Jeanne Whalen

June 5, 2023 at 3:31 pm

Electric vehicles are taking off in parts of conservative Texas

PLANO, Tex. - Tony Federico bought his Tesla Model 3 in 2018. A former Marine who votes Republican, Federico said he was drawn by the...

• Nation & World

May 28, 2023 at 2:33 pm

Texas welcomed Elon Musk. Now his rural neighbors aren’t so sure.

The backlash in Bastrop, a largely rural county 30 minutes east of Austin, shows the dust Elon Musk is kicking up as he builds a...

• Nation & World

April 2, 2023 at 2:17 pm

The company that needed $545 million for paychecks when SVB collapsed

On the morning of March 10, as Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, Rippling CEO Parker Conrad did a quick calculation: $130 million of his clients' money...

• Nation & World

October 9, 2022 at 11:36 am

Chicago scientists are testing an unhackable quantum internet in their basement closet VIEW

CHICAGO - The secret to a more secure and powerful internet - one potentially impossible to hack - might be residing in a basement closet...

• Nation & World

August 23, 2022 at 8:05 pm

Western sanctions are wounding but not yet crushing Russia’s economy

Soon after the Western world launched sanctions against Russia, President Joe Biden argued that the measures were causing Russia's economy to "reel." Now, the picture...

• Nation & World

July 23, 2022 at 11:10 am

In Detroit, the chip shortage has left the city eerily short of cars

The root problem is the same across the country - a global deficit of computer chips. But the predicament feels particularly offensive here, Detroiters say.

• Business

July 12, 2022 at 11:42 am

Russia flexes muscles to hold onto jets in global sanctions fight

Early last month, an employee of Sri Lanka's court system walked into the nation's biggest airport brandishing a judicial order grounding an Aeroflot flight that...

• Nation & World

May 11, 2022 at 9:23 pm

Sanctions forcing Russia to use appliance parts in military gear, U.S. says

U.S. technology exports to Russia have fallen by nearly 70% since sanctions began in late February, according to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

• Business

March 28, 2022 at 6:00 am

Tech was creating a new economy in Eastern Europe. Then came the war in Ukraine.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is threatening the digital modernity that had taken root across much of the former Soviet Union. Much of this digital network...

• Business

March 10, 2022 at 9:46 am

Russia considers nationalizing Western businesses that have closed over Ukraine invasion

The rule would apply to companies in which "unfriendly nations" own more than a 25% stake and which "stop operations" in Russia.

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