They don’t look like much — two small boxes and a solar panel mounted on some utility poles around Pittsburgh. A small weather station and a sensor, constantly updating Duquesne Light on the conditions of its transmission lines.

The system is crunching the data into a physics equation that governs how transmission lines operate. The more ...Read more

Fernando Flores can spend eight hours a day pouring the same cup of coffee.

He is not a barista. He's a robot puppeteer, trying to train humanoids.

He manipulates mechanical controllers to make nearby robot arms pick up a pot of coffee, pour it into a mug and put the pot back in the coffee maker. Flores checks for spills, then empties the mug ...Read more

The attorney general in Massachusetts is suing UnitedHealthcare, alleging in the lawsuit that the Minnetonka-based health insurance giant pocketed millions by overstating the health risks of lower-income residents enrolled in a health plan for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Between January 2015 and December 2025, UnitedHealthcare systematically ...Read more

Mark Ma wants to know how the workforce really feels about artificial intelligence — so he’s tracking exactly that.

An associate professor of business administration at the University of Pittsburgh, Ma spent the past four years studying the motives behind return-to-office mandates after the pandemic. He became a go-to voice on the issue ...Read more

The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut its workforce by 15% through buyouts and layoffs, executives said Tuesday evening, just a month after the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Annunciation school and church shooting.

Chief executive Steve Grove also signaled a potential new ownership structure for the news organization, ...Read more

An arbitrator has sided with former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, saying in a preliminary ruling that he was not guilty of sexual assault against his former girlfriend and business partner Michelle Ritter.

The arbitrator, retired Washington State Judge Beth Andrus, recently ordered Ritter to pay $10.7 million in damages to Schmidt.

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The White House announced it will reduce tariffs on imported farm and construction equipment such as harvesters and forklifts, an effort to boost the industrial economy and provide relief for American farmers.

Under a proclamation issued late Monday, those duties would drop to 15% from 25%. Foreign companies could qualify for a lower 10% levy ...Read more

A Carson City judge has granted the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s motion for a preliminary injunction blocking the operation of a third prediction market in the state.

First Judicial District Court Judge Jason Woodbury on Friday granted the Control Board’s motion and state officials believe a formal written order is forthcoming.

“We are ...Read more

Office life is tense these days in light of reorganizations, layoffs and now expanding in-office mandates.

And with the rollout of artificial intelligence at workplaces threatening to displace white-collar jobs, workers are riddled with fear about their futures.

This cocktail of factors is contributing to higher levels of stress and anxiety ...Read more

Market conditions in China, regulatory changes there and its brands' speedy vehicle development threaten to put the United States behind in developing autonomous driving technologies, experts say.

Direct comparisons are rare, given the lack of Chinese vehicles in the United States and data-sharing restrictions between the two nations. But that'...Read more

Facing higher premiums and the loss of federal subsidies, 374,000 people with health insurance from the state marketplace known as Covered California canceled their coverage in the first three months of the year, according to government statistics.

The cancellations amount to 19% of those who had renewed their policies on the state marketplace ...Read more

Anthony Kreashko lost his job as an electrician in 2020, so, like legions of Coloradans during the pandemic, he filed for state unemployment benefits.

The regular payments helped keep Kreashko afloat as he searched for a new gig. But four years later, the Denver resident received a surprising letter from the Colorado Department of Labor and ...Read more

Mentioning artificial intelligence to the graduating class of 2026 has been sure to get you booed. And why not? Fresh graduates have spent the past few years being told about the wonders of AI and watched seniors struggle to get a toehold in the labor market. As much as they are right to worry, there’s hope on the horizon.

The labor market ...Read more

The rise of remote work explains more of the recent increase in unemployment among young college graduates than the proliferation of artificial intelligence, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York study.

Some 64% of the rise in jobless rates among college-educated workers under the age of 29 vs. prepandemic levels can be attributed to ...Read more

A proposed settlement between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission to end the agency’s Twitter Inc. stake lawsuit came after almost a year of negotiations, attorneys for the agency said Monday after a judge raised concerns about the deal.

“The $1.5 million civil penalty aligns with the seven-figure penalty that the SEC’s ...Read more

Big Food is packing protein into chips, waffles and even Starbucks’ lattes, and consumers can’t get enough of it.

But that insatiable demand now has the industry grappling with shortages and skyrocketing prices of whey protein, forcing some manufacturers to halt production or reformulate their top-selling products with alternative ...Read more

Less than a week after a multibillion-dollar deal for one of the country’s largest casino operators was announced, another gambling giant could soon be acquired.

Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller’s People Inc. is presenting an $18 billion offer to buy MGM Resorts International. The proposed transaction, which includes assuming MGM’s ...Read more

Walmart Inc. is limiting staff’s usage of an artificial-intelligence tool following high demand, illustrating how corporations are adjusting their calculations for incorporating the technology.

The retailer is now offering a set amount of “tokens” per employee to use Code Puppy, an AI agent that helps with tasks ranging from spreadsheets ...Read more

McDonald’s Corp. is betting on everything from fancier chicken to new playgrounds as part of a campaign to make fast food feel less like fast food.

New menu items including hand-breaded wings and filets are in testing as part of a wide-ranging wager on higher-quality food. This, along with more engaging social media campaigns and upgrades to ...Read more