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November is here, the days are getting shorter and the holiday ads are coming nonstop and with the holiday hoopla comes a swarm of travel savings.But travelers won’t have to wait until Black Friday or Cyber Monday to score great deals. Here are some of the top travel offers to get a head start on the holiday season of savings.Villas of DistinctionVillas of Distinction is kicking off November with a limited-time offer on villa stays in Barbados, offering up to 30 percent off select luxury villas in the Caribbean hotspot. Plus, travelers can also enjoy free nights when they book…
The University of Pennsylvania confirmed on Tuesday that a hacker stole university data as part of last week’s data breach, during which alumni and other affiliates received suspicious emails from official university email addresses. “We got hacked,” the message from the hackers read. “We love breaking federal laws like FERPA (all your data will be leaked),” the message added. “Please stop giving us money.” While Penn initially told TechCrunch that the email was “fraudulent,” the university has now confirmed the hacker’s claim that data was taken during the breach. “On October 31, Penn discovered that a select group of information…
NEW YORK (AP) — A top executive at a startup company that eased the process for college students applying for financial aid was sentenced Wednesday to over five years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million acquisition of the company four years ago.The Manhattan federal court sentencing of Olivier Amar came a month after Charlie Javice, the founder of the startup known as Frank, was sentenced to seven years in prison.In sentencing Amar to five years and eight months in prison, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said Amar was “intimately involved in the fraud,” including the creation of…
Hailey Bieber’s cosmetics line Rhode is expected to increase E.l.f. Beauty’s annual sales by $200 million this fiscal year, but its new parent company’s full-year guidance still fell below expectations, leading its stock to plunge 29% Wednesday.E.l.f., which declined to release full-year guidance last quarter, is expecting full-year revenue to be between $1.55 billion and $1.57 billion, implying 18% to 20% sales growth. That’s far below the $1.65 billion analysts were expecting, according to LSEG. In an interview with CNBC, CEO Tarang Amin said Rhode, which the company acquired earlier this year in a blockbuster $1 billion deal, is expected to…
The government shutdown is set to wreak significantly more havoc on the nation’s air travel system if it continues into the second week of November, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a press conference on Tuesday.Duffy warned of likely “mass chaos” at airports across the country if lawmakers aren’t able to come to an agreement to fund the government before air traffic controllers miss their second full paycheck. “The longer this goes on, every day these hardworking Americans have bills they have to pay, and they’re being forced to make decisions and choices: Do they go to work as an…
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has sent Meta a cease-and-desist letter demanding that it stop using the term “PG-13,” as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Last month, Meta announced that teens on Instagram would, by default, only see content that adheres to PG-13 movie ratings. Two weeks later, the MPA sent Meta a cease-and-desist letter, asserting that Meta’s claim that content on teen Instagram accounts would follow PG-13 guidelines is “literally false and highly misleading.” The company states that its movie-rating system can’t be compared to Meta’s content restrictions, which it says “appear to rely heavily on artificial…
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has announced the opening of the five-star all-inclusive Iberostar Selection Riviera Cancun, located in the Riviera Maya. The new hotel situated near the fishing village of Puerto Morelos and a 20-minute drive from Cancun International Airport features 444 spacious suites, all with a jacuzzi. Accommodations include a selection of family rooms, swim-up suites with direct access to semi-private pools and oceanfront suites. Dining options include an international buffet restaurant and wood-fired pizzeria along with four specialty restaurants: L’Oliveto, offering Italian cuisine; Nopal, serving signature Mexican dishes; a Caribbean restaurant featuring seafood and local recipes; and Martinete,…
On Wednesday, researchers at Microsoft released a new simulation environment designed to test AI agents, along with new research showing that current agentic models may be vulnerable to manipulation. Conducted in collaboration with Arizona State University, the research raises new questions about how well AI agents will perform when working unsupervised — and how quickly AI companies can make good on promises of an agentic future. The simulation environment, dubbed the “Magentic Marketplace” by Microsoft, is built as a synthetic platform for experimenting on AI agent behavior. A typical experiment might involve a customer-agent trying to order dinner according to…
CHICAGO (AP) — An employee of a Chicago daycare center and preschool was detained by immigration authorities at work as children were being dropped off Wednesday, according to witnesses, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics.The employee ran from a vehicle into the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center after officers pulled in the parking lot right after her, Alderman Matt Martin said, citing witness accounts. The employee was detained between two glass doors at the entry while telling authorities she was a U.S. citizen, he said. Authorities went inside to question several people around 7 a.m.,…
The Amazon Prime logo on a package in Manhattan, New York City, on Sept. 16, 2023.Michael Kappeler | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesTariffs imposed by the Trump administration have given the country’s retailers another cost to manage during a period of persistent inflation.While many are navigating the change with limited price increases, marketplace giant Amazon is hiking more than others.Price increases are common for retailers trying to blunt higher costs from tariffs. Companies including Walmart and Target have said they are employing a portfolio approach to pricing following the tariff hikes, meaning they have raised prices on some items but…