Major retailers publicly touted the end of their diversity, equity and inclusion policies to appease President Trump – but they’ve been holding on to some of the controversial programs behind the scenes, according to a report. Tractor Supply, Target and Amazon have been making quiet promises to continue their diversity initiatives, according to a Reuters … Read more
Barnes & Noble workers at three Big Apple stores unionized on Thursday becoming the first in the US to do so, according to the union representing them. After a two-year organizing battle, some 200 sales clerks, baristas, maintenance and other workers inked three-year contracts with the retailer at its Union Square flagship in Manhattan, its … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a “careless” executive who sought to convince China to let his company to operate on the mainland by helping it develop censorship tools and bolster its artificial intelligence capabilities — all the while concealing those efforts from Congress, according to a new memoir. Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Meta employee who … Read more
Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman’s CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking American liquor off store shelves was “worse than a tariff” and a “disproportionate response” to levies imposed by the Trump administration. Several Canadian provinces have taken US liquor off store shelves as part of retaliatory measures against President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Canadians are steering away from US goods, sports events and … Read more
A top Nvidia executive said President Trump’s potential tariffs and export controls on its powerful computer chips remain an “unknown” — sending its stock sliding despite better-than-expected quarterly profits. Nvidia shares were off more than 4% Thursday morning as investor digested a mixed outlook from CEO Jensen Huang’s firm in its fourth quarter earnings report. … Read more
Utah passed a first-in-the-nation law Wednesday requiring app store operators like Apple and Google to verify the ages of users before allowing downloads. Dubbed the App Store Accountability Act, the Utah law also requires app stores to get parental consent for minors before downloads. The measure passed as app store operators and social media firms … Read more
Teleperformance, the world’s largest call center operator, is relying on artificial intelligence technology to “neutralize” the accents of English-speaking Indian customer service agents in real time — an innovation that the company claims will enhance clarity and improve customer interactions. The new feature, known as accent translation, is being introduced at call centers in India, … Read more
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick indicated that President Donald Trump is expected to delay imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for all goods and services covered under the USMCA trade agreement, offering a potential reprieve to the U.S.’s largest trading partners. Lutnick told CNBC that Trump would determine the specifics of a one-month exemption on … Read more
Meta Platforms plans to test a paid subscription service for its AI-enabled chatbot Meta AI, similar to those offered by OpenAI and Microsoft to access advanced versions of their chatbots, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The source said the test will begin in the second quarter this year, but they do not expect the subscription … Read more
Uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s tariffs rattled Wall Street on Thursday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling by more than 500 points just after the opening bell. The S&P 500 Index and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite were also down more than 1% at the start of trading on Thursday. Tech stocks, including Broadcom, Nvidia, … Read more