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Kia is issuing a recall for nearly 380,000 Sportage SUVs and Cadenza sedans due to a problem that could cause them to catch fire. Until the problem has been fixed, Kia and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are warning owners to keep the vehicles parked outside and away from their homes and other buildings

Clearview AI, the controversial firm behind facial-recognition software used by law enforcement, is being sued in California by two immigrants’ rights groups to stop the company’s surveillance technology from proliferating in the state. The complaint, which was filed Tuesday in California Superior Court in Alameda County, alleges Clearview AI’s software is still used by state

On your next trip to Costco, don’t be surprised if you can’t find your favorite cheese. Costco is having trouble stocking imported cheeses because of a shortage of shipping containers around the globe and bottlenecks at key West Coast ports, such as Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland and Seattle. The combination has led to delays

Investors can’t seem to make up their minds about whether to buy or sell tech stocks. A day after dragging the Nasdaq Composite into correction territory, tech stocks were on a massive rebound rally — the latest surge in the sector’s volatile start to the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed 3.7% higher on Tuesday, marking

HuffPost officially merged with BuzzFeed on February 16. Less than a month later, the site’s staff is being dramatically cut. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced Tuesday that 47 of the 190 HuffPost employees in the US would be laid off and that HuffPost Canada would be shut down, affecting 23 employees. HuffPost union said the

Smartphones forever changed the way the world communicates. View, a newly public tech firm, is hoping smart windows will transform the way people live and work — while simultaneously helping fight the climate crisis. Backed by SoftBank’s Vision Fund, View builds dynamic glass that acts like a digital skin on buildings. The company says its

Did you miss it? Oprah Winfrey’s long-awaited interview with Prince Harry and Meghan aired Sunday night, but you can still watch the bombshell discussion online. Here’s what fans (and skeptics) of the Sussexes need to know: When did the interview air? “CBS Presents Oprah with Meghan and Harry” aired in the United States on Sunday,

A day after dragging the Nasdaq Composite into correction territory, tech stocks rebounded and led a rally on Wall Street — the latest surge in the sector’s volatile start to the year. Tesla shares were particularly hot after the electric car maker said Chinese demand for its vehicles improved in February. “Considering the Lunar New

Piers Morgan, who prompted backlash and an investigation from the UK’s media regulator over comments about Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will depart “Good Morning Britain,” ITV abruptly announced Tuesday. “Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain,” ITV said in a short statement.

Two years after a 737 Max system failure led to fatal crashes, airlines are rapidly bringing the Boeing jet back into service. On Thursday, Southwest Airlines, which owns more of the jets than any other carrier, will become the 15th airline to fly the plane since the grounding was lifted in November. All 737 Max

Piers Morgan was blasted by a co-host on “Good Morning Britain” on Tuesday for his behavior towards Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, prompting the former CNN anchor to briefly walk off the set of the ITV show. The incident followed Oprah Winfrey’s explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, which aired in the United Kingdom on

A group of 20 Teen Vogue staff members sent a letter to management on Monday expressing concern over their recently appointed editor in chief, Axios political reporter Alexi McCammond. According to a note published on Twitter by Teen Vogue’s staffers, the concerns expressed in the letter center around a number of racist and homophobic tweets

“Blinding Lights” singer The Weeknd may be the latest chart-topping Black performer to be snubbed by the Grammys, but he’s far from alone. A new study unveiled Tuesday underscores just how rare it has been for the music industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony to bestow its highest honors to Black recording artists, a growing trend

General Electric is in talks to combine its massive aircraft leasing unit with rival AerCap Holdings. The talks, first reported late Sunday in the Wall Street Journal, were confirmed Tuesday morning by AerCap, the Ireland-based leasing giant — though the firm cautioned it could not guarantee a deal will be finalized. GE did not respond

For decades, “cookies” have been tracking you around the web. They’re the snippets of code that uniquely identify your browser and allow those shoe ads to follow you from site to site after you visit an online storefront. Soon, their time may be up. Third-party cookies have increasingly fallen by the wayside as the public

After plunging into recession for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, India’s economy should come roaring back to life in 2021. India’s gross domestic product is projected to expand by 12.6% during the country’s fiscal year starting in April, according to a forecast released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation

Anthony Scaramucci is dumbfounded by the universal opposition among Republicans in Congress to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion America Rescue Plan. After largely blessing Trump’s tax cuts, spending surges and Covid relief packages, not one Republican lawmaker in the US Senate or House of Representatives voted in favor of the new president’s popular plan to

Finally, some good news: The outlook for the global economy is clearly improving. What’s happening: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development unveiled major upgrades to its global forecast on Tuesday. It said that “economic prospects have improved markedly in recent months,” pointing to the deployment of coronavirus vaccines and additional stimulus announcements. The Paris-based