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Elon Musk on Saturday said he will be focused "24/7" on his work heading X, Tesla and SpaceX following an X outage that impacted tens of thousands in the U.S. and more around the world. "Back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms," the billionaire posted on X. "I must be super focused on 𝕏/xAI and Tesla (plus Starship launch next week), as we have critical technologies rolling […]

Toyota announced its 2026 RAV4 will be offered exclusively as an electrified model as part of a redesign of its best-selling SUV.Prospective buyers will have the choice between a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and three new designs, according to the world's largest car manufacturer."At Toyota, customer choice is paramount," David Christ, Toyota Group vice president, said in a statement. "With three distinct styles, two highly […]

An artificial intelligence model has the ability to blackmail developers — and isn’t afraid to use it.Anthropic’s new Claude Opus 4 model was prompted to act as an assistant at a fictional company and was given access to emails with key implications. First, these emails implied that the AI system was set to be taken offline and replaced. The second set of emails, however, is where the system believed it […]

President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" cleared the House and is making its way through the Senate. Still, critics point out the bill, which is over 1,000 pages, will add trillions to what is already ballooning government debt hovering at $36 trillion and deficits. However, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent believes this can be managed. "We think that we can both grow the economy and control the debt. What’s important, Bill, is […]

Avril Lavigne's former Los Angeles home is looking for its new owner.The "Complicated" singer's former home in Sherman Oaks, which she shared with her ex-husband, Nickleback singer Chad Kroeger, is on the market for $14.9 million, in partnership with listing agents James Harris, David Parnes and Kris Everett at Bond Street Partners.After Lavigne and Kroeger sold the home, it was completely renovated in 2020 and now includes more than 10,000 […]

IndyCar drivers will be racing to the checkered flag Sunday afternoon when Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts the Indianapolis 500.This year’s Indy 500 will mark the 109th running of the race often referred to as "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," with some 350,000 people expected to attend. The 33 drivers will be vying for first place to claim the winner’s share of a purse that could reach $20 million. All the drivers […]

The Justice Department on Friday said it had struck a tentative deal with Boeing to allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading regulators about the company's 737 Max plane before two crashes that killed 346 people.The deal still needs to be finalized, but Boeing would pay out $1.1 billion, including $445 million to a fund for the crash victims’ families, the Justice Department said in court documents. In […]

More consumers in today's economic environment are financing basic necessities like food through buy now, pay later financing options. It's a reality that highlights "how bifurcated the health of the consumer is today," according to Arun Sundaram, vice president and senior equity analyst at CFRA Research.Today, a growing number of buy now, pay later users are utilizing these short-term loans to purchase groceries. Data from an April LendingTree's report shows that […]

A federal judge rejected an emergency lawsuit this week aimed at stopping President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs from taking force, punting the case to the U.S. Court of International Trade for further review. U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II rejected a Florida-based stationary company’s emergency motion to stay their challenge to Trump’s tariffs, agreeing that the case should be heard by the U.S. Court of International Trade, noting that it "makes […]