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by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:45 AM ET, Thu September 18, 2025 A person who rode Universal Orlando Resorts’ newest roller coaster, the dual-launch Stardust Racers at its newest park, Universal Epic Universe, has died after becoming unresponsive in the middle of the ride, according to park officials. ABC News first covered the news, which they say occurred on the night of September 17. The person, whose identity has not been revealed, went unresponsive in the middle of the ride, and was taken to the hospital, where they were later pronounced deceased. Stardust Racers has closed, and will not operate while…
AI is moving fast — but who decides how it’s built, shared, and scaled? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, we’re diving in with Thomas Wolf, co-founder and chief science officer of Hugging Face, for a session on what it takes to make cutting-edge research and models that are truly open and accessible. Catch him on the AI Stage, along with thousands of other like-minded tech leaders and innovators. Why you can’t miss this session The future of AI won’t just be defined by closed labs and Big Tech budgets — it will be…
Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results, as Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse helped offset weakness in its fine-dining business.The company also raised its full-year forecast for revenue growth, although it only reiterated its projections for its earnings. Shares of the company fell more than 9% in morning trading.Here’s what the company reported for the quarter ended Aug. 24 compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $1.97 adjusted vs. $2 expectedRevenue: $3.04 billion, in line with expectationsDarden reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $257.8 million, or $2.19 per share, up…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to shape the future of tech. Few embody what it means to build with discipline in a tough market better than Chris Britt, co-founder and CEO of Chime. What began as a scrappy fintech challenger has grown into one of the rare companies to go public in today’s challenging environment. In his session, Building a Company that Lasts, Britt will share the lessons behind Chime’s rise — from weathering market headwinds to making the leap from private to public when…
CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy (AP) — Along Italy’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, driver Fabio Barone raced across the flight deck of a navy ship while chasing a world record: the fastest car on a boat.Last year, Barone set the Italian Timekeepers Federation’s record on another aircraft carrier in southern Italy, hitting 152 kilometers per hour (94.4 mph). In Civitavecchia, on the coast near Rome, he aimed to reach 160 kph and then hit the brakes before launching off the deck’s so-called “ski jump” and smashing into the cruise ship stationed just fore.Race engineer Alessandro Tedino told The Associated Press that he wasn’t…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since it first premiered in 1926, F.W. Murnau’s “Faust” has been lauded as one of the greatest silent films ever made. And in the century that’s followed, striking a deal with the devil has been one of cinema’s most enduring tropes.“Him,” the Jordan Peele-produced horror film reaching theaters Friday, is the latest testament to the fact that, in Hollywood at least, the devil’s offer never goes out of style. It tells the story of an aspiring professional football player, Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers), who gets invited to train at a secluded compound under famed quarterback Isaiah…
Show host Jimmy Kimmel delivers his opening monologue at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024.Mike Blake | ReutersPresident Donald Trump’s pressure on media companies appears to be mounting.On Wednesday, the Walt Disney Company pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely” from its ABC network after the host made comments linking the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.The move is drawing comparisons to CBS’s cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in July and raising questions about the protection of free speech in a Trump-era broadcast…
by Mia Taylor Last updated: 1:55 PM ET, Wed September 17, 2025 As part of the continued unveiling of its plans for 2027 and 2028, Carnival Cruise Line today announced three new homeports along with the opening of new sailings.Among the latest news, Carnival is launching its first-ever dedicated series of Hawaii cruises, which will take place aboard Carnival Legend. In addition, the cruise line is repositioning the Carnival Freedom to Norfolk, Virginia and it is also extending Carnival Pride’s year-round service in Baltimore.“This update…represents important pieces of our strategy to deliver more fun experiences,” Christine Duffy, Carnival Cruise Line…
Nvidia has agreed to buy a $5 billion stake in Intel as part of a broader deal to together develop “multiple generations” of data center and PC products. Nvidia will acquire the Intel stock for $23.28 per share, a slight discount on the companies previous trading price. According to Reuters, the deal would make Nvidia one of Intel’s largest shareholders, owning about 4% of the company. Intel shares were up as much as 30% in early trading on Thursday morning. The companies will integrate their two architectures using Nvidia’s NVLink interface, which enables data and control code transfers between CPUs…
Tax incentives that saved U.S. residents thousands of dollars on home efficiency upgrades, clean energy installations and electric vehicles are expiring this year. That means people who want to take advantage of them before they disappear have to act quickly.“There is still time, but the clock is ticking,” said Zach Pierce, head of policy at Rewiring America, a nonprofit focused on electrification.With thousands of dollars on the line and mere days or months to claim them, we’ve got some tips on how to maximize savings. Refresh my memory. What are these incentives?The Inflation Reduction Act that passed in 2022 includes…