Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
What is Section 230, the rule that made the modern internet?, by Barbara Ortutay
Walmart beats Q4 expectations during holiday shopping period, by Haleluya Hadero
CNN
Elon Musk is currently working for Tesla for free. That could change, by Chris Isidore
Home Depot to spend $1 billion more on hourly workers, by Chris Isidore
The Wall Street Journal
After Testing Four-Day Week, Companies Say They Don’t Want to Stop, by Vanessa Fuhrmans
Why Big Layoff Announcements Don’t Always Mean Big Workforce Cuts, by Theo Francis
CNBC
United Airlines, five other companies launch effort to develop sustainable aviation fuel, by Phil LeBeau
Covid’s ‘legacy of weirdness’: Layoffs spread, but some employers can’t hire fast enough, by Leslie Josephs
Reuters
ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon, by Greg Bensinger
News about business journalism:
Why the FT launched an inexpensive mobile app
Fox’s Bartiromo gave air time to key GOP conspiracy theorist
CoinDesk wins Polk Award for Bankman-Fried coverage
Sports Illustrated axes 17 jobs, announces a dozen openings
FT’s Lee joining Bloomberg Opinion
Maria Bartiromo airs bogus claims; SI juggles layoffs and hires; Vanity Fair and Daily Beast moves
New York Times wins three Polk Awards