July 4 travel hitting a record thanks to lower gas prices, humming economy
Travelers heading out for the July 4 holiday can expect plenty of company this year. Nearly 71 million people will be on the move over July Fourth week, according to…
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Hatch Baby recalls 919,000 power adapters on Rest 1st Generation sound machines over shock hazard
Hatch Baby is recalling 919,400 power adapters sold with Rest 1st Generation sound machines because they pose a shock hazard. In a notice posted on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s…
Tesla shares rise on better-than-expected Q2 deliveries report
Tesla on Tuesday posted its second-quarter vehicle production and deliveries numbers for 2024, beating analysts expectations. Here are the key numbers: Total deliveries Q2 2024: 443,956 vehicles Total production Q2 2024: 410,831 vehicles Tesla’s numbers…
AI drive-thru ordering is on the rise — but it may take years to iron out its flaws
Searching for ways to lower labor costs, restaurants are hoping that artificial intelligence can take down drive-thru orders — but it will likely be years before the technology becomes widely…
NFL-backed group lines up ‘Sunday Ticket’ streaming for bars, restaurants
A satellite dish is no longer the only way bars and restaurants can air the National Football League’s package of “Sunday Ticket” games. EverPass Media, the joint venture between the…
GM reports best U.S. quarterly sales since 2020
DETROIT — General Motors reported its best quarterly sales in more than three years, including notable increases in full-size pickup trucks and all-electric vehicles. The Detroit automaker on Tuesday reported sales of…
‘NEETS’ and ‘new unemployables’: Why some young adults aren’t working
Although the unemployment rate has spent 30 months at or below below 4% — a near record — not everyone who wants a job has one. And not everyone even wants a job at all. Some,…
How thousands of Americans got caught in fintech’s false promise
When Natasha Craft first got a Yotta banking account in 2021, she loved using it so much she told her friends to sign up. The app made saving money fun and easy,…
Collapsed crypto exchange Mt. Gox is about to unload $9 billion of coins
A bitcoin exchange that collapsed 10 years ago after being hacked is set to return billions of dollars’ worth of the token to users — and it has investors worried. In a…
Key Fed inflation gauge cools to its slowest rate in over three years
An important economic measure for the Federal Reserve showed Friday that inflation during May slowed to its lowest annual rate in more than three years. The core personal consumption expenditures…