EV bloodbath: US sales plunge as Tesla tightens its grip – Business Insider

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Amazon and T-Mobile are slashing hundreds of jobs in Bellevue and across Washington state, dealing a major blow to the region’s tech-heavy workforce as companies restructure amid shifting economic and industry pressures. “We have employees here whose husbands work at T-Mobile and Amazon, or wives, and that’s going to be nothing but…

McDonald’s Netherlands has taken down a Christmas advert made with Artificial Intelligence (AI) following online backlash. The 45-second advert was produced with generative AI clips and released publicly on McDonald’s Netherlands YouTube channel on 6 December. Viewers on social media denounced the use of AI in the film, with one commenter calling it “the most…

On the same day that the board of Warner Bros. Discovery officially rejected Paramount Skydance’s hostile bid for the company, WBD CEO David Zaslav again demonstrated his unsubtle preference for Netflix‘s bid by welcoming the streaming giant’s co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters to the famed Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank. In a series of pictures released…

Instacart has agreed to refund $60 million to customers to settle allegations that the grocery shopping service engaged in deceptive marketing and billing practices, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.  The agency alleged in a lawsuit that Instacart charged hidden fees and refused to issue refunds, raising the cost of groceries for consumers and harming shoppers. …

Topline Michael O’Leary, CEO of Irish budget airline Ryanair, on Tuesday launched a ticket sale called the “Big ‘Idiot’ Seat Sale” as an escalation of his feud with billionaire Elon Musk and said he’ll hold a press conference Wednesday to discuss Musk’s “Twitter tantrum.” Key Facts Musk and O’Leary have been sparring on X, the…

Jensen Huang, Nvidia chief executive, was in Washington on Wednesday and met Donald Trump and Republican senators on the banking committee © Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Nvidia would be blocked from selling advanced chips to China under a bipartisan bill that US senators introduced on Thursday as part of an effort to make it harder for Beijing…