The surging price of jet fuel is hurting US airlines. Here's how much it has cost them so far.

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A worker fuels a United Airlines plane at Salt Lake City International Airport on April 09, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jet fuel prices have risen more quickly than broader oil prices since the start of the Iran war.

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A former ByteDance engineer says China's AI industry is 'far behind' the US — and the gap is getting worse

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An interactive display featuring artificial intelligence at the iRootech Technology Co. offices in Guangzhou, China, on in April 2026
Zhang Chi, a former ByteDance LLM engineer, says China's AI is falling further behind the US.

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$8.5 billion consulting firm Grant Thornton is tying US partner bonuses to AI use

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Tom Puthiyamadam
Tom Puthiymadam, managing partner of advisory services at Grant Thornton.

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The AI boom is energizing and exhausting tech product managers at once

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An IT specialist in Novi Sad, Serbia, in January 2026
AI is making workers more exhausted than ever, Nikhyl Singhal, a former vice president of product at Meta said.

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Trump praises 'Tim Apple' in a nod to his infamous 2019 name slip-up

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President Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in January 2026 in Davos, Switzerland
Trump revisited his viral "Tim Apple" moment while praising Cook in a Truth Social post.

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Meet John Ternus, the Apple exec who is replacing Tim Cook as CEO

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John Ternus
John Ternus was Apple's head of hardware engineering.

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AI is that annoying coworker who never has a bad day

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Participants during a Hackathon session at a developer event organized by OpenAI in Bengaluru, India, in January 2026
An AI product exec says workers are being judged like machines.

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United Airlines pilots called in a bomb threat when they heard a mysterious beeping on the plane

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A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 departs Los Angeles International Airport en route to Orlando on January 27, 2026
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

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Even blue-collar work isn't safe from AI, a trade tech CEO says

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Fred Voccola, CEO of Simpro Group
Fred Voccola, CEO of Simpro Group.

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Weeks after TSA chaos in the US, Europe is facing its own airport line problem

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Border Control and passport control signs and post in the terminal building after the gates at Dusseldorf International Airport
A new system is causing long waits at immigration checkpoints across Europe.

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