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by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 7:00 AM ET, Fri November 21, 2025 It’s that time of year, and what better gift for yourself than saving big on your next getaway? Check out our curated list of hotel deals you can enjoy for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and don’t forget to check out our other lists of travel deals to get inspired! Who knows? You might just find the perfect deal for you. Marriott Bonvoy From November 25 through December 2, Marriott Bonvoy members can enjoy saving 25 percent off when they book future stays through the app and 20 percent off…
The ex-Googler team behind the 3D design app Rooms from Things, Inc. is out with its latest project: a playful AI photo editor called Mixup. The iOS-only app lets anyone create new AI-generated photos using “recipes,” which are like Mad Lib-style, fill-in-the-blank prompts for your photos, texts, or sketches. For instance, you could ask Mixup to turn your scribbled sketch into a beautiful Renaissance painting, or to reimagine your pet in a funny Halloween costume. You could use a selfie to see what you’d look like with a different hairstyle, or create something even sillier — like envisioning a friend…
Build Mode is back with another episode! This season is highlighting lessons learned from the world of go-to-market strategies. Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen sat down with Luna co-founder Jas Schembri-Stothart and Untapped Solutions founder Andre Peart for their unique perspectives on reaching niche customer segments following their own candidacy during the 2024 Startup Battlefield competition. If our first episode, with Deon Nicholas, co-founder of Forethought AI, we explored what it takes to create a company with a customer-first approach. And in our second episode, we’re diving into guerrilla tactics and experiments that worked in reaching two very different target audiences: teenage girls and formerly incarcerated workers. For Luna, which is a well-being app for girls, the difficulty in…
by Mia Taylor Last updated: 2:15 PM ET, Thu November 20, 2025 As the world grapples with the intensifying effects of climate change, a coalition of industry and political leaders is calling upon governments around the world to accelerate the coordinated action necessary to reach net zero carbon emissions from international aviation by 2050.In a statement issued today, the coalition warned that fragmented efforts to reach net zero including relying on taxes and levies that impact travelers, risk undermining climate progress, while also weakening connectivity and diverting resources away from genuine emissions-reduction investments. Those issuing the call for strengthened international…
ChatGPT is launching group chats globally to all users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, OpenAI announced on Thursday. The move comes a week after the company began piloting the feature in select regions, including Japan and New Zealand. The feature allows users to collaborate with each other and ChatGPT in one shared conversation. OpenAI says the launch turns ChatGPT from a one-on-one assistant into a space where friends, family, or co-workers can work together to plan, create, and make decisions. The company sees group chats in ChatGPT as a way for people to coordinate trips, co-write documents, settle…
Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix formally submitted takeover offers for Warner Bros. Discovery this week ahead of a deadline for first-round offers, according to people familiar with the matter. Paramount Skydance and its advisors had been weighing in recent days whether to submit a higher bid than its previous $23.50-per-share offer that WBD rejected, some of the people said. Both Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, and Netflix, bid solely for the film and streaming assets, which consists of the Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max, the people said. Netflix’s offer was expected to be “disciplined” with its bid, one…
Phocuswright Conference 2025 Day 1. (Photo Credit: Phocuswright)WHY IT RATES: Hundreds of travel leaders descended on San Diego for another productive conference that covered key topics ranging from AI to OTAs morphing into financial institutions.—Patrick Clarke, TravelPulse Senior EditorSan Diego set the stage for a lively opening to The Phocuswright Conference 2025, where more than 600 travel leaders debated the industry’s next chapter. Across sessions, one theme rang clear: AI is no longer a future disruptor, it’s a present reality – but loyalty, trust, and human connection remain the anchors. From OTAs morphing into financial institutions, to TikTok and Reddit defending…
Salesforce said on Wednesday that it’s investigating a breach of “certain customers’ Salesforce data” that was compromised through apps published by Gainsight, a company that sells a platform for other companies to manage their customers. In a notice published late Wednesday, Salesforce said the hacks involve “Gainsight-published applications connected to Salesforce, which are installed and managed directly by customers.” Salesforce said that there is “no indication that this issue resulted from any vulnerability in the Salesforce platform,” and that the activity appears related to Gainsight’s “external connection to Salesforce.” When reached for comment, Salesforce spokesperson Nicole Aranda referred TechCrunch to…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration has sued California for providing in-state college tuition, scholarships, and state-funded financial aid to students who do not have legal status to be in the United States.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, alleges the practice harms U.S. citizens and encourages illegal immigration. Among the defendants are the state, top state officials, and the state’s two public university systems, the University of California and California State.President Donald Trump’s administration has filed similar lawsuits against policies in other states, including Illinois, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Kentucky and Texas.…
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesEli Lilly reached a $1 trillion market capitalization on Friday, the first health-care company in the world to join the exclusive club dominated by tech firms.Eli Lilly briefly hit the $1 trillion mark in morning trading before retreating. It was last trading around $1,048 a share. Eli Lilly is the second nontechnology company to reach the coveted $1 trillion mark in the U.S. after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.The drugmaker’s stock has climbed more than 36% this year…