Hacker News with Generative AI: Business

BYD just launched the largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions (electrek.co)
BYD just launched the world’s largest car carrier to charge up its global EV ambitions

Electric Vehicles, Automotive, Business, China

39 points by zfg 3 hours ago | 29 comments

Octopus overtakes British Gas as Britain's largest household energy supplier (theguardian.com)
Octopus Energy has become Britain’s largest household energy supplier for the first time, toppling British Gas almost four decades after it was privatised under Margaret Thatcher.

Energy, United Kingdom, Business, Competition

8 points by doener 11 hours ago | 3 comments

Say bye to Tesla Cybertruck: Elon Musk announces decision after fall in sales (ecoportal.net)

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Business, Elon Musk

4 points by ColinWright 11 hours ago | 4 comments

General Motors Is Banned from Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Years (nytimes.com)
The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it had reached a settlement with General Motors that would ban the automaker from providing drivers’ behavior and geolocation data to consumer reporting agencies.

Privacy, Law, Automotive, Business, Data

183 points by mmooss 23 hours ago | 172 comments

Gamers Suspect Elon Musk Is a Charlatan (vulture.com)
How does Elon Musk find the time? Not content with spending his precious hours busting unions, hanging out at Mar-a-Lago, and catapulting meme coins to the crypto stratosphere, Musk is also a bona fide gamer god — or so he would have you believe.

Elon Musk, Gaming, Celebrities, Business

22 points by latexr 1 day ago | 3 comments

AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring $15 or $20 plans (arstechnica.com)
AT&T has stopped offering its 5G home Internet service in New York instead of complying with a new state law that requires ISPs to offer $15 or $20 plans to people with low incomes.

Telecommunications, New York, Legislation, Business

13 points by pseudolus 1 day ago | 3 comments

Mullenweg's Grip on WordPress Challenged in New Court Filing (searchenginejournal.com)
A Motion to Intervene has been filed in the WP Engine lawsuit against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, alleging fifteen claims and seeking monetary awards along with changes to WordPress.org’s governance structure.

Lawsuits, WordPress, Open Source, Technology, Business

38 points by rmason 1 day ago | 9 comments

Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: We don't care about professional coders anymore (semafor.com)
Replit has had a turbulent year, but CEO Amjad Masad’s sonorous voice was almost zen-like as he spoke to me on Monday in an airy conference room, sipping coconut water with a view of the sun setting over Foster City, California.

Generative AI, Software, Business, Artificial Intelligence

47 points by jgalt212 1 day ago | 80 comments

Mr. Beast Offers to Buy Tik Tok (twitter.com)

Social Media, Business, Influencers

4 points by efitz 1 day ago | 6 comments

Apple's Tim Cook Plans to Join Tech CEOs at Trump's Inauguration (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook is planning to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump next week, the latest in a wave of Silicon Valley leaders traveling to Washington for the ceremony.

Apple, Politics, Tech Industry, Business

10 points by cdme 1 day ago | 7 comments

Walgreens replaced fridge doors with smart screens. It's now a $200M fiasco (bloomberg.com)
The refrigerated section at the flagship Walgreens on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile was glowing with frozen food and bottled drinks, but not for long. Where the fridge cases were previously lined with simple glass doors, there were door-size computer screens instead. These “smart doors” obscured shoppers’ view of the fridges’ actual contents, replacing them with virtual rows of the Gatorades, Bagel Bites and other goods it promised were inside.

Retail, Technology, Business, Failure

79 points by zinekeller 1 day ago | 96 comments

American Sellers Lost Amazon to China (marketplacepulse.com)
In 2024, China-based sellers increased their market share to more than 50% on Amazon.

E-commerce, Amazon, China, Business, Market Share

8 points by bookofjoe 2 days ago | 3 comments

Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (2007) [pdf] (tiiny.site)
Evaluating Apple's iPhone and its implications for Nokia.

Mobile Phones, Nokia, Apple, History, Business

486 points by late 2 days ago | 504 comments

Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: We don't care about professional coders anymore (semafor.com)
Replit has had a turbulent year, but CEO Amjad Masad’s sonorous voice was almost zen-like as he spoke to me on Monday in an airy conference room, sipping coconut water with a view of the sun setting over Foster City, California.

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Startups, Business

3 points by truegoric 2 days ago | 0 comments

Walgreens says locking up products to prevent shoplifting hurts sales (cbsnews.com)
Locking up store merchandise can deter shoplifters and paying customers alike, according to Walgreens.

