Category: Companies

Republican Attorneys General Warn Target Over ‘Obscene’ Pride and Satanic Merchandise

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita sent a letter to Target on Wednesday warning the corporation that its recent “Pride” campaign merchandise and donation efforts ran the risk of violating state child-protection laws. It also cited concerns about parental rights and neglect of fiduciary duties. “State child-protection laws penalize the ‘sale or distribution … of obscene…


Elon Musk Sues Wachtell Law Firm to Recoup Fees From Twitter Buyout

Elon Musk has sued the elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to recover most of a $90 million fee it received from Twitter for defeating his bid to walk away from his $44 billion buyout of the social media company. The complaint by Mr. Musk’s X Corp., which owns Twitter, was filed on…


Elon Musk Says Tesla Could Reach ‘Level 4 or 5’ Autonomous Driving This Year

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric-vehicle maker is “very close” to achieving fully autonomous driving, predicting the advanced driving system will be ready this year. “In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving without human supervision,” Mr. Musk said via video link at…


New York GOP Urges Mayor Adams Not to Adopt Wood-Fired Oven Rule

Republican New York lawmakers are urging Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams to back down on a plan to more heavily regulate emissions from wood and coal-fired ovens amid fears it could disrupt the city’s popular pizzeria scene. Late last month, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection proposed a rule (pdf) that would…


[ATL:NOW] ‘China’s Economy Is in Big Trouble’—Miles Yu on Janet Yellen’s Trip to China

“China has been playing hard to get for the last several months and they would not talk. Now, they sort of relented. And so, they agreed to talk with American high-level cabinet members on matters that are vital to both nations’ economies. The reason why they relented is because China’s economy is in big trouble,…


Google Will Record Everything Users Post Online to Train Its AI Products

Google will record everything people post online in order to train its artificial intelligence products. On July 1, Google amended its privacy policy to allow it to scrape comments that posters put on the internet, to help it to hone its AI tools. The tech company’s plan to harvest and harness online public data is…


Tucker Carlson Responds to Point-Blank Question About Fox News Exit

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in a new interview that he still doesn’t know why the company announced it was parting ways with him earlier this year. “I don’t know why I was fired. I really don’t. I’m not angry about it. I wish Fox well,” he told podcast host Russell Brand this…


[PREMIERING 8PM ET] ‘China’s Economy Is in Big Trouble’—Miles Yu on Janet Yellen’s Trip to China [ATL:NOW]

“China has been playing hard to get for the last several months and they would not talk. Now, they sort of relented. And so, they agreed to talk with American high-level cabinet members on matters that are vital to both nations’ economies. The reason why they relented is because China’s economy is in big trouble,…


Mark Levin Says Target Reversed Course, Will Carry His New Book Criticizing Democrats After Saying They Wouldn’t

Conservative author and radio personality Mark Levin says retail chain Target has reversed course and agreed to stock his new book “The Democrat Party Hates America” after initially deciding not to sell the book. On Wednesday, Mr. Levin took to Twitter to say Target had informed his publisher, Simon & Schuster, of its decision not…


FTC Imposes Industry Ban On Extended Vehicle Warranty Scammers

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has instituted an industry ban on operators of an extended vehicle warranty scam that defrauded millions of dollars from Americans. In February last year, the FTC charged Kole Consulting Group and its owner Daniel Kole as some of the defendants who ran the American Vehicle Protection (AVP) operation and…