Industries

Industries

Lab-Grown Diamonds? Turns Out They’re Not De Beers’ Best Friend

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De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, said it plans to shutter its lab-grown jewelry brand LightBox.

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Media & Entertainment

Can the Murdochs Hang on to News Corp?

A recapitalization plan would end News Corp’s dual-class share structure, which gives the Murdoch family outsized control of the company.

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Energy

Big Tech’s Energy Rush Hits a Hurdle

FERC kiboshed a bid to increase the amount of power that a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania is allowed to supply to one of Amazon’s data centers.

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Patent Drop

Tesla Synthetic Data Patent Could Improve Self-Driving Models

Autonomy has been a part of Tesla’s vision for a long time, with its recent focus on robotaxis doubling down on the market.

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International Economics

UK-US Strike Trade Deal Affirming ‘Special Relationship’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street via CC BY 2.0.

The UK and US announced a “historic” trade deal Thursday that does little to reduce Washington’s overall global trade war.

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Energy

Oil Giants Need Gas More than Oil Right Now

Last week the Big Oil companies weighed in with their earnings reports, and it was mostly a pretty sorry assembly.

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Media & Entertainment

Did Streaming Kill the Music Industry?

Music streaming services that offer more or less all the recorded music in history. So how is the industry supposed to grow?

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Consumer

Peloton Poaches Ford Exec Who Co-Founded Apple Fitness+ for Top Job

Peloton announced that it has appointed Peter Stern as CEO and president to pedal the company out of its prolonged post-pandemic slump.

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Media & Entertainment

Netflix’s New Homepage Pushes Users to Watch, Not Scroll

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Netflix is rolling out the first major redesign of its home hub since 2013, hoping people might watch more if inundated with less.

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Industries

Space X’s Mars Mission Gets a Boost From Accelerated Launches at Texas Colony

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