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A global shortage of semiconductor chips has hit production of heavy-duty trucks, a report says
Kenny Vieth, president of ACT Research, said that demand for trucks is strong, but that there is a shortage of parts, reported The Wall Street Journal. → Read More
Bumble creates relief fund for women in Texas to seek abortions after the Supreme Court refused to block a controversial 'heartbeat bill'
Bumble said it would "keep fighting against regressive laws like #SB8," which prevents women in Texas from receiving abortions after six weeks. → Read More
Leon Black has decided not to countersue a former Russian model who accused him of rape, a report says
Former Russian model Guzel Ganieva claimed that Black raped her in a June lawsuit, prompting his countersuit accusing her of defamation. → Read More
America's big experiment with expanded unemployment is ending. Meet the people who transformed their lives with the government's help during the pandemic.
Since March 2020, America's pandemic social safety net has allowed the unemployed to go back to school, start new businesses, and more. That's ending. → Read More
Google plans to build its own semiconductor chips to power Chromebook laptops and tablets in 2023, report says
The report from Nikkei Asia comes after Google announced in August that it would put its own semiconductor "Tensor" chip in its Pixel smartphones. → Read More
2 siblings, ages 14 and 9, say they make more than $30,000 a month mining bitcoin, ether, and ravencoin
Ishaan and Aanya Thakur mine bitcoin, ether, and ravencoin from their home and a rented-out data center in Dallas, he told CNBC. → Read More
Teachers are going back to school after a year that pushed their limits. With the Delta variant surging, 5 of them tell us how they feel.
"Teachers are going to break again," Eleana Valencia-Knight told Insider, as she described returning to class amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. → Read More
Goldman Sachs will require US staff to take weekly COVID-19 tests even if they are fully vaccinated, a report says
Goldman said in a memo to staff, seen by The NYT, that it would require clients and staff to be fully vaccinated before entering US offices. → Read More
The FAA released an ominous video with sounds of screaming passengers to warn people against unruly behavior
In the FAA video, a pilot is heard declaring an emergency before telling the control room that an unruly passenger had been restrained. → Read More
NASA has paused SpaceX's $2.9 billion moon-landing contract so courts can review a lawsuit from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sued NASA, saying it wanted to "remedy flaws in the acquisition process" for the moon-lander contract, awarded to SpaceX. → Read More
Elon Musk says you will probably be able to overpower Tesla's 125-pound humanoid robot
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the AI-powered 'Tesla bot', which he said can run at about 5 miles per hour. "You can run away from it," he said. → Read More
Wedding guests used a Ford F-150 hybrid truck as a generator after a power outage temporarily stopped the party
"With the help of the F-150, the party lasted until 2 a.m. or 3 a.m," bride Rachna Nanda Kumar told The Detroit Free Press. → Read More
Home Depot told an employee to remove a BLM logo or quit, according to a labor board complaint
A NLRB complaint claims Home Depot suspended a worker who refused to remove a BLM logo. Home Depot says the complaint "misrepresents" the facts. → Read More
United and other major airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Afghan airspace
United Airlines has ordered its pilots to avoid Afghan airspace, Reuters reported. Virgin Atlantic and British Airways will also reroute flights. Taliban fighters → Read More
The cofounder of a VC firm explains why the top 15 MBA programmes are the only ones to offer a return on investment
"Go to the school where every other really smart person wants to go," Jay Bhatti, a VC firm cofounder and guest speaker at the Wharton School, said. → Read More
A Russian model claims Wall Street billionaire Leon Black flew her to Palm Beach to 'satisfy the sex needs' of Jeffrey Epstein
In a court filing, Guzel Ganieva also said Leon Black called Epstein his "best friend." Black's lawyer said the claims were "transparently false." → Read More
One person was shot dead at an Airbnb house party in California where up to 200 guests showed up
Airbnb said the property host did know know about, or consent to, the party in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara. → Read More
Pizza Hut is building an AI that it says will recommend food to you based on your local weather
Pizza Hut is developing an in-house AI, rather than buy off-the-shelf programs, that knows what customers might want to order, its data chief said. → Read More
An Arizona restaurant boss scrapped a 'pain in the a--' lamb taco to keep his chefs happy and stop them quitting during the labor shortage
Restaurant owner Skyler Reeves said he'd also yanked garlic bread from his menus to prevent his staff from leaving in the labor shortage. → Read More
A California couple's Tesla caught fire while charging overnight, ignited another Tesla next to it, and caused a massive house fire. They haven't been home in 8 months.
"The firemen said it was so hot that they couldn't walk up the driveway," Yogi Vindum told The Washington Post. → Read More