The Google employee who interrupted a tech conference by unleashing an anti-Israel rant and accusing his company of "power[ing] genocide" has been terminated, FOX Business has learned. The disruption happened at New York City's "Mind the Tech" conference on Monday. Google Israel managing director Barak Regev was giving a lecture at the time.The employee, whose name was not released by Google, abruptly interrupted Regev's speech to reference the war between Hamas and Israel. The conflict began on Oct. 7, aft ...

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company is trying to clear up misconceptions about obesity care as it increases investment in its highly popular weight-loss drugs.  With the latest phase of Lilly's "Get Better" campaign, the company aims to focus the importance of obesity treatment as a disease, and the appropriate use of anti-obesity medications. These drugs have surged in popularity in recent years, due in part to social media and countless celebrities, such as Elon Musk having touted their weight-loss ...

联合航空公司737 Max 8飞机方向舵问题事件 - 联合航空公司的一架737 Max 8飞机在新泽西降落后报告了方向舵踏板问题[1] - 飞行员报告飞机能够顺利滑行到登机口，所有155名乘客和六名机组成员都能够安全下机，没有人员受伤[3] - 联合航空公司在机场对同一架飞机进行了测试飞行，成功复制了飞行员报告的方向舵系统故障[4] 波音公司制造质量控制问题调查 - 美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）在一月5日事件后对波音公司进行调查，发现波音737制造过程及其供应商Spirit AeroSystems存在多起未遵守制造质量控制要求的情况[5] - FAA行政长官迈克·惠特克表示，波音有90天时间制定全面计划解决“系统性质量控制问题”[6]

United Airlines is temporarily pausing pilot hiring in the coming months due to new aircraft certification and manufacturing delays at Boeing.  In a Thursday memo sent to pilots, Marc Champion, vice president of flight operations, and Kirk Limacher, vice president of flight operations, planning and development, said the airline will pause new hire classes in May and June. The company plans to resume those classes in July, given that "United Aviate and United Military Pilot Program participants remain a top ...

A former Google software engineer was indicted in California on Tuesday on charges of stealing trade secrets related to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that he took to benefit a pair of companies based in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was charged with four counts of trade secret theft for transferring Google's trade secrets and other confidential information to Chinese companies. Ding, 38, began working for Google in 2019 and worked on the tech giant's ...

苹果公司与Epic Games的法律纠纷 - 苹果被指控在iPhone操作系统上对应用内支付收取高达30%的佣金，违反美国反垄断规定[2] - 苹果首次因在App Store上对音乐流媒体竞争对手施加限制而被欧盟反垄断监管机构处以18.4亿欧元（20亿美元）罚款[6] - 苹果声称有权终止Epic Games的开发者账户，因为Epic违反了公司的开发者协议[10] 苹果在欧洲市场的表现 - 苹果股价今年已下跌12%，在中国市场iPhone需求疲软，股价表现不佳[3] - 欧洲立法者通过数字市场法案（DMA）迫使苹果允许第三方市场，该法案本周生效[5] - 苹果提出了一些变更建议，以符合DMA的某些条件，该法规旨在让欧洲用户更容易在竞争服务之间切换[12] 苹果对Epic Games的阻止措施 - 苹果以Epic过去违约为由，阻止其利用DMA的努力[7] - 苹果终止了Epic在瑞典创建的新开发者账户，这一举动是为了阻止Epic在欧洲iPhone上推出自己的游戏商店[8] - 开发者账户对软件创建者至关重要，没有账户，他们无法将应用程序分发到iPhone和iPad上[9] 苹果对新制度的调整 - 苹果表示将允许iPhone上的替代应用商店，并允许开发者选择退出使用应用内支付系统，但对于参与新制度的开发者，将收取每年每个用户账户50欧分的“核心技术费”[13]

The bungled rollout of Google's new artificial intelligence tool Gemini could end up being either a curse or a blessing for the Alphabet-owned tech giant, according to an analyst who owns the stock. Seeking Alpha analyst Steven Fiorillo wrote in an assessment published Wednesday that Gemini will either be Google's "destruction or its resurrection" after a series of public failures by the model led the company to pull the plug on some features and vow to fix it. Fiorillo expressed his disappointment in the b ...

苹果在中国市场的iPhone销售 - 苹果公司在中国市场的iPhone销售在今年年初的前六周下降了24%[1] - 这一下降主要归因于市场上的激烈竞争，尤其是来自中国华为的竞争，华为的智能手机销量同比增长了64%[2] - 苹果在高端市场面临来自华为等竞争对手的竞争，同时在中端市场受到OPPO、vivo和小米等品牌的价格竞争压力[3] - 苹果的iPhone在中国市场的份额下降至15.7%，排名第四，而去年同期排名第二，市场份额为19%[6] 苹果在中国市场的表现 - 苹果公司在中国市场的销售落后于大型科技公司，股价今年已下跌约10%[5] - 苹果在中国市场的销售落后，但在全球iPhone业务增长强劲，尤其是在中国以外的新兴市场[7] - 苹果CEO蒂姆·库克表示，尽管中国是全球最具竞争力的智能手机市场，但iPhone在其他新兴市场表现良好[8]

Target Circle 360会员计划 - Target 推出付费会员计划"Target Circle 360"，旨在提高收入和市场份额[1] - 会员将享受免费两天送货服务，包括送货到自己家或他人家，以及同一天送货服务，订单超过35美元将免费送货，最快一小时送达，无额外费用[3] - 会员费用为首年49美元，之后每年99美元，持有Target Circle信用卡的会员年费为49美元[5]

文章核心观点 - 目标公司(Target)在假期季度的收益高于预期,尽管销售额有所下降 [1] - 目标公司正在依靠同日服务、新产品发布和新会员计划来提高其门店的消费 [2] - 目标公司在第四季度的调整后每股收益为2.98美元,高于分析师预期的2.42美元 [3] - 目标公司推出了一个新的低价品牌,价格从1美元起 [4] - 黑色星期五和网络星期一的强劲消费有助于推动了假期季度的销售 [5] - 同日提货服务(如Drive-up)占第四季度总销售额的10%以上 [6] 行业概况 - 目标公司在第二季度报告了自疫情前以来的首次门店访问量和同店销售下降,因为通胀限制了美国人对非必需品的支出 [7] - 商务部数据显示,1月商品和服务价格篮子继续上涨 [8] - 目标公司还面临独特的挑战,包括5月份因LGBTQ主题商品而遭到抵制,以及零售犯罪激增导致9家门店关闭 [9] - 大型竞争对手沃尔玛表示,通胀正推动消费者寻找日用品的价值,但可选消费有所回升的迹象 [10] 公司策略 - 目标公司将专注于推出新产品和服务,包括一个新的Target Circle会员计划,以在2024年重燃销售、客流量和市场份额增长 [11][12] - 目标公司预计2024年调整后每股收益在8.60美元到9.60美元之间,与分析师预期的9.14美元基本一致 [13] - 目标公司预计今年的同店销售将保持持平至增长2%之间,高于分析师预期的0.86%增长 [14] - 第四季度毛利率从上年同期的22.7%上升至25.6%,得益于运费和供应链成本下降、库存健康和折扣减少 [15] - 目标公司股价在盘前交易中上涨8%至162.50美元,股价被认为被低估,交易估值为16.8倍前瞻性收益,略低于5年平均水平17.2倍 [16]