By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday denied a years-old petition by energy industry groups who sought to get the agency to remove limits on emissions of harmful pollutants from stationary turbines, arguing that the risk causing cancer remains high. The agency denied the joint petition filed […]
Enterprises are hoarding more data than ever to fuel their AI ambitions, but at the same time, they are also worried about who can access this data, which is often of a very private nature. PVML is offering an interesting solution by combining a ChatGPT-like tool for analyzing data with the safety guarantees of differential […]
(Bloomberg) — Two of Tesla Inc.’s top executives have left in the midst of the carmaker’s largest-ever round of job cuts, as slowing electric-vehicle demand leads the company to reduce its global headcount by more than 10%. Most Read from Bloomberg The cuts could reach closer to 20% in some divisions, two people familiar with […]
Traditional hard drives typically contain useful components. But dismantling them manually would be too labor-intensive. As things stand, old hard drives tend to go through a shredder and it’s often down to luck whether there’s anything usable left after that process. A company called Garner Products claims to have a better solution with its DiskMantler. […]
Global shipments of Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone fell nearly 10% in the first quarter despite a broader smartphone market recovery as the company continues to contend with rising challengers from China such as Xiaomi. According to market intelligence firm IDC, Apple’s Q1 shipments fell 9.6% year over year from 55.4 million units in the first quarter […]
(Bloomberg) — Bain Capital has agreed to sell UK payroll software company Zellis Group, whose clients include department store Harrods and carmaker Jaguar, to Apax Partners, according to a statement. Most Read from Bloomberg The deal values Zellis at about £1.25 billion ($1.56 billion), according to people familiar with the matter. Apax is partly funding […]
(Bloomberg) — Reddit Inc. shares fell as much as 5.1% Monday to hit the lowest level since its March trading debut after a slew of Wall Street analysts initiated coverage of the social-media company. Most Read from Bloomberg So far, the view from Wall Street tips bullish, but analysts are split on the company’s growth […]
That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better […]
That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better […]
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – BP has cut over a tenth of the workforce in its electric vehicle charging business and pulled it out of several markets after a bet on rapid growth in commercial EV fleets didn’t pay off, company sources said. The changes at BP Pulse are part of CEO Murray Auchincloss’s […]
LONDON (Reuters) -— BP has cut over a tenth of the workforce in its electric vehicle charging business and pulled it out of several markets after a bet on rapid growth in commercial EV fleets didn’t pay off, company sources said. The changes at BP Pulse are part of CEO Murray Auchincloss’s efforts to focus […]
(Bloomberg) — Southeast Asia’s used-car marketplace Carro is raising about $100 million as it gears up for a stock-market debut, betting that new funds will cement it as the region’s top player. Most Read from Bloomberg The company is speaking with investors for a pre-initial public offering funding round which could raise its valuation to […]
