Christiaan Hetzner
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U.S. loses out to Canada for Volkswagen’s billion-dollar battery factory site
In a bid to narrow the wide gap to industry leader Tesla, Volkswagen is investing heavily into its battery cell production around the world. → Read More
World’s largest asset manager warns Fed may not stop hiking until rates hit 6%
Should BlackRock's prediction prove true, borrowing costs would hit their highest level since 2001. → Read More
Wall Street’s most successful hedge fund just politely told Fed chair Jay Powell to shut up
Wall Street's most successful hedge fund said the Fed cannot work magic, so it must avoid making its job of tackling inflation harder by confusing markets. → Read More
Google middle managers hoping for a big promotion better think again
CEO Sundar Pichai is cutting back on large pay rises, as investors demand management take more forceful action to reduce its bloated cost base. → Read More
Google boss Sundar Pichai says staff are bemoaning office ghost towns—‘It’s just not a nice experience’
The search engine giant is facing what is likely its greatest competitive threat since it was founded in 1998, forcing Pichai to make tough choices on costs. → Read More
Elon Musk lands a bellyflop as Tesla bulls label his Investor Day a ‘waste of time’
Investors hoping to catch a glimpse of anything tangible were disappointed. → Read More
World’s ultra-rich suffered $10 trillion hit last year—but now is the time to be greedy, wealth report advises
The staggering loss equates to the GDP of Germany, France and the U.K. combined. → Read More
Record plunge in box office take for Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ heightens crisis at Disney
Despite introducing new main villain 'King the Conqueror', no movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen interest drop off so fast from its debut weekend. → Read More
New ‘Lord of the Rings’ films in the works as Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav gears up to rival Disney’s Marvel cinematic universe in a ‘year of building’
Warner Bros. and Embracer Group inked a deal to develop multiple feature films based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. → Read More
Elon Musk’s Twitter hasn’t been paying its rent, now one of its landlords has defaulted on its loans
The entrepreneur's behavior is indicative of broader signs of stress in the commercial real estate market and led in part to PIMCO's Columbia Property Trust defaulting on $1.7 billion in loans. → Read More
Elon Musk says he will soon reveal the inner workings of Twitter’s recommendation algorithm
The Tesla billionaire has been talking for months about making the algorithm open-source. → Read More
‘Based AI’: Elon Musk praises Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing for comparing an AP reporter to Adolf Hitler
The edgy CEO of Twitter, himself a critic of the media, lauded Microsoft's AI search engine for likening a journalist to despots Hitler and Pol Pot. → Read More
YouTube’s new crypto-friendly CEO sees ‘incredible potential’ for Blockchain and NFT tech to boost viewership and reward influencers
YouTube's little known new boss is bullish on the opportunities that digital collectibles could offer to his platform's creators. → Read More
JPMorgan’s top strategist warns markets could be heading for another ‘Volmageddon’
“While history doesn’t repeat, it often rhymes,” Marko Kolanovic warned. → Read More
Apple’s latest patent sparks speculation a foldable iPhone may be in the works
In a bid to recover lost ground, CEO Tim Cook may be planning to launch a competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4. → Read More
Bad news, Tesla bulls: Elon Musk plans to keep running Twitter for the rest of this year
The billionaire entrepreneur said it’s unlikely he’ll be able to choose a suitable successor to run the ailing social media platform until the end of 2023. → Read More
ChatGPT creator: A.I. will be a ‘force for economic empowerment’ and not a job killer—plus make a lot of people rich
ChatGPT could kill jobs, but could it also make you rich and create other jobs? → Read More
Microsoft is trying to use ChatGPT to cut Google out of way more than just the search engine market, ARK Invest says
The loss of profits in Google's search engine business may force it to cut investments in cloud computing, a high growth market where it competes with Microsoft's Azure. → Read More
Elon Musk insists he’s restricting Ukraine’s access to Starlink because Zelensky could start World War III
The billionaire says he won’t allow Ukraine to launch long-range drones using SpaceX to hit targets in Russia. → Read More
A tech CEO spent almost $600,000 on a Super Bowl ad to warn America about Tesla’s self-driving technology
Dan O'Dowd claims Elon Musk's self-driving technology is extremely dangerous, but his evidence remains highly disputed. → Read More