After an off-season full of silliness — from another wacky coaching carousel, to an NIL bonanza, to even more wacky conference reschedules — it’s game time again. Talking season is over. Thank God. An entertaining week 0 is in the books, and now we’re getting games galore for the next three months – starting with … Read more
General Motors is using conversational AI chatbots to handle simple OnStar calls, freeing up the service’s human employees to handle more complex requests, the company said Tuesday. GM offered more details on using AI on the occasion of Google’s Cloud Next conference. GM has worked closely with the tech giant on a number of fronts, … Read more
Nio’s ET5 is on display at the Central China International Auto Show on May 25, 2023 in Wuhan, China. Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty Images Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio lost $835.1 million in the second quarter, more than double its loss from a year ago, as deliveries of its luxury electric … Read more
CNN — Noah Lyles, the fastest man in the world right now, has caused a stir and seemed to annoy some of the biggest NBA stars by questioning why basketball players call themselves world champions after winning the NBA Finals. The American sprinter won both the 100 and 200 meters world titles at the World … Read more
Tokyo/Hong Kong CNN — Toyota will resume operations at its Japanese assembly plants on Wednesday after a 24-hour hiatus due to disruption to its finely tuned supply chain. The world’s largest automaker measured by sales said its 14 auto plants in the country had shut down operations on Tuesday because a system outage that began … Read more
Coco Gauff knew the perfect word to describe her win on Monday night’s Day 1 of the US Open. “Slowly,” Gauff said during her on-field interview, then more or less suppressed a smile and paused for effect, making the crowd in the packed Arthur Ashe Stadium laugh and her opponent, Laura Siegemund, region made. What … Read more
Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was confronted by two enthusiastic fans storming Denver’s Coors Field during Monday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. Video footage from the game you can see a fan hugging Acuña in the field and appearing to be trying to take a picture. A guard dressed in black ran over and … Read more
Stocks traded mostly higher on Tuesday as Wall Street awaited a deluge of economic data this week — including the monthly US jobs report — that will close out a tough month for stocks. NIO (NIO) reported second-quarter results that were worse than expected and US-listed shares of the Chinese electric vehicle maker fell 7.4%. … Read more
Chinese stocks rose for a second day on Tuesday after Beijing ushered in stimulus measures that boosted capital markets. While short-term gains will be welcome for Alibaba and others, they cannot overcome the longer-term gloom about China’s economy. US-listed shares of e-commerce giant Alibaba (ticker: BABA) were up 0.7% in premarket trading on Tuesday, after … Read more
Comment on this storyRemark Manufacturing giant 3M will pay $6 billion to resolve hundreds of thousands of claims filed by veterans who said the company’s earplugs failed to protect them from hearing loss while on duty, a company announcement said. The payout resolves one of the largest mass wrongdoings in U.S. history. Plaintiffs said the … Read more