Technology

AMD's stock is surging, here's why

AMD is on pace to close at an all-time high with the biggest percentage increase since July of 2020 thanks to a deal with Facebook.

Walmart rolls out driverless trucks for deliveries of online orders

Since August, Walmart and autonomous vehicle startup Gatik have deployed fully autonomous trucks without a safety driver for a daily, seven-mile delivery route between a "dark store", or fulfillment center, and a Neighborhood Market retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas, where the retailer's headquarters is located.

McAfee to go private in $14B deal

McAfee Corp. is being taken private by a group of investors in a deal that values the cybersecurity firm at more than $14 billion including debt.

Biden hypes $1T bill impact on electric cars

Boasting about his $1 trillion infrastructure package, President Joe Biden overstated its reach by claiming it would result in 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations and meet his pledge to nudge half of U.S. drivers into EVs by decade’s end.

The rules on face masks at the office are changing

Some big U.S. employers have dropped workplace mask requirements as COVID-19 cases fall and vaccination rates rise. Staffers at other companies are wondering whether they can ditch masks, too.

Plenty of pitfalls await Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan

When Mark Zuckerberg announced ambitious plans to build the “metaverse” — a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone — he promised that “you’re going to able to do almost anything you can imagine,” but that might not be such a great idea.