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Autos

Uber Paying $300M Fare in Robotaxi Deal

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A pact announced Thursday calls for Uber to invest $300 million in Lucid and buy at least 20,000 robotaxis from the company over six years.

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Media & Entertainment

Gaming Platform Roblox Adds Age-Verification to Safeguard Kids

The new guardrails may help the platform stay one step ahead of a growing crop of age verification laws cropping up across the country.

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Consumer

White House Push for Cane-Sugar Coke Reignites Soda Wars

As investors prepped for Coke’s cane-sugar future, corn syrup producers Archer-Daniels-Midland and Ingredion both saw their shares fizzle.

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CIO Upside

mRNA Research by IBM, Moderna Shows Quantum’s Present-Day Uses

“We’re pushing the boundaries of the size of the problems we can look at with quantum.”

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Energy

Westinghouse Lays Groundwork to Build 10 New Nuclear Reactors

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Westinghouse has changed hands a bit since completing its last nuclear reactors, both at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia.

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Consumer

Ferrero Puts Snap, Crackle and Pop into Its Earnings With WK Kellogg Acquisition

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Ferrero previously bought Nestlé’s US candy biz for $2.8 billion, as well as chocolate-maker Fannie May and RedHots owner Ferrara.

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CIO Upside

Philips Patent Leverages AI to Make Healthcare More Predictable

This patent isn’t the first time we’ve seen AI make inroads into healthcare.

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Industrials

Wired-Up Copper Prices Signal a Tariff-Powered Shock to Consumer Wallets

A planned 50% tariff on copper has left commodities markets roiling and analysts toiling with the idea consumers paying for higher prices.

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Technology

Samsung’s Foldable Phones Are Hungry for a Bite of Apple

Samsung’s new phones hit shelves later this month, days after Chinese rival Honor launched its new folding phone.

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Media & Entertainment

Bidders Bet NYC Casino Will Become World’s Biggest

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Applications for the city’s three casino licenses were due to the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board last week.

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Consumer

Walmart Gate-Crashes Amazon’s Annual Sales Bash

History suggests that a little competition will be good for not just Walmart and Amazon, but the retail sector as a whole.

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Energy

Amping Up: Harnessing Innovation and Efficiency to Modernize the US Power Grid

The current surge in energy demand is virtually unprecedented since the mass effort to electrify America immediately following World War II.

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CIO Upside

Big Tech Is Still Grappling With AI’s Energy Problem

Meeting energy demand without excess carbon emissions may require doing more with what we have.

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