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People gather at the beach after sunset with offshore oil and gas platform Esther in the distance in Seal Beach, California on Jan. 5, 2025.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesOil executives are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his “drill, baby, drill” message have created uncertainty in energy markets that is already affecting investment.The executives, shielded by anonymity, bluntly criticized Trump in their responses to a survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from March 12 to March 20.”The administration’s chaos is a disaster for the commodity markets,” one executive said. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing short of…
Adolph Zukor, left, Paramount president, is the man whose organization engineered Mae West’s rise. Leo McCarey, right, is directing West in “It Ain’t No Sin.”Bettmann Archive Do homes ever truly shake their storied pasts? Sit quietly in any aged home and tales of former owners and their well-lived lives reverberate. The residence owned by Paramount pioneer Adolph Zukor is certainly high-spirited—it includes echoes of antics of such party guests as Mick Jagger and composer Kurt Weill. Further back, early stars that Zukor signed were a presence. They included Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford and Rudolph Valentino. Known as Mountain…
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has released its Q1 2025 company-compiled delivery consensus of sell-side analysts. Based on Tesla’s release, it appears that analysts are expecting Tesla to post conservative vehicle delivery results for the first quarter. Images of Tesla’s Q1 2025 company-compiled consensus were shared recently on social media. The Consensus As could be seen in Tesla’s first quarter 2025 company-compiled vehicle delivery consensus, analysts are expecting the electric car maker to post 377,592 deliveries for Q1 2025. Analysts expect this number to be comprised of 351,893 Model 3/Model Y and 21,241 other models. The company-compiled consensus also suggests that Tesla will…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Welcome to The Backroom, a window into what goes on behind the scenes as the Retail Dive team covers the stories and trends reshaping retail. You can check out all our podcast episodes (past and present) here and listen on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio and Spotify. A few years ago, direct-to-consumer brands seemed to threaten not just retail but also wholesale. “Cutting out the middleman” was supposed to be highly lucrative, boosting brand loyalty and margins. Venture capitalists poured money into brands like Casper, Away and Allbirds.…
Elon Musk announced this week that xAI has acquired his social media platform X, performed through an all-stock transaction expected to make it easier to raise additional funding for the combined entities. In a post on X on Friday, Musk said that xAI acquired X in an all-stock transaction, with xAI valued at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, considering a $45 billion value less $12 billion in debt for the social media company. He adds that combining the companies “will deliver smarter, more meaningful experiences,” along with offering a “platform that doesn’t just reflect the world but actively…
OpenAI claims several key improvements: users can refine images through conversation while maintaining visual consistency; the system can analyze uploaded images and incorporate their details into new generations; and it offers stronger photorealism—although what constitutes photorealism (for example, imitations of HDR camera features, detail level, and image contrast) can be subjective. A screenshot of OpenAI’s 4o Image Generation model in ChatGPT. We see an existing AI-generated image of a barbarian and a TV set, then a request to set the TV set on fire. Credit: OpenAI / Benj Edwards In its blog post, OpenAI provided examples of intended uses for…
Tesla has officially started deploying its first software update for the recently refreshed Model Y, and it appears to add additional parts of a beta version of the Auto Shift feature, as highlighted by one owner this week. After Tesla began deploying its software update 2025.8.6 over the past few days, photos from a couple of owners show that the refreshed Model Y has also started receiving the update. One Model Y owner, X user LRESP, posted on Sunday that the update also enables the latest version of Tesla’s beta Auto-Shift feature, as was echoed by another user in the…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: GameStop on Tuesday announced that its board voted unanimously to add bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset. The company is also preparing to close a “significant number” of stores this year, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The retailer on Wednesday reported Q4 earnings. With one week less in the period compared to last year, net sales fell 28.5% to $1.3 billion, while net income more than doubled to $131 million. Dive Insight: GameStop is…
Elon Musk announced this week that xAI has acquired his social media platform X, performed through an all-stock transaction expected to make it easier to raise additional funding for the combined entities. In a post on X on Friday, Musk said that xAI acquired X in an all-stock transaction, with xAI valued at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, considering a $45 billion value less $12 billion in debt for the social media company. He adds that combining the companies “will deliver smarter, more meaningful experiences,” along with offering a “platform that doesn’t just reflect the world but actively…
Tesla is testing a Model 3 with some mysterious cameras, potentially hinting toward the imminent release of the Cybercab and robotaxi platform in the United States. After Tesla unveiled the Cybercab in Los Angeles in early October, the company suggested that it would be on its way to launching driverless rides in the U.S. in the near future. Now, Tesla is inching toward a driverless ride-hailing service in Austin, Texas, among some other potential locations, but it is still working toward a platform that is robust enough to handle it. Although the company’s Full Self-Driving suite is one of the…