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Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024, according to estimates from the nonprofit GivingTuesday. More people also volunteered their time on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving this year, which fell on Dec. 2 and has become a major fundraising day for nonprofits. This year, 11.1 million people in the U.S. volunteered, up from, 9.2 million last year.GivingTuesday started in 2012 as a hashtag and a project of the 92nd St Y in New York and has since become an independent nonprofit. The organization estimates how much was given…
As temperatures cool across the Northern Hemisphere, Saudi Arabia transforms into one of the season’s most compelling destinations. Running from October through the first quarter of the year, the Kingdom’s winter calendar showcases an ambitious blend of cultural celebrations, world-class entertainment and outdoor adventures that position Saudi Arabia as an increasingly vital player in global tourism.mDaytime temperatures are ideal for exploring. (Photo Credit: Saudi Tourism Authority) The cornerstone of this seasonal transformation is the “Winter Is Alive” campaign, which encompasses more than 1,000 events and experiences spread across seven major destinations, including Riyadh, Jeddah, AlUla, the Red Sea, and beyond. This comprehensive…
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 provided with the now common AI-generated snapshot of key information on a topic or question above their search results can choose to go deeper by asking follow-up questions in a conversational interface. Google calls this conversational feature AI Mode. It launched to U.S. users this May, and to global users this August, allowing for back-and-forth chats with Google’s Gemini AI, in an experience similar to ChatGPT.…
As an elementary school student, Daniela Gutierrez didn’t have a teacher who tried to get close and form a connection with her. That experience stayed with Gutierrez, who is now a senior at Mojave High School in North Las Vegas, and inspired her aspirations for the future. “Since I didn’t have great teachers, I thought I could make a great teacher toward other kids in the future,” she said. But Gutierrez isn’t waiting for college to start working on her goal. The 18-year-old is enrolled in the Teacher Academy College Pathway Program, a new state-sponsored program teaching students about what…
American flags flutter outside a Hyundai automobile dealership in Irvine, California, U.S., March 27, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersDETROIT — Hyundai Motor and General Motors are set to be two of the greatest beneficiaries of lower U.S. tariffs on imports, including vehicles, from South Korea.The South Korean-based automaker is the largest U.S. importer of new vehicles from the country, followed by GM. Both automakers have paid billions of dollars in levies so far this year after President Donald Trump placed 25% tariffs on imported vehicles from South Korea and other countries in the spring. The Trump administration this past week confirmed…
Leading travel insurance and assistance provider Allianz Partners has unveiled new holiday travel data uncovering the most popular domestic and international destinations this winter.After surveying nearly 2,400 customers, Allianz found that 84 percent plan to travel for the festive season. Overall, year-over-year travel is up 3 percent despite economic challenges and disruptions spurred by the government shutdown, with domestic bookings seeing a 3 percent and international trips up 1 percent. Allianz discovered that Americans continue to plan early, as more than four in 10 respondents (42 percent) booked their winter travel one to three months in advance, while nearly one-third…
Prediction market Kalshi, which allows people to bet on future events, announced on Tuesday that it raised a $1 billion funding round at an $11 billion valuation, confirming TechCrunch’s scoop from last month. The round was led by returning investor Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Capital G, and other existing backers. The latest funding comes less than two months after Kalshi announced that it raised $300 million at a $5 billion valuation. Although the trading platform surged in popularity last year when people used it to predict the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, a large…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:55 AM ET, Wed December 3, 2025 InteleTravel logo (Photo Credit: InteleTravel)Global travel distributor and host agency InteleTravel is celebrating achieving $1 billion in sales this year, marking the second year in a row the company has marked the industry milestone. The host agency, which boasts over 120,000 independent travel advisor affiliates, crossed the line to $1 billion in sales early this November. It attributes its past five years of strong growth, as well as its acquisitions of Hickory Travel, MGME, Major Travel and, more recently, Tickitto, as main contributors to its success. Land sales had…
Bending Spoons, a company that buys and revitalizes stagnating tech companies, has agreed to purchase Eventbrite for about $500 million, a far cry from the $1.76 billion the company was worth when it went public in 2018. Just like many of Bending Spoons’ previous acquisitions, including Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo, and AOL, Eventbrite has a strong brand, but the company’s business has stopped growing, according to audited financials. The events marketplace and ticketing company was co-founded in 2006 by the husband-and-wife team Julia and Kevin Hartz, and Renaud Visage. During its 12 years as a private business, the one-time tech…
Experts are resuming the effort to solve one of the most tragic and disconcerting mysteries in commercial aviation later this month.Marine experts say that at the end of December, they will restart the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which disappeared from the sky more than 11 years ago. Malaysia’s transportation ministry said on Wednesday that the new search for the vanished aircraft will be conducted by a Texas marine robotics company, Ocean Infinity, according to the Associated Press. Flight MH370 was scheduled to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, but disappeared from the radar not long…