TechCrunch

Google tests merging AI Overviews with AI Mode

As OpenAI goes into “Code Red” over competitive pressures, Google announced it has begun testing a new feature that merges its AI Overviews with AI Mode in Search. That means that users who are ...
Autoblog

Land Rover Returns to Dakar With a Twin-Turbo V8 Defender Featuring ‘Flight Mode’

Land Rover is preparing a special Defender for one of the toughest events in motorsport, marking a long-awaited return to a famously unforgiving rally. Any form of motorsport is tough, but when it ...
Carscoops

Land Rover’s Wildest Defender Yet Packs “Flight Mode” For Desert Jumps

Land Rover has unveiled the toughest Defender yet, engineered to tackle the 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), including the fabled Dakar Rally. The beefed-up Defender Octa will compete in the ...
Travel Weekly

Hotel and flight bookings are coming to Google's AI Mode

Google is developing agentic bookings in AI Mode for hotel and flight reservations, Julie Farago, Google's vice president of engineering for travel and local search, told PhocusWire. To make this a ...
Engadget

Google expands AI Mode's flight and event booking features

Google has introduced some new tools in AI Mode alongside the expansion of others. The beta for Flight Deals, the AI-powered search tool that operates within Google Flights, is expanding globally. The ...
CNET

Google's New AI Travel Features Whip Up Itineraries, Flight Deals

Google's new set of AI features aims to help you create an entire vacation plan, including finding flight deals and booking dinner reservations, too. In a Monday blog post, Google is featuring a ...
Flightglobal

Jet2 to set up London Gatwick base and open nearly 30 leisure routes

UK budget carrier Jet2 is establishing a base at London Gatwick, aiming to use six aircraft from the station and open nearly 30 routes from summer next year. Jet2’s network from Gatwick will focus on ...
SlashGear

What Happens If You Don't Put Your Phone On Airplane Mode During A Flight?

TSA and its counterparts around the world, as well as a broad network of pilots, crew, and airport staff, are there to help ensure our traveling experience is as safe as possible. Their rules are ...
BGR

What Happens If You Don't Use Airplane Mode On A Flight?

When activated, Airplane Mode prevents your phone from connecting to cell towers, as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in some cases. The function was introduced back in 1991 by the Federal Communications ...
USA Today

Is your flight canceled? How to request a refund from American, Delta, United and more

Travelers around the country are preparing for flight cancellations and reductions amid the ongoing government shutdown. Flight operations are ordered to be reduced by 4% at 40 major U.S. airports ...
Wall Street Journal

Flight-Cancellation Plans Prompt Scramble Across Travel Industry

WSJ’s Ken Thomas breaks down how the aviation industry and air travelers could be impacted after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced traffic at 40 airports would be reduced as a result of ...