Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaking during a Google event in California in 2016. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Major Alphabet investor TCI sent a letter to Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday. The letter urged the company to cut costs in part by reducing headcount and lowering compensation. It also called for losses to be “reduced dramatically”…
April 12, 2005: Brent Krott, 15, holds a hand of cards in a game called Magic the Gathering At Crossroad Games in Standish. Gordon Chibroski/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images Hasbro stock received a double downgrade from Bank of America on Monday due to its management of the popular Magic: The Gathering card game.The bank…
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott speaks during a news conference following the GOP weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on September 20, 2022. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Sen. Rick Scott is challenging Mitch McConnell to become the top Senate Republican. Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, and others have called for McConnell’s ouster following disappointing midterm elections This…
Lucas Jackson/Reuters Higher-income consumers are still grocery shopping at Walmart, a trend that began earlier this year. Most of Walmart’s grocery market-share gain in Q3 came from households making $100,000. Persistent inflation has nudged shoppers toward lower-cost stores and private-label brands. Upper middle-class people are still flocking to Walmart for their groceries. Walmart reported its…
Protesters hold Ukrainian flags and placards during the demonstration. Photo by Hakan Akgun/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Russian missiles struck NATO-ally Poland and killed 2 people on Tuesday, according to reports. The incident could invoke NATO Article 4, which allows any member to call for a consultation when threatened. Several NATO countries previously invoked Article…
Lucid had more to show today than its less expensive Air models. The auto startup has finally teased its second EV, the long-in-the-making Gravity SUV. The vehicle will share the swooping visual language of the Air while offering up to three rows of seating that can accommodate seven people. It should also have a next-gen…
Over the past year, I’ve been on a mission to make my garage a gym away from the actual gym, because sometimes, you just want to get in a workout away from other people. I originally had an old crappy LG plasma TV up on the wall of said home gym, but because my garage…
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revealed Microsoft’s decision to “pivot away” from its previously announced Game Pass streaming box earlier this year was due to pricing concerns, with the company unable to get the device within its desired $99-$129 price bracket. Speaking in the latest episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast (as spotted by VGC),…
A Neil Sedaka once sang, breaking up is hard to do, but surely he didn’t envision an era where streaming passwords would become an added complication to a painful separation. Netflix users who’re logged in on a former partner, roommate or friend’s devices know the pain all too well. Until now, the only way to…