Many travelers from the United States lost a crucial tool to check maps, make reservations, use ride-hailing apps and more because of a cellular data outage that began affecting users of AT&T,…
Month: June 2024
N.F.L. Ordered to Pay Billions in Sunday Ticket Lawsuit
The N.F.L. must pay almost $5 billion in damages for artificially inflating the price of Sunday Ticket, a subscription service offered by DirecTV that showed out-of-market games, a federal jury in Los…
CDK Global Cyberattack Disrupts Car Sales in U.S. and Canada
Thousands of auto dealers across the United States and Canada are suffering disruptions to their operations as a result of cyberattacks on a provider of critical software and data services used in…
$3.34 Trillion
It’s a number that kept going up, with few signs of slowing down. Nvidia, the chip maker, became the most valuable public company on Tuesday with a stock market value of $3.34…
American Express Buys Tock Dining Reservation Service
The credit card giant American Express has acquired Tock, a restaurant reservation and event management company, from the digital commerce platform Squarespace for $400 million, American Express said on Friday. The purchase…
DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Florida
But since lawmakers did include the money in the budget they approved in March, arts organizations thought that funds would ultimately come their way. It took Mr. DeSantis several months to formally…
Southwest Plane Begins Descent Too Early Over Oklahoma City
A Southwest Airlines plane descended prematurely on Wednesday over Oklahoma City, startling residents miles from the airport, before regaining altitude and then landing safely. After beginning a descent from 39,000 feet, the…
How to Alienate a Colleague, One Coffee at a Time
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Landlords Have Started Using A.I. Chatbots to Manage Properties
The new maintenance coordinator at an apartment complex in Dallas has been getting kudos from tenants and colleagues for good work and late-night assistance. Previously, the eight people on the property’s staff,…
Consulting Firms Are the Early Winners of the AI Boom
After ChatGPT came out in 2022, the marketing team at Reckitt Benckiser, which makes Lysol and Mucinex, was convinced that new artificial intelligence technology could help its business. But the team was…