Cruise, G.M.’s Self-Driving Subsidiary, Names Marc Whitten as C.E.O.

Cruise, the driverless car subsidiary of General Motors, said on Tuesday that a veteran of the video game industry will become its new chief executive officer, eight months after its previous C.E.O. resigned following a string of safety issues with its vehicles. The appointment of Marc Whitten, who was most recently an executive for the […]

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Boeing Is Said to Offer Stock to Buy Spirit, Preserving Cash Amid Struggles

In a bid to acquire a key supplier, Boeing has shifted how it plans to pay for the deal, according to two people familiar with the negotiations, a move that could help the plane maker preserve money as it addresses safety and quality problems. Boeing would use stock instead of cash to buy Spirit AeroSystems, […]

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Parts of Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Blocked by Judges

Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri temporarily blocked pieces of the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan on Monday in rulings that will have implications for millions of federal borrowers. Borrowers enrolled in the income-driven repayment plan, known as SAVE, are expected to continue to make payments. But those with undergraduate debt will […]

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Safety Agency Faults Norfolk Southern for ‘Vent and Burn’ After 2023 Derailment

The National Transportation Safety Board issued a series of recommendations on Tuesday aimed at preventing the type of freight train derailment that occurred last year in East Palestine, Ohio, when 38 rail cars operated by Norfolk Southern came off the tracks. The safety agency also faulted Norfolk Southern for concluding that the hazardous material being […]

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Volkswagen Will Invest Up to $5 Billion in EV Maker Rivian

Volkswagen, the German automaker, said on Tuesday that it would invest up to $5 billion in Rivian, a maker of electric trucks that has struggled to turn a profit, and that the companies would cooperate on software for electric vehicles. The deal creates an unusual alliance between the world’s second-largest carmaker and an electric vehicle […]

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For American Brands Worried About China, Is India the Future?

Melissa & Doug had a situation. For decades, the American toy brand had leaned heavily on factories in China to make its products — wooden puzzles, stuffed animals, play mats. Suddenly, that course looked risky. It was February 2021, and the world was besieged by a pandemic. Lockdowns disrupted Chinese factories. Trade hostilities between Washington […]

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Landlords Have Started Using A.I. Chatbots to Manage Properties

The new maintenance coordinator at an apartment complex in Dallas has been getting kudos from tenants and colleagues for good work and late-night assistance. Previously, the eight people on the property’s staff, managing the buildings’ 814 apartments and town homes, were overworked and putting in more hours than they wanted. Besides working overtime, the new […]

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When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training

Except as expressly permitted in the Terms, you must not (and must not allow third parties to)… use the Services or Software, or any content, data, output, or other information received or derived from the Services or Software, to directly or indirectly create, train, test, or otherwise improve any machine learning algorithms or artificial intelligence […]

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