Hi, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that highlights some of the more noteworthy moments in tech over the past few days. The holiday season is nigh upon us, but the tech industry waits for no one — on the horizon are IBM, AMD and Intel conferences, plus the annual Consumer Electronics…
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New data shows that a number of popular retail brands face severe concerns about whether their parent company can pay its bills…
Black farmers seem to have received the rough end of every stick this past century. In 1910, they represented around 14% of U.S. farmers and owned over 16 million acres of land. Today, one in 100 farmers are Black, owning less than 5 million acres and losing $326 billion in land value. Farmers are suing…
GM may have mortgaged its future last week. On Wednesday, the automaker announced that it would boost its dividend and buy back $10 billion worth of its shares, effectively erasing this year’s net income and then some. The move pleased shareholders, with GM’s stock trading about 10% higher than before the financial engineering moves were…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People stand next to children sitting in camping carts as they wait for their rides outside a children’s hospital in Beijing, China November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo 2/2 SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -China’s surge in respiratory illness is caused by known pathogens and there is no sign of new infectious…
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday he believes Republicans have the votes to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.“I believe we will,” Johnson told Fox News of a GOP-led impeachment inquiry. “I suspect no Democrats will assist in this effort, but they should.”Johnson added Republicans “have a duty to do this” and…
After four years, the long-awaited launch of the Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup has come and gone. The boxy vehicle is Tesla’s first new model since 2020, when it started delivering the Model Y. Yet, Cybertruck’s initial debut predates that moment; Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off an early version of the pickup at a memorable…