Retail, Shoplifting, Business, Consumer Behavior

27 points by croes 2 days ago | 35 comments

Musk didn't show up for testimony in SEC probe re: Twitter acquisition (2024) (cnn.com)

Elon Musk, Twitter, SEC, Lawsuits, Business

5 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 2 days ago | 2 comments

Russia's largest platform for state procurement hit by cyberattack (therecord.media)
Russia’s main electronic trading platform for government and corporate procurement confirmed on Monday that it had been targeted by a cyberattack after initially claiming that outages were caused by “maintenance work.”

Cybersecurity, Russia, Government, Business, Procurement

8 points by doener 2 days ago | 0 comments

Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: 'We don't care about professional coders anymore (semafor.com)
Replit has had a turbulent year, but CEO Amjad Masad’s sonorous voice was almost zen-like as he spoke to me on Monday in an airy conference room, sipping coconut water with a view of the sun setting over Foster City, California.

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Business, Technology, Startups

14 points by marban 2 days ago | 5 comments

Google's search market share drops below 90% for first time since 2015 (searchengineland.com)
Google’s share of the global search engine market fell below 90% for the first time since 2015, according to Statcounter. Google’s global search market share was under 90% during each of the final three months of 2024.

Google, Competition, Technology, Business

8 points by t0bia_s 2 days ago | 3 comments

Gemini Advanced now included in Google Workspace (workspace.google.com)
We believe AI is foundational to the future of work and its transformative power should be accessible to every business and every employee, at an affordable price.

Generative AI, Google Workspace, Business, AI, Productivity

58 points by simonpure 2 days ago | 3 comments

FTC Sues John Deere over Its Repair Monopoly (404media.co)
The Biden administration and the states of Illinois and Minnesota sued tractor and agricultural manufacturer John Deere Wednesday, arguing that the company’s anti consumer repair practices have driven up prices for farmers and have made it difficult for them to get repairs during critical planting and harvesting seasons.

Antitrust, Agriculture, Lawsuits, Consumer Rights, Business

67 points by jbiason 2 days ago | 11 comments

Enterprises in for a shock when they realize power and cooling demands of AI (theregister.com)
Most businesses rushing to adopt AI are unprepared for the energy demands it'll place on their infrastructure, and few have a handle on the power consumption of AI systems or the implications for their datacenters.

AI, Energy, Data Centers, Business, Infrastructure

43 points by rntn 2 days ago | 63 comments

Google is making AI in Gmail and Docs free, but raising the price of Workspace (theverge.com)
If you wanted to use all of Google’s AI features inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Meet, and the rest of the Workspace suite, you previously needed to pony up another $20 per user per month for the Gemini Business plan. As of Tuesday, it’s free.

Google, AI, Workspace, Pricing, Business

329 points by lars_francke 3 days ago | 452 comments

Russian hackers nearly killed my Django based business (reddit.com)
My wife and I were hiking through the scenic hills of Belgium when I received a concerning email from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The email, titled "Amazon SES Complaint Review Period for AWS Account []", contained the following warning:

Security, Django, Business, Hacking

3 points by makaimc 3 days ago | 0 comments

SEC Sues Elon Musk over Securities Violations (nytimes.com)
U.S. securities regulators sued Elon Musk in federal court in Washington on Tuesday in an enforcement action arising from his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X.

Elon Musk, Twitter, Lawsuits, Securities, Business

21 points by coloneltcb 3 days ago | 7 comments

Meta to Cut 5% Workforce (nytimes.com)
Meta plans to lay off up to 5 percent of its employees based on performance ratings, according to an internal memo to workers on Tuesday viewed by The New York Times.

Meta, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Business

18 points by darth_avocado 3 days ago | 1 comments

Platforms systematically removed a user because he made "most wanted CEO" cards (eff.org)
On December 14, James Harr, the owner of an online store called ComradeWorkwear, announced on social media that he planned to sell a deck of “Most Wanted CEO” playing cards, satirizing the infamous “Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards” introduced by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in 2003.

Free Speech, Censorship, Social Media, Business

121 points by mhitza 3 days ago | 190 comments

Meta Is Planning to Cut 5% of Lowest Performers, Memo Shows (bloomberg.com)
Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting roughly 5% of its staff through performance-based eliminations and plans to hire new people to fill their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to all employees.

Meta, Layoffs, Business, Technology

22 points by toomuchtodo 4 days ago | 15 comments

ByteDance considering selling TikTok to Elon Musk (cnbc.com)

ByteDance, Elon Musk, Social Media, Acquisitions, Business

7 points by xdfg13345 4 days ago | 4 comments

TikTok says report of possible sale to Musk 'pure fiction' (bbc.com)
TikTok has called a report that China is considering allowing a sale of the social media company's US operations to Elon Musk "pure fiction."

Social Media, Elon Musk, China, Business

9 points by croes 4 days ago | 0 comments