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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China is sure to have surpassed Japan to become the world’s number one car exporter last year, driven by strong demand in Russia and growing global appetite for electric vehicles (EV), a major industry group has forecast. The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said Tuesday the country

By Juliana Liu and Hassan Taiyer, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese tech company has succeeded in cracking the encryption around Apple’s AirDrop wireless file sharing function to identify users of the popular feature, according to judicial authorities in Beijing. The company, Wangshendongjian Technology, was able to help police track down people who used

CNN By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Kia unveiled a series of highly customizable electric van concepts at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday, becoming just the latest automaker to enter that hotly competitive market. Electric vans have become big business as Americans have gotten used to getting more things delivered and automakers and their

CNN, GETTY, WPEC, WPTV, KRQE, DALTON SCHOOL, US ATTORNEY, WBNS, NY STATE By Samantha Delouya and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the past several days, hundreds of documents from a Jeffrey Epstein-connected lawsuit were unsealed and released for the first time. The last of those documents was unsealed Tuesday. The full

By Samantha Delouya and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the past several days, hundreds of documents from a Jeffrey Epstein-connected lawsuit were unsealed and released for the first time. The last of those documents was unsealed Tuesday. The full scope of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged criminal activity has remained shrouded in mystery

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Kia unveiled a series of highly customizable electric van concepts at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday, becoming just the latest automaker to enter that hotly competitive market. Electric vans have become big business as Americans have gotten used to getting more things delivered and automakers and their corporate-fleet

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Honda unveiled two concept vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that offer an early look at an upcoming line of electric vehicles. The first of these new EVs, called the Honda 0 Series, will go into production in 2026, Honda announced. The new models will also

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Crypto advocates gunning for approval for bitcoin ETFs by the Securities and Exchange Commission got a false alarm on Tuesday afternoon. The SEC’s X account posted a message saying the regulator had approved them, but SEC Chair Gary Gensler quickly published a message on his own X

By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Duolingo laid off around 10% of its contract workers, the company told CNN Tuesday, as the educational technology app moves to rely more heavily on artificial intelligence. While not all layoffs were due to the technology, the language learning company let go of some contractors at the end of

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — VinFast, a Vietnamese electric vehicles maker that only recently entered the United States market, revealed plans Tuesday to go after America’s popular pickup market. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Vinfast unveiled the VF Wild, a mid-sized electric pickup. Although the VF Wild is officially a concept

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Despite a banner season for National Football League ratings and the upcoming playoffs and Super Bowl, the league is conducting voluntary buyouts to at least 200 employees who received offers Monday, a league source confirmed. Sports Business Journal first reported the buyouts, and a league source confirmed

By Matt Stiles and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Two major US airlines are scrambling to deal with cancellations and newly mandated inspections after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded 171 planes in the wake of Friday’s mid-flight blowout aboard an Alaska Airlines flight. That’s when a Boeing 737 Max 9 lost a chunk of its

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — US lawmakers are mobilizing to prevent abrupt price hikes on millions of Americans’ internet bills, announcing new legislation to rescue a popular government program that’s set to run out of funding this spring. The previously unreported bipartisan legislation expected Wednesday in both the House and Senate would allocate $7

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Lawmakers investigating Harvard University’s response to antisemitism are demanding the Ivy League school turn over a treasure trove of documents in two weeks. In a letter on Tuesday to Harvard leaders, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for the first time detailed the mountain of

By Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Substack has removed several publications for inciting violence, the newsletter publisher said in a statement shared with CNN Tuesday, as writers from across the platform threatened to quit over the presence of pro-Nazi content. After Casey Newton, founder of Substack tech news publication Platformer, flagged a list of publications

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta announced Tuesday that it is expanding its youth safety efforts by rolling out new settings for teen Facebook and Instagram users, including content restrictions and hiding search results for terms related to self-harm and suicide. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram said the new policies

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — While Boeing is starting 2024 with yet another crisis about its safety and reliability, it reported record orders for the end of 2023 Tuesday. The American plane maker capped its best year since the 737 Max grounding in 2019 following two fatal crashes, reporting record new plane orders in December and one

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Artificial intelligence is going to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. But there’s one company that doesn’t want it anywhere near its brand. Tropicana, the top-selling orange juice maker, is releasing limited-edition bottles that removes the letters “A” and “I”

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The European Union is looking into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI and whether it may warrant a formal merger investigation, EU officials said Tuesday. The announcement highlights growing scrutiny of OpenAI, one of the most influential companies in the artificial intelligence industry, after a high-profile leadership crisis last year resulted in

CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Executives at Boeing are hosting an all-hands safety meeting with staffers on Tuesday, just days after a harrowing inflight blowout on a 737 Max 9 jet shortly after takeoff that led to a grounding of certain Boeing aircraft. The company-wide “Safety Webcast” will be hosted by