OpenAI testing web search features for ChatGPT, challenging Google
OpenAI’s push into search comes after Google in May jumped heavily into using generative AI in search.
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Automakers hit ‘significant storm’ as buyers reject lofty prices at time of huge capital outlays
Each auto company has unique problems, but common to many are growing stockpiles of pricey vehicles on dealer lots, requiring increased discounts to sell them to buyers with stressed-out household budgets.
Video game performers to go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns
The move comes after nearly two years of negotiations with gaming giants, including divisions of Activision, Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Co., over a new interactive media agreement.
Survey: Viewers’ interest in Olympics is mostly down, with Simone Biles an exception
The Olympics will officially open in Paris on Friday night and continue through Sunday, Aug. 11.
Stellantis pledges to tackle problems in North America as profit plunges
In the U.S. in June, it took an average of 97 days on dealer lots for Stellantis to sell vehicles, the highest in the industry, according to Edmunds.com.
Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with 50-year tradition
Southwest said it discovered that preferences have changed over the years and the vast majority of travelers now want to know where they are sitting before they get to the airport.
U.S. quarterly economic growth exceeds expectations
The nation’s economy accelerated last quarter at a strong 2.8% annual pace, with consumers and businesses helping drive growth despite the pressure of continually high interest rates.
Amid tensions, some states are purging Chinese companies from their investments
Indiana last year became the first to enact a law requiring the state’s public pension system to gradually divest from certain Chinese companies.
U.S. economy likely picked up last quarter after a sluggish start to 2024
Despite the likely uptick, the U.S. economy, the world’s largest, has clearly cooled in the face of the highest borrowing rates in decades.
WNBA announces landmark 11-year media rights deal
Under the new agreements, the partners will distribute more than 125 regular season and playoff games nationally each year. There will be 25 regular-season games on Disney platforms, 50 on NBC and 30 on Amazon Prime Video.
NBA: New 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon worth $76B
Under the deal, the 2024-25 NBA season will be the last for TNT after a nearly four-decade run, but a legal fight could be in the works.
Pacers agree to 3-year, $59M deal with Nembhard, source says
The second-year guard started 47 games in 2024-25, most playing alongside All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton. He averaged 9.2 points and 4.1 assists.
WNBA All-Star Game smashes viewership record
The game was the third-most viewed WNBA event ever and the drew the largest audience for the league since its first two nationally televised games in 1997.
CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
The outage caused days of widespread technological havoc, highlighting how much of the world depends on a few key providers of computing services and drawing the attention of regulators who want more details on what went wrong.
Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament returning to Indianapolis
The semifinals and championship game of the WBIT will be played in Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University campus for the second straight year.
Attorney: Full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving NCAA expected to be filed Friday
The NCAA along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference agreed on May 23 to the framework of a $2.77 billion settlement of multiple antitrust lawsuits that were challenging limits on college athlete compensation.
U.S. investigating Delta’s flight cancellations, response to global tech outage
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday announced the investigation into Delta’s response to the outage, which he said has affected more than half a million of the airline’s passengers.
Election officials fear Postal Service won’t be ready for ballot surge
State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won’t be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election.
Google makes abrupt U-turn by dropping plan to remove ad-tracking cookies on Chrome browser
Chrome is the world’s dominant web browser, and many others, including Microsoft’s Edge, are based on the company’s Chromium technology.
Secret Service director stepping down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally
Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation comes a day after she appeared before a congressional committee and was berated by hours by both Democrats and Republicans for the security failures.