Uber’s stock looked to rally after quarterly profit and bookings beat expectations, and a $20 billion share-repurchase program was announced. Shares of Uber Technologies Inc. were driven higher in early Wednesday trading after the ride-hailing giant beat a number of second-quarter financial metrics and announced a big stock-buyback plan. Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi provided an upbeat outlook for the company, saying Uber’s full potential is only beginning to be unlocked as it now has “20...

Shopify SHOP 7.05 %increase; green up pointing triangle reported a surge in second-quarter profit with sales that topped forecasts and set a strong outlook for the next quarter, as the ecommerce giant taps into growth from its merchants across North America, Europe, and Asia. Shopify on Wednesday posted net income of $906 million, or 70 cents a share, up from $171 million, or 13 cents a share, in the comparable quarter a year ago.

The Environmental Protection Agency is set to terminate $7 billion in federal grants for low- and moderate-income families seeking to install solar panels on their homes. In response, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wrote, “I introduced the Solar for All program to slash electric bills for working families by up to 80% — putting money back in the pockets of ordinary Americans, not fossil fuel billionaires. Now, Donald Trump wants to illegally kill this program to protect the obscene profits of...

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta has been forced to defend his decision to host an interview with an AI avatar meant to mimic a 17-year-old victim of the 2018 Parkland school shooting. Acosta, who left CNN earlier this year to start The Jim Acosta Show, posted the video with the AI avatar to his Substack on Monday. It shows him conversing with an avatar representing Joaquin “Guac” Oliver, who was one of the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School...

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta was slammed on social media after he posted a clip of his "interview" with an artificially animated avatar of deceased teenager Joaquin Oliver to promote a gun control message on Monday. Working with the gun control group Change the Ref, founded by Oliver's parents, Acosta had a conversation on his Substack with an avatar created by the father of the son, who was killed in the Parkland high school shooting in 2018. Oliver would have turned 25...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Monday that the state would be partnering with Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build an underground tunnel connecting the Nashville airport to the city’s downtown. The project will be called the “Music City Loop” and will connect Nashville International Airport to the heart of the city’s entertainment district via an underground tunnel. Using electric vehicles, the trip will take about eight minutes, according to the Boring Company.

It's official. Elon Musk's The Boring Company plans to build a high-speed tunnel from Nashville International Airport to downtown. The name will be the Music City Loop. "Nashville was selected by The Boring Company for its rapid growth, strong economic potential and dedication to embracing smart, forward-looking infrastructure," state officials said in a statement. "The Music City Loop will remove thousands of vehicles from surface roads each day, easing traffic congestion while creating...

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, already faces backlash over his company’s giant supercomputer project in Memphis. Now, another project under his business empire has angered residents in Tennessee’s capital, where state officials cleared the way on Thursday for a 10-mile tunnel to be dug under Nashville. The project by the Boring Company, Mr. Musk’s private tunneling venture, would connect downtown Nashville and the city’s airport. Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, and other state leaders...

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