Stable Consumer Confidence Hides an E-Shaped Spending Divide
Consumer confidence barely moved in August, but the stability of the headline number conceals two trends that matter for spending: Americans feel better about the jobs they have today, while confidence about jobs, income and business conditions six months from now is weakening.…
The Conference Board said in a Tuesday (Aug.
25) press release that its Consumer Confidence Index declined 0.
Mercedes CEO on his fake-V8 electric AMG: ‘like a born-again Christian’
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius, a self-described “petrol head” who once ran AMG, says driving an electric AMG with a simulated V8 turned him into “a born-again Christian.…
” The comments, made in a new interview, are Mercedes’ clearest pitch …
Hot Chips 2026: Intel details cutting-edge tech in entry-level Wildcat Lake — value-focused 18A chips necessitated UCIe integration
Intel's Wildcat Lake is unassuming, launching with the message that it was a cutting-edge alternative to the MacBook Neo with Intel's latest node and some trimmings around the edges.…
Although Wildcat Lake is, indeed, a budget part with major concessions…
The Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) specification first …
Both AMD and Intel have rallied behind UCIe as an open interconnect co…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explains how advances across chips, compute, models, and products compound to deliver more useful intelligence at greater scale and lower cost.
Alabama Probe Opens New Regulatory Front Over Containing Powerful AI Models
Regulators are beginning to look beyond what artificial intelligence models tell users to probe whether the companies building the most powerful systems keep them under control.…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall opened an investigation into O…
The probe signals that model containment is evolving from a voluntary …
Marshall subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into what his o…