Lufthansa Deal Clears Final EU Review, Bringing ITA Into Group

Lufthansa Deal Clears Final EU Review, Bringing ITA Into Group

ITA Airways passengers are bracing for major disruption in Italy this week as nationwide labor strikes are set to affect air travel, alongside rail and local transportation, with key dates centered on Feb. 26 through Feb. 28. Multiple travel industry reports and Italian outlets have warned that a 24-hour aviation strike is expected to hit…

OpenAI Hires McKinsey To Expand Enterprise Sales Strategy

OpenAI Hires McKinsey To Expand Enterprise Sales Strategy

OpenAI is expanding its enterprise strategy by formalizing partnerships with major consulting firms, aiming to accelerate how large organizations adopt its AI tools and agents. The company has reached multiyear agreements with consulting giants including McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Accenture, and Capgemini, according to recent reports. The arrangements are designed to pair OpenAI’s technology with…

Amazon To Spend $12 Billion On Louisiana AI Data Centers

Amazon To Spend $12 Billion On Louisiana AI Data Centers

Amazon said it will spend $12 billion in Louisiana to build AI-focused data center campuses, marking a major expansion of the company’s infrastructure footprint in the state. The investment will go toward Amazon’s first data center campuses in Louisiana. The projects are planned for north Louisiana, according to the company and multiple published reports, and…

Secret Service Shoots Armed 21-Year-Old Near Mar-a-Lago

Secret Service Shoots Armed 21-Year-Old Near Mar-a-Lago

A 21-year-old man from North Carolina was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service personnel after entering the secure perimeter around former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, according to published reports and a Secret Service account of the incident. The shooting occurred at or near Mar-a-Lago, a private club and residence…

OpenAI Signs Multiyear Enterprise Deals With Deloitte And PwC

OpenAI Signs Multiyear Enterprise Deals With Deloitte And PwC

OpenAI has signed multiyear agreements with major consulting firms as it steps up its push to sell its artificial intelligence tools to large enterprises, according to a CNBC report. The deals are aimed at embedding OpenAI’s technology into corporate and government workflows through consultants that already manage large-scale digital transformations for clients. Consulting firms often…

U.S. Importers Keep Paying Trump Tariffs After Court Ruling

U.S. Importers Keep Paying Trump Tariffs After Court Ruling

U.S. importers are still paying tariffs imposed during President Donald Trump’s administration even after a Supreme Court ruling that those tariffs are illegal, according to multiple recent reports. The Supreme Court decision struck down most of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, with coverage describing the levies as tied to an emergency-style approach that the court rejected. Outlets…

Sarandos Urges Paramount To Sweeten Offer Ahead Of Warner Deadline

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos delivered a blunt message to Paramount as the company approached a key deadline tied to Warner, telling the studio to “put a better deal on the table,” according to Deadline. The remarks, reported by Deadline, place Netflix directly into the center of high-stakes negotiations involving Paramount and Warner. Sarandos’ comment was…

Isaiah Hartenstein Signs Multiyear Deal With Oklahoma City

Isaiah Hartenstein Signs Multiyear Deal With Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein drew fresh attention this week as multiple reports and game recaps highlighted his expanding role, including playmaking, defense, and mounting questions about his status ahead of the NBA trade deadline. Hartenstein, a big man for the Thunder, was recently featured in coverage ranging from a national writer’s assessment of…

Leak Suggests Galaxy S26 Ultra Battery Life Stays The Same

Leak Suggests Galaxy S26 Ultra Battery Life Stays The Same

A leaked promotional image set for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra suggests the phone’s battery capacity and charging speeds may be unchanged from the prior model, according to a report published by 9to5Google. The report describes a “leaked promo” gallery that appears to list core specs for the Galaxy S26 Ultra, including battery and charging…