Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, and South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol, have paid their respects at a memorial dedicated to the tens of thousands of Korean victims of the atomic bombings, marking a further step in improving relations between ...

General Motors announced on Friday that it is recalling nearly 1 million sport utility vehicles as federal regulators push for the recall of 67 million defective air bag inflators that could explode during deployment. The GM recall affects 994,763 Buick ...

Three McDonald’s franchisees are facing fines exceeding $200,000 for violating federal child labor laws, including employing and failing to pay two 10-year-olds, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced on Tuesday. The franchisees—Bauer Food, Archways Richwood, and Bell Restaurant Group—operate a ...

Amazon has decided to discontinue its health-focused Halo division. The company has halted the sale of its three Halo products and will lay off parts of the Halo team. Melissa Cha, Amazon’s VP of smart home and health, informed staffers ...

Vice, the global news publisher and TV company once valued at nearly $6 billion (£5 billion), is reportedly nearing a bankruptcy filing. The company, which owns assets including Vice News, Motherboard, Refinery29, and Vice TV, has been in discussions with ...

The European Union has approved a significant plan to strengthen its semiconductor industry. The initiative, known as the European Chips Act, is designed to help the EU compete with the U.S. and Asia in technology and ensure control over a ...

Parler has been both acquired and shut down. On Friday, Starboard, a digital media company, announced its acquisition of Parler, the conservative social media platform. Starboard stated that the acquisition was completed on Good Friday, though the purchase price was ...

Yesterday, Amazon revealed Bedrock for generative AI, marking a significant development in the escalating cloud AI competition of the past year. Bedrock, a new service from AWS, enables developers to create and scale generative AI chatbots and other applications in ...

Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, has announced that the organization is considering opening an office in Japan and expanding its Japanese language services following a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. “We hope to spend significantly more time ...

The US Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, alleging that the publisher implemented an anti-competitive soft salary cap for players in its Call of Duty and Overwatch esports leagues. Activision Blizzard has agreed to settle the ...