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The biggest beneficiary of the ongoing AI boom, Nvidia has become the first public company to pass the $5 trillion market cap milestone. The company’s shares rose more than 5.6% on Wednesday to as much as $212.19, on the back of news on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump said he expects to discuss the company’s Blackwell chips with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. Investors are also likely stoked by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s comments on Tuesday that the company expects $500 billion in AI chip sales, and that it is building seven new supercomputers for the U.S. in…

Instead of signing expensive contracts with companies for their data, AI labs these days are trying a new tack: tapping former senior employees from those companies for their industry knowledge, Mercor CEO Brendan Foody said at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 on Tuesday. Speaking on a panel onstage, Foody cast Mercor’s marketplace as one of the main channels connecting the former employees of investment banks, consulting houses, and law firms with AI labs that are looking to automate those industries. Some of Mercor’s customers include OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta. “There is an argument that Goldman Sachs doesn’t love the idea of having…

CAIRO (AP) — After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal.The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country.Located just outside Cairo next to the famed Giza Pyramids, the $1 billion mammoth facility is poised to become the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization with over 50,000 artifacts detailing the life in ancient Egypt. By comparison, the Louvre Museum in Paris…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 1:45 PM ET, Wed October 29, 2025 Royal Caribbean is sharing more details about its 2027 European sailings.Bookings are now open for members of its Crown & Anchor Society loyalty program, and will open to members of the public October 30. The highlight of the season is the Royal Beach Club Santorini, the newly announced private destination in Greece that will be available to guests of both Royal Caribbean International and sister brand Celebrity Cruises. Royal Caribbean will have six ships sailing in the region in 2027: Legend of the Seas, Mariner of the Seas, Rhapsody…

Fubo and Hulu Live TV are officially joining forces. After some buzz earlier this year about the groundbreaking transaction, it’s now a done deal. The two companies announced on Wednesday that they’ve wrapped up their agreement to combine Fubo’s sports-centric platform with Hulu’s live TV service, following a nod of approval from Fubo shareholders last month. This is a game-changer in the streaming landscape as the new entity becomes the sixth-largest Pay TV provider in the U.S., boasting nearly 6 million subscribers. That puts the newly combined company in direct competition with YouTube TV, which leads with around 10 million…

In total, 52 villages from around the globe have been crowned top travel destinations, chosen from 270 entries across 65 UN Tourism member states. Another 20 villages joined the Upgrade Programme, which recognizes high-potential villages and helps them improve on identified weaknesses. The Best Tourism Villages Network is now part of the largest community of rural destinations in the world, with the announcement of its 72 new members, coming to a grand total of 319 villages.UN Tourism Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili says: “Tourism can be a powerful tool to progress shared prosperity, inclusive growth, and territorial cohesion in rural areas. Our…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is here! If you’re still on the fence about attending in person, dive into the extensive schedule of speakers, networking opportunities, workshops, after-parties, and more that’s available here. There’s still time to get a last-minute ticket, and we’re giving a 50% discount since there’s just one day left! If you’re not able to attend in person, the next best thing is to check out our livestream of the Disrupt Stage, which features some of our most prominent speakers and the highly anticipated Startup Battlefield 200 pitch competition. We’re streaming via YouTube, so you can catch the embed…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they’re being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development.The city of Fort Lauderdale is planning to replace the decades-old, beachside basketball courts with pickleball courts, part of a deal with developers for a massive condo and hotel project.Local basketball players have generated a groundswell of support online, but city officials and developers have said the changes are part of larger improvement plan for the park that now includes building new basketball courts several hundred yards away. Unpleasant surpriseOzzie McRea said…

Two of the largest airlines in the United States have reached a significant milestone as they integrate into a single carrier. Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines received a single operating certificate from FAA officials on October 29.  The new certificate means Alaska can now operate alongside Hawaiian as two separate brands. Passing this regulatory requirement means the combined airlines have successfully integrated every part of their operations, from training and policies to procedures and manuals. “This was a year-long, multi-phase effort involving multiple departments and thousands of hours of work,” said Ben Minicucci, president and CEO of Alaska Air Group. “We also…

AI audio company ElevenLabs‘ co-founder and chief executive Mati Staniszewski believes that AI models will be commoditized over time, a revealing comment for a company focused today on building them. Speaking onstage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Tuesday, the ElevenLabs founder was discussing both his short-term and long-term views of the AI audio space. Staniszewski said that his company’s researchers have been able to crack some of the model architecture challenges, and this focus will continue in the audio space for the next year or two. “Over the long term, it will commoditize — over the next couple…