Celebrating Independence Day

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Like many across the country on Monday, Heavy Duty Trucking is celebrating Independence Day and closing our offices. However, many of our readers will still be working hard that day, so we have filled our newsletter with some of the most popular online articles from the past few months.

Our editors not only put in hard work to publish our print magazine but also produce great online content, all of which is written and edited to help improve your fleet business as well as provide various thoughts on every aspect of the industry.

Whether it is our features, blogs, or photos, all of it is done in the hope that our readers will gain new and useful insights on trucking.

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Microsoft Layoffs: MSFT Expected to Cut Thousands of Jobs This Week

It is unclear where exactly the job cuts will take place, but no one is safe as Microsoft simply said these cuts will occur across the board. The tech giant has yet to comment on the matter, but an insider source claims the company is setting up an organizational merger that will combine its enterprise customer unit and one or more of its SME segments. Microsoft's shift is in line with what the tech industry is doing as a whole, turning its focus towards cloud products and solutions as the world's storage continues to move to the digital realm.

2 more states are refusing to hand over voters’ personal data to the White House

Two more states are refusing to provide the White House with voter registration data, saying...

North Korea's latest provocation likely aimed at the US a…

Sung-Yoon Lee, a professor at Tufts University, says North Korea has a history of being provocative toward countries during their major national holidays.

Prosecutors ask judge to gag ex-pharmaceuticals CEO Shkreli

Prosecutors want a judge to make "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli stop talking and filed a motion on Monday asking that he and all attorneys in his criminal case be ordered to refrain from making ...

Cisco is relieved the FTC stepped in to protect it from its competitor

On Monday, the FTC said that it was putting special provisions in place to protect Cisco from...

Tesla slowed down deliveries because of an issue with its battery packs

Tesla on Monday reported vehicle deliveries for the second quarter that were lighter than...