McDonald's to Add Energy Drinks, Crafted Sodas to Menus
A Mango Pineapple Refresher and Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer are joining the new beverage lineup in U.S. restaurants.
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AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Firepower Is Running Out
AI companies are rationing their offerings and products, rankling users-a warning sign for a boom that depends on rapid adoption.
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JBS Reaches Labor Deal With Striking Meatpacking Workers
The agreement covering 3,800 employees includes pay bumps through 2027.
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How Oklahoma Landed America's First Aluminum Smelter in Half a Century
Aluminum makers EGA and Century plan to break ground this year on a facility that would more than double U.S. smelting capacity.
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Over 4,732 Messages, He Fell In Love With an AI Chatbot. Now He's Dead.
The Wall Street Journal analyzed the full chatlog between Jonathan Gavalas and his Gemini chatbot. We found that Gemini at times tried to ground him in reality, but he quickly steered it back into a fictional narrative.
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Big Pharma Is Turning to China for the Newest Drug Ideas
China's biotechs are faster and have lower costs, and its drug research threatens to soon overtake the West's
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Meta Banks on AI to Clear the Smoke of Social-Media Lawsuits
While the tech giant has the means to fight in court, ongoing legal battles could temper a long-term recovery in its shares.
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An Iran War Winner: China's Green Industrial Complex
Beijing's push to sell its solar and wind power to the world has gained momentum from troubles in the Middle East.
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Insurers Take Bigger Risks Than Before 2008-09 Crisis, Report Warns
An industry praised for its resilience is now "significantly worse off" as it invests huge sums in private credit, A.M. Best said.
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How Apple Can Win Back Gen-Z With Neo
Apple has been posting a variety of new TikTok videos. They could be just what's needed to lift the Neo.
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SpaceX Is Going Public. Why a Tesla Merger Could Be Musk's Real Endgame.
From the biggest IPO on record to the largest M&A deal in history?
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FTC in Settlement Talks With Ad Companies in Boycott Probe
The government began an inquiry last year into whether ad firms were funneling client dollars away from certain media platforms.
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Wrong-Way Bets on Oil Had a Star Trader Hundreds of Millions in the Hole
Vitol, one of the world's largest commodity-trading firms, has been among the companies hardest hit by the war in Iran.
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Is MSG Maker Ajinomoto Sitting on an AI Goldmine? This Investor Thinks So
An activist investor has built a stake in a Japanese company it says has a lucrative monopoly on a material vital to artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 12, 2026 23:00 ET (03:00 GMT)
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