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One year ago, e-commerce giant Amazon kicked off its new online car sales business with Hyundai. Now, Ford is joining in with a certified used car twist. Ford announced Monday that customers will be able to shop for, finance, and purchase certified pre-owned Ford vehicles on Amazon Autos. The partnership still keeps dealerships — a key revenue driver for Ford — in the loop. Customers can browse a participating local dealer’s inventory directly through Amazon’s website, complete most of the paperwork online, and then schedule a time to pick up the selected vehicle, according to Ford. Ford said any certified…
by Donald Wood Last updated: 8:10 AM ET, Mon November 17, 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the government-mandated cuts in domestic flights that were put in place during the record-breaking federal shutdown.According to Reuters, the FAA made the announcement Sunday night, saying impacted flights at 40 airports across the United States would return to full service on Monday morning at 6 a.m. ET now that air traffic controllers are paid and back to full force. The FAA revealed that restrictions on space launches and general aviation flights had been lifted, with FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford saying that the…
Facebook creators are getting a new tool to help them protect their work from being ripped off by others. On Monday, Meta introduced Facebook content protection, a mobile tool designed to detect when a creator’s original reels posted to Facebook are being used without their permission. If the creator is alerted that someone else is using their reels, they’ll also have the ability to block the reel’s visibility across both Facebook and Instagram or track the reel’s performance and optionally add attribution links to their work. Or they can opt to release their claim on the reel, allowing it to…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:45 AM ET, Mon November 17, 2025 Around 81.8 million people are expected to travel at least fifty miles from their homes this Thanksgiving holiday, with domestic travel expected to break records, according to a new report by AAA.“Thanksgiving travel numbers are always impressive because this holiday has become synonymous with heading out of town to spend time with loved ones,” said Stacey Barber, Vice President of AAA Travel. “People are willing to brave the crowds and make last-minute adjustments to their plans to make lifelong memories, whether it’s visiting extended family or meeting up…
A Russian telecom company that develops technology to allow phone and internet companies to conduct web surveillance and censorship was hacked, had its website defaced, and had data stolen from its servers, TechCrunch has learned. Founded in Russia, Protei makes telecommunications systems for phone and internet providers across dozens of countries, including Bahrain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Pakistan and much of central Africa. The company, now headquartered in Jordan, sells video conferencing technology and internet connectivity solutions, as well as surveillance equipment and web-filtering products, such as deep packet inspection systems. It’s not clear exactly when or how Protei was hacked,…
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian provided a positive update on holiday travel following the U.S. government’s reopening. Speaking on CBS Mornings, Bastian assured customers the airline system would return to normal by the weekend, promising safe and reliable service for Thanksgiving travelers. “The system should return to normal by the weekend…and normal for us is an incredibly safe, incredibly reliable, great experience,” Bastian said. “Thanksgiving is going to be a great holiday period of travel.” In a statement, Delta highlighted that it continues to operate the vast majority of its flight schedule in coordination with the FAA. Delta confirmed it is…
On Monday, a new Model Context Protocol security startup called Runlayer launched out of stealth with $11 million in seed funding from Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois and Felicis. It was created by third-time founder Andrew Berman (previous companies: baby-monitor maker Nanit and an AI video conferencing tool, Vowel, that sold to Zapier in 2024). In the four months since Runlayer launched its product in stealth, it has signed dozens of customers, including eight unicorns or public companies like Gusto, dbt Labs, Instacart, and Opendoor, it says. It also nabbed David Soria Parra, the lead creator of MCP, as an angel and…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:00 AM ET, Sun November 16, 2025 Thanksgiving is the start of the major winter holiday travel season, and while most of us are simply driving or flying back home to family across the nation, others are making their way to destinations across the globe to celebrate the holiday. While companies like Amtrak are expecting a record year for Thanksgiving holiday travel, it’s also important to take a step beyond which destinations are trending this Thanksgiving to get at the real heart of the holiday in the United States: giving thanks and practicing gratitude for making…
Three years ago, Luminal co-founder Joe Fioti was working on chip design at Intel when he came to a realization. While he was working on making the best chips he could, the more important bottleneck was in software. “You can make the best hardware on earth, but if it’s hard for developers to use, they’re just not going to use it,” he told me. Now, he’s started a company that focuses entirely on that problem. On Monday, Luminal announced $5.3 million in seed funding, in a round led by Felicis Ventures with angel investment from Paul Graham, Guillermo Rauch, and…
Signage is displayed outside the Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. headquarters in Cockeysville, Maryland, U.S.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSinclair disclosed a stake in fellow broadcast station owner E.W. Scripps on Monday, in a move to push toward a merger of the companies.Sinclair, which acquired a roughly 8% position in Scripps, per the filing, recently launched a strategic review of its own business that could result in a tie-up. Scripps, for its part, has seen its struggles mount in the competitive industry and is among the smallest of its peers.In the filing, Sinclair said it has been engaged in “constructive”…