The Federal Trade Commission said Friday it settled with the largest U.S. distributor of wines and spirits over claims that it was discriminating against small and independent businesses. The agency sued Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits in December 2024 after finding it didn’t give smaller stores access to the discounts and rebates it offered larger
If you’re in the market for a tiny power station that punches well above its size and weight then have a look at EcoFlow’s new fourth-generation River series. The River 260 Gen4 features a 256Wh capacity battery while the 520 Gen4 packs in 512Wh — storing about 2.5x and 5x the energy of the largest
Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: This week, the major players in the AI industry met with the U.S. government in a bid to end the confusion around the regulation of frontier AI models. The meeting was convened at the White House on Tuesday, and featured OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta,
The White House has no plans to publicly reveal the framework it’s been working on for how it will vet frontier AI models prior to release. Instead, the details will be kept under wraps, only known to a select group of companies that may choose to participate in the process, which is voluntary. Several major
The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to close five smaller U.S. embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia and the Western Hemisphere WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to close five smaller U.S. embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia and the Western
The use of ultrathin 2D semiconductor materials promises to shrink transistors down to the nanometer scale. However, to achieve a substantial increase in the number of these transistors that can fit on a chip, it is necessary to reduce the metal contacts that connect them to external circuitry. Until now, it has been unclear how
