Listen to article (2 minutes) Over the past few years, the social movement known as effective altruism has divided employees and executives at artificial-intelligence companies across Silicon Valley, pitting believers against nonbelievers….
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He Bought a Piece of the Chrysler Building. Now His Empire Is Falling Apart.
Nov. 29, 2023 11:05 am ET The property slump sweeping the globe has claimed a new high-profile victim: René Benko, an Austrian-born retail and department-store magnate who also co-owns New York’s Chrysler…
Tech’s New Normal: Microcuts Over Growth at All Costs
The tech industry has largely recovered from the downturn, but Silicon Valley learned a long-lasting lesson: how to do more with less. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta Platforms have been cutting dozens…
Nissan to Ramp Up EV, Battery Business in U.K. With Over $3 Billion Investment
Updated Nov. 24, 2023 4:17 am ET Nissan Motor is expanding its electric vehicles and battery manufacturing capacity in the U.K. with investments of up to 3.0 billion pounds ($3.76 billion) as…
Can a Big Pharma Ever Be Worth $1 Trillion?
There are five tech companies valued at over $1 trillion. In healthcare, the closest contender is Eli Lilly. This year it became the first big pharmaceutical to outperform a market capitalization of…
The Biggest Delivery Business in the U.S. Is No Longer UPS or FedEx
Amazon is eclipsing both carriers in the number of packages it brings to U.S. homes, and the gap is growing. Source link
Your Local Newspaper Might Not Have a Single Reporter
The Gleaner, the local newspaper in Henderson, Ky., has sections focused on features, sports, news and opinion. What it doesn’t have: a single reporter on staff. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company,…
TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Create a Hit Videogame. It Failed.
SINGAPORE—TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has bet billions on videogames since 2019, setting up its own creative unit and acquiring buzzy game makers. Now it is winding down those efforts, its latest pullback…
Investors Lose Legal Bid Against Exchange Over Nickel Market Blowup
Updated Nov. 29, 2023 7:54 am ET LONDON—The London Metal Exchange chalked up a big victory over investors on Wednesday, when a court said it was within its rights to cancel trades…
Talking to Chatbots Is Now a $200K Job. So I Applied.
My father was a prompt engineer, admire his father before him. I come from a long line of people who toiled day and night, chatting with generative-AI chatbots. OK, not true. Prompt…