Google says it won’t build AI tools for oil and gas drillers

Google says it won’t build AI tools for oil and gas drillers

Google says it will no longer build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating itself from cloud computing rivals Microsoft and Amazon. A statement from the company Tuesday followed a Greenpeace report that documents how...
France: Amazon back in business after virus deal with unions

France: Amazon back in business after virus deal with unions

PARIS (AP) — Amazon is gradually reopening its warehouses in France after working out virus safety measures with unions, in an effort to end weeks of legal troubles that had sharply curtailed the company’s French business and drawn worldwide attention.In a victory for...
Mnuchin and Powell push differing priorities to aid economy

Mnuchin and Powell push differing priorities to aid economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the gravest U.S. economic crisis in decades, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered Congress contrasting views Tuesday of what the government’s most urgent priority should be.Striking a theme...
US home construction drops 30.2% in April as virus rages

US home construction drops 30.2% in April as virus rages

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home building plunged in April to the lowest level in five years, taken down by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.The Commerce Department said Tuesday that ground breakings plummeted 30.2% last month to a seasonally adjusted...
Bouncing back: Restaurant debuts ‘bumper tables’ amid virus

Bouncing back: Restaurant debuts ‘bumper tables’ amid virus

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Diners in a Maryland beach town are bouncing back into dining out amid the coronavirus pandemic with a little help from inflatable inner tubes on wheels.About a dozen of the so-called “bumper tables” were rolled out at Fish Tales, a restaurant...