How Google is using AI to reduce traffic and emissions

Walter Prescher, a father with 10 children living at home, says internet access is essential to keep his household running smoothly.   “With all the kids and all the chaos in the family, that [money] could go towards doing other activities for the kids,” Prescher told CBS News. He and his family live in College…

Amazon is laying off hundreds of employees at its studio division as well as its subsidiary Twitch to reduce costs, the latest in a wave of new job cuts hitting the tech industry. Twitch, a video streaming platform, will cut just over 500 roles, or 35 percent of its work force, according to a blog…

St. Moritz, SWITZERLAND — U.S. Securities and Exchange Chair Gary Gensler fired warning shots to the crypto industry, casting doubt over whether digital coin ether would follow next in the footsteps of bitcoin to receive approval for an exchange-traded fund. After the bitcoin ETF approval, prices for ether — the token linked with Ethereum —…

Bitcoin rose in volatile trading Thursday after the Securities and Exchange Commission gave the green light for the first-ever spot bitcoin ETFs to trade in the U.S., as expected. The cryptocurrency was last up 1% at $46,289.15, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it punched above $49,000, reaching levels not seen since December 2021. Meanwhile, the…

General Motors’ self-driving-car unit, Cruise, is shaking up its leadership after the company lost permits needed to operate in California and paused its operations. On Sunday, Cruise Chief Executive Kyle Vogt announced he was resigning. Vogt, who co-founded Cruise in 2013, announced his departure on the social media site X, formerly Twitter. He didn’t say…

The Access Controller is a ‘highly customisable kit’ of buttons, triggers and sticks, the firm says.