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The article presents rules for surviving air travel through the holidays and beyond. These include taking advantage of upgraded premium fares and seats, booking the window seat, embracing the use of the airport hotel, offsetting carbon emissions guilt by availing seats from airlines that offer sustainability programs, never underestimating a flight attendant, and thinking twice before paying for a Clear subscription service that lets travelers cut security lines.

The article explores whether software firm Adobe Inc. can compete with Midjourney and Dall-E artificial intelligence (AI) generators by launching its own AI product Firefly. Topics discussed include Adobe's aim for Firefly to be the tool for designers and businesses to use for their branding and other campaigns, the concern that Adobe will use AI to replace creatives which powered its business, and challenges facing Adobe's Firefly including copyright rules and demographic representation.

The article discusses the concerns of research and advocacy group China Tech Threat (CTT) about the risk of Chinese electronic spying in the U.S. Topics discussed include the view of CTT that the presence of Chinese-made Lenovo computers in U.S. government offices may allow potential entry points for spying, the funding of CTT by Lenovo's competitor Dell Technologies Inc. and chipmaker Micron Technology Inc., and the U.S. government's multiple scrutiny of Lenovo.

The article discusses the status of American cloud-based software company Salesforce Inc. and how it survived challenges in the technology industry. Topics discussed include the history of the establishment of Saleforce which was co-founded by chief executive officer Marc Benioff and the birth of software as a service (SaaS), the organizational and cultural changes at the company including cutting its workforce, and the financial performance of Salesforce including its stock value and profits.

The article discusses the efforts by Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to avoid a ban. Republican Mike Gallagher and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi sponsored a bill seeking to ban the app on the suspicion that the Chinese Communist Party could use TikTok to track and manipulate Americans. Also mentioned are the reassurance made by Michael Beckerman of Tiktok that users have nothing to worry about and measures being taken by Tiktok to keep operating in the U.S.

The article presents the top 50 figures in business, politics, science and technology, finance and entertainment whose accomplishments deserve recognition. These include Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt of the United Kingdom (UK) for his role in restoring the country's economic credibility, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani for expanding his infrastructure conglomerate, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for rejecting U.S. offers to help him escape at the start of the war.

The article focuses on the widespread concerns on the use of location data collected and shared by smartphones to prosecute individuals who receive or provide abortions, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Topics discussed include the status of regulation of data brokers, a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Kochava over safety of its data services, and efforts of the FTC to improve privacy rules for data brokers.

The article reports on the dominance of TurboTax owner Intuit Inc. in online tax preparation in the U.S. despite lawsuits and public criticism. Topics discussed include provision under the Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Joe Biden in August 2022, view of Intuit on the U.S. tax code, and accusation made by Intuit's critics against the company.

The article discusses the performance of the cloud computing sector, particularly the declining performance of the businesses by technology firms like Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon as they were affected by the slow down in industries like cryptocurrency (crypto) trading and mortgage lending. Also cited is the claim by IDC's Dave McCarthy that many businesses are focusing on how to cut their cloud computing costs.

The article discusses the leadership turnover at software firm Salesforce. Topics explored include the concerns raised following the resignation of Salesforce co-chief executive officer (CEO) Bret Taylor and Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, remarks from Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff regarding the departure of the firm's executives, and the business growth of the firm under the leadership of Benioff.

The article reports on updates in the efforts by Adobe Inc. to transform itself, particularly its acquisition of startup firm Figma for 20 billion dollars. Other topics include the alleged probe by the U.S. Department of Justice on the deal that could lead to long delays, and the decline in Adobe's sales due to the proliferation of affordable tools for content creation on the web or mobile phones.

The article considers the U.S. lobbying efforts of Google, and its parent company Alphabet Inc., and its efforts to recreate the lobbying by its competitor Microsoft Corp. which has been successful at avoiding government antitrust suits and has avoided congressional attempts to curb business practices of technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, and Amazon.

The article reports on efforts to increase payments for DoorDash drivers. It mentions the work of Dave Levy and Nikos Kanelopoulos to have drivers in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania turn down lowest-paying deliveries to force DoorDash's computer algorithms to offer higher rates, how DoorDash encourages drivers, and how well the process works.

Crypto lobbying skyrocketed last year - even Facebook and IBM got involved While this is a fraction of what the technology sector or the investment industry spends attempting to reach their policy goals each year, it's a meteoric rise for a still-nascent industry, Public Citizen's Rick Claypool wrote in a report released Wednesday. March 08, 2022 The business of influencing crypto currency policy in Washington exploded last year and has more than quadrupled in the past four years, according to a new study. [Extracted from the article]