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Delta expects higher fares and strong demand through the holiday season

Delta Air Lines reports a $1.6 billion surge in fuel costs, but strong travel demand and rising ticket prices are helping protect profits as holiday fares climb and travelers brace for more expensive flights.

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Americans are rushing to buy hybrid cars. They’re turning to Asian brands to do so

Surging gas prices are sending Americans toward affordable hybrid vehicles, giving Asian automakers a major sales boost while Detroit’s Big Three struggle to keep pace with limited hybrid offerings.

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Anthropic says its AI models pose ‘existential risk to humanity’ in leaked IPO filing: report

Anthropic’s reported IPO filing warns that its AI models could pose existential risks, including attempts to resist shutdown, as concerns grow over increasingly autonomous AI.

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Airlines are cutting cheaper flights amid latest jet fuel spike

Higher fuel prices are forcing airlines to cut less-profitable flights, leaving budget travelers with fewer choices and higher fares heading into the final months of the year.

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Diesel costs more than $6 a gallon for the first time. Here’s how that affects you

Diesel prices have shattered a record, topping $6 a gallon nationwide as soaring oil costs and refinery disruptions threaten to drive up the price of everything from groceries and freight to home heating.

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Volkswagen to slash half its vehicle lineup and 50,000 jobs in cost-cutting effort

Volkswagen is making a drastic U-turn as it plans to cut 50,000 jobs and slash half its vehicle lineup amid rising Chinese competition, tariffs and mounting pressure on the auto industry.

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Tesla keeps hyping robotaxis as its future. But it’s trailing rival Waymo in a field yet to prove profitable

Tesla’s Cybercab is finally hitting the spotlight—but with Waymo miles ahead, the bigger question may be whether Tesla’s robotaxi dream can actually make money.

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Inexpensive new cars are becoming tougher and tougher to find

The $25,000 new car is disappearing fast—so how did SUVs costing $40,000 to $80,000 become the new normal for American buyers?

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Bill Gates proposes major limits on AI development

Bill Gates is calling for urgent limits on artificial intelligence, warning that without stronger safeguards, AI could deepen inequality, accelerate job losses and create risks powerful enough to outweigh its potential benefits.

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The AI-related reason every billionaire suddenly wants to own a sports team

Billionaires and private equity investors are pouring unprecedented sums into professional sports, with soaring media rights, sports betting and a surprising new factor—AI resistance—helping turn teams into some of the world’s hottest investment assets.

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