China fines Trip.com $770m over hotel booking monopoly

AI-powered laptops and Copilot+ PCs are becoming more relevant because the way people use laptops has changed significantly over the last few years. Modern routines are now built around multitasking, cloud collaboration, video conferencing, streaming, and productivity tools that remain active throughout the day. Most professionals are no longer using laptops only for documents and…

It must be earnings day, because Tesla is making a Robotaxi announcement. The company said in a post on X that it was launching its Robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa, attaching a pair of maps that show each city’s service area. No word on fleet size or whether interested customers would be able to…

Elena Hernández moved to the coca-growing region of Guaviare during the boom of the 1990s, lured by better pay. “There was more money back then – you could see it everywhere,” she says. “I managed to save and buy a small house.” But the coca industry also brought violence and insecurity. Armed groups fought for…

“Not using AI is like being left behind,” Apple CEO Tim Cook’s remark captures the urgency around artificial intelligence today — though the tinge of irony in these words coming from Apple is not lost on us. For a growing number of India’s startup founders, however, things are moving beyond this starting point. Using AI…

Apple is reportedly teaming up with deferred payment processor Klarna to launch a new lease-to-own program for its devices. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the program — dubbed Apple Upgrade — is set to launch next Tuesday. It will allow consumers to pay for their purchases over multi-year periods, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches….