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After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch brand, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company’s device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a competitor to always-on, always-listening AI devices, like the AI pendant Friend, but instead offers a way to record quick notes and reminders with a press of a button on the ring’s side. AI only comes into play via the open source, speech-to-text, and AI models that run locally on your…
We’re in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and U.S. residents are expected to shatter the spending record again this year. The National Retail Federation forecasts that 2025 will be the first time we collectively spend more than $1 trillion on year-end gifts.A lot of materials, energy, packaging and gasoline have gone into making and moving those gifts. All of those processes release planet-warming gases into the atmosphere.But a lot of that environmental impact is avoidable. Making, baking, thrifting and avoiding traditional wrapping paper are all more planet-friendly ways to give. We’ve got tips on how to do them…
Regional bank Fifth Third on Tuesday announced a deal making fintech firm Brex the provider of its commercial cards and expense management tools for business clients. The program will run on Brex’s embedded payments platform, which lets banks issue corporate cards and automate expense reporting using artificial intelligence tools, the companies said in a release.The move shows how some banks are choosing to partner with fintech firms rather than building their own platforms to keep up with clients’ evolving technology expectations. Fifth Third is in the process of acquiring Comerica, a deal expected to make it the ninth largest U.S.…
AI research lab Anthropic continues to cement its stake as the predominant AI player in the enterprise space. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced a multi-year partnership with professional services firm Accenture. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; however, The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal is for three years. Accenture confirmed the deal is for three years but declined to comment on financials. TechCrunch reached out to Anthropic for more information. The two companies are forming the Accenture Anthropic Business Group. This will include formal Claude training for Accenture’s 30,000 employees. Anthropic’s Claude Code coding tools will be…
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she deals with the consequences of having her visa revoked by the Trump administration, leading to six weeks of detention.The arrest of Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student studying children’s relationship to social media, was among the first as the Trump administration began targeting foreign-born students and activists involved in pro-Palestinian advocacy. She had co-authored an op-ed criticizing her university’s response to Israel and the war in Gaza. Caught on video in March outside her Somerville residence, immigration enforcement officers took…
Target has turned its store in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood into a unique concept store. Inside of an area that resembles the company’s Bullseye logo, the company has “The Drop,” a rotating display of seasonal styles and curated items.Courtesy of TargetIn one of New York City’s most fashion-forward neighborhoods, Target is unveiling its latest effort to keep up with trends and lead the way on style. The Minneapolis-based retailer, which is in the middle of a turnaround effort and on the cusp of a CEO change, gave a makeover to its big-box store in SoHo at 600 Broadway.The one-of-a-kind…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 1:50 PM ET, Mon December 8, 2025 Windstar Cruises has selected Libby Anschutz to be the godmother of its newest vessel, Star Seeker.Libby Anschutz is the daughter of the cruise line’s owner, Phil Anschutz. Her sister Sarah Anschutz will be godmother of sister ship Star Explorer when it debuts in December 2026. Libby Anschutz will christen the vessel during a ceremony in Miami on January 15. Afterward, the vessel will depart for a seven-night christening sailing to San Juan.Libby Anschutz (Photo Credit: Windstar Cruises) For now, Star Seeker has successfully completed sea trials and is…
NEW YORK (AP) — As a child growing up in Italy, Lidia Bastianich recalls seeing one particular cookbook in just about everyone’s kitchen. It was called “The Talisman of Happiness” and it was often given as a wedding present to couples starting new lives together.“It has all the basic recipes. And it says the basic thing — that food is a connector, that food is happiness,” she says.The book by Ada Boni — its Italian title is “Il Talismano della Felicita” — was first published in 1929, and became a go-to place to find the recipe for spaghetti carbonara or…
The U.S. bus travel landscape is shifting gears in the New Year according to data from global travel platform, Busbud.The report is part of the launch of a global storytelling campaign centered around the theme “Santa’s Sleigh Broke Down…So He Took the Bus,” reflecting the warmth and reliability of bus travel. Information drawn from over 10 million tickets sold worldwide shows a change in traveler preference that includes sunnier domestic destinations and key Canadian hubs. Though New York, Orlando and Miami were the country’s busiest travel hubs in 2025, data shows a decisive tilt toward warmer climates and international travel.Montreal,…
Sheena Leven says she learned two important lessons when building her first company, CodeSee. The first lesson was knowing the difference between what businesses need versus what sounds visionary; the second was that the fundamentals always apply, even with new technologies such as AI. “Security, compliance, reliability, quality, those things don’t just go away for enterprise applications,” she said. After CodeSee was acquired in 2024, Leven decided that she wanted to build a product that would let business owners, even those without technical backgrounds, build AI applications. She teamed up with AI researcher Sean Robinson, and last October, the two launched Empromptu, an…