General Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don’t catch up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving cars.
Category: Innovation
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Ford and G.M. Face a Dilemma as China Excels in Electric Vehicles
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OpenAI Raises $110 Billion to Fuel Growth, Extending A.I. Boom
The New York Times – Business:Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank led the investment, valuing the parent of ChatGPT at $730 billion.
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A World Where All Is Free? That’s Elon Musk’s Theory of ‘Sustainable Abundance.’
The New York Times – Business:The Tesla and SpaceX chief has told his followers that they will live in a world where robots will take care of every need and people do not have to work, in what has become his latest slogan.
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Revel, a Maker of Software for Running Hardware, Raises $150 Million
The New York Times – Business:The start-up, founded by a former top SpaceX engineer, promises to help companies reduce their testing times and optimize systems.
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Abu Dhabi’s State Oil Company Looks Beyond Oil
The New York Times – Business:Having reshaped the company, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber wants to expand internationally, particularly in natural gas, chemicals and renewables.
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Can an A.I. Productivity Boom Clear a Path for More Rate Cuts? Trump’s Fed Pick Thinks So.
The New York Times – Business:As Federal Reserve chair, Kevin M. Warsh may face a tough task persuading his colleagues to lower borrowing costs because of potential productivity gains.
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Can an A.I. Productivity Boom Clear a Path for More Rate Cuts? Trump’s Fed Pick Thinks So.
The New York Times – Business:As Federal Reserve chair, Kevin M. Warsh may face a tough task persuading his colleagues to lower borrowing costs because of potential productivity gains.
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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
The New York Times – Business:Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said.
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Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost Jobs
The New York Times – Business:Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
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Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery Market
The New York Times – Business:The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
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New Method Can Find Hidden Eggs to Aid in Fertility Treatment
The New York Times – Business:A study reported that the conventional method of searching follicular fluid didn’t find all the eggs. The new technology found extra eggs more than half the time.