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Patent Drop

Ford Self-Driving Maintenance Patent Could Automate Oil Changes

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Filings like these indicate that this pivot will likely have a domino effect on all other parts of the automotive industry.

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Media & Entertainment

Microsoft’s Gaming Dreams Enter Their Price-Hike Era

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Microsoft’s gaming division Xbox announced it’s splitting its hugely popular subscription service Game Pass into two subscription tiers.

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Media & Entertainment

CNN Announces Layoffs, New Digital Subscription Business

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CNN announced layoffs of 100 employees, a reorganization of its newsrooms, and its “first direct-to-consumer subscription product.”

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Consumer

America’s Biggest Non-Alcoholic Beer Company Valued at $800 Million

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Athletic Brewing Company, valued at $800 million following a $50 million fundraising round, makes craft beer that won’t get you drunk.

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Big Tech

Microsoft and Occidental Agree to Massive Carbon Credit Deal

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Microsoft is is buying 500,000 carbon credits from Occidental Petroleum over the next six years to help reach its carbon-negative goal.

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Industrials

Europe Wants to Wean Itself off SpaceX

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A new kind of European rocket plans to take off from the European Space Agency’s launch pad in French Guiana.

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Patent Drop

Apple Patent Highlights Upcoming AI Integrations for Vision Pro

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Apple Intelligence integrations are reportedly in the works for the company’s debut headset

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Energy

The UK’s New Government Opens the Door to Renewables Investment

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The United Kingdom’s newly empowered Labour has promised big shifts in the UK’s energy policy. But will it deliver?

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Industries

America’s Auto Industry Can Learn a Thing or Two from Japan

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US manufacturers might not have the best grasp on what drivers want. The ones who seem to know reside about 6,000 miles away in Japan.

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Media & Entertainment

‘Minecraft’ Hedges Its Bets on Gaming

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Mojang Studios, the gaming studio behind “Minecraft,” is exploring new revenue streams like merchandising, education, and content-streaming.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Sales in Reverse Gear For Second Straight Quarter

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Tesla’s sales fell for the second straight quarter, marking its first back-to-back sales drops since 2012. But its stock still rose 10%.

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Energy

Shell Pulls Back on Big Biofuel Plant

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Shell is hitting pause on a major biofuel project in the Netherlands, one of the biggest in Europe, to consider market conditions.

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Patent Drop

Shopify Gaze-Tracking Tech May Signal Sights Set on an AR Future

Shopify wants to track your depth perception.

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Consumer

Reynolds American Launches a Nicotine-Free Vape Line

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Reynolds American is launching a new line of nicotine-free flavored vapes. But can Big Tobacco really ditch nicotine?

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Energy

Greenwashing Is Becoming a Bigger Legal Risk

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A report from the London School of Economics shows climate litigation is on the rise, although the cases filed each year may be stabilizing.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Could Upend Electricity Demand

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AI’s energy needs are enormous, and could have a once-in-a-generation impact on the electricity market.

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Healthcare

Walgreens Plans to Shutter Stores and Refocus after Weak Earnings

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Walgreens’ new leader is planning a rebound for the chain, starting with shuttering a substantial, if unspecified, number of US locations.

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Consumer

Amazon Sets up a Rival to Shein and Temu

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Amazon’s setting up a discounted shop that will fly products to consumers from China. It’s meant to copy Shein and Temu’s business models.

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Energy

Oil Executives Predict US Production Dip If Acquisition Spree Continues

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A quarterly survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas polls around 140 energy firm executives in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico.

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Healthcare

Medicare to Cut Costs on 64 Drugs, May Influence Private Insurance Prices

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The Department of Health announced this week that Medicare is cutting prices for dozens of prescription drugs that have outpaced inflation.

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