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by Mia Taylor Last updated: 2:05 PM ET, Wed November 19, 2025 One of the most legendary outdoor equipment retailers is joining forces with one of the travel industry’s most well-known adventure tour operators to offer immersive travel experiences around the world.The two companies in question? REI Co-op and Intrepid Travel. In an announcement released today, the two purpose-led powerhouse companies said they will be working together to introduce travel experiences that allow customers to “foster meaningful connections with new cultures and landscapes.”That effort will kick-off with two distinct collections of locally guided adventures set to launch in January. The…

TikTok, an app that was once just a place for user-generated content, is launching a new setting that lets users choose how much AI-generated content they want to see in their For You feed. The company is also introducing more advanced labeling technologies for AI-generated content. The new AI-generated content (AIGC) control is rolling out within the app’s Manage Topics tool, which lets users choose what they see on TikTok. “Manage Topics already enables people to adjust how often they see content related to over 10 categories like Dance, Sports, and Food & Drinks,” TikTok explained in a blog post.…

After spending two college semesters in northern Thailand, Sarah Jongsma found herself back home in the rural Nevada town where she grew up, surrounded by everything familiar yet feeling strangely out of place.“It caught me off guard,” she said. “I didn’t know what was going on.”Only later, after a summer studying in India and while preparing to go to France for another semester abroad, did Jongsma understand what she had been feeling: reverse culture shock.The 22-year-old’s experience shows that studying abroad can be challenging in unexpected ways. Experts say that’s why students need to study up on not only safety…

They’re cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship — but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging parents not to buy them during the holiday season. These toys, marketed to kids as young as 2 years old, are generally powered by AI models that have already been shown to harm children and teenagers, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to an advisory published Thursday by the children’s advocacy group Fairplay and signed by more than 150 organizations and individual experts such as child psychiatrists and educators. “The serious harms that AI…

TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and a background sound generator aimed at improving the mental health of its users. The social network said it will also give users badges for controlling their TikTok usage. The company is redesigning its screen time management page and adding new features to it. These include an affirmation journal with more than 120 positive prompts that let users set their intent for the day, a sound generator that can play calming sounds like rain or ocean waves, and a breathing exercise module. The company said that the page…

MILAN (AP) — Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli will have a major strategic role as executive chairman of Versace after the Prada Group completes its 1.25 billion-euro ($1.4 billion) deal to buy its rival, expected in the coming weeks, the Prada Group confirmed Thursday.Bertelli, 37, has been previously announced as the future leader of the Prada Group, where he has been marketing director since 2019 and head of corporate responsibility since 2020. The elder son of acclaimed designer Miuccia Prada and Prada Group chairman Patrizio Bertelli joined the group in 2017 as head of digital communication. Bertelli made the announcement about…

Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper listens to a question during a press conference in 2022.Alex Slitz | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Private investment firms of the ultra-wealthy bought beaten up stocks last quarter as AI enthusiasm boosted global markets to record highs, according to third-quarter securities filings analyzed by CNBC.Hedge-fund billionaire David Tepper’s family office Appaloosa exited its entire stake in Oracle in the three months ended Sept.…

Next spring, JetBlue will make a significant new addition to its European route network when it launches its first-ever flights to Italy. The budget carrier announced on Wednesday that it will debut a nonstop route from Boston (BOS) to Milan, with seasonal service starting in May. Daily flights to Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) will begin May 11, 2026. In addition to the service to Milan, JetBlue will also begin nonstop flights from Boston to Barcelona in April. The airline already flies to Madrid from Boston, making Barcelona its second destination in Spain. JetBlue will begin daily seasonal flights from BOS to…

Swedish vibe-coding unicorn Lovable has doubled its annual recurring revenue (ARR) to $200 million in just four months, co-founder and CEO Anton Osika said onstage at the Slush 2025 technology conference in Helsinki, Finland. The milestone comes just four months after the year-old company surpassed $100 million in ARR in July. Osika credited the AI-assisted coding software maker’s decision not to move to Silicon Valley as the main reason for its success thus far. Osika said Lovable decided to stay in Europe despite getting a lot of early advice that the company would only be successful if it left the…

DALLAS (AP) — When it became clear to high school theater teacher Gigi Cervantes that she couldn’t ignore a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in her Texas classroom, she felt she had no choice. She resigned from the job she loved.“I just was not going to be a part of forcing or imposing religious doctrine onto my students,” she said.Texas is undertaking the nation’s largest attempt to hang the Ten Commandments in public schools, and in the rush to navigate the Republican-led mandate that took effect in September, the rollout has forced some districts to…