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The closure of London’s Heathrow Airport due to a nearby fire on Friday has put the focus on the aviation industry’s ability to handle a crisis, according to a travel industry expert.At the time of writing, Heathrow remained shut after a fire at an electricity substation that caused a power outage on Friday.”The growth of the [aviation] industry is happening faster than the growth of infrastructure,” said Anita Mendiratta, founder of consultancy AM&A, who stressed that aviation needs to become more resilient to incidents like an energy supply disruption, or to geopolitical or weather events.The Heathrow outage is “putting a…

Anthropic’s AI-powered chatbot, Claude, can now search the web — a capability that had long eluded it. Web search is available now in preview for paid Claude users in the U.S., Anthropic said in its blog, with support for free users and additional countries coming soon. Users can toggle on web search in their profile settings from the Claude web app, and Claude will automatically search across sites to inform certain responses. For now, web search only works with the latest Anthropic model powering Claude, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Anthropic said. “When Claude incorporates information from the web into its responses,…

Tokyo-based Metaplanet is forming a strategic board of advisors with Eric Trump as one of the appointees, as the company continues to spur bitcoin (BTC) adoption, according to a press release on Friday. “We are honored to welcome Eric Trump as the first member of our Strategic Board of Advisors and look forward to welcoming him to our annual meeting,” said Simon Gerovich, Representative Director of Metaplanet Inc, in the release. “His business acumen, love of the Bitcoin community and global hospitality perspective will be invaluable in accelerating Metaplanet’s vision of becoming one of the world’s leading Bitcoin Treasury Companies.”…

Elon Musk attends the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 26, 2025.Brian Snyder | ReutersIt’s been a painful year so far for megacap technology giants and 2025 is only getting started.Six members of the group are already tracking for significant year-to-date losses, led by a 40% drop in shares of Tesla. Meta Platforms is the only exception, holding on to a slim gain.The drop in technology stocks comes just two months after leaders flocked to Washington for President Donald Trump’s inauguration and after many megacaps powered to new highs in the post-election…

Google is rolling out a new Gmail update that is designed to help you find the email you’re looking for more quickly. The company announced on Thursday that it will now use AI to consider factors like recency, most-clicked emails, and frequent contacts when surfacing emails based on your search query. Up until now, Gmail has simply displayed emails in chronological order based on keywords. “With this update, the emails you’re looking for are far more likely to be at the top of your search results — saving you valuable time and helping you find important information more easily,” the…

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of minerals into the ocean in the name of stopping climate change.Whether it’s pollution or a silver bullet that will save the planet may depend on whom you ask.From shore, a pipe releases a mixture of water and magnesium oxide — a powdery white mineral used in everything from construction to heartburn pills that Planetary Technologies, based in Nova Scotia, is betting will absorb more planet-warming gases into the sea.“Restore the climate. Heal the…

The value of all cryptocurrencies in circulation soared to a new high of $3.9 trillion in December, shortly after Donald Trump won the presidential election on Nov. 5. Since Trump campaigned on a pro-crypto agenda, investors immediately started pricing in the potential of friendlier government policies and lighter regulation, which could create value across the industry. XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), which was created by a company called Ripple in 2012, was one of the best performers last year with a whopping 235% gain. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) also logged an impressive return of 119%, further solidifying its position as the world’s largest…

Hugging Face has called on the US government to prioritise open-source development in its forthcoming AI Action Plan. In a statement to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Hugging Face emphasised that “thoughtful policy can support innovation while ensuring that AI development remains competitive, and aligned with American values.” Hugging Face, which hosts over 1.5 million public models across various sectors and serves seven million users, proposes an AI Action Plan centred on three interconnected pillars: Hugging Face stresses the importance of strengthening open-source AI ecosystems.  The company argues that technical innovation stems from diverse actors across institutions…

Honda and its luxury brand, Acura, are set to join the growing list of automakers providing EV owners access to Tesla’s Supercharger network in North America. Starting in June, owners of the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX electric vehicles will be able to charge at Tesla’s stations. Those EVs are built with CCS charging ports — not the technology that Tesla uses. This means Honda and Acura customers will need to purchase Honda-approved fast-charging adapters from dealerships. The automaker has not yet shared details on pricing. Honda said owners of the Prologue and ZDX will be notified on the HondaLink…

WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, Democratic lawmakers have met with and mimicked figures they believe may offer them a path back to power in Washington: online influencers and content creators.Hours before President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress this month, Senate Democrats huddled with a dozen online progressive personalities who have millions of followers. House Democrats were introduced, without staff, to 40 content creators who Democratic leaders said could help them grow their audience online.An earlier tutorial session in February featured online personalities like the YouTube commentator Brian Tyler Cohen. The result has been a burst of Democratic online content,…