Summary: Microsoft partners with the Big 12 Conference to provide Surface devices to football programs for the 2024 season, expanding their presence in college athletics and A4 conferences.
Full articleSummary: The Washington Post is launching a new climate-focused AI chatbot named Climate Answers using its extensive reporting on climate change and sustainability, based on a large language model from OpenAI.
Full articleSummary: Target Circle Week is back offering discounts on various items including toys, kitchenware, and apparel until Saturday. They are also offering a discounted Target Circle 360 subscription for unlimited same-day delivery with Shipt.
Full articleSummary: Energy Recovery (ERII) stock surges by 5.5% after Raymond James upgrades it to Strong Buy and identifies two key catalysts for growth, while NextEra Energy Partners (NEP) is downgraded to Market Perform due to lack of clarity about its strategy.
Full articleSummary: Lockheed Martin secures a $4.6 million contract from DARPA to develop AI tools for dynamic airborne missions as part of the AIR program aimed at enhancing modeling and simulation approaches.
Full articleSummary: Starbucks is offering customers a free limited-edition reusable straw when ordering a cold handcrafted beverage on July 10. The promotion includes in-store orders, third-party delivery apps, and the Starbucks app.
Full articleSummary: The Gross Law Firm issues a notice to NIKE, Inc. shareholders regarding a class action lawsuit alleging false and misleading statements made by the company's management.
Full articleSummary: McDonald's is expanding its menu with the return of the Smoky BLT Quarter Pounder with Cheese and the launch of a new Kit Kat Banana Split McFlurry. Both items are only available for a limited time at participating locations.
Full articleSummary: Baristas at an east Louisville Starbucks location filed a petition to unionize, joining other stores seeking to unionize this week.
Full articleSummary: The article highlights the journey of an individual whose career in the tech industry was profoundly shaped by Cisco Networking Academy, leading to a successful 10-year career at Cisco specializing in Data Centers.
Full articleSummary: Nike brings back retired Tom Peddie as VP of Marketplace Partners in an effort to enhance relationships with retailers and accelerate the Marketplace strategy.
Full articleSummary: Meta Platforms announces stricter enforcement against posts targeting 'Zionists', expanding its hate speech policy to include antisemitic content and threats of harm against Jewish people and Israelis.
Full articleSummary: Oriental Land Co. announced plans to introduce a new Disney cruise ship in Japan by fiscal 2028, with around 1,250 guest rooms and a capacity for 4,000 passengers. The company will invest about 330 billion yen in the project, aiming to have 400,000 guests annually and generate around 100 billion yen in sales in the initial years.
Full articleSummary: Nvidia provided GPUs for the Las Vegas Sphere entertainment venue, powering the video displays inside and outside the dome, as well as for the video content creation in Sphere Studios.
Full articleSummary: Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has ended talks to increase its use of Oracle Cloud due to timeline demands, and instead plans to build its own supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee.
Full articleSummary: Boeing experienced a 27% drop in commercial jet deliveries in June compared to the previous year due to legal and production challenges, including a criminal fraud conspiracy charge related to 737 MAX fatal crashes. The company aims to expand production by the end of the year despite supply chain issues.
Full articleSummary: Starbucks is offering a free limited-edition reusable summer straw with the purchase of a cold drink on July 10, while supplies last.
Full articleSummary: Ford Motor is receiving a reduced incentive package from Michigan for its battery plant in Marshall after cutting expected production to match demand for EVs. The new package offers a maximum incentive of $409 million, down from $1.03 billion. Ford scaled back battery production capacity from 35 to 20 gigawatt hours and employee numbers from 2,500 to 1,700.
Full articleSummary: The article discusses the challenges in the adoption of AI technologies in enterprises, particularly in the context of chatbots and language models like GPT-3.5. It highlights the slow pace of deployment by big company CIOs, the complexities in making these technologies truly useful products, and the rush to integrate them into existing platforms due to competitive and market pressures.
Full articleSummary: Google Maps offers hidden features and functions beyond basic location searching and navigation. Some useful tricks include measuring direct distances and areas, the double-tap zoom trick, and finding unpaved roads and dirt trails.
Full articleSummary: U.S. banks are facing numerous challenges including macroeconomic headwinds, geopolitical instability, regulatory scrutiny, and other near-term challenges impacting earnings. However, there are significant opportunities for banks to undergo transformation according to KPMG national banking practice.
Full articleSummary: Oracle Corp. shares dropped as much as 4.8% after Elon Musk announced his artificial intelligence startup xAI would rely less on Oracle's cloud technology, jeopardizing a potential $10 billion cloud agreement.
Full articleSummary: Mahendra Munot appointed as Chief Operations Officer (COO) of PNB MetLife, a leading life insurance company in India.
Full articleSummary: Target will stop accepting personal checks for in-store payments due to low volumes, highlighting other payment options available. The decision impacts about 1,950 current and 40 upcoming Target locations.
Full articleSummary: Peter Hawkings consolidates women's and men's design teams in London, inspired by Veruschka for Tom Ford's resort collection.
Full articleSummary: FTC investigation reveals anti-competitive practices by dominant pharmacy benefit managers, focusing on rising concerns of consolidating pharmacies and health insurance companies; interim report discloses how top PBMs manage 95% of all prescriptions filled in the U.S.; FTC report details how PBMs can overcharge patients for cancer drugs and squeeze independent pharmacies for essential care.
Full articleSummary: Tesla insiders claim CEO Elon Musk and Tesla FSD influencers had routes optimized for better Full Self-Driving performance, leading to discrepancies in system efficacy. This could potentially misrepresent the true customer experience with FSD.
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