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Apple Expected to Remove a Health Feature From New Apple Watches
The Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 would no longer detect people’s pulse rate, to comply with a ruling by the International Trade Commission.
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YouTube Cuts 100 Employees as Tech Layoffs Continue
The layoffs are part of efforts by the video platform’s parent company, Google, to trim costs and bureaucracy as it embraces artificial intelligence.
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Hybrid Cars Enjoy a Renaissance as All-Electric Sales Slow
Automakers like Ford, Kia and Toyota are offering more hybrid options to appeal to buyers who aren’t ready for fully electric vehicles.
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China’s GDP Grew in 2023, but Economic Strains Lurk
Gross domestic product expanded 5.2 percent, as China worked to export more to make up for weak demand, high debt and a steep property contraction at home.
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Airbus Is Pulling Ahead as Boeing’s Troubles Mount
With quality control essential, Airbus gains in the rivalry between the world’s biggest plane makers by being seen as “competent.”
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Tesla Drivers in Chicago Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather
In freezing temperatures, the batteries of electric vehicles can be less efficient and have shorter range, a lesson many Tesla drivers in Chicago learned this week.
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How to Cut Down Your Screen Time but Still Get Stuff Done
Google’s Routines and Apple’s Shortcuts combine multiple steps into one command to make your phone or tablet do more of the work for you.
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Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden
Hours before a meeting at the White House about how to break the stalemate in Congress over aid to Ukraine, the Republican speaker signaled a compromise was not possible.
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A Reporter’s Journey Into How the U.S. Funded the Bomb
Watching “Oppenheimer,” a journalist wondered (perhaps a bit obsessively): How did the president get the $2 billion secret project past Congress?
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3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation
After more than a month of missed deadlines for refunds, a group of hard-hit passengers who signed up for the failed Life at Sea cruise are pursuing legal intervention.