Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on July 19 set an October trial, citing the “cloud of uncertainty” over the social media company after the billionaire backed out of a deal to buy it.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Twitter said April 15 that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company for more than $43 billion and take it private.

Samsung is planning to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory outside of Austin, Texas, amid a global shortage of chips used in phones, cars and other electronic devices.

The Trump administration is proposing new rules to guide future federal regulation of artificial intelligence used in medicine, transportation and other industries.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The global benchmark for crude oil rose above $70 a barrel Jan. 6 for the first time in more than three months, with jitters rising over the escalating military tensions between Iran and the United States.

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — Guess who’s getting used to working with robots in their everyday lives? The very same warehouse workers once predicted to be losing their jobs to mechanical replacements.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A self-driving shuttle got pulled over by police on its first day carrying passengers on a new Rhode Island route.

Hundreds of people showed up Aug. 2 for a chance to pack and ship products to Amazon customers, as the e-commerce company held a giant job fair at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses.