Facebook gave you $30. This company pays you every day. You probably missed the check… or maybe it’s still “in the mail.” Earlier this year, Facebook was forced to pay $725 million to users for mishandling their data. The average payout? Just $30. That’s what Big Tech thinks your attention is worth. But there’s…
By Dan Catchpole SEATTLE (Reuters) -U.S. planemaker Boeing said on Tuesday that it delivered 48 airplanes in July, down from 60 in June but five more than a year earlier. It was the most deliveries by the company in July since 2017, when it delivered 58 aircraft. Boeing continued to fall further behind European rival Airbus…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -WestJet Airlines said on Tuesday a return to normal operations was underway after a temporary system outage had forced the Canadian carrier to briefly halt all departures. Earlier in the day, the airline, owned by Onex Corp, requested the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for a ground stop that affected the flights operated under…
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Chrome browser on Tuesday, a bid far above its own valuation as the startup reaches for the browser’s billions of users pivotal to the AI search race. Run by Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity is no stranger to headline-grabbing offers: it made…
(Reuters) -Exxon Mobil could invest as much as $21.7 billion in Trinidad and Tobago if the energy major finds reserves in a large deepwater area it plans to explore for oil and gas in the Caribbean country, energy minister Roodal Moonilal said. The official spoke on Tuesday at an event in Port of Spain to…
