Asian Stocks Slip After Grim U.s. Retail Sales Data

The lawsuit filed federal court in San Francisco adds to pressure on Tesla to improve air quality surrounding the Fremont plant, its main U. S. factory. Tesla has been sued by an environmental nonprofit that accused Elon Musk’s electric car company of violating the federal Clean Air Act hundreds of times by letting its Fremont, California, plant emit harmful pollutants.

The virus has been found in high levels in the raw milk of infected cows. Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products — and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows.

For the upcoming Games, P&G is launching advertising for more than 30 of its brands, more than ever before. What is missing from the Paris 2024 Olympics? A tear-jerking corporate advertising campaign from Procter & Gamble saluting the mothers of athletes.

The enterprise communications app, Workplace, was first introduced for businesses in 2016 with new features including multi-company groups and shared spaces that allowed employees from different organizations to work together. Meta Platforms will discontinue its work-focused Workplace app as the company shifts its focus on building artificial intelligence and metaverse technologies, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday.

The AI advancements are powered by Google DeepMind’s Gemini Pro 1.5 model, which strikes a balance between performance and speed.  Google showed off some new skills in its Gemini AI chatbot at Tuesday’s I/O developer event, and previewed a new Gemini assistant that talks to you like a human assistant.

AI search returns a custom-built bundle of text and links in response to a user’s plain-language query.  Google said at its I/O developer event Tuesday that it’s rolling out its AI-native search to all users for the first time. Previously, users could try Google’s chatbot-based search (then called “Search Generative Experience” (SGE)) by opting into the experience in Google Labs.