Waymo suspends San Francisco robotaxi service after blackout chaos
People observe an area affected by a blackout that hit about 130,000 residents, according to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, in San Francisco on Dec. 21, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Alphabet-owned Waymo has suspended its driverless ride-hail service in the San Francisco Bay Area after blackouts plagued the Continue Reading
Oil prices stable after Trump says he won’t rule out war with Venezuela
U.S. crude oil prices were stable on Friday after President Donald Trump told NBC News that he will not rule out war with OPEC member Venezuela. “I don’t rule it out, no,” Trump told the news outlet in a phone interview. He declined to say whether overthrowing President Nicolas Maduro is Continue Reading
House passes permit reform bill Big Tech wants
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill aimed at making it easier to get federal permits to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence projects. The bill, known as the SPEED Act, is backed Big Tech giants such as OpenAI, Micron and Microsoft The bill cleared the House in a Continue Reading
Why Trump Media is merging with fusion firm TAE Technologies
President Donald Trump’s social media company will provide the capital needed to bring TAE Technologies‘ first fusion power plant online in the United States by 2031, TAE CEO Michl Binderbauer told CNBC on Thursday. Binderbauer spoke shortly after his privately held company and Trump Media and Technology Group announced plans Continue Reading
Jim Cramer urges discipline on GE Vernova as Wall Street analysts get more bullish
Wall Street analysts have increasingly jumped on the GE Vernova bandwagon during a volatile week for the stock and the broader artificial intelligence trade. Jim Cramer urged caution. Shares of the energy equipment maker rose more than 4.5% on Thursday after plunging 10.5% in the prior session as stocks tied Continue Reading
Trump Media to merge with fusion company TAE Technologies
Trump Media and Technology Group on Thursday announced a merger agreement with TAE Technologies, a privately held fusion power company, valued at more than $6 billion. The all-stock deal, expected to close in mid-2026, will result in shareholders of each firm owning approximately half of the combined company. Trump Media Continue Reading
BP appoints Meg O’Neill as CEO — how different will she be?
Meg O’Neill, chief executive officer of Woodside Energy Group Ltd., attends the company’s annual general meeting in Perth, Australia on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Photographer: Matt Jelonek/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BP is changing its CEO again, but not its direction. The appointment of Woodside Continue Reading
Woodside Energy’s Meg O’Neill to replace Murray Auchincloss as BP CEO
British oil giant BP has appointed Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill as its next CEO, replacing Murray Auchincloss after less than two years in the role. Auchincloss will step down today, with Carol Howle, BP’s executive vice president for supply, trading and shipping set to serve as interim CEO until Continue Reading
Coinbase adds prediction markets, stock trading more business tools
Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks during the Messari Mainnet summit in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coinbase is making its biggest push yet to reposition itself as a mainstream trading and financial platform, moving beyond crypto Continue Reading
Oil rebounds after Trump orders Venezuela tanker blockade
U.S. crude futures rose more than 1% Wednesday as Trump ordered “a total and complete” block of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. Chinaface | E+ | Getty Images Crude oil prices bounced back from near four-year lows Wednesday, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will block Continue Reading