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Airlines are poised to reduce their emissions and reap huge fuel savings on transatlantic flights in the coming weeks as air traffic controllers experiment with giving pilots free rein to chart their own paths across skies that have been cleared out by the pandemic. For decades, planes going between Europe and North America — one

Who would’ve thunk that General Motors would have a better 2020 than 2019? Despite a pandemic that initially appeared to be a body blow for the auto industry, that’s exactly what happened. Last year, GM and other automakers were hurt by pandemic-fueled temporary plant closures earlier in the year. Those closures, in combination with mass

Former President Donald Trump will not be permitted back on Twitter even if he runs again for office and wins, according to the company’s chief financial officer. Asked during an interview on CNBC Wednesday whether Trump’s tweeting privileges could be restored if he wins the presidency again, CFO Ned Segal clarified that Trump’s ban is

Sometimes, no matter how good an off-road vehicle is, there are places it just can’t drive. That’s why Hyundai engineers are working on a vehicle that can traverse even the most difficult terrain. The Hyundai Tiger X-1 has four wheels, each powered by an electric motor. Each of those wheels is on the end of

Before GameStop mania sent fears of a market bubble into overdrive, Wall Street’s skeptics were watching the SPAC frenzy. And while meme stocks are in retreat, the explosion of special-purpose acquisition companies keeps gathering strength. What’s happening: Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is among the latest to get in on the trend, in

Popeyes wants to build off the success of its wildly popular fried chicken sandwich with a fish version that it hopes will attract as many fans in the pandemic. The sandwich, which features a flaky flounder served on a brioche bun with pickles, will be available at restaurants nationwide for a limited time starting Thursday.

Over the course of his career Tim Sweeney has been unafraid to take on tech industry giants. The CEO and founder of Epic Games has had a knack for picking the right battles while also shoring up his company’s independence. Fortnite, the company’s blockbuster battle royale game, recently topped more than 15 million concurrent players

Quaker Oats is releasing a new name and logo for its “Aunt Jemima” products, finally retiring the racist stereotype that has adorned its pancake mixes and syrups for decades. The name “Aunt Jemima,” long criticized as a racist caricature of a Black woman stemming from slavery, will be replaced with the Pearl Milling Company name and

Twitter said Tuesday that its efforts to tackle misleading content around the US elections cost the platform some users. The company reported having 192 million monetizable daily active users — or users who can be served ads on the platform — during the quarter ending in December, up 27% from the year prior but lower

Lyft is making some progress on the long road to recovery from what the coronavirus pandemic’s done to its business. The ride-hail company reported Tuesday that its revenue fell 44% compared to a year ago in the fourth quarter, to $570 million. Active riders fell 45% over the same period, to 12.5 million riders —

GameStop, the struggling video game retailer at the center of a Wall Street frenzy last month, is losing stream. The stock was down nearly 20% to $48.79 a share on Tuesday, a sign that the party was winding down for retail investors who drove GameStop to record highs last month. Last week, the stock tumbled

The price of Bitcoin has soared this week while the US dollar — the world’s number one reserve currency — tumbled. Could this be the beginning of the end of the greenback’s reign? Bitcoin hit a high of more than $48,000 on Tuesday after Tesla reported a $1.5 billion investment in the cryptocurrency and said

Coca-Cola is launching a new bottle size for the first time in a decade, but it’s what the bottle’s made of that marks an even more notable first: 100% recycled plastic material. The new 13.2-ounce recyclable bottle that some customers will see on shelves this week is made entirely of other plastics, and it’s the

The computer chip shortage is taking a bigger bite out of General Motors’ production plans than the company originally expected. Last week GM announced that three of its North American plants — the Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kansas, the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario and the San Luis Potosi plant in Mexico — would

Volkswagen is looking into flying vehicles in China, becoming the latest automaker to probe the possibilities of personal air travel. Europe’s largest automaker said in a statement on Tuesday that “vertical mobility” could be the next step after self-driving technology. “Therefore we are investigating potential concepts and partners in a feasibility study [in China] to