AI Weekly: Amazon plays the long game in health care AI

Today concludes Amazon’s re:Invent 2019 conference in Las Vegas, where the Seattle company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) division unveiled enhancements heading down its public cloud pipeline. Just Tuesday, Amazon announced the general availability of AWS Outposts, a fully managed service that extends AWS’ infrastructure and services to customer datacenters, co-location spaces, and on-premises facilities. And […]

CNBC’s Cramer says U.S. ‘can walk away from the table’ in China trade talks after jobs report

A hotter-than-expected jobs report for November has Wall Street waxing extremely bullish. How much so? Some market participants are starting to contemplate the notion that stellar employment figures could help embolden U.S. trade negotiators in a protracted tariff dispute between the U.S. and China—possibly resulting in a delay if not outright scuttling of a long-sought-after […]

Tesla updates Cybertruck production timeline after strong pre-orders

Tesla has updated its Cybertruck production timelines for different versions of the electric pickup truck after strong pre-orders for the highest performance versions. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck last month, the automaker announced three different versions: Single Motor RWD, Dual Motor AWD, and Tri Motor AWD. At the time, they said that the two less expensive versions, […]

United’s Oscar Munoz to step down as CEO, President Scott Kirby will take over

United Airlines announced Thursday that CEO Oscar Munoz will turn over day-to-day management of the airline next spring to President Scott Kirby, who will become company’s chief executive officer. The change happens in May, when Munoz becomes executive chairman, succeeding Jane Garvey, 75, who is retiring from the board. The announcement helped boost United’s premarket […]