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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…

Last updated: 9:00 PM ET, Tue November 4, 2025 SOURCE: New Orleans has been named a UNESCO Creative City of Music, joining nine other US cities in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, which recognizes the role of music in urban development and offers global collaboration opportunities. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing EditorNew Orleans & Company is excited to announce that New Orleans has been designated a ‘Creative City” for Music by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), joining only nine US cities and giving our musicians prestigious global recognition and opportunities with other international Creative Cities. UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s making it easier to access AI Mode on mobile. Users will now be able to access AI Mode, which allows users to ask complex questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic directly within Search, via a new dedicated shortcut button under the search bar when opening a “New Tab” page in Chrome. The new shortcut for AI Mode in Chrome is launching in the U.S. starting Wednesday and will soon be coming to 160 new countries and other languages, including Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and more. By making it easier to…

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesParamount Skydance has a clear holiday wish this year: acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. Fittingly, it may have to wait until Christmas to find out if Santa Zaslav delivers.Warner Bros. Discovery is openly for sale and intends to publicly announce its plans toward the middle or end of December, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. The legacy media giant, run by Chief Executive Officer…

This story is the third in a series designed to help advisors find the right match for their clients in different travel industry segments.Designing family and multigenerational group vacations is most decidedly not for the faint of heart — most notably because travel advisors must accommodate the needs of a wide range of travelers, from toddlers and teens to parents and grandparents. But finding the right fit need not daunt agents looking to expand their demographics. We asked top advisors for their best advice on matching clients to family and multigenerational vacations. Here’s what they had to say.Qualifying ClientsThe process…

Eugenia Kuyda saw the future of consumer AI before most. She founded Replika, the first major AI companion startup, in 2017 years before ChatGPT launched. Today it has 35 million users.   Now Kuyda is back with a new startup called Wabi, which she describes as YouTube for apps – a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly create mini apps and share them with friends. Wabi, which launched in beta last month, is a harbinger of another consumer AI shift: one where personalized software becomes the norm.  Wabi has raised $20 million in pre-seed funding from a stellar list of angels, including AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, Y Combinator CEO…

PARIS (AP) — Designer Olivier Rousteing is stepping down as creative director of the Balmain fashion house after 14 hugely visible years in which he fused the rigor of Parisian tailoring with a digital-age sense of celebrity, he announced Wednesday.“Today marks the end of my Balmain era,” Rousteing,40, wrote on Instagram. “What an extraordinary story it has been — a love story, a life story … I will always hold this treasured time close to my heart.”Balmain confirmed Rousteing’s departure and said in a statement that a new creative direction would be announced “in due course.” “Throughout his remarkable 14-year…