Author: admin
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:55 AM ET, Thu August 7, 2025 The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) just launched a new advertising campaign encouraging travelers to visit the Caribbean island featuring legendary sprinter Hon. Usain Bolt, who is now Jamaica’s Global Tourism Ambassador. The 30-second video featuring Bolt was released yesterday on August 6, in celebration of Jamaica’s Independence Day. The video is available to watch online across platforms. “Usain Bolt has long been an icon of Jamaican pride and excellence,” said Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett. “This campaign brings his personal story and national pride into focus and…
The Library of Congress has given a fuller explanation as to why large sections of the U.S. Constitution suddenly vanished from its official website. As TechCrunch previously reported, parts of Section 8, as well as the entirety of Section 9 and Section 10, were deleted from Article 1 of the Constitution on the U.S. government’s official website over the past month. The changes to the sections, which pertained to congressional powers, the rights of individual states, and the rights to due process, sparked alarm at a time when the Trump administration has threatened to suspend habeas corpus. After the changes…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Kyiv, Ukraine — A Trump-Putin meeting has been floated by both sides for some time. So why might either side want it to happen now? US President Donald Trump wants to bring the force of his personality to bear on forging a deal, believing that six months of intransigence from Moscow might be overcome by meeting the Kremlin head face to face. He seems still to cling to the idea the Kremlin can be cajoled into stopping the war, despite his Russian counterpart recently suggesting the maximalist position that the Russian and Ukrainian people are one,…
Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman on a 1990s television show, wants to join the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. In an interview with Fox News this week, Cain said he’d already spoken to the agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda.Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security’s spokesperson, said Thursday that Cain would be sworn in as an “honorary ICE Officer” in the coming month. It wasn’t immediately clear what his duties as an honorary officer would entail. Cain, 59, told Fox News he was already a sworn deputy…
Online sports betting giant Flutter reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations Thursday.The company reported adjusted earnings of $2.95 per share versus an estimated $2.08, according to a survey of analysts by LSEG. Revenue came in slightly higher than expectations at $4.19 billion against consensus expectations of $4.13 billion.Flutter owns the dominant U.S. sportsbook FanDuel, and FanDuel’s holding a winning hand.Its U.S. revenue for the quarter of $1.79 billion came in slightly higher than expectations, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, was nearly $100 million higher than analyst consensus.June was especially good for FanDuel…
Hyatt Hotels Corporation is flying high into the second half of 2025 after besting Wall Street expectations in the second quarter with the help of its strategic acquisition of Playa Hotels & Resorts.The hotel giant reported its Q2 2025 earnings on Thursday, with adjusted earnings per share coming in at $0.68—three cents above projections—revenue per available room (RevPAR) climbing 1.6 percent compared to the second quarter of 2024 and net rooms growth of nearly 12 percent. Hyatt also reported adjusted EBITDA of $303 million, marking a decrease of 1.1 percent compared to the second quarter of 2024, but an increase of…
Amidst heightening tensions with China, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that Intel’s CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, must step down, accusing Tan of harboring conflicts of interest. “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this problem!” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. Trump did not share any evidence or details of why Tan may have conflicts of interest. Trump’s post comes after Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Wednesday wrote to Intel’s board of directors asking about Tan’s alleged ties…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Amtrak’s NextGen Acela highspeed trains are set to debut this month after years of delays. New faster Acela trains will begin revenue service on August 28 along the Northeast Corridor between Washington, New York and Boston, Amtrak announced on Thursday. “In just a few weeks, history will be made with the debut of NextGen Acela as we launch a new standard for American train travel,” said Amtrak President Roger Harris, in a statement. Five of the new trainsets will be part of the initial launch, with a total of 28 expected to enter service by 2027.…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 10:15 AM ET, Thu August 7, 2025 MSC Cruises is repositioning the MSC Meraviglia from New York City to Miami, canceling five months of sailings from the original port beginning in the fall of 2026. The ship was initially expected to sail in New York City in the fall of 2026 and into 2027, according to Cruise Critic. An MSC spokesperson responded to our request for information, saying that the cruise ship will now offer 6-night to 8-night cruises to the Caribbean and the Bahamas from its new cruise terminal at PortMiami, joining the MSC World…
Bouygues Telecom, the third-largest phone carrier in France, has confirmed a cyberattack and data breach affecting millions of its customers. In a statement posted to its website, the telecommunications giant said the hack allowed the intruders to access the personal information on 6.4 million customer accounts. Bouygues said it detected the cyberattack on August 4, but did not give a time frame for when the breach was remediated. In a separate page dedicated to victims of the cyberattack, Bouygues said the stolen data includes customers’ contact information and contractual data, their civil status (or company data if the subscriber is…