Barbie phone launch: price, specs, availability

Barbie phone launch: price, specs, availability

The HMD Barbie phone is a co-branded product with Mattel, the toymaking giant behind the franchise. HMD HMD, the company behind Nokia-branded phones, launched a Barbie-branded phone Wednesday that comes with calls, texts, and a classic “flip” design — but no internet or social media apps. The HMD Barbie Phone is a hot pink device … Read more

Musk, xAI accused of worsening Memphis smog with unauthorized turbines

Musk, xAI accused of worsening Memphis smog with unauthorized turbines

Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe.  Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is being accused by environmental and health advocates of adding to the pollution problem in Memphis, Tennessee, by using natural gas … Read more

Canada is ‘shooting itself in the foot’ with new EV tariffs

Canada is ‘shooting itself in the foot’ with new EV tariffs

BEIJING, CHINA – DECEMBER 04: China and Canada flag is displayed in front of the Forbidden City on December 4, 2017 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s state media has criticized Canada over its decision to impose 100% import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, using bolder language than … Read more

Why the McDonald’s value meal is making a comeback

Why the McDonald’s value meal is making a comeback

With fast-food customers revolting over higher prices, chains like McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s are bringing back the value meal. Nearly 80% of Americans said they feel fast food has become a luxury and are eating out less, according to a LendingTree survey. To try to lure them back, fast-food chains have been touting their … Read more

Chinese EV maker Xpeng shares pop 6% after its mass-market car launch

Chinese EV maker Xpeng shares pop 6% after its mass-market car launch

He Xiaopeng, founder of Chinese EV company Xpeng, said on Aug. 27 that the startup’s next ten years will focus on integrating artificial intelligence. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Xpeng shares rose after the Chinese electric car company launched its new mass-market Mona brand on Tuesday with prices starting as low as $16,812, far … Read more

Buy now, pay later firm Klarna swings to first-half profit ahead of IPO

Buy now, pay later firm Klarna swings to first-half profit ahead of IPO

“Buy-now, pay-later” firm Klarna aims to return to profit by summer 2023. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Klarna said it posted a profit in the first half of the year, swinging into the black from a loss last year as the buy now, pay later pioneer edges closer toward its hotly anticipated stock … Read more

Xpeng releases mass-market EV with basic driver-assist for less than $20,000

Xpeng releases mass-market EV with basic driver-assist for less than ,000

Chinese electric car company Xpeng displays its mass-market Mona M03 coupe inside a headquarters’ showroom in Guangzhou, China, on Aug. 26, 2024. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Xpeng on Tuesday announced that its mass-market brand Mona will start selling some models for less than $17,000. The basic version of the … Read more

Nvidia is world’s ‘most important stock,’ adds pressure to Q2 earnings

Nvidia is world’s ‘most important stock,’ adds pressure to Q2 earnings

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a speech at an event at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024.  Ann Wang | Reuters For Nvidia investors, the past two years have been a joyride. But recently they’ve been on more of a roller coaster. As the primary beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom, Nvidia has … Read more

Russia warns France over Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s detainment

Russia warns France over Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s detainment

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov AOP.Press | Corbis | Getty Images Russia on Tuesday issued words of caution to France over its detainment of Pavel Durov, the CEO and founder of messaging app Telegram, suggesting the move may be politically motivated. On Saturday, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a warrant for Durov’s arrest over … Read more

Volkswagen China is spending lots of time at Xpeng to make new EVs

Volkswagen China is spending lots of time at Xpeng to make new EVs

Top Volkswagen and Xpeng executives pose at the German automaker’s launch event in Beijing, China, on Aug. 24, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Hundreds of Volkswagen staff are spending time at Xpeng as the German auto giant and Chinese startup work to create electric cars for China, Xpeng co-president Brian Gu … Read more