PepsiCo plans to deploy 100 heavy-duty Tesla Semis in 2023, when it will begin using the electric trucks to deliver to customers such as Walmart and Kroger, according to the soda maker’s top fleet official, who spoke to Reuters on Friday. PepsiCo Inc, which ordered the large trucks in 2017, is buying them “outright” and…
HSBC will stop funding new oil and gas fields and will seek more information from energy clients about their carbon-cutting plans, the banking giant announced on Wednesday as part of a broader update to its sector policy. Activists who have been critical of HSBC in recent years have mostly praised the move by one of…
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said on Wednesday that the situation at his cryptocurrency exchange has “stabilized,” attempting to assuage investors’ concerns after the company was forced to halt withdrawals of a stablecoin. Zhao stated that approximately $1.14 billion in net withdrawals occurred on Tuesday, but added that this was “not the highest withdrawals we processed,…
Twitter relaunched its updated Twitter Blue subscription service on Monday, two months after Elon Musk, the company’s new owner, pulled and delayed the launch in November. The service costs $8 per month for web users and $11 per month for iOS users who buy it from Apple’s App Store. Musk’s recent complaints about Apple’s 30%…
Toyota Motor Corp is expected to outline changes to its electric vehicle (EV) strategy to key suppliers early next year, as it seeks to close the price and performance gap with industry leaders Tesla and BYD, according to two people familiar with the project. According to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because…
On Monday, Twitter’s paid verification feature will be available once more. It was halted last month after being inundated with impersonators. It is still $8 per month, but there is a $11 fee for those who use the Twitter app on Apple devices. Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, has previously stated in tweets that…
The Financial Conduct Authority penalized Santander £107.7 million ($132 million) on Friday for “serious and persistent” holes in the Spanish bank’s anti-money laundering control system for over 560,000 corporate clients. The FCA stated that between December 31, 2012 and October 18, 2017, Santander’s UK arm was unable to to manage and supervise its anti-money laundering systems…
The Federal Trade Commission of the US announced that it has filed an antitrust case against Microsoft, claiming that the software company’s attempt to acquire video game publisher Activision Blizzard would violate US law. Microsoft isn’t dealing with competitive pressure for the first time. In 1998, the United States The Department of Justice filed a broad…
Following the collapse of the FTX exchange, which lowered valuations and dampened investor interest, Goldman Sachs plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies. The implosion of FTX has increased the demand for more trustworthy, regulated cryptocurrency players, and big banks see an opportunity to pick up business,…
Elon Musk’s Twitter is relying heavily on automation to moderate content, eliminating certain manual reviews and preferring distribution restrictions over outright censorship, according to the company’s new head of trust and safety, who spoke to Reuters. Twitter is also restricting abuse-prone hashtags and search results in areas such as child exploitation, regardless of the potential…
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