The number of Americans flying this summer could eclipse the prepandemic high of 2019. That would be great news for airlines, but it could also… Read More »Airlines and FAA are trying to prevent the meltdown of summer travel
Credit…Desiree Rios/The New York Times Eight years after a controversy over black people being falsely labeled as gorillas by image analysis software — and despite… Read More »Google’s Photos app still can’t find gorillas. And neither can Apple’s.
“You have to communicate as vividly and clearly as possible that you are on a different trajectory. And the stronger the break with the past,… Read More »Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino teeters on the Glass Cliff
Another person has died in an outbreak of highly drug-resistant bacteria linked to contaminated eye drops, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in… Read More »Another dead in a horrific eyedrop outbreak that now spans 18 states
Meta was fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) on Monday and ordered to stop transferring data collected from Facebook users in Europe to… Read More »Meta is fined $1.3 billion for violating EU data privacy rules
For decades, a group of the world’s largest oil producers has exerted enormous influence over the US economy and the popularity of US presidents through… Read More »The US needs minerals for electric cars. Everyone else wants them too.
Since ChatGPT debuted in November, hundreds of millions of people have experimented with the online chatbot, which can answer questions, write poetry, compose emails and… Read More »OpenAI introduces ChatGPT app for iPhone
What is? (May 14-20) Aimed at a social media juggernaut Opposition to TikTok, the video app that has come under scrutiny largely because of its… Read More »Week in Business: An Attempt to Ban TikTok
Enlarge / An iPhone is undergoing repairs. Every time a new iPhone comes out, a team of technicians in the French city of Toulouse begins… Read More »France is fighting to save your iPhone from an early death
The Minnesota Senate passed a bill on Sunday that would guarantee Uber and Lyft drivers a minimum wage and other benefits, sending the measure to… Read More »Minnesota passes bill to guarantee minimum wage for gig workers
Small, fast-moving US tech companies are using the war in Ukraine to demonstrate a new generation of military systems, but face the challenge of selling… Read More »Tech start-ups are making their way to the US defense industry via Ukraine
Uber has fired its longtime head of diversity, equality and inclusion after employees complained that an employee event it moderated, titled “Don’t Call Me Karen,”… Read More »Uber suspends DEI chief after employees complain of insensitivity
Beijing told Chinese companies dealing with critical information on Sunday to stop buying products from Micron Technology, the US-based manufacturer of memory chips used in… Read More »China is banning some chip sales from the US company Micron
Government construction rules and regulations can be outdated and misleading, insisting on conventional building materials with prices incompatible with building affordable housing. The building regulations… Read More »Ready the Ig Nobel: Researchers turn used diapers into concrete
President Biden said on Sunday he believed he had the authority to challenge the constitutionality of the country’s borrowing limit, but did not believe such… Read More »Biden says he has the authority to challenge the debt limit, but no time
