Apple Inc. alum Ed Nightingale is joining General Motors Co. to head software development for the Detroit automaker and will lead efforts to open a GM office in Seattle.

Spokesperson Kevin Kelly said there are no plans to build a Seattle facility, but GM is looking for a site that can serve as a base for the roughly 100 developers who work in ...Read more

Electric-vehicle maker Rivian had a busy third quarter, one that could prove pivotal for the startup and its promised Georgia projects.

From July to September, the California-based automaker held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its $5 billion Georgia factory and signed a lease for an East Coast headquarters along the Beltline in Atlanta.

The ...Read more

Nevada gaming regulators may be ready to adjust sports-betting rules to protect consumers and sportsbooks from schemes involving player underperformance like those unearthed by the Justice Department last month involving organized crime and current and former NBA players.

In two sportsbook-related licensing requests Wednesday, Nevada Gaming ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The ongoing federal government shutdown is leaving auto sellers without key economic data and obscuring the impact of President Donald Trump's signature tariff policies.

That's because the budget lapse, among other consequences, has triggered a pause in the publication of indicators that typically inform industry decisions. ...Read more

A Newport Beach, California, resident is suing Hyundai Motor and the air taxi startup Supernal it backs, accusing them of retaliation after she complained about alleged investor deception and gender discrimination.

Diana Cooper, who joined Supernal in 2020 as the company's sixth employee, says she was harassed, marginalized and underpaid, ...Read more

Some time next year, the taxi taking you around town may not have a human behind the wheel.

Officials at Waymo have announced they are laying the groundwork to bring fully autonomous ride-hailing services to San Diego in 2026.

San Diego ranks “in the top 15 cities in America for ride-hailing demand,” said Aman Nalavade, group product ...Read more

Unionized Starbucks baristas are preparing to go on strike next week and disrupt one of the coffee chain’s busiest days — aiming to secure a contract after years of sporadic and unsuccessful talks.

Starbucks Workers United — representing employees at about 550 of the chain’s roughly 10,000 company-run U.S. stores — said members ...Read more

A one-day strike by as many as 600 Allina Health doctors and primary care practitioners on Wednesday is making history as the first such labor action of its kind in Minnesota and one of the largest in U.S. history.

While hospital nurses have held large walkouts, Wednesday’s strike is believed to be a first for doctors in the state. It follows...Read more

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran on Wednesday described data that showed employment at US companies increased in October as “a welcome surprise,” though he reiterated interest rates need to be lower.

Private-sector payrolls increased by 42,000 after a revised 29,000 decline a month earlier, according to ADP Research data released ...Read more

For almost as long as the artificial intelligence boom has been in full swing, there have been warnings of a speculative bubble that could rival the dot-com craze of the late 1990s that ended in a spectacular crash and a wave of bankruptcies.

Tech firms are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on advanced chips and data centers, not just ...Read more

Drivers navigating traffic on their morning commutes will be able to do much more than just find directions and the nearest gas station on Google Maps.

In the coming weeks, Google will add its artificial intelligence-powered assistant Gemini into Google Maps, making it possible for drivers to get answers to more complex questions while they're ...Read more

At a Cargill slaughterhouse in Texas, AI-equipped cameras scan every cattle carcass and let workers know when they’re literally leaving too much meat on the bone.

Even a 1% improvement in yield could produce millions more pounds of meat a year thanks to artificial intelligence.

“I do believe it’s the most transformative technology or ...Read more

In little more than five months, Amazon and Microsoft have announced they're collectively cutting more than 29,000 roles.

Microsoft has let go more than 15,000 workers since May, and Amazon announced last week it was cutting 14,000 roles. Artificial intelligence has taken some of the blame for the layoffs, but not in an obvious way.

The ...Read more

CHENNAI, India — Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically move around in the real world.

A growing global army of trainers is helping it escape our computers and enter our living rooms, offices and factories by teaching it how we move.

In an industrial town in ...Read more

Rapper RBX has sued Spotify, alleging that the Swedish audio company has failed to stop the artificial inflation of music streams for artists like Drake and is hurting the revenue other rights holders receive through the platform.

RBX, whose real name is Eric Dwayne Collins, is seeking a class-action status and damages and restitution from ...Read more

UnitedHealth Group is closing 16 clinics and laying off hundreds in its fast-growing Optum Health business, which has grown to become a major provider of medical care.

The closures include five clinics and a lab in New Jersey, where the company recently disclosed job cuts impacting 572 workers. The health care giant also confirmed to the ...Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to reverse his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence ran into a trio of appeals court judges who appeared skeptical of arguments that he didn’t get a fair trial.

Bankman-Fried’s legal team argued that the trial judge wrongly stopped them from telling jurors that there was plenty of money to repay investors ...Read more

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether President Donald Trump exceeded his executive authority by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to implement his sweeping tariffs without congressional approval.

The outcome of the case, which could potentially unwind Trump’s core economic policy of levying ...Read more

Bank of America is responding to demands regarding fair access to banking in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order that will penalize banks for denying services to conservatives and crypto-industry supporters.

The financial institution said in its latest Securities and Exchange Commission 10-Q filing on Friday that it is ...Read more

Hotel workers who went on a four-day strike in Philadelphia last month have secured a new contract at the Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City-Convention Center.

On Monday, their union, Unite Here Local 274, announced that workers had ratified a contract Friday with increases in wages, benefits, and work conditions.

"Strikes work," said ...Read more