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The State Department is processing passport application faster than it was prior to the pandemic. It's catching up to the post-pandemic boom. -Dawit Habtemariam
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PayPay and Alipay+ announced an extended partnership at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024, to increasing merchant coverage across Japan. PayPay, Japan’s leading QR payment operator, and AliPay+, Ant International’s mobile payment method that helps merchants reach shoppers in Asia, will now connect over three million local merchants to the global payment ecosystem. The extended partnership... Read more » Read more ›
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Bloomberg reports that Uber has started farming out independent contractors for data-labeling services as well as coders-for-hire. Uber describes its new Scaled Solutions division as a platform of “analysts, testers and independent data operators,” according to the company’s website. Scaled Solutions began life as an internal team, handling “large-scale annotation tasks” for Uber’s other services. Now it’s been expanded to provide coders and data labelers for outside companies like Pokémon... Read more ›
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The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isn’t so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, we’re here... Read more ›
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Rumors on social media inflamed speculation of a pay disparity between Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Read more ›
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Cath Virginia / The Verge Spotify is getting support for Google’s Gemini Extensions, which will allow users to search for and play music using the generative AI assistant with natural language requests. The extension was first spotted in the code of the Google app in June, and now it’s rolling out to compatible Android devices, as reported by 9to5Google. Gemini can play music found by song titles, artist names, album... Read more ›
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Eric Schmidt said the emotionally and physically "perfect" AI girlfriend may lead young male users to become obsessed with the chatbot. Read more ›
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Since 2006, Apple has partnered with the (RED) brand to raise money for The Global Fund, an organization that aims to combat diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa. Through this partnership, Apple has long offered a (PRODUCT)RED color option for some products, but it has scaled back this effort over the past few years. The only current-generation (PRODUCT)RED product that Apple sells new is the iPhone SE... Read more ›
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Roku's ultracompact Streambar SE costs less than $70 during this week's Black Friday sale, and it is a nice upgrade over most built-in TV speakers. Read more ›
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BI's Workforce Innovation Board discusses how DEI can innovate by tapping artificial intelligence and focusing on outcomes. Read more ›
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Expanded tariffs on imports from China and other trade partners are part of President-elect Donald Trump’s economic plans once he takes office in January. Though he claims his protectionist trade policy will bring jobs back to the US, Trump’s tariffs will come at a steep cost to consumers and the economy as a whole. “We’re […] Read more ›
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Airbnb is eager to branch out into other sectors of the travel, and we discuss its plans in this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast — as well as the challenges it faces. -Rashaad Jorden Read more ›
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While many other travel companies have released AI chatbots, Airbnb determined that they're not good enough. -Justin Dawes Read more ›
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Hilton's jobs push comes as the hotel giant sees surging demand in the region, with visits to its Middle East properties doubling to 2.2 million in the first nine months of the year compared to pandemic levels. -Josh Corder Read more ›
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With hotel brands making major strides in customer ownership, it is time to start anticipating when direct bookings will outpace third-party sites. -Pranavi Agarwal and Seth Borko Read more ›
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Expedia punched Hopper in the mouth in 2023 when it cut off their relationship. Hopper was never able to make up that ground through direct hotel relationships. The resumption of the partnership provides inventory upside and some financial relief to Hopper. Meanwhile, Expedia, under new leadership, wanted to see revenue from Hopper flowing in again. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›
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The grandeur of Indian weddings is moving beyond local banquets, and is now influencing the tourism industry in India. Newly-married couples are also driving international travel as part of their honeymoon plans. -Bulbul Dhawan Read more ›
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It’s more than painful to reorganize a company, like Hopper did, and then have to do it again a year later. -Dennis Schaal Read more ›
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Ariane Gorin says Expedia is keeping an eye on how it needs to evolve in a world being reshaped by AI. -Justin Dawes Read more ›
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Croatia is just the latest destination to tackle short-term rentals, but the long-term impact of the government's proposal is uncertain -Rashaad Jorden Read more ›
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Air India Express is navigating through its role as a merged entity and as part of this transformation, it has found its niche in foregoing larger hubs and connecting smaller cities. -Bulbul Dhawan Read more ›
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