Business & Economy: 8 of 10
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Ford reverses plan to ditch AM radio after congressional attention
Pending legislation would mandate an AM radio in all new cars.
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My High-Flying Life as a Corporate Spy Who Lied His Way to the Top
I was just looking to make rent when I stumbled into a part-time gig stealing secrets from Wall Street elite. I made millions once I realized how desperate we humans are for someone who will actually listen.
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Open source licenses need to evolve to deal with AI
Time to get with the program... before artificial intelligence does
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37 Desk Organization Ideas: The Well-Kept Guide
If you’re tired of your cluttered desk getting in the way of focused work, this article will give you everything you need to create the perfect desk setup for your needs.
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The Great Rebundling: Who Will Figure Out How to Rebuild Pay TV First?
At this point in the streaming wars, bundling, rather than M&A, is back in the spotlight. During a May 18 investor conference, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav was asked whether he would be interested in exploring a sports- and news-led “skinnier bundle” with content from the streamers.
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Exclusive: Shell pivots back to oil to win over investors
Shell (SHEL.L) will keep oil output steady or slightly higher into 2030 as part of CEO Wael Sawan's efforts to regain investor confidence as the energy giant wrestles with poor returns from renewables while oil and gas profits are booming, company sources said. Sawan will announce at an investor event next week the scrapping of a target to reduce oil output by 1% to 2% per year having already largely reached its goal for production cuts, mainly through selling oil assets such as its U.S. shale business, the three sources said.
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'Regenerative agriculture' is all the rage - but it's not going to fix our food system
We know industrial farming needs to change. But regenerative agriculture may not be the transformation our global food system needs.
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Kroger Begins Accepting Apple Pay After Years of Holding Out
Kroger this week began accepting Apple Pay and other contactless payment methods at select locations in Kentucky and Ohio, allowing customers to tap to pay with an iPhone or Apple Watch at checkout, according to customers on Reddit and Twitter.
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iPhone maker Wistron calls it quits, saying Apple didn't allow it to make a profit
iPhone maker Wistron – which was the first company to produce iPhones in India – has exited the business, saying that Apple’s tough negotiations on price meant the company was unable to make a profit. The news comes at a time when the Cupertino company is moving more and more of its iPhone production from China to India …
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Apple Announces Multibillion-Dollar Deal With Broadcom to Make Components in the USA
Apple today announced a multibillion-dollar deal with American technology company Broadcom to make several key components for its devices in the United States.
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The SCO vs. Linux Saga: 20 Years of Open-Source Turmoil
This lawsuit was once seen as a huge threat to Linux. It's mostly over now--seriously, there's still one lawsuit to go--but here's my take on the case's long history.
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Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass”
In an internal memo sent Monday afternoon to Reddit staff, CEO Steve Huffman addressed the recent blowback directed at the company, telling employees to block out the “noise” and that the ongoing blackout of thousands of subreddits will eventually pass.
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Is Dr. Bronner’s the Last Corporation With a Soul?
The kooky soap company is rewriting the playbook for corporate success by doubling down on its vibey values.
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Vice and BuzzFeed were meant to be the future of news. What happened?
After Rupert Murdoch invested tens of millions of pounds in his digital publishing company in 2013, Shane Smith, boss of Vice Media, laughed at how much old media companies wanted his sexy young business. Acknowledging that they were being left behind, they would offer billions: “And we keep saying ‘no, no, no’”.
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The US Copyright Office says you can’t copyright Midjourney AI-generated images
The images in this comic book are “not of human authorship”
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Apple still in need of Korea-made displays despite production push
US tech giant Apple will likely continue its reliance on Korean-made displays, although it has been making a “sweeping effort” to develop its own components for more direct control over its designs, a report showed Tuesday. According to a report released by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion, Apple is expanding its use of in-house components such as chips and displays in its flagship iPhones as part of a strategy to maintain its dominance in the market.
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‘We are losing money’: companies in Apple’s repair program say they can’t compete with tech giant
Companies in Apple’s third-party repair program say delays in the process and high pricing for parts make it almost impossible to compete with the juggernaut. In 2021 Apple, under pressure from a Productivity Commission review on the “right to repair”, launched its independent repair provider program in Australia. It was trumpeted as a way for small companies to compete with Apple to repair their products – such as the iPhone – using Apple tools and spare parts.
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FTC sues Amazon over 'deceptive' Prime sign-up and cancellation process
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging the nation’s dominant online retailer intentionally duped millions of consumers into signing up for its mainstay Prime program and “sabotaged” their attempts to cancel. The agency claims Amazon violated the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act by using so-called dark patterns, or deceptive design tactics meant to steer users toward a specific choice, to push consumers to enroll in Prime without their consent.
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Avoid These 10 Common Writing Mistakes To Build Your Twitter Audience
Transform into a powerful communicator for an impressive personal brand and a profitable business. Here's how to build an engaged Twitter following, starting today.
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CRTC launches review of wholesale network rates, reduces some to boost telecom competition
The regulator says “its current approach is not meeting its objective of encouraging more competition in the Internet services market”.