Over the past decade, some of Apple’s biggest regulatory headaches have come from a little-known federal agency called the U.S. International Trade Commission. The agency’s patent judges have found Apple guilty of appropriating innovations in smartphones, semiconductors and smartwatches. And recently, they forced Apple to remove a health feature from Apple Watches. Now the tech…
Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence lab, is leaving the start-up he was running to lead Microsoft’s consumer A.I. business, in another sign of Microsoft’s aggressive plans for the technology. Mr. Suleyman will report directly to Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive, the company said on Tuesday. Mr. Suleyman, whose start-up, Inflection AI,…
President Biden will issue a multibillion-dollar award to Intel on Wednesday to expand its chip production in the United States, people familiar with the decision said, as the president champions his economic policies during a tour of the Southwest. The announcement in Phoenix, Ariz., is a major award from Mr. Biden’s $39 billion CHIPS and…
The government of Saudi Arabia plans to create a fund of about $40 billion to invest in artificial intelligence, according to three people briefed on the plans — the latest sign of the gold rush toward a technology that has already begun reshaping how people live and work. In recent weeks, representatives of Saudi Arabia’s…
Apple is in discussions with Google about using the search giant’s generative artificial intelligence model called Gemini for its next iPhone, as the company races to embrace a technology that has upended the tech industry. The talks are preliminary and the exact scope of a potential deal hasn’t been defined, three people with knowledge of…
Headliner Bungalow The chef and cookbook author Vikas Khanna, whose New York debut many years ago was at the Michelin-starred Junoon, now has a place to call his own here. He and his business partner, Jimmy Rizvi, who owns GupShup and other restaurants, settled on the East Village. “The space is so unassuming but unforgettable…
A Woman of PleasureA novel by Kiyoko Murata, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter “Food and sake were set out for them on low tables, and farther inside the room was a scarlet futon. … Having been instructed to say nothing, she kept her lips tightly closed as she poured Takahata a drink.”…
I am not one for spring cleaning, but I am one for spring cooking, throwing open the windows and airing out those stewy winter cooking habits. Whether I’m loading a skillet with everything green (like this herb-laden chicken dinner) or cranking up the grill on the first 60-degree day (hello, flank steak), I’m breezily banishing…
In a shock to the fashion world, Dries Van Noten announced that he was stepping down as creative director of the brand that bears his name. His fall 2024 men’s show, scheduled to take place in Paris in June, will be his last. “My dream was to have a voice in fashion,” Mr. Van Noten,…
Cruise ships have hidden features that many passengers, particularly first-timers, don’t know about. Some ships are as big as small cities, and while it’s relatively easy to familiarize yourself with a seemingly endless number of amenities — water parks, tattoo parlors, multiple restaurants — there is also an entire ecosystem, often below passenger decks, that…
