As the tech industry chases growth in the Middle East through data centers, the companies' infrastructure is increasingly exposed to conflicts in the region.

U.S. tech companies are investing billions of dollars into data centers in the Middle East as companies chase artificial intelligence ambitions and growing need for computing power.

At ...Read more

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by Girl Scouts San Diego alleges that Ferrero U.S.A., a massive multinational corporation whose subsidiary bakes Girl Scout cookies, broke a contract with the local Girl Scouts in 2024, throwing the nonprofit organization’s local council into a crisis that led to more than $1.1 million in lost revenue and the ...Read more

In a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, executives from seven major tech companies signed a pledge with President Trump to supply their own power for artificial intelligence data centers.

Leaders from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle and OpenAI agreed to the “ratepayer protection pledge” Trump first announced during last ...Read more

A Denver company has received federal approval to market an artificial intelligence program it says can predict when babies will arrive based on their ultrasounds, raising the possibility of flagging premature births.

Delivery Date AI predicts when a baby will be born, with an 11-day margin of error in either direction, based on second- and ...Read more

A drawn-out war with Iran that pushes oil prices higher for longer could dampen U.S. car sales and especially ding the Detroit Three automakers because of their heavy reliance on gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs, experts said.

“There’s a potential for a very large impact,” said Michael Greiner, associate professor of management at Oakland ...Read more

NOVI, Michigan — The Iran war and its impact on oil prices could underscore the ever-important value of Americans' pocketbooks in their car-buying decisions, Scout Motors Inc. CEO said on Wednesday.

Scout is a Volkswagen AG-owned subsidiary based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that's revitalizing a historic brand name and developing off-road ...Read more

Starbucks has tapped Tennessee as the home of a new corporate operations office.

The Seattle-based coffee giant decided to expand into the Southern state’s Davidson County later this year, according to a Tuesday news release by Starbucks and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.

Starbucks’ global headquarters is ...Read more

U.S. companies added the most jobs since July last month, adding to evidence of some stabilization in the labor market.

Private-sector payrolls increased 63,000 in February after a downward revision to the prior month, according to ADP Research data out Wednesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 50,000 ...Read more

I love a big TV.

There’s nothing like watching a movie or sporting event on a really big screen, but TVs can get expensive when you’re talking about screens larger than 75 inches.

There comes a price/size where you’ll realize a projector could be a better option, depending on your room setup.

Today we are looking at the Dangbei DBOX02 ...Read more

Apple Inc. rolled out the $599 MacBook Neo in its biggest push yet into low-end laptops, aiming to challenge Windows PCs and Chromebooks for budget-minded shoppers.

The machine is $400 less than any new-generation laptop Apple has sold before, coming in well below the now $1,099 MacBook Air. The MacBook Neo will be offered in citrus, silver, ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales declined 5.5% in February from fewer deliveries of electrified vehicles.

The Dearborn automaker sold 149,962 vehicles last month, down from 158,675. Following the end of the federal plug-in vehicle tax credit in September, sales of all-electric vehicles declined by 71%, while hybrids fell almost 22% following the end...Read more

The latest chapter in an ongoing legal battle between Abbott Laboratories and parents of babies born prematurely is slated to play out in Chicago this week — with the beginning of a trial that could have implications for the company and families across the country.

Abbott, based in Chicago's northern suburbs, has been entangled in litigation ...Read more

Charlie Snodgrass used to be a gig driver, delivering burritos and pad Thai around Los Angeles. Today, he handles the robots that do his old job.

He is one of the first of a new class of workers, a robot wrangler paid to care for and train AI-powered bots as they learn to work in the real world.

At 5:45 a.m., in a small warehouse in West ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Conventional wisdom in the auto industry has suggested that futuristic self-driving cars and trucks would also feature electric powertrains. Or at least, that was the wisdom.

"AVs will be EVs," former General Motors Co. top economist Elaine Buckberg said during a panel discussion at January's World Economic Forum in Davos, ...Read more

Paramount Skydance's jubilation over its come-from-behind victory to claim Warner Bros. Discovery has entered a new phase:

Call it the deal-debt hangover.

Two major ratings agencies have raised concerns about Paramount's credit because of the enormous debt the David Ellison-led company will have to shoulder — at least $79 billion — once ...Read more

After years of ticketing complaints and frustrations, the trial for the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation officially is underway.

As part of its case, the DOJ accused Live Nation of requiring music artists to use its promotional services when they play at one of its venues. Because so many venues are owned by the ...Read more

Target will spend more than $1 billion this year to improve its grocery section, one of new CEO Michael Fiddelke’s first big swings in his turnaround plan.

Groceries will occupy a larger footprint at all 130 stores remodeled this year, with more fresh foods and a more pronounced bakery area, the Minneapolis-based retailer told investors on ...Read more

Kevin Warsh is still months away from taking the helm at the Federal Reserve, but his ability to deliver the interest-rate cuts President Donald Trump expects is facing hurdles as the U.S. economy, and his future colleagues, tilt in the opposite direction.

Most Fed officials see no compelling reason to rush additional rate cuts, given inflation...Read more

So much Trump-related news has appeared lately on the airwaves and in web pixels — what with Iran and Epstein and Minnesota and so on — that inevitably a nugget will fall between the cracks.

That seems to have been the fate of the most recent annual financial report of Trump Media and Technology Group, which covered calendar year 2025 and ...Read more

Target customers continue to be cautious — and a bit frugal, sticking to essentials and increasingly turning to discount chains.

During the holiday season, they bought toys and kept spending on essentials such as food and beauty products. But they pulled back elsewhere to stretch their budgets.

Other retailers reported similar trends. ...Read more