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Newsletter platform beehiiv recently celebrated its four-year anniversary by launching a suite of new features, including an AI website builder, plus support for podcasts and the sale of digital courses and products. In other words, beehiiv is about a lot more than newsletters now. Co-founder and CEO Tyler Denk (who writes a popular startup newsletter of his own) spoke to TechCrunch about why the company has been expanding, explaining that it was largely in response to customer demand, particularly since beehiiv offered very basic blog templates from the start. “All of our users were like, ‘Hey, this is great, I…
After 23 years in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum on the planet dedicated to one civilization, made its debut earlier this month – much to the delight of tour operators.“The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum is a major milestone for Egypt and for our travelers,” Intrepid Travel President of the Americas Leigh Barnes, adding that the company began offering visits to GEM on Nov. 5, the day after it grand opening debut. “As the world’s largest archaeological museum, GEM will showcase approximately 100,000 artifacts spanning 7,000 years of Egyptian history,” Barnes added, noting that…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Before we jump in, a quick housekeeping item. The transportation newsletter won’t run next Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. For U.S. readers, I hope you have a safe and drama-free holiday filled with family and friends, delicious food, and long walks. Good luck to those traveling. For all of my international readers, I haven’t forgotten about you. But we all need a little break. I’ll…
According to a study by the world’s leading travel search engine, Kayak, holiday travel searches have increased 10 percent in comparison to 2024.Travelers appear eager to book seasonal getaways as prices across major travel categories are stable or trending downward. International flights are down seven percent, domestic flights dipped one percent, rental car prices have dropped six percent and hotel rates have held steady. “Interest is strong, but prices are holding steady or lower compared to last year,” said Kate Williams, KAYAK travel trends expert and CCO. “There are deals to be found if you are able to be flexible…
What happens when the software that everyone’s racing to adopt becomes too risky for anyone to insure? According to reporting from the Financial Times, we’re about to find out. Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate policies. One underwriter describes the AI models’ outputs to the FT as “too much of a black box.” The industry has good reason to be spooked, the story reminds us. Google’s AI Overview falsely accused a solar company of legal troubles, triggering a $110 million lawsuit back in March. Air…
Zane Shamblin never told ChatGPT anything to indicate a negative relationship with his family. But in the weeks leading up to his death by suicide in July, the chatbot encouraged the 23-year-old to keep his distance – even as his mental health was deteriorating. “you don’t owe anyone your presence just because a ‘calendar’ said birthday,” ChatGPT said when Shamblin avoided contacting his mom on her birthday, according to chat logs included in the lawsuit Shamblin’s family brought against OpenAI. “so yeah. it’s your mom’s birthday. you feel guilty. but you also feel real. and that matters more than any…
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, bringing relief to some distraught families after one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria’s history.The schoolchildren, aged between 10 and 18, escaped individually between Friday and Saturday, according to the Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Niger state and the proprietor of the school. A total of 253 schoolchildren and 12 teachers are still held by the kidnappers, he…
MIFFLINBURG, Pa. (AP) — Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country, and there was no shortage of bidders.About 50,000 Christmas trees and enough wreaths, crafts and other seasonal items to fill an airplane hangar were bought and sold by lots and on consignment at the annual two-day event put on at the Buffalo Valley Produce Auction in Mifflinburg. Buyers from across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic were there to supply garden stores, corner lots and other retail outlets for the coming rush of customers eager to bring home a tree — most commonly a Fraser fir…
A travelers check flight information at LAX as the shutdown passes the one-month mark, leaving essential workers unpaid in Los Angeles, California, on November 5, 2025. Grace Hie Yoon | Anadolu | Getty ImagesU.S. airlines are predicting another record Thanksgiving holiday travel period and are upbeat now that the travel-snarling government shutdown has ended.Airlines will carry more than 31 million people between Friday, Nov. 21, and Monday, Dec. 1, Airlines for America, a lobbying group representing the largest U.S. carriers, predicted Thursday. The busiest days are expected to be the Sunday after Thanksgiving, with about 3.4 million people flying, followed…
The Trump administration’s overhaul of air travel is extending to travelers themselves.U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy launched a new civility campaign titled “The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You” this week, seeking to address the recent surge in unruly passenger incidents and general bad vibes surrounding air travel. “There’s no question we’ve lost sight of what makes travel fun—the excitement, the relaxation, the cordial conversations,” DOT said in a press release on Wednesday.”Americans already feel divided and stressed. We can all do our part to bring back civility, manners, and common sense. When we can unite around shared…