McDonald’s and other restaurant chains look to the Sun Belt for growth as population soars
As the population of the Sun Belt grows, restaurant chains such as McDonald’s and Portillo’s are looking to those states for future sales growth.
Senate passes major government funding bill just in time to prevent a shutdown
The chamber approved a package of six appropriations bills ahead of a late-Friday deadline, sending it to President Joe Biden to become law after some haggling over amendments.
Sam Altman rejoins OpenAI board of directors as investigation into his ouster comes to a close
Sam Altman rejoined OpenAI’s board of directors and the company added three new board members, along with announcing the results of an internal investigation.
Biden says he’ll ban TikTok if Congress passes bill, but he’s campaigning on it until then
President Joe Biden’s election campaign is active on TikTok at the same time lawmakers are urging ByteDance to divest the app or to ban it.
Inflation will be on investors’ minds next week as worries over sky-high valuations grow
Investors will weigh inflation data and the consumer at a time when record highs in stocks have some on edge.
Microsoft begins blocking some terms that caused its AI tool to create violent, sexual images
Microsoft has made changes to its artificial intelligence guardrails after a staff AI engineer wrote to the FTC with concerns about Copilot’s image generation.
Apple reverses course, approves Epic Games for app store in Europe
The episode was one of the first challenges to the European DMA from one of the technology giants it regulates.
Biden touts ‘fixed’ student loan forgiveness programs in State of the Union. Here’s what he meant
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden spoke about his work to forgive the student debt of nearly 4 million people. Here’s what to know.
After Biden praises progress on inflation in State of the Union, economists weigh in
Economists weigh in on Biden’s comments about inflation in his State of the Union address.
Microsoft says a Russian hacking group is still trying to crack into its systems
Microsoft on Friday said that Russian group Nobelium, or Midnight Blizzard, has been trying to access its internal systems and source code repositories.
