Honeywell appoints Vimal Kapur as President and COO
Honeywell’s Vimal Kapur, current President and CEO of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT), has been appointed to the role of President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. The presidents of all Honeywell.....»»
Ally names president of dealer financial services as interim CEO
Douglas Timmerman has been with Ally for more than 30 years and is credited with strengthening relationships with 22,000 dealer customers......»»
Apple announces Al Gore and James Bell are retiring from its board of directors, Dr. Wanda Austin to join
Apple has announced a shakeup to its board of directors. In a press release today, the company said that Al Gore and James Bell are set to retire from its board of directors this year. Meanwhile, Dr. Wanda Austin, former president and CEO of The.....»»
At Senate AI hearing, news executives fight against “fair use” claims for AI training data
Media orgs want AI firms to license content for training, and Congress is sympathetic. Enlarge / Danielle Coffey, president and CEO of News Media Alliance; Professor Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; Curtis LeGeyt,.....»»
Protecting Alaska"s wilderness and the Indigenous way of life is critical to a green future, says advocate
"Alaska is America's natural resource warehouse." That is what Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy told then-President Donald Trump in 2018. But our home is far more than storage for the next fad of consumer desires in the Lower 48 states. In Alaska, we ar.....»»
Vanta appoints Jadee Hanson as CISO
Vanta announced that it has appointed Jadee Hanson as its CISO, overseeing Security, Enterprise Engineering, Privacy and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), reporting directly to Vanta’s CEO Christina Cacioppo. Hanson is the latest executive to.....»»
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon halved in 2023
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by half last year, according to figures released Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government bolstered environmental policing to crack down on surging destruction......»»
EU antitrust chief to meet with Tim Cook to discuss fines and regulation
The European Union's Margrethe Vestager is to meet with Apple's Tim Cook, Google's Sundar Pichai and more Big Tech executives to discuss EU digital regulation.Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European CommissionDespite leading Euro.....»»
Audi looks to build off record 2023 with more EVs
Audi of America President Daniel Weissland is confident 2024 will be another strong year for the luxury brand......»»
Michael Cohen gave his lawyer fake citations invented by Google Bard AI tool
Disbarred Cohen passed fake cases to his lawyer, who didn't do a fact-check. Enlarge / Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to US President Donald Trump, arrives at federal court in New York on December 14, 2023. (credit: Getty.....»»
Greg Joswiak talks Steve Jobs keynotes, ‘Shot on iPhone’ event, and more in new interview [Video]
Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, recently sat down with Thai outlet iMod for an interview. In the video posted on YouTube, Josiwak talks about Apple’s decision to shoot an entire event with an iPhone, how the co.....»»
Lula vetos part of Brazil"s controversial pesticide bill
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed key parts of a controversial law that is set to loosen the rules around the use of pesticides in the country......»»
No last-minute reprieve, US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 blood oxygen sensors are patent-infringing. Enlarge / The Apple Watch Ultra 2. (credit: Apple) Apple is banned from selling the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the US after President.....»»
US agency tasked with curbing risks of AI lacks funding to do the job
Lawmakers fear the NIST will have to rely on companies developing the technology. Enlarge / They know... (credit: Aurich / Getty) US president Joe Biden’s plan for containing the dangers of artificial intelligencealrea.....»»
As France moves to limit the rights of migrants, research reveals just how reliant on them it is
Once again, France finds itself in the grip of a political crisis. After the pension reform of June, which prompted more than one million people to take to the streets, president Emmanuel Macron's framework immigration bill passed on Tuesday December.....»»
US commits to landing an international astronaut on the Moon
This ticket to the Moon will probably go to a European or Japanese astronaut. Enlarge / Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a National Space Council meeting Wednesday in Washington. (credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky) One of t.....»»
People love to vote in a new democracy—and then they rapidly lose interest
Poland's recent election has been hailed as a great triumph of democracy in a global environment of democratic backsliding. It brought to power a coalition of pro-democratic forces led by Donald Tusk, the former president of the European Council......»»
Apple could avoid US Apple Watch ban with software update
While Apple waits for President Biden's administration to make a decision about the ITC's Apple Watch ban, the company is working on a software update that may help avoid stopping sales for now.A software update could prevent an Apple Watch banMasimo.....»»
Five major outcomes from the latest UN climate summit
The latest UN climate summit, COP28, was always going to be controversial. It was held in a state whose economy is heavily dependent on oil and gas—the United Arab Emirates. The summit president, Sultan Al Jaber, remains head of the Abu Dhabi Natio.....»»
Biden hosts four NASA astronauts, the first crew aiming to fly around the moon in a half-century
The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, where he showed off an moon rock on display in the Oval Office that was collected in the Apollo era......»»
GM"s Cruise fires 9 leaders amid ongoing self-driving investigation
New President Craig Glidden writes "new leadership is necessary" amid purge......»»