, Apple and Google, and it may have to go offline temporarily
Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives, now finds itself virtually homeless on the internet as Amazon, Apple and…
Continue Reading The Capitol siege began with a web of delusion
The Capitol insurrection didn’t come out of thin air: It was a result of rage and a web of delusion that many supporters of President Donald…
Continue Reading Parler: Everything you need to know about the banned conservative social media platform
Parler, the alternative social network popular with conservatives, has been banned by Apple, Google and Amazon. Despite its niche audience, Parler is…
Continue Reading Tesla is surging. Is it too late for investors to get in?
Telsa shares outperformed all other major stocks by a wide margin last year, rising 743%. So does that mean its incredible run is behind it? Maybe…
Continue Reading Political instability is another strike against the dollar
There are plenty of reasons to bet against the US dollar right now. Add the riots at the Capitol last week to the list. What’s happening:…
Continue Reading Has the Tesla rally run its course? Or is it too late for investors to get in?
Telsa shares outperformed all other major stocks by a wide margin last year, rising 743%. So does that mean its incredible run is behind it? Maybe…
Continue Reading CNN’s Elle Reeve: ‘Donald Trump plus the Internet brings extremism to the masses’
It was an Extremely Online riot. Some of the people who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, stalked its majestic halls, and delayed the certification…
Continue Reading Apple suspends Parler from App Store
Apple removed Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, from its app store on Saturday. “[T]here is no place on…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank to pay more than $100 million in deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors
Deutsche Bank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors who allege the bank violated anti-bribery laws while doing…
Continue Reading Twitter bans President Trump permanently
Twitter has suspended President Trump from its platform, the company said Friday evening. “After close review of recent Tweets from the…
Continue Reading Twitter takes Trump’s special power away as his isolation grows
It took President Donald Trump years and tens of thousands of tweets to build up 88.7 million followers on Twitter. It took a single moment Friday to…
Continue Reading Right-wing social media app Parler has been removed from the Google Play store
Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, has been banned from the Google Play Store, Google told CNN Business Friday…
Continue Reading The US economy lost 140,000 jobs in December. All of them were held by women
A year ago, a rare thing happened to American women. For three months, they held more jobs than men in the US economy — something that had only…
Continue Reading The toxic, symbiotic relationship between Trump and Twitter is finally over
President Donald Trump’s tweeting privileges were briefly restored following Twitter’s temporary lock on his account this week for…
Continue Reading Trump is losing his powerful social media machine. Now what?
After four years of using social media platforms to bypass traditional media and spread his message directly to millions of people, President Donald…
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Twitter has suspended President Donald Trump from its platform
Twitter has suspended President Donald Trump from its platform, the company said Friday evening. “After close review of recent Tweets from the…
Continue Reading Stocks rally as investors wait and hope for more stimulus
Bad news was good news for Wall Street Friday. Stocks rose at the opening bell to hit more new record highs — despite the fact that the United…
Continue Reading GM redesigns its logo after more than 50 years
General Motors unveiled a new logo Friday that the company says symbolizes its shift toward electric vehicles. The now-lowercase letter M, for…
Continue Reading Bitcoin rally may be the ‘mother of all bubbles’ says BofA
Bitcoin prices have doubled in less than a month to more than $40,000. And while cryptocurrency bulls argue this stunning surge is justified, some on…
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