Burger King employees are getting a new voice in their heads: an AI chatbot named “Patty” that will listen in on their interactions with customers. The company says the tool, built on OpenAI tech and wired into headsets, will flag the use of words like “please,” “thank you,” and “welcome” to give managers a sense…
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Three Chicago hospitals have secured spots on Newsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals 2026” list, the publication announced Wednesday. For the eighth year, Newsweek released its annual report, which recognized the top 250 institutions out of the 2,500 hospitals evaluated worldwide. According to the publication, each hospital was given a score based on four data sources: recommendations…
Everything is gambling now, even human suffering. Everything is gambling now, even human suffering. Feb 28, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC Terrence O’Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. Polymarket has been allowing people to bet on when the US would strike…
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I’ve long believed that artificial intelligence (AI)-related infrastructure is the best way for investors to play the growing demand for AI applications. Chipmakers Nvidia and Broadcom, as well as foundry titan Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, are some of my favored investment opportunities in the AI space. But it’s important not to forget the power required to…
Thrilled by his initial success, the artist has now traded the instant gratification of Instagram for longer and more meaningful interactions on Substack, takeaways for home-cooked meals and emails for handwritten letters. “I find the rewards for doing difficult things are absolutely massive,” says Semple. “I grow, I get better at things and I expand.”…
For more than half a century, billionaire Warren Buffett manned the wheel at Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA +0.50%)(BRKB +0.45%), ultimately turning his conglomerate into a trillion-dollar business. During his tenure as CEO, the Oracle of Omaha oversaw a greater than 6,000,000% cumulative return in his company’s Class A shares (BRK.A), which absolutely crushes the returns of…
The FCC has signed off on Charter Communications’ $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Enterprise. The mega-merger was announced in May 2025, and will see Charter, the second largest cable company in the U.S. acquire Cox, another one of the largest cable companies, with six million subscribers. The combined entity will take the Cox name and…
Last weekend, as a blizzard battered the East Coast, local camera crews did what they love to do during major weather events: venture out into frozen wilds to ask the locals how they were feeling. One such reporter from NBC 4 came upon Caj Thomasson in New York City’s Washington Heights. When the reporter asked about…
Netflix stunned the entertainment world this week when it declined to raise its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, setting the stage for Paramount Skydance to win ownership of the Hollywood studio. At the time, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said they were being financially disciplined. Now reporting in Bloomberg offers more details about…
We’ve been talking about AI changing the world for a long time. But this week felt different — as if it were right in the middle of something big. The stock market tumbled — three separate days — because of investors’ both bearish and bullish fears about AI, including Nvidia’s somewhat tepid outlook and a…
State Farm is issuing an average refund of $100 per vehicle to its auto insurance customers in what the company says is the largest dividend in its history. The insurer said Thursday that the refunds will go out to policyholders of 49 million vehicles this summer. The exact payment amount will vary based on where…
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD 1.71%) got a lift after the company agreed to a deal with social media giant Meta Platforms (META 1.29%). The stock is now about breakeven for 2026, while it’s nearly doubled over the past year. Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Meta has committed to buying 6 gigawatts…
On Wednesday, Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) delivered blockbuster quarterly results and raised its outlook, but the stock’s muted after-hours reaction sparked debate on Wall Street about expectations and long-term growth. CNBC’s Jim Cramer took to X and said the after-hours decline in shares of Nvidia was unwarranted, calling the pullback “a mistake” following a quarter that…
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The timing was almost too conspicuous. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos had just flown to Washington, D.C. to attend meetings at the White House, likely to gauge the temperature on just what regulatory hurdles the company would encounter to acquire Warner Bros. He faced a bet-the-company decision. Paramount had raised its bid, dethroning Netflix in the…
In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Greg Abel speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s Greg Abel used his first annual shareholder letter as chief executive to reassure investors that the conglomerate’s culture of financial conservatism and disciplined investing established…
Updated Feb. 27, 2026, 3:51 p.m. ET Lansing — DTE Energy said it will seek another increase in the electricity rates it charges customers in Michigan, just days after state regulators approved a $242 million rate hike. In a Tuesday filing with the Michigan Public Service Commission, DTE’s attorneys said they plan to submit a…
EWING TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — Police in Ewing Township have charged three suspects in connection with an incident at a Wendy’s restaurant last weekend. It happened on Feb. 21 at the Wendy’s on the 1700 block of Olden Avenue. Officers responded after customers became disorderly and broke a drive-thru window, police said. The suspects have…
For months, the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) replacing human workers has hovered over the American economy like a distant storm. But this week, the storm made landfall, as viral doomsday essays seemed to become reality. AI executive Matt Shumer made a stir early in the month with an essay posted to X.com (and adapted…
What started as an Israeli strike on Iran hours earlier has escalated into the broadest Middle Eastern military conflict in decades, posing a risk to financial markets, including cryptocurrencies. Per reports on Bloomberg, CNN and Reuters, Iran launched waves of missiles and drones targeting not just Israel but U.S. bases and interests across the Gulf….
