Volkswagen vehicles to be able to converse with drivers via ChatGPT in 2024

Volkswagen vehicles to be able to converse with drivers via ChatGPT in 2024

LAS VEGAS — Volkswagen’s voice assistant integrating ChatGPT into its cars will be able to converse with users in a back-and-forth dialogue by the middle of the year, the carmaker said on Monday as it presented the technology in Las Vegas. Volkswagen presented its first vehicles featuring ChatGPT, to be available for customers in North America…

ESPN’s Pat McAfee Said He Doesn’t ‘Take Back Anything’ After Skewering Colleague

ESPN’s Pat McAfee Said He Doesn’t ‘Take Back Anything’ After Skewering Colleague

When ESPN placed a big bet on a new star, Pat McAfee, to bring in young audiences with an edgy brand of sports-talk programming, the network knew the appointment carried risks. In recent days, they have been apparent.  McAfee, an F-bomb-throwing former NFL punter whose show made its debut on ESPN in September, has been…

JetBlue CEO to Step Down as Airline Awaits Judge’s Ruling on Spirit Airlines Merger

JetBlue CEO to Step Down as Airline Awaits Judge’s Ruling on Spirit Airlines Merger

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 6:05 pm ET Robin Hayes will step down as CEO of JetBlue Airways after about nine years at the helm, citing a doctor’s advice, as the company waits to find out whether a federal judge will block the merger with Spirit Airlines that he championed.  Joanna Geraghty, 51 years old, a longtime…

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes to step down in February, COO Joanna Geraghty to take helm

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes to step down in February, COO Joanna Geraghty to take helm

Robin Hayes, CEO of JetBlue Airways, speaks to guests following the airline’s inaugural flight from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to London Heathrow Airport in London on Aug. 12, 2021. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes will step down next month, the company said Monday. The airline’s…

Netflix beats shareholder lawsuit over account-sharing disclosures

Netflix beats shareholder lawsuit over account-sharing disclosures

Netflix (NFLX.O) has defeated a lawsuit filed by shareholders in a federal court in California that accused the streaming entertainment company of hiding the extent to which account-sharing was hindering its growth. A Texas-based investment trust sued in May 2022, after Netflix shares lost a third of their value when the company said subscribers were decreasing for the…

Major League Baseball rejects Amazon’s $150M bid to bail out bankrupt Diamond Sports: sources

Major League Baseball rejects Amazon’s $150M bid to bail out bankrupt Diamond Sports: sources

Major League Baseball rejected a proposed roughly $150 million lifeline extended by Amazon to the nation’s largest regional sports network as it languishes in bankruptcy, The Post has learned. Diamond Sports, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcasting, filed for Chapter 11 protection last March as the landscape for RSNs continued to suffer a seismic shift because…

Abercrombie, American Eagle and Lululemon raise holiday sales outlooks

Abercrombie, American Eagle and Lululemon raise holiday sales outlooks

Combination showing store signage from Abercrombie & Fitch and Lululemon stores. Getty Images Abercrombie & Fitch, Lululemon and American Eagle Outfitters all raised their fiscal fourth-quarter outlooks Monday, saying they drew customers looking for holiday gifts and items for themselves in November and December. Yet, Wall Street greeted the news with varying levels of enthusiasm….

What travelers need to know about the Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding

What travelers need to know about the Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding

The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 7, 2024. Ntsb | Via Reuters Airlines have canceled hundreds of flights since…