From the recommendations on a store’s app to the prices flashing on digital shelf labels, artificial intelligence now shapes what shoppers see, what they buy and how products reach the shelves.

Until recently, most of it has happened behind the scenes. But retailers, including Target, are rolling out features that interact more directly with ...Read more

Jenny Boyter’s stash is dwindling.

The Atlanta resident has just one 12-pack left of Tab — a diet soda that Coca-Cola canceled five years ago.

Even so, during a November interview at her home, Boyter gleefully popped the top on a can. It expired in 2021.

“It’s fizzy and everything,” Boyter, a retired school principal, said as she ...Read more

Everyone needs a plan for when the power goes out.

Portable power stations can help you keep the lights on and the coffee brewed in an emergency.

My mom lives outside Houston, and when there’s a hurricane in the Gulf, she wheels out her power station and plugs in her lamp and coffee maker and her weather radio.

Here are three power stations...Read more

WASHINGTON — Waymo's decision to deploy its ride-hailing service in the Motor City has been an exciting development for some, and an unnerving one to Metro Detroiters worried about the safety of self-driving cars.

Waymo LLC, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, has already launched in several other major U.S. cities, including ...Read more

Elizabeth Holmes, serving a lengthy prison sentence for fraud, claimed Tuesday on social media that one of the most-damaging pieces of evidence against her — that she appropriated drug-companies’ logos and affixed them to internal Theranos reports to deceive investors — was a “false claim” and “(expletive) thrown against the wall” ...Read more

A self-driving Waymo taxi hit a dog in San Francisco, reigniting a heated debate over autonomous vehicle safety just weeks after one killed a popular neighborhood cat.

On Sunday, around 8 p.m. in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood, a Waymo carrying passengers ran over a small, unleashed dog, the company confirmed.

The dog's ...Read more

The Trump administration is poised to undo Biden-era fuel efficiency standards it blames for driving up the cost of new cars, according to people familiar with the matter.

Executives from Detroit’s major automakers, including Stellantis NV Chief Executive Officer Antonio Filosa, are slated to attend a White House announcement of proposed fuel...Read more

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund could reportedly own nearly all of Electronic Arts Inc. under the buyout plan for the video game giant.

The Saudi fund would own 93.4% of Redwood City, California-based EA, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday, which cited a recent filing with a Brazilian antitrust regulator. Private equity ...Read more

A University of Minnesota-led review is urging federal health advisers to maintain a longstanding immunization strategy that has hepatitis B on the verge of elimination in the U.S.

Offering vaccinations within 24 hours of birth is a safe and effective way to prevent the spread of the infectious disease, which is particularly harmful to children...Read more

The Trump administration is poised to announce new fuel efficiency standards for automobiles in a bid to undo requirements it has assailed for driving up the cost of new cars, according to people familiar with the matter.

The chief executive officer of Jeep-maker Stellantis NV and senior executives from General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. ...Read more

Boeing Co. expects to generate cash again in 2026, a significant reversal in the planemaker’s finances as it prepares to boost monthly production rates of its passenger aircraft.

The U.S. company expects positive free cash flow to reach the “low-single digits” billions of dollars next year, reversing the $2 billion cash burn seen for 2025...Read more

CEO pay packages hit another high last year, and some of the Seattle area's largest companies are contributing to that trend.

As CEO pay climbed, the median wage for workers of America's largest corporations rose as well, according to compensation data analysis firm Equilar. Reports from the firm for the past five years show upticks in pay for ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales fell almost 1% year-over-year in November as an aluminum shortage affected F-Series production and electric vehicle sales plummeted 61% without the federal plug-in vehicle tax credit.

Total sales declined 0.9% to 164,925 vehicles for the month. Dealer services provider Cox Automotive Inc. forecasted U.S. sales for ...Read more

If shoppers aren't careful this holiday gift-giving season, they could get hit with unexpected charges on merchandise and festive favorites from overseas.

"Unfortunately, a lot of U.S. consumers are going to be in for a surprise, especially if they haven't ordered something online in a while," said Jason Miller, a professor of supply chain ...Read more

Veteran Bay Area biomedical CEO Paul Hastings had to lay off five dozen employees at his company earlier this year, thanks, he said, to what he described as the Trump administration’s attacks on universities, science and medical-research funding, he said.

Trump in an August executive order said federal grants had been insufficiently vetted, ...Read more

Steve Pinard’s Action Sport Rentals normally does a relatively brisk business renting out paddleboards, Jet Skis and power boats to vacationers at his Mission Bay locations, but given the grim numbers he has seen this year, he’s hoping to just break even in the coming year.

In a move to quickly juice end-of-year sales, Pinard offered a ...Read more

Reports of recent job cuts, especially by tech companies, have spurred speculation about the impact of AI on the workplace: Will the advanced computing technology increasingly replace people on the job?

That was on Kaitlyn McCormick’s mind as she pursued a bachelor’s degree in the information technology field. She is now working toward a ...Read more

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. was fielding a second round of bids on Monday, including a mostly cash offer from Netflix Inc., in an auction that could wrap up in the coming days or weeks, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Bankers for Paramount Skydance Corp., Comcast Corp. and Netflix worked over the long Thanksgiving weekend on ...Read more