Have a car insured by State Farm? The nation’s largest auto insurer said it will soon send out payments averaging about $100 per vehicle to nearly 50 million customers in what the insurer is describing as a one-time customer giveback tied to its recent financial performance, the company announced Thursday. State Farm can offer these…
Before last week the name Alap Shah didn’t ring a bell for many people. The 45-year-old financial analyst and tech entrepreneur had spent the past two decades working in relative obscurity. Then last weekend he coauthored a blog with the research firm Citrini titled “The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis.” It was a “thought exercise” about…
CHICAGO (WLS) — The Federal Aviation Administration will be asking airlines to reduces flights at Chicago’s O’Hare airport this summer. There are concerns the flight schedule in place would exceed the airport’s capacity and stress the safety systems, including runways, terminals and air traffic control, at the airport. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click…
The clock is ticking on the Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery mega-merger, literally, and things could get sticky and expensive if California’s Attorney General has his way. Tweeting the not-so quiet thing out loud today, Rob Bonta revealed he is in talks with other state (read Blue State) AGs about concerns they have on the…
Paramount‘s $111 billion megadeal for Warner Bros. Discovery is officially a go. The two companies formally unveiled the deal Friday after Netflix formally bowed out of the running a day earlier, citing a price that was “no longer financially attractive.” Paramount mogul David Ellison said: “From the very beginning, our pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery has…
American Airlines and United are in a pitched battle at Chicago O’Hare. American had gates taken away at the airport because they hadn’t build back their schedule fully after Covid. This was done earlier than expected based on lease documents. The airline wants to protect its current gates, and even bought more from Spirit Airlines….
In recent weeks, the tech world has been abuzz with AI “jobpocalypse” warnings. Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warned that white-collar workers have a year to 18 months before they face widespread job displacement. Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon concurred. These threats have caused many professional workers’ stomachs to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index, which measures inflation before it hits consumers, rose 0.5% from December and 2.9% from January 2025. Economists had forecast a 0.3% increase for the month and 1.6% year over year, according to…
Netflix said on Thursday that it will not match Paramount Skydance’s latest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing the way for a massive merger that could shake up the entertainment and media industry. Netflix agreed in December to buy part of Warner Bros. Discovery for $27.75 a share, or $82.7 billion. But Paramount Skydance had…
Two and a half months after Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav touted the deal to sell Warner Bros. to Netflix at a Dec. 5 town hall, he tried to do the same this morning about the studio’s new buyer, Paramount. The Friday 8 AM PT WBD Zoom town hall was shorter — it lasted…
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg sat in a Los Angeles courtroom and testified for five hours that he and his company, Meta, are not culpable in claims that they have deliberately made the platform addictive and harmful for young users. The testimony was part of a bellwether trial in California in which a 20-year-old woman, referred…