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by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:05 AM ET, Wed November 26, 2025 Former U.S. Congressman Sean Duffy. (Photo Credit: Kristie Boyd, U.S. House Office of Photography/House Creative Services)After launching a civility campaign encouraging travelers to dress up when they head to the airport and withdrawing a plan that would make it compulsory for airlines to compensate passengers for travel disruptions that are the airlines’ fault, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is now campaigning to solve a different issue: unhealthy in-flight snack options. “I would love some better snacks. I would love a little healthier snack on the airplane,” Duffy told Blaze…
Artificial intelligence startup xAI, founded by Elon Musk, told city and county planners in Memphis last week that it plans to build a solar farm next to its Colossus data center — one of the world’s largest facilities for training AI models. The project would occupy 88 acres to the west and to the south of the data center. A 136-acre vacant lot owned by the developer that also owns the Colossus property currently borders the site. Given the proposed size, the solar farm would likely produce around 30 megawatts of electricity, only about 10% of the data center’s estimated…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:55 AM ET, Wed November 26, 2025 Sixty percent of travelers will be traveling this winter, both to warm up and to embrace the colder weather, according to Tripadvisor’s Winter Travel Index. The index was created by data from two key sources: an online Tripadvisor survey with over 6,000 respondents across six countries, plus Tripadvisor site search data. The Top Winter Travel Trends Traveler skiing the Julian Alps in Slovenia. (Photo Credit: bajla/Adobe)Eighty-three percent of travelers are planning at least one to two trips this winter, with 54 percent planning five-day trips or longer. Cost continues to…
Ten years ago, raising €1 million in Copenhagen was enough to make waves in the region’s tech scene. Today, the Nordics are turning out billion-dollar companies like Lovable — which hit $200 million in revenue just 12 months after launching. Dennis Green-Lieber, founder of AI-powered customer intelligence platform Propane, has had a front-row seat to that shift over the last 15 years. His take? The region’s social safety net gives founders room to take real swings without putting their personal lives on the line, and they’re accelerating faster than Silicon Valley as a result. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis caught…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 10:00 AM ET, Wed November 26, 2025 ALG Vacations’ Black Fri-YAY Unlocked promotion ends December 4, 2025. (Photo Credit: ALG Vacations)ALG Vacations is offering up to $1,000 off vacation packages now through December 4 with its Black Fri-YAY Unlocked promotion. Travel agents can book deals through Apple Vacations, Blue Sky Tours, Funjet Vacations, Travel Impressions and United Vacations, offering up to $1,000 off, with up to $500 off for international destinations and up to $500 in savings on Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection; vacation packages starting at $499 with Exclusive Nonstop Vacation Flights and three nights at an…
The always-a-good-time Slush conference took place last week in Helsinki and, as always, it was a showcase of the growing power of the European ecosystem. The Nordics, specifically, are having a moment, led this time around by Sweden’s vibe-coding darling Lovable, often regarded as an example of the ecosystem’s growing success. Other standout, albeit older names, include Klarna and Spotify. On this week’s Equity, we sat down with Dennis Green-Lieber, the founder of the AI company Propane, to talk about the booming success of the Nordic ecosystem. Green-Lieber is based in Denmark and has been building in the ecosystem for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana. After the judge refused to close the books on a desegregation case dating back to the 1960s, the Concordia Parish school system in central Louisiana and the state on Tuesday filed an appeal. The case offers the first major test of the government’s attempt to quickly end some of the long-running cases.The school system has become a focal point in the administration’s attempt to end legal cases that reach back to the Civil Rights era. Louisiana state officials…
The software team at General Motors has now lost three top executives in the past month as the automaker — with its new chief product officer at the helm — combines its disparate technology businesses into one organization. Baris Cetinok, senior vice president of software and services product management, is leaving the company effective December 12, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. CNBC was the first to report the departure. Dave Richardson, senior vice president of software and services engineering, and Barak Turovsky, who was hired in March as head of AI at the automaker, have also left in the past…
Travel Weekly and sister brand Phocuswright have released their annual Travel Industry Survey, which polled nearly 1,600 advisors over the final weeks of summer.Traditional travel advisors working at a travel agency office or retail storefront and home-based retail travel agency employees were surveyed, in addition to home-based independent advisors and fully independent agencies. The survey paints a picture of the current travel advisor climate and outlines some notable trends heading into 2026.Biggest Challenges Facing Travel AdvisorsUnsurprisingly, the economy proved the biggest challenge to travel advisors in 2025, with inflation and the cost of trips giving them the most trouble. Competing with…
The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re tracking layoffs in the tech industry in 2025 so you can see the trajectory of the cutbacks and understand the impact on innovation across all types of companies. As businesses continue to embrace AI and automation, this tracker serves as a reminder of the human…