China seeks ways to revive slowing economy and salvage property market as annual congress convenes

BEIJING — It’s clear that China’s efforts to build confidence in its slowing economy will top the agenda of this week’s meeting of its ceremonial national legislature. What remains unclear is how the ruling Communist Party can navigate toward stronger, sustained growth as China’s workforce is aging, relations with Washington are fraught, and housing construction … Read more

Palworld isn’t slowing down, hits 19 million players across Steam and Xbox

Surprise viral gaming hit Palworld continues to reach new player milestones. Today, developer Pocketpair announced that the game has sold 12 million copies on Steam and reached 7 million players on Xbox. The Xbox number includes both sales and those who played via Game Pass, but the breakdown between the two isn’t clear. According to … Read more

Ford will cut weekly production of F-150 Lightning in response to slowing demand

According to a memo viewed by the outlet, Ford told its dealers to prepare for an average production volume of 1,600 electric trucks from its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, starting next year. The company currently churns 3,200 trucks out of that factory each week. Emma Bergg, a spokesperson for Ford, declined to … Read more

US stocks mixed as fresh jobs data shows slowing labor market demand

US stocks were mixed on Tuesday on the heels of fresh jobs data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tech stocks reversed earlier losses to lead the morning session, with the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) up about 0.4%. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) hugged the flatline while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell … Read more

YouTube says it’s not slowing down Firefox — just ad blockers

Users on Reddit and Hacker News are complaining that YouTube seems to have inserted an intentional five-second delay before video pages will load in Mozilla’s Firefox and occasionally some other browsers. YouTube tells The Verge that these users are right about the delay, but the browser has nothing to do with it — it’s part … Read more

Tech shares are again, pushed by A.I. craze, slowing price hikes

Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief govt officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks through the firm’s occasion at Cellular World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Photos Neglect concerning the debt ceiling. Tech buyers are in purchase mode. The Nasdaq Composite closed out its … Read more