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McDonald’s made a Q2 comeback with the weirdest menu in years
McDonald’s golden arches are gleaming again. The ubiquitous fast-food chain reported perkier sales in its most recent quarter, buoyed by deals and other promotions designed to bring wayward customers...
ChatGPT is sharing dangerous information with teens, study shows
ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders, and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if...
Housing market reality check: Homeowners finally accept 3% mortgage rates aren’t coming back
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Homeowners are slowly coming to terms with the likely reality that ultralow 3% and 4% mortgage rates...
Trump doubles India’s tariffs to 50% after oil trade with Russia
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to place an additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the United States on its ally to 50%....
Apple to invest another $100 billion in the U.S.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to celebrate at the White House a commitment by Apple to increase its U.S. investments by an additional $100 billion over the next four...
Google wants you to be a citizen data scientist
For more than a decade, enterprise teams bought into the promise of business intelligence platforms delivering “decision-making at the speed of thought.” But most discovered the opposite: slow-moving data...
ESPN signs multiyear deal to keep airing the NFL Draft and gain new digital rights
ESPN will continue to broadcast the NFL Draft as well as obtain new digital rights for its upcoming direct-to-consumer service. The two agreements were announced Wednesday morning, two hours...
Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself
That’s why Mirhoseini has been using AI to optimize AI chips. Back in 2021, she and her collaborators at Google built a non-LLM AI system that could decide where...
Blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy is losing market share in the U.S. Here’s why
Novo Nordisk cautioned on Wednesday that it expects continued competition this year from copycat versions of its Wegovy obesity drug, as it battled pressure from compounding pharmacies in the...
5 Expert tips to help you take control of your buy now, pay later loans
Between rising prices and dwindling job growth, using “buy now, pay later” on everything from concert tickets to fast food deliveries is becoming increasingly appealing. But greater use could...
