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Related media - Latest news NEW YORK — Following a faulty software update in Vienna, widespread technology disruptions continued at several airports around the world, causing a significant spike in flight cancellations. According to FlightAware, the United States saw a significant increase in domestic and international flight cancellations, totaling 758, exceeding the numbers typically seen on peak holiday days, with Delta Air Lines the hardest hit. Delta alone accounted for 626 of these cancellations, which represents about 83% of the total cancellations reported. Delta CEO Ed Bastian told passengers that the airline is moving forward to resume normal operations following this setback. He explained that the disruption has led to more than 3,500 cancellations across Delta and ...

Related media - News 24 hours In a landmark ruling in Washington, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google unlawfully exploited its dominant position in the Internet search market to strengthen its position and foster innovation, a development that could reshape the digital landscape while also crippling one of the world’s most recognizable companies. The ruling follows a broad legal case launched by the U.S. Department of Justice against Google nearly a year ago. The evidence was carefully examined over the course of a 10-week trial that included detailed testimony from senior executives at Google, Microsoft, and Apple. Three months after final presentations based on the Mayonnaise Principles, Judge Mehta issued his verdict. In his full 277-page ruling, Judge Mehta said, "After a meticulou...

Related media - News 24 hours Seventeen years ago, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a revolutionary device that combined an iPod, a telephone, and an Internet browser in one. At $500, it was expensive, but its innovation justified the cost, despite some initial flaws. Fast forward to today, and my experience with Apple’s new $3,500 Vision Pro headset has been less than stellar. This ski-goggle-style virtual reality headset aims to merge the physical and digital worlds. Apple bills it as a “space computer” designed for work, entertainment, and play. Without an advance review unit from Apple, I purchased the Vision Pro myself. With essential add-ons like a $200 case, $180 AirPods, and $150 prescription lens inserts, the cost quickly adds up. After using it for five days, I’m still not s...

More news - Breaking news When Chelsia Potts took her 10-year-old daughter to a psychologist for an evaluation for autism spectrum disorder, she decided, almost as an afterthought, to get tested herself. The results were surprising: Like her daughter, Ms. Potts was diagnosed with autism. At 35, Ms. Potts thought she was dealing with anxiety or something else. A first-generation college graduate, she had earned a Ph.D. in education and become a high-level administrator at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. After seeing a psychologist, she had to figure out how this diagnosis would affect her work life. “I was confused at first and kept it a secret,” Ms. Potts said. “I had an image of what an autistic person looked like, and it didn’t look like me.” She reflected on the ways she had compe...

Related media - Recent news In a new factory in northern Italy, Ferrari chassis slide onto robot trucks as engineers in cherry-red uniforms add components like the engine block, dashboard, and steering wheel, turning these bodies into hybrids. Soon: fully electric. There’s a lot at stake in Ferrari’s €200 million “e-building,” which opened last month. Almost twice the size of Rome’s Colosseum, the factory aims to propel the 77-year-old sports car maker, famous for the roar of its combustion engines, into the age of electrification. However, this effort comes at a delicate time for the auto industry. The transition to electric vehicles, which should have quickly ushered in an era of climate-friendly transportation, has been slowed by costly investments and slowing global demand. Other l...

More news - Latest news If the Biden administration is successful, many more electronic chips will be produced in factories located in, say, Texas or Arizona. These chips will then be shipped to partner countries like Costa Rica, Vietnam, or Kenya for final assembly and global distribution, powering everything from refrigerators to supercomputers. These places aren’t the first that come to mind when you think of semiconductors. But administration officials are trying to transform the global chip supply chain, and they’re negotiating hard to make that happen. Key elements of the plan include convincing foreign companies to invest in U.S. chipmaking and finding other countries to set up factories to do the work. Officials and researchers in Washington call it part of the new “chip diplom...