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Amazon announced a new product Tuesday called “AI Factories” that allows big corporations and governments to run its AI systems in their own data centers. Or as AWS puts it: Customers supply the power and the data center, and AWS plunks in the AI system, manages it, and can tie it into other AWS cloud services. The idea is to cater to companies and governments concerned with data sovereignty, or absolute control over their data so it can’t wind up in a competitor’s or foreign adversary’s hands. An on-prem AI Factory means not sending their data to a model maker…
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 plane passes by the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sunday, November 9, 2025. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines said the government shutdown that ended last month cost it approximately $200 million in pretax profit as bookings softened during the longest such impasse in U.S. history.The airline said the earnings impact would be approximately 25 cents a share for the current quarter. In October, Delta forecast adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.60 to $1.90 a share.Travel demand,…
Amazon Web Services’ annual tech conference AWS re:Invent has wrapped up its first official day of programming and has already delivered an endless stream of product news. The unsurprising theme is AI for the enterprise, although this year it’s all about upgrades that give its customers greater control to customize AI agents — including one that AWS claims can learn from you and then work independently for days. AWS re:Invent 2025, which runs through December 5, started with a keynote from AWS CEO Matt Garman, who leaned into the idea that AI agents can unlock the “true value” of AI.…
Sports merchandiser Fanatics announced Wednesday it’s launching Fanatics Markets, its own prediction market, in 24 states this week, including California, Texas, Florida and Washington.The platform will allow people to trade on events in sports, finance and culture, according to Fanatics, and will launch in segments across the country over the next several days. The first phase, launching Wednesday in 10 states includes contracts for sports, finance, economics and politics. Early next year, Fanatics will expand into contracts for crypto, stocks, tech, music and more, it said. “For years, Fanatics has given fans new ways to enhance their fandom through team…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 1:45 PM ET, Tue December 2, 2025 Explora Journeys, MSC Group’s luxury ocean cruise line, has unveiled its first-ever 128-day World Journey, called Endless Worlds, which sets sail in 2029.Endless Worlds sails from January 6 through May 14, 2029 on the Explora I, visiting 29 different countries and territories across 63 ports in four continents. Guided by the idea that time is the greatest luxury of all, Endless Worlds offers plenty of time for travelers to see the world. The cruise begins in Dubai, then sails to India and the Maldives before heading to Southeast…
With new AI models, health tracking companies have realized that they can now provide insights using both structured and unstructured data. The new goal is to create interfaces and modalities that make it easier for users to create a habit of logging their meals or workouts, along with having an ever-present AI assistant that can guide people in areas like nutrition and exercise. Khosla-backed health startup Healthify on Tuesday launched a new version of its health assistant Ria, which you can converse with live, via voice, and by using the camera for getting input about your food. The startup is…
Sinead O’Connell, WorldVia Travel Network’s Senior Director of Partner Relations. (Photo Credit: WorldVia Travel Network)WHY IT RATES: O’Connell brings over 20 years of experience to her new role leading WorldVia’s support for travel advisors, with experience working at other major names like Travel Leaders Network and Global Travel Collection. — Lacey Pfalz, Associate Editor, TravelPulseWorldVia Travel Network, one of America’s top-producing and fastest-growing host agencies for independent travel agency owners and advisors, today announced the appointment of Sinead O’Connell as Senior Director of Partner Relations—a newly created leadership role designed to accelerate WorldVia’s supplier strategy and support the company’s expanding…
Uber customers in Dallas may get an Avride-branded robotaxi the next time they hail a ride. A year after announcing their partnership, Uber and Avride have launched a commercial robotaxi service in Dallas. The service comes with a few caveats, however, including the addition of a human safety operator behind the wheel, and a limited operating area. The companies said fully driverless operations, without a safety operator, will begin in the future and the service area will expand. For Uber, the launch closes out a year of rapid dealmaking — and deployments — with a variety of autonomous vehicle technology…
A Fortec adaptive reuse project in Barrington, Illinois.Courtesy: FortecA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Rising demand from parents for early education is causing a boom in a small but fast-growing subsector of commercial real estate. The sector is so undersupplied that it’s increasingly attractive to both developers and investors. The U.S. child-care market is currently valued…
India has backed away from its plan to force smartphone makers to pre-install a government app on all devices, following backlash and mounting concerns that the mandate would expand state access to users’ devices and weaken privacy protections. On Wednesday, the Indian telecom ministry said Sanchar Saathi, an anti-theft and cybersecurity protection app, would remain voluntary, and that smartphone makers would no longer be required to preload it on devices they sell. The new notice effectively reverses a directive issued to manufacturers last week (and circulated online on Monday) that had instructed manufacturers to bake the app into all devices…