Industries

Energy

Shell Sold Millions of ‘Phantom’ Carbon Credits

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Oil industry titan Shell has sold millions of carbon credits linked to CO2 removal that never actually occurred, the Financial Times found.

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Media & Entertainment

Cable Dispute Blacks Out MLB Games in 15 US Markets

As the latest MLB season kicks into full gear, fans in 15 markets across the US can’t watch local game broadcasts.

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Consumer

Climate Change Insurance Startup Arbol Raises $60 Million

The new fundraising comes just a month after Arbol spun up a subsidiary catering to homeowners in US coastal communities

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Consumer

McDonald’s May Have to Tap Out on Raising Prices

First-quarter revenue rose, but global same-store sales grew just 1.9%, slightly below what Wall Street had predicted.

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Media & Entertainment

Paramount Ousts CEO Amid Sale Effort

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As Paramount Global very publicly pursues a sale, longtime executive Bob Bakish has found himself increasingly on the outs.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Inks Licensing Deal with the Financial Times to Train Chatbots

On Monday, the Financial Times said it struck a deal with OpenAI to allow the generative AI darling to license the FT’s content.

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Consumer

Blade to Launch Hamptons-Bound Luxury Bus Line

Tickets start at $195, with passengers treated to free Sweetgreen salads and espresso martinis.

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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

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Autos

A Mercedes With Autonomous Driving Just Hit the US Market

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Cars with Drive Pilot are only available for sale in California and Nevada, and even there it only works on certain freeways.

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Patent Drop

Humane’s Latest Patent Makes the AI Pin Ambidextrous

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Despite Humane’s lofty dreams to disrupt the smartphone status quo, critics have not been thrilled with the startup’s debut device.

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