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The European spec ID.7 electric sedan. | Image: The Verge

Volkswagen’s impressive ID.7 all-electric sedan — a vehicle type that is increasingly uncommon in the US — won’t be showing up on our shores anytime soon, the automaker announced on Wednesday. It cites changes in “market dynamics” as a reason as well as strong SUV sales in the US.

The ID.7, which launched in Europe



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The Blackstone Group's headquarters in New York.
  • Blackstone is set to grant shares to workers at the businesses it buys, The Wall Street Journal reported.
  • It's set to award stock to employees at Copeland, which it bought last year for $14 billion.
  • Other private equity giants including KKR and Apollo also offer equity to portfolio companies' staff.

Blackstone is set to start granting



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Customers check out at a Target store in North Miami Beach, Fla.
Unfortunately for Target, the moves over the past several months haven't resulted in people shopping more often or buying bigger baskets.
  • Target's comparable sales fell 3.7% last quarter, the fourth consecutive quarter of decline.
  • Improvements in e-commerce weren't enough to cover a 4.8% slide for in-store comps.
  • The company is pulling out a number of stops to avoid a fifth down



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Bayer ships soybeans around the world.
Bayer ships soybeans around the world.
  • Large companies such as Bayer are seeking more real-time visibility for their global supply.
  • With FourKites' AI-powered tracking systems, Bayer improved its ocean-shipment prediction quality by 48%.
  • This article is part of "The Future of Supply-Chain Management," a series on companies' manufacturing and distribution strategies.



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The iOS 18 update might come with an Apple Music release related to the existing Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos feature.

According to AppleInsider, the tech giant is planning to introduce something called "Passthrough" for its music app. The details are unclear, but it's said to be related to spatial audio, an immersive type of audio mixing that plays music so that it sounds like it's coming from



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A US-provided M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launches a rocket at Russian positions on Dec. 29, 2023 in Ukraine.
A US-provided M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launches a rocket at Russian positions on Dec. 29, 2023 in Ukraine.
  • The US has long restricted Ukraine from using American weapons to strike targets inside Russia.
  • Analysts and officials say this policy is interfering with Ukraine's ability to defend itself.
  • But Kyiv is pushing



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Chatting it up with a fake ScarJo not doing it for you? Why not try a conversation with the leader of China? There’s a new chatbot in town and it's based on Xi Jinping. As a matter of fact, it was trained using the ‘thoughts’ of the Chinese leader. I put thoughts in quotes because researchers didn’t use some kind of new mind-reading technology. Chinese officials just used a bunch of his books and



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Views are becoming digital currency on TikTok, with creators asking for help with their debts (stock image).
  • TikTok users are paying off each other's debts using views as a digital currency.
  • The trend involves engaging with videos to boost views, acting as a new kind of crowdfunding.
  • Despite some success stories, experts doubt the trend's long-term viability.

"We are paying off


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