How much better does a TV have to work before shoppers are willing to spend upward of $1,500 to replace the one already hanging on their walls?

That’s the question facing Minnesota-based Best Buy as it becomes the exclusive national retailer for a new generation of premium TVs that promises brighter colors, deeper contrast and less glare than...Read more

There it sits, like an industrial-strength rhinoceros in bespoke loafers, the 2026 Ford F-250 Super-Duty Platinum.

Gleaming like a petrochemical baron’s wedding band, it’s not merely a truck. It is a rolling steel-and-leather declaration that you have something towable, be it a boat, camper, or trailer. This is a machine conceived without ...Read more

GMC and their flagship Yukon brings all-around excellence with this week’s tester, the 2026 GMC Yukon Denali Ultimate.

This cousin to the Chevrolet Tahoe provides all of the space, comfort, style and luxury anyone could want.

In 2026, GM worked wonders on its existing fleet and added nice trim levels to keep the competition always thinking ...Read more

STRATFORD, Virginia — With bold styling, peppy performance and more rear legroom than an Audi Q7 for goodness sake, the $23,495 Chevrolet Trax is the most affordable SUV from a Detroit automaker. By a country mile.

But, admit it, the problem we have with entry-level models is the wheels.

Wheels? They look more like they were pulled off the ...Read more

Surcharges that California homeowners have been hit with statewide by insurers defraying the costs of Los Angeles County's wildfires were ruled legal in a decision released late Tuesday.

L.A. County Superior Court Judge Tiana Murillo turned down a petition by advocacy group Consumer Watchdog to halt the charges, which insurers began levying ...Read more

Donald Trump, who reversed his early skepticism of crypto to become one of the industry’s biggest boosters, reported more crypto-related income last year than any publicly traded U.S. digital-asset company earned.

The 927-page financial disclosure released Tuesday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics showed Trump generated at least $1.4 ...Read more

Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and its U.S. digital payment processor agreed to pay $600 million to resolve a federal investigation into whether they failed to prevent the sale and importation of illegal pharmaceuticals and controlled substances, the Justice Department said.

Alibaba entered into a non-prosecution agreement ...Read more

Microsoft’s share price fell by 19% in June, marking the company’s worst month on Wall Street in almost 26 years.

The Redmond-based tech giant lost $650 billion in market value last month, ending a fiscal year that’s turned rough for the company. The share price closed on Tuesday at $373.02, a long way down from its record high of roughly...Read more

SACRAMENTO, California — Wednesday morning marked the first day of the governor’s return-to-office order.

State workers have been able to work primarily from home since the COVID-19 pandemic, but over the past two years Gov. Gavin Newsom has worked to incrementally increase how much time his employees spend in office.

In 2024, he called ...Read more

A massive real estate development that would include more than 1,500 residences, dramatically transform three city blocks and alter the downtown Los Angeles skyline was approved Tuesday by the City Council.

The planned Fourth & Central complex would cost $2 billion to build and include a mix of residential, office, restaurant and shop spaces in...Read more

The federal government is suing 99 Ranch Market, alleging the nation's largest Asian supermarket chain is discriminating against employees who are not Chinese.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the California-based chain paid non-Chinese employees less money, didn't promote them and scheduled ...Read more

Stellantis NV's U.S. sales surged 6% in the second quarter thanks to the growing popularity of its Ram pickups as well as its refreshed Chrysler Pacifica minivan.

But even as Ram sales grew 11% and Chrysler boomed by 80% year-over-year, the automaker's other two core domestic brands struggled over the last three months. Jeep sales slumped 5% ...Read more

A federal lawsuit alleging that gas companies in California are colluding to keep prices high through their use of AI-powered software will test the state's antitrust law at a time of growing concerns about the effects of technology on the high cost of living.

Filed on behalf of three drivers last week, the proposed class-action lawsuit accuses...Read more

A former software manager at Wisk Aero, Boeing’s autonomous air taxi subsidiary, has accused Wisk of rushing software testing and retaliating against her for raising safety concerns.

Briahna O’Neill said she was fired from Wisk in March 2025 after filing two internal safety reports alleging company executives pushed engineers to reduce ...Read more

Well, that's a fun ride, isn't it?

SpaceX, which is controlled by Elon Musk, went public on June 12 at a stratospheric valuation that made Musk the first trillionaire in history.

He retained that status, according to Bloomberg's billionaires index, for 11 days after the initial public offering, or until the stock price drifted back to Earth ...Read more

The race to bring air travel to the sky is heating up as Santa Cruz-based Joby Aviation and Toyota launch a joint venture to commercially produce air taxis.

The companies said in a news release Tuesday that they will work together on productivity, quality and costs and move toward mass production of Joby's electric vertical takeoff aircraft. ...Read more

General Motors Co. sold the most vehicles of any automaker in the United States over the past three months despite a drop in sales compared to last year, the company said Wednesday.

The Detroit automaker sold close to 32,000 fewer vehicles in the past three months compared to the same time period last year. Rivals including Toyota Motor Corp. ...Read more

Boeing and the union representing its white-collar workers are set to start contract negotiations July 1, teeing up discussions over wages, benefits and job security.

The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA, represents about 20,000 workers at Boeing facilities and its subsidiaries in Washington, Oregon, Kansas, ...Read more