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Meta may be about to lose one of its most renowned AI heads: Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at the company, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources. LeCun, a professor at New York University, senior researcher at Meta, and winner of the prestigious A.M. Turing Award, plans to leave in the coming months, and is already in talks to raise capital for a startup that would focus on continuing his work on world models, the report added. A world model is an AI system that develops an…

In the space of a few months, one of the more straightforward journalistic tasks — editing tape for broadcast — has been behind a $16 million legal settlement, a network’s change in how it offers interviews on a news show and, now, the resignation of two top leaders at the BBC.The other common denominator: President Donald Trump.Britain’s BBC is reeling this week following the resignations of its director-general, Tim Davie, and news chief Deborah Turness amid accusations of bias in the editing of last year’s documentary, “Trump: A Second Chance.” The BBC admitted filmmakers spliced together quotes from different sections…

by Donald Wood Last updated: 2:00 PM ET, Tue November 11, 2025 Update: November 11, 2025, at 2:05 p.m. ETAs the government still works to end the record shutdown, FlightAware is reporting that 1,212 flights within, into, or out of the United States have been canceled on Tuesday and another 2,127 have been delayed, as of 2:05 p.m. ET..@Fly_CWA is my hometown airport and it deserves just as much attention as the larger airports. That’s why I visited.I am from rural Wisconsin and a lot of America lives in these small towns. It’s important for me to listen to the…

The European Commission is stepping up efforts to bolster the security of Europe’s telecommunications networks by urging member states to phase out equipment from vendors such as Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE from its 5G and next-gen networks, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The EC had in 2020 recommended that member nations stop using tech from “high-risk” vendors like Huawei and ZTE, and now its vice president, Henna Virkkunen, is pushing to turn that recommendation into regulation, Bloomberg reported. Virkkunen’s proposal could push EU countries to follow the Commission’s security guidance more closely. If the recommendations become legally binding,…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 8:00 AM ET, Tue November 11, 2025 Royal Caribbean Group is still on top.The Miami-based cruise company took home numerous awards at the 2025 Travvy Awards gala in Fort Lauderdale on November 6. Royal Caribbean Group and its three well-known brands—Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises—dominated in categories ranging from best private island to best ship overall. Produced by TravelPulse and AGENTatHOME, the Travvy Awards spotlight the best suppliers across the travel industry, including cruise companies, hotels and resorts, destinations, tour operations and more. Travel advisors cast thousands of votes in more than…

Raising a $250 million Series D round may seem like a distant and unnecessary distraction to startup founders pitching investors for that first $1 million in seed money. But it shouldn’t be, according to several founders and venture capitalists. In their view, founders should be charting out a strategy for those later stage fundraises from the beginning. Aven co-founder and CEO Sadi Khan said, while on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, startup founders should start thinking about their later rounds before they raise their first financing. This strategy allows founders to determine how much capital they’ll likely need throughout the growth…

Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, IVP, Bessemer, and Vine Ventures. The large round, in a market already crowded with AI agent startups, suggests Wonderful has convinced top tier investors it’s not just another GPT wrapper, but a company building the infrastructure and orchestration that could scale if multi-agent systems take off.   The round brings Wonderful’s total funding to $134 million just four months after the startup came out of stealth with a seed round and a promise to help enterprises deploy customer-facing AI agents across voice, chat, and email in every market and every language. The startup…

by Phil Cappelli Last updated: 11:35 AM ET, Mon November 10, 2025 Hampton Water Rosé is the latest addition to Princess Cruises’ Love Line Premium Liquors Collection, expanding its lineup of celebrity-branded beverages.Hampton Water, co-founded by Jesse Bongiovi, his father Jon Bon Jovi, and French winemaker Gérard Bertrand, includes both still and sparkling rosé varieties. The wines are now available on all Princess ships and are included in the line’s Princess Premier and Princess Plus beverage packages.The Love Line Premium Liquors Collection features an assortment of celebrity-crafted beverages, including Pantalones Organic Tequila by Camila and Matthew McConaughey, Betty Booze by…

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Some acai berry lovers visiting Brazil for this week’s U.N. climate summit are in for a surprise when they taste the fruit popular around the world in smoothies and breakfast bowls. Acai bowls served by local vendors in Belem — the city hosting the 30th annual United Nations climate summit, the Conference of the Parties, known less formally as COP30 — are true to the dish’s rainforest roots, served unadulterated and without sugar. This traditional preparation has been a tough sell for some visitors, used to the frozen and sweetened acai cream sold in other countries…

by Phil Cappelli Last updated: 12:55 PM ET, Mon November 10, 2025 Tauck is expanding its river-cruise lineup for 2027 with five new itineraries, two new ships, and a series of shorter journeys designed to make river cruising more accessible. The two riverboats joining the fleet include the ms Saudade on the Douro and the ms Reverie on the Seine, joining Tauck’s fleet as sister ships to the ms Andorinha and ms Serene. Tauck will introduce a new six-day river cruise format, set to launch in late 2026, and will expand these shorter itineraries for 2027. Offered primarily during the shoulder…