/Top Stories/ Last Updated: Mon, Jul 1st, 2024 @ 3:25pm EDT

Fast Company

Grace Snelling

Is Chewy the next meme stock? Roaring Kitty sends the online pet-goods retailer on a wild ride

Shares of the company shot up last week after Keith Gill, the face behind the GameStop short squeeze, signaled his stake in the company.

Just weeks after Keith Gill—the leader behind the famous 2021 GameStop short squeeze—staged an eventful return to the internet, it looks like he’s got his sights set on a brand-new source of meme-stock fodder: Chewy, the online pet goods retailer.

Fast Company

Reuters

Tesla deliveries are expected to fall for the second straight quarter

Tesla’s June-quarter deliveries likely fell 3.7%, the first time the top EV maker is set to post two straight quarters of decline, as it deals with stiff competition in China and slow demand due to a lack of affordable new models.

Tesla‘s June-quarter deliveries likely fell 3.7%, the first time the top EV maker is set to post two straight quarters of decline, as it deals with stiff competition in China and slow demand due to a lack of affordable new models.

ESPN.com

Sources: Klay to join Mavs on 3-year, $50M deal

Klay Thompson lands in Dallas via a multiteam sign-and-trade, ending his historic run in Golden State after 13 seasons.

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Patrick Cantlay surprisingly pulls out of PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic

Patrick Cantlay at the 2024 Travelers Championship. | Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images

Patrick Cantlay, the eighth-ranked player in the world, decided not to make his John Deere Classic debut in the Quad Cities this week.

The John Deere Classic does not have the strongest field in golf year in and year out, but the event typically features a handful of stars.

Jordan Spieth will tee it up this year. As will defending champion and Ryder Cup star Sepp Straka. This year’s event also...

The Verge

Wes Davis

Some Pixel 6 owners say factory resets have bricked their phones

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge

Some folks are reporting being left with bricked Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6A phones after they factory reset them. Google is aware of the issue and is investigating, according to a comment from a member of the Pixel support forums’ product expert program.

Users in the forum thread, which was spotted by Indian tech outlet Tech-Issues Today, say that after attempting to reset their phone, the phone doesn’t boot, throwing up an error message:

“Cannot...

NYT > Home Page

Adam Liptak

Trump Granted Partial Immunity in Federal Election Case

The practical effect of the ruling raises the likelihood of further delay of the case against the former president on charges of plotting to subvert the 2020 election.

Mashable

TikTok's second annual Book Awards shortlist list is here — See which titles made the cut

It's no secret that TikTok's #BookTok community wields major influence on what books become bestsellers. And the TikTok Book Awards further established TikTok in the book space.

SEE ALSO: The 10 best books of 2024 so far, according to BookTok

The awards, which are based in the UK and Ireland, are back for another year. Today, the social media company announced the shortlist for the 2024 TikTok Book Awards.

While there are still seven categories,...

Mashable

This 'Kinds of Kindness' TikTok filter is as mystifying as the movie

Yorgos Lanthimos' latest picture, Kinds of Kindness, is a triad of absurdist, unsettling stories exploring topics — cannibalism, maiming yourself, and rape — not exactly poised for digital trends.

But fear not the film released a TikTok lens to promote the movie.

SEE ALSO: 'Kinds of Kindness' review: A poor thing from Yorgos Lanthimos 

The film stars Lanthimos' Poor Things collaborators Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Margaret Qualley, in...

ESPN.com

Reuters

France hit Belgium late, advance to Euro quarters

Substitute Randal Kolo Muani scored with five minutes left to send twice-winners France through to the quarterfinals of Euro 2024 on Monday after beating a disappointing Belgium 1-0.

ESPN.com

Tim Bontemps

Sell-tics: C's up for sale 2 weeks after Finals win

The Boston Celtics majority ownership group, led by Wyc Grousbeck, is planning to make the franchise available for sale. News of the plan to sale comes two weeks after the Celtics won their record 18th NBA title.

Fast Company

Issie Lapowsky

The Supreme Court just ducked a major decision in its social media ‘censorship’ cases

While the justices didn’t rule on the merits of the cases, they agreed that government efforts to control online speech represent a danger to free expression.

In a unanimous opinion Monday, the Supreme Court declined to rule on the constitutionality of laws in Florida and Texas that would require online platforms to publish political speech they would otherwise remove. While the justices declined to rule on the merits—instead vacating the lower courts’ rulings and sending both cases...

Fast Company

Reuters

Will bird flu become the next pandemic? Disease experts are concerned about surveillance gaps

State testing efforts are inconsistent, while testing of people exposed to sick cattle is scant, government health officials and pandemic flu experts told Reuters.

Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts.

Fast Company

Jessica Bursztynsky

Mary Meeker says AI and higher education need to team up

“We are in an intelligence arms race for hearts, minds, and power,” Meeker writes in a new report.

Influential tech investor Mary Meeker published a new report Monday calling for the tech industry, government, and higher education to all work together to advance artificial intelligence during what she sees as an inflection point “of epic proportions.”

Fast Company

Sam Becker

‘With fear for our democracy, I dissent’: Read Sotomayor’s grim response to the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling

The blistering dissent comes in the wake of a historic ruling on whether U.S. presidents can be prosecuted for official acts.

Richard Nixon once said that “when the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.” Now the U.S. Supreme Court has more or less affirmed that stance.

Fast Company

Reuters

Biden’s tailpipe emissions rules are at risk. Here’s why

That’s because the rules target mobile sources of greenhouse gas rather than stationary ones like power plants, even though environmental laws are ambiguous on whether regulators have the mandate to do that.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting federal regulatory powers to interpret ambiguous laws could undermine President Joe Biden’s effort to cut tailpipe emissions from the nation’s vehicle fleet, two environmental law attorneys told Reuters.

BuzzFeed - Latest

Let's See If You Can Tell Which Disney Characters Are Fake

Pick the name that doesn't match the group!

View Entire Post ›

BuzzFeed - Latest

This Man Broke Up With His Girlfriend For Tickling Him, And IMO, He Was Completely Right

"I didn't say a word, I simply stared in disgust and pointed to her luggage."

View Entire Post ›

BuzzFeed - Latest

Before You Apply Sunscreen Anywhere Else, Focus On This One Important Place First

Good intentions aren’t enough, dermatologists say — you have to apply it the right way, too.

View Entire Post ›

BuzzFeed - Latest

22 Practical Things Worth Buying From Fourth Of July Sales

Can't-miss deals on everything from Ring doorbells and Whirlpool dryers to Samsonite luggage and Keurig cold brew makers.

View Entire Post ›

The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer program.
The time or date displayed (including in the Timeline of Articles feature) reflects when an article was added to or updated in LooksNeat.