7:00 AM ET ONE OF THE most captivating players in the early part of this year’s World Baseball Classic has been Randy Arozarena, a man who famously saves his best for the time of year when it matters most. Arozarena, the Tampa Bay Rays‘ fifth-year outfielder, has treated an international tournament in March the way
Electric aviation company BETA Technologies has been quietly working on some impressive zero-emissions aircraft technology and is now sharing its achievements with the world. Today, BETA announced plans to produce and certify its CX300 fixed-wing electric plane, which has already flown over 22,000 test miles and undergone evaluation flights for FAA certification. Watch this eCTOL
11:03 AM ET ESPN News Services Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson said Tuesday he will drive the No. 84 Chevrolet in NASCAR’s March 26 race at the Circuit of the Americas and the May 28 Coca-Cola 600 as part of his limited race lineup this season. Johnson returned to NASCAR this season after a two-year
After battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales rose 26% in 2022, Volkswagen is doubling down on its EV strategy, investing nearly $200B (€180 billion) over the next five years to ramp production. Despite overall delivery totals falling 7% in 2022, Volkswagen says it remains well positioned for future growth. The Volkswagen Group delivered 572,100 electric vehicles
Tesla and BYD have developed into unlikely partners lately. A media report questioned that, but both Tesla and BYD have come out and said that their partnership is continuing. The two companies didn’t use to be on friendly terms. There was a time when they didn’t take each other very seriously; there’s an infamous interview
After the debacle of Liz Truss’s September mini-budget, with all its mega ramifications, and an autumn statement eight weeks later that performed an about-turn so big that the country’s tax burden hit a 70-year-high, Wednesday’s budget will be all about stability and sticking to the plan. “No big bangs in this budget,” is how one
10:04 AM ET Federal lawmakers are taking their first steps toward considering legislation for college sports since a new Congress was installed. A spokesman for the House Energy and Commerce Committee told ESPN on Tuesday it plans to host a hearing to discuss the name, image and likeness (NIL) rights of college athletes on March
In this article AMZN MSFT ZM EBAY TWLO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, CEO, Alphabet Lluis Gene | AFP | Getty Images The job cuts in tech land are piling up, as companies that led the 10-year bull market adapt to a new reality. In January, Google announced plans to lay off
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speaks at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco on April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is deepening its push into generative artificial intelligence, introducing features Tuesday that will let users create text in
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is axing another 10,000 jobs to cut costs. The company said on Tuesday it will reduce the size of its recruiting team and make further cuts in its tech groups in late April, and then its business groups in late May. “We expect to reduce our team size
FIFA is set to approve an expansion of the men’s World Cup today with 40 more matches from the 2026 tournament in North America, Sky News understands. The decision to grow from 64 to 104 matches – rather than the 80 originally planned in 2026 – is due to come at a meeting of the
US inflation dropped to 6% over the 12 months to February, complicating the picture for interest rates as banks and stock markets feel the hit from the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said the consumer price index (CPI), the measure of inflation, was down from 6.4% in the
McLaren Group, the supercar manufacturer and Formula One team-owner, has received a £70m funding boost from investors in the first stage of a wider capital-raising plan. Sky News has learnt that the Surrey-based automotive group has been handed the funding by a group of its existing shareholders. Sources said the share sale was part of
Technology investors and founders representing over £560bn in capital raised and fund assets under management have expressed relief about the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank UK in an open letter to Rishi Sunak and banking regulators. More than 860 industry figures have put their names to the letter, which was coordinated hours after HSBC Holdings
China has hit out at the US, UK and Australia over their pact to create new nuclear-powered submarines, saying they have “gone further down a dangerous road”. It follows Rishi Sunak meeting US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego to announce the next stage of the Aukus partnership plan.
Joe Biden will visit Northern Ireland following a formal invitation from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The invitation was extended as the pair met for talks in San Diego to announce a nuclear submarine deal with Australia. “It’s my intention to go to Northern Ireland and the Republic,” Mr Biden said as they met in Point
In this article UBER LYFT DASH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ride-sharing apps, including Uber and Lyft, can continue to treat their drivers as independent contractors, a California appeals court ruled on Monday, overturning a lower-court decision that barred them from doing so. In Nov. 2020, California voters approved Proposition 22, which allowed ride-sharing
Thin-film solar panel maker Ascent Solar Technologies announced today that it’s going to repurpose its Thornton, Colorado, factory to accelerate industrial-scale commercialization of perovskite solar modules. Perovskite solar cells use a thin film of perovskite to harvest light, and they have the potential to be a low-cost, power-conversion-efficient alternative to traditional silicon-based solar cells. However,
Volkswagen has officially selected St. Thomas, Ontario, as the home for its first North American EV battery cell plant Monday, after revealing its rugged electric SUV and pickup line Scout will build EVs in South Carolina. The initiatives are part of the the VW Group’s broader North American EV strategy. Shortly after the Inflation Reduction
The Biden administration said on Monday that it’s approving the Willow oil drilling project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. New oil drilling in Alaska Biden’s Willow plan will allow three drill sites in the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. ConocoPhillips, which is developing the oil drilling project, has said it will include around