Business

Bed Bath & Beyond will not open new California stores, citing high taxes and regulations. Beyond Inc. plans to expand in other states.

Target CEO Brian Cornell will resign in February as the company faces declining sales and will be replaced by COO Michael Fiddelke.

Google could soon face a historic breakup as a federal judge prepares to rule on remedies in the government’s landmark antitrust case against the search giant. Judge Amit Mehta, who ruled last year that Google illegally monopolized the search market, is considering drastic measures that may include forcing the company to sell its Chrome browser.

The United Kingdom has dropped its demand that Apple provide backdoor access to Americans’ encrypted data following negotiations with the Trump administration. The move, confirmed Tuesday by President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, ends months of tensions over privacy and surveillance concerns.

Volkswagen has sparked controversy by introducing a new subscription model that charges drivers extra to unlock the full performance of its ID.3 electric hatchback. Instead of paying for mechanical upgrades, owners must now pay a monthly fee to access horsepower already built into the vehicle.

More than 30,000 ESR HaloLock wireless power banks have been recalled after reports of overheating, fires, and explosions.

DermaRite recalls several soaps and antiseptics contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia, warning of life-threatening sepsis.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a U.N.-affiliated watchdog, altered its methodology in July to make it easier to declare famine in Gaza.

President Trump negotiated a deal requiring Nvidia and AMD to give 15% of their AI chip sales revenue from China to the U.S. government.

AOL has announced it will shut down its dial-up Internet service on September 30, 2025, ending a technology era that helped bring millions online in the early days of the Internet. The company confirmed the closure in a customer support update, which also noted the discontinuation of AOL Dialer and AOL Shield software. While the reasons were not explicitly stated, the widespread availability of faster broadband and mobile Internet connections has rendered dial-up largely obsolete.