They mandated CCS2 for electric vehicles.

MacBooks do comply with the EU standard because you can charge them via the USB-C port. The fact that there is an additional option for charging isn't a problem.

Apple do supply the attachable cables. I've got the UK, Euro, Swiss, and Italian ones for my charger, but I did have to visit the Apple shops in the respective countries to buy them.

Surely it must be possible to write a law in a way that bans the likes of NordVPN without banning the VPN I use to phone home from outside, or connect to my work's internal network?

Yes there is, because MacOS is an immutable distro, so you don't get to modify the kernel.
Immutible linux distros were also immune, but mutible distros (most of the mainstream ones) were not.

They load the companies up with debt. This converts taxable profits into loan interest payments that are deductible against tax. The loan interest is generally received in a jurisdiction where it isn't taxed. So it is a way of shifting profits offshore.

It still makes it a fixed cost rather than a variable cost.

Self-driving cars are a lot more capital intensive, because Über would have to buy them, whereas they don't have to buy the human-driven cars they use at the moment.

Yes, even better idea.

Surely two helicopters would be better - they each hold one end of the blade, and they don't need to actually land, just lower the blade to the ground.

A decline in the rate of increase of people adopting it for the first time. Not quite the same thing.

The number of companies adopting AI for the first time is increasing, but the rate of increase is lower than previously.
It doesn't about the number of companies that are stopping using AI, which is what we need to know in order to determine whether overall usage is up.

UK supermarkets have stopped doing cashback, probably because nobody pays cash any more.
The benefit to them of offering cashback was that it was cheaper than taking the money from the till to the bank. But now they don't have any of that.

In the UK, *every one*, including street traders, accepts Apple Pay and Google Pay. I don't even take cash with me when I leave the house now.

The new Class 374 Eurostars do 320 km/h (199 mph). The old Class 373s did 300 km/h (186 mph).