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Marriott International launches global midscale brand in India, adds 115 properties to existing portfolio
As part of a founding deal struck with Concept Hospitality Private Limited, its flagship brands—The Fern, The Fern Residency, and The Fern Habitat—will now become a part of the new brand, Series by Marriott
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Switzerland moves to rein in Booking.com's hotel commissions
The watchdog said that after an analysis, it had concluded that "the commission rates applied by the company to Swiss hotels were abusively high"
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Ads come to Google's AI search in push to stay ahead of OpenAI
The integration of advertising has been a key question surrounding the immense popularity of generative artificial intelligence chatbots
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Jony Ive, legendary Apple iPhone designer, joins OpenAI
Ive and his team will take over design at OpenAI as part of an acquisition of his startup named "IO" valued at $6.5 billion
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IndusInd Bank stares at a reputation crisis as it reveals more accounting horrors
The bank, which reported its highest ever quarterly loss and higher bad loans, now suspects employee fraud in the financial irregularities. It needs to reintroduce best practices, and revive investor and customer confidence, say analysts
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The world is looking at India to provide a new AI regulation model: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
In an exclusive interview, the minister discusses why India needs its own foundational model, outlines a roadmap for applying AI at scale, highlights progress on the semiconductor mission, explains why the world is looking at India as the next semiconductor nation, and more
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Nvidia's Jensen Huang criticises US AI chip export rules
Washington has sought in recent years to curb exports of state-of-the-art chips to China, concerned that they could be used to advance Beijing's military systems and otherwise undermine American dominance in AI
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Google supercharges search with Generative AI integration
CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the company's annual developers event, said Google's search engine would feature a new AI mode
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Elon Musk to curb political spending amid growing scrutiny
Musk, the richest person on Earth, spent hundreds of millions of dollars to help Trump win the 2024 presidential election, and questions were rife in Washington whether his largesse would continue
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Fortnite's AI Darth Vader draws fire in actors' union lawsuit
Fortnite announced last week it had got permission from the family of James Earl Jones to make a chatty "Star Wars" villain based on the late actor's voice work in the smash hit space opera series
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Record rate cuts from China's central bank signal growth worries
The People's Bank of China said Tuesday that the one-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR), the benchmark for the most advantageous rates lenders can offer to businesses and households, would be cut from 3.1 percent to 3.0 percent