The price of bitcoin fell below $90,000 and other cryptocurrencies saw large drops Tuesday morning, erasing some of the gains digital assets have made since President Donald Trump took office on a pro-crypto agenda. Bitcoin, the world鈥檚 most popular cryptocurrency, was trading at about $89,000 as the U.S. stock market opened. That鈥檚 down from about […]
Tens of thousands of planes take off, land and perform touch-and-goes at the Marana Regional Airport in southern Arizona every year. Without an air traffic control tower, it’s a calculated dance that requires communication by pilots. Two small planes collided in midair over one of the runways on the outskirts of Tucson last week. One […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Sales of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chip Blackwell will be top of mind when the company releases its latest financial results Wednesday, with analysts eyeing future demand amid a Chinese upstart’s claim that it can train competitive AI models using far fewer resources. Wall Street expects Nvidia to report fourth-quarter adjusted earnings […]
Apple shareholders on Tuesday are expected to reject an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into scrapping its corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce. The a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives currently in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump. It comes a month after the same […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 鈥� Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, will remain in prison after losing a bid Monday to overturn her fraud conviction, with a federal appeals court saying she hadn鈥檛 proved there were legal missteps during her trial for defrauding investors with false claims of what her blood-testing startup could achieve. The […]
A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020. The changes have come in response to a campaign by conservative activists to target […]
A major cryptocurrency exchange says it was the victim of a sophisticated hack that stole about $1.5 billion worth of digital currency, marking one of the biggest online thefts of all time. Bybit said Friday that a routine transfer of Ethereum, one of the most popular cryptocurrencies, between digital wallets was 鈥渕anipulated鈥� by an attacker […]
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) 鈥� The prospect of banning the sale of so-called lab-grown meat might seem like a no-brainer in Nebraska, where beef is king, but some of the proposal’s staunchest opposition has come from ranchers and farming groups who say they can compete without the government鈥檚 help. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen 鈥� one of […]
Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, once a rising star on Wall Street, became enmeshed in scandal and its founder was convicted in 2022 for misleading investors about the company’s capabilities. The Arizona company filed for protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) 鈥� Since his election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed support for a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska 鈥� comments that have drawn fresh attention to a project that’s floundered for years despite support from state leaders. Trump mentioned the pipeline at a news conference with Japan鈥檚 prime minister earlier this […]
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is aiming to improve student achievement, social interaction and the mental health of public school students by proposing a statewide ban on cellphones in classrooms, an idea that is rapidly gaining traction nationally regardless of political persuasion. The Democrat’s top education aide, Martin Torres, said Pritzker is expected to endorse 鈥渟creen-free […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥� Airbnb is suing the City of New Orleans for requiring the company and short-term rental platforms ensure properties they market are in compliance with city laws. 鈥淲hat we鈥檙e looking at now due to Airbnb鈥檚 lawsuit is that they do not want to be regulated,” City Council President J.P. Morrell said in […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) 鈥� U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services. But the number of civilians killed has also soared, along with fears that these tools are contributing to the […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) 鈥� U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services. But the number of civilians killed has also soared, fueling fears that these tools are contributing to the deaths […]
Donald Trump has leaned into his unofficial role as the 鈥� crypto president 鈥� in ways that can both help the crypto industry and enrich himself and his family. Once a skeptic of cryptocurrencies, Trump has made a complete reversal and embraced digital currencies in a way no other elected official has done. He鈥檚 promised […]
