Nearly 44 percent of the 16,000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the federal government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with minimum requirements. The Transportation Department earlier this week said that it plans to revoke the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers scoured for deals online on Cyber Monday, delivering strong sales for retailers and capping a five-day spending spree that kicked off on Thanksgiving. Adobe Analytics reported that as of 6:30 p.m. EST on Monday, consumers had already spent $9.1 billion online for Cyber Monday, up 4.5 percent from the same [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy has proven surprisingly durable in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade policies, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said earlier this week, upgrading its outlook for global and United States economic growth this year. The 38-country OECD now forecasts that the world economy will grow 3.2 percent [...]
Students applying to college know they can’t — or at least shouldn’t — use artificial-intelligence chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So, it might come as a surprise to them that some schools are now using artificial intelligence to read those essays and statements. AI tools are now being incorporated into how student [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial-intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season, hoping to give consumers an easier gift-buying experience and themselves an augmented share of online spending. Although AI-powered purchases are in early stages, the shopping assistants and agents rolled out by [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday last week — spending a record amount of money both in stores and online. Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks in-person and online spending, reported that overall Black Friday sales, excluding automotive, rose 4.1 percent from a year ago. The retail sales indicator, which [...]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The production lines at Indeed Brewing moved quickly, the cans filling not with beer, but with THC-infused seltzer. The product, which features the compound that gets cannabis users high, has been a lifeline at Indeed and other craft breweries as alcohol sales have fallen in recent years. That boom, however, looks set [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor. A new type of lens, however, could help preserve the child’s vision and reduce the chances for more serious eye problems in adulthood. The lens, [...]