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Amazon announced on Tuesday that Alexa+, its upgraded assistant powered by AI, is coming to the Amazon Music app for iOS and Android devices. The feature is currently available across all Amazon Music subscription plans but is only available for users with Alexa+ Early Access. (To access Alexa+, tap the “a” button in the lower right corner and ask your question using the built-in microphone on your phone. ) The introduction of Alexa+ to Amazon Music aims to create a more conversational approach to music discovery. Unlike the previous version of Alexa, which only responded to basic commands, Alexa+ is designed…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 11:40 AM ET, Tue November 4, 2025 Margaritaville at Sea is teaming up with Zac Brown to design a new live music venue and onboard experiences on Beachcomber.Brown is a multi-platinum selling, three-time Grammy award-winning and first-ever recipient of the AMA Veterans Voice Award. The new venue will be named Same Boat, a song Brown sang with Jimmy Buffett on the deluxe edition of “The Comeback” album. It will be the largest live music venue on the new ship, offering performances and cocktails inspired by the atmosphere found at a Zac Brown Band show. “Designing…
Spotify says its video podcasts are seeing increased consumer adoption. In its third-quarter earnings report, the company shared that its video podcast catalog has expanded to nearly half a million shows, and more than 390 million users have now streamed a video podcast on the platform. That figure is up 54% year-over-year, and it also reflects Spotify’s increased investment in the format. In June 2024, the company said it had some 250,000 video podcasts as it rolled out tools that let non-hosted podcasters upload their videos to the platform. The streaming giant also lets users engage with podcasts through comments,…
Fire and smoke mark where a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. Stephen Cohen | Getty ImagesA UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky at around 5:15 p.m. local time Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.At least three people were killed and at least 11 were injured, some of them significantly, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said in a press conference. He said those numbers are preliminary and that he thinks they will grow.UPS said in a statement that there were…
More than two months ago, Tesla published its fourth “Master Plan,” a gauzy post about how the company wants to spread “sustainable abundance” via its future products. Details remain woefully absent, but that hasn’t stopped Tesla from making it the central prop in its bid to convince shareholders to hand CEO Elon Musk a compensation package worth $1 trillion at the company’s annual meeting on Thursday. If that vote passes, the world’s richest man would receive the biggest pay package in corporate history. When the “Plan” released, it was so vague that it drew criticism from some of the company’s…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:45 AM ET, Tue November 4, 2025 Strong development, increased demand for luxury hotels and increased fee revenue helped Marriott International, Inc.’s financials during the third quarter of the year. The hotel giant’s operating income was reported at $1.18 billion in the third quarter of 2025, an increase from last year’s $944 million. Reported net income had increased 25 percent year-over-year, and shareholders took home a diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.67, higher than last year’s $2.07. Adjusted EBITDA, which is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization totaled a 10 percent increase from the…
The Information reports that Anthropic expects to generate as much as $70 billion in revenue and $17 billion in cash flow in 2028. The growth projections are fueled by rapid adoption of Anthropic’s business products, a person with knowledge of the company’s financials said. Last month, Reuters reported that Anthropic is projected to more than double, and potentially nearly triple, its annual revenue run rate next year. The company is reportedly on track to meet a goal of $9 billion in ARR by the end of 2025 and has set a target of $20 billion to $26 billion ARR…
Neon signage glows at dusk outside a Papa John’s International Inc. restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, May 1, 2015. Papa John’s is expected release quarterly earnings results after the close of U.S. financial markets on May 5.Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Papa John’s sank 10% on Tuesday following a report that Apollo Global has withdrawn its offer to take the pizza chain private.Reuters reported that the private equity firm backtracked on its bid, valued at $64 a share, about a week ago. The firm previously submitted an offer for Papa John’s alongside Irth Capital Management,…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 11:00 AM ET, Tue November 4, 2025 Intrepid Travel, the B-Corp certified tour operator, is giving travel advisors an exclusive 20 percent discount for their clients ahead of Black Friday, ensuring they’ll be the ones to take advantage of the deals first. Travel advisors can give their clients 20 percent off Original-style trips from November 5 through November 12. The sale opens to the general public November 13 through December 4. Original-style trips are eligible for the promotion for travel dates between December 1, 2025 and December 14, 2026 (excluding Christmas and New Year’s trips). Travel agents…
Journalists in Europe found it was “easy” to spy on top European Union officials using commercially obtained location histories sold by data brokers, despite the continent having some of the strongest data protection laws in the world. EU officials said they’re “concerned” about the trade of citizen and officials’ mobile phone location data, and have issued new guidance to staff to counter the tracking, according to a report by Netzpolitik. A coalition of reporters obtained the dataset, offered as a free sample from a data broker, containing 278 million location data points from the phones of millions of people around…