Rivian’s bet on autonomy faces its first real test
During an hour-long earnings conference call last night, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spent less time talking about the production ramp for the all-important R2 SUV than touting the company’s still-unproven autonomous vehicle ambitions. But the company…
Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center rather than on your desktop
“A lot of people want local inference. And somehow they assume that the problem is solved now because we’re going to have open source models, we’ll be able to run them on our computers, and so we won’t need all the hardware in the…
FDA again bypasses advisors to remove black box warnings from menopause treatments | Healthcare in the United States
Three more patches intended to treat menopause will no longer carry warnings about cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and dementia, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials announced Friday. The FDA did not convene an advisory committee and…
Reddit shares plunge 30% after company says its third-quarter search traffic was ‘down significantly’
A day after Alphabet lost $500 billion in market value due to a slowdown at Google, Reddit stock plunged 30% on Friday after the company said its search traffic “declined significantly” in the third quarter. Shares of the digital platform,…
Bodum French press recalled due to risk of glass breakage
Financial influencer Taylor Price joins “Varney & Co.” to explain how changing your mindset can help Americans grow their wealth and achieve the American dream. Nearly 6 million coffee makers are being recalled because their glass could…
Binance crypto hack: what happens to customer funds on exchanges
A record hack at Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is a reminder of the risks investors take when trusting a company to hold their digital tokens. Binance said Friday that the security breach affected approximately $6.3 billion…
Wall Street’s next blockbuster stock split is here — the stock has gained 3,050% since its 2025 debut and even more upside to come, according to Wall Street
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have changed the technology landscape, creating a string of winning stocks along the way. One of them is Sandisk (SNDK -13.47%). It’s been less than a year since she came from Western digital early…
ExxonMobil and Chevron reap profits as gasoline prices exceed $4 per gallon
Media coverage of the economy places too much emphasis on gasoline prices while ignoring a solid boom in consumer spending, according to Larry Kudlow. He points out that consumer spending increases by 3.5% after inflation. U.S. oil giants raked in…
Google Stock Plunges 12%, Joe Carlson Calls Shares Cheap – Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) shares plunged 12.6% on Thursday, wiping nearly $500 billion from its market value and $23,400 from investors. Joseph Carlson Google Fund. But Carlson, who runs the stock market analysis platform Qualtrim, isn’t…
Customers in Chile drank margaritas, then were chemically burned
October 30, 2026, 12:16 p.m. ET Customers at Chili’s in North Carolina experienced burning mouths after drinking margaritas, and it wasn’t because of the tequila. On Oct. 28, three customers at a Chili’s restaurant in Forest City, North…