Jackie Davalos

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  • ORLEANS, MA – JULY 24: A United Parcel Service truck searches for a house driving along the coast of Cape Cod on July 24, 2023 in Orleans, Massachusetts. UPS employees threatened to go on strike if contract talks between UPS and the Teamsters Union, which represents more than half of the 340,000 employees, do not reach an agreement. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)Tech

    UPS in talks with startup Figure AI to deploy humanoid robots

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg
  • Alphabet Inc. and Google CEO Sundar PichaiTech

    Alphabet and Microsoft’s revenue surge sends a clear message to investors: Our AI spending is paying off

    By Julia Love, Jackie Davalos, and others
  • Sarah BirdTech

    Microsoft knows you love tricking its AI chatbots into doing weird stuff and it’s designing ‘prompt shields’ to stop you

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaking at the World Economic ForumLeadership

    OpenAI signs open letter to build AI responsibly just days after Elon Musk sued the company for putting profit ahead of people

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg
  • Microsoft CEO Satya NadellaTech

    Chatbots keep going rogue, as Microsoft probes AI-powered Copilot that’s giving users bizarre, disturbing, even harmful messages

    By Jackie Davalos, Dina Bass, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 2: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court on October 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. Nadella is testifying in the antitrust trial to determine if Alphabet Inc.’s Google maintains a monopoly in the online search business, which is expected to last into November. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Tech

    Microsoft owes an astounding $28.9 billion in back taxes, IRS says after audit of the company’s use of tax havens

    By Jackie Davalos and The Associated Press
  • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 04: Microsoft EVP and Chief Product Officer Panos Panay speaks during a keynote address at CES 2023 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 04, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 5-8 and features about 3,100 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 100,000 attendees. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)Tech

    Microsoft’s product chief, who had led the tablet and mixed reality businesses, steps down in a blow to the company’s hardware ambitions

    By Jackie Davalos, Dina Bass, and others
  • Fidji Simo, chief executive officer of Instacart Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Simo took over Instacart in August, assuming the helm of one of Silicon Valley’s most valuable startups. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Instacart files for IPO as a logjam of would-be publicly traded companies eye their market debuts

    By Jackie Davalos, Natalie Lung, and others
  • Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the Taipei Computex expo in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, May 29, 2023. In a two-hour presentation in Taiwan, Huang unveiled a new batch of products and services tied to artificial intelligence, looking to capitalize on a frenzy that has made his company the world’s most valuable chipmaker. Photographer: I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Over 75% of investors are hyped about tech stocks because of A.I.—but less than half of them would pay to use it for personal or business reasons

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg
  • LAX AIRPORT, CA – AUGUST 20: Kasey St. John connects with a driver at the Rideshare Lot at LAX as Uber and Lyft drivers held a moving rally as part of a statewide day of action to demand that both ride-hailing companies follow California law and grant drivers basic employee rights and to denounce the corporations efforts to avoid their responsibilities to workers. Uber and Lyft threatened to suspend services in California Thursday night but a court granted Uber and Left a stay to a preliminary injunction requiring both rideshare companies to reclassify their drivers as employees, meaning the rideshare companies will not suspend service in California tonight as they threatened. Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 in LAX Airport, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles TimesTech

    You’ll no longer be able to take a carpool ride with Lyft to save money

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg
  • An Uber rideshare sign is posted nearby as taxis wait to pick up passengers at Los Angeles International AirportFinance

    End of work-from-home boom helps Uber buck trend of disappointing tech industry results

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg
  • Uber appTech

    Uber settles DOJ lawsuit over wait fees that discriminate disabled passengers

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg
  • Uber Lyft drivers TeslaPersonal Finance

    Some Uber and Lyft drivers are switching to Teslas to boost profit and save money on gas

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg
  • Lyft passengerTech

    Uber and Lyft drop mask requirement for riders and drivers in the U.S.

    By Giles Turner, Jackie Davalos, and others
  • Shooting at Brooklyn subwayTech

    Uber and Lyft halt surge pricing after New York City shooting

    By Jackie Davalos and Bloomberg