Author: News Room
A new trend is emerging in the US airline market that promises to make premium travel more affordable: “basic” business class.These unbundled fares retain the core on-board business-class experience while stripping away traditional amenities to lower the upfront price.For example, a traveler flying from Los Angeles to Tokyo on a…
Brian Gordon fell in love with coding. Over a decade later, the industry wasn’t loving him back.In March, Gordon learned that his company would be shutting down, eliminating his frontend developer job in the process. He’d read horror stories online about the job market for programmers. He’d also tried applying…
The internet can’t get enough of Erling Haaland.The 6-foot-5, 25-year-old Norwegian striker has gained over 11 million followers on Instagram since Sunday, when he scored twice to secure Norway’s victory against Brazil in the World Cup. While many of his new followers are clearly there for the football, others may well…
Fans of robotaxis hail the privacy and intimacy offered by a driverless car. But don’t forget: Waymo could be watching.The case has been made clear time and time again — and more recently in San Mateo after Waymo reported two 15-year-old riders to the local police department.Jeanine Luna, a San…
Ashburn, Virginia, is in the heart of America’s “data center alley.” Over the July 4 weekend, diesel generators at a Digital Realty data center switched on as temperatures spiked.Dark smoke floated above ACC9, one of dozens of data centers clustered in Ashburn and nearby cities, according to a video and…
Cue the tiny violins; someone may have stolen something from Apple.It’s a sorry tale, but one the tech giant knows very well. Maybe too well.Apple’s blockbuster lawsuit against OpenAI accuses the ChatGPT maker of orchestrating a campaign to recruit Apple engineers, extract confidential information, and use the company’s trade secrets…
Consumers have many options when it comes to budgeting apps. Some apps offer extensive features, while others offer a basic view of a consumer’s spending patterns. PocketGuard fits somewhere in between. PocketGuard is built for simplicity, and its main purpose is to help customers understand exactly how much money they…
It was only a matter of time before Disney took it all the way back to its first animated theatrical release: 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”Sure, Snow White is iconic as the first Disney princess movie, and “Whistle While You Work” and “Heigh-Ho” are permanently part of the…
With rising food prices, a routine trip to the grocery store can feel like a luxury. In California, high-end grocery stores such as Erewhon, where custom smoothie kits go for $100, are becoming increasingly prominent in this K-shaped economy. According to the Food Institute, luxury grocery stores are thriving as…
AI is starting to make some classrooms look a little more old school.The University of Chicago Law School is requiring first-year students to keep their laptops closed in class this fall, as part of a broader strategy to ensure students learn to think independently as artificial intelligence becomes ubiquitous in…
