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The American multinational chain Starbucks Coffee store and logo seen displayed. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesStarbucks on Wednesday reported that its quarterly same-store sales returned to growth for the first time in nearly two years, showing that its turnaround strategy is winning over lapsed customers.The coffee chain’s global same-store sales rose 1%, lifted by international markets. Its U.S. same-store sales were flat for the quarter but turned positive in September. Wall Street was projecting global same-store sales declines of 0.3% and a 0.9% decrease in U.S. same-store sales.”We’re a year into our ‘Back to Starbucks’ strategy, and it’s…

Travelers passing through Utah have a spacious new place to relax before their flight, thanks to Delta Air Lines’ newest lounge opening. The carrier just debuted a massive new Sky Club at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) that is the second-largest lounge in its network. The airline says SLC is one of its key hubs, and the sweeping new lounge is a reflection of its deepening commitment to the Salt Lake market. The space measures 34,000 square feet and can accommodate a whopping 600 guests at one time. Only the Sky Club at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is larger,…

Pleasant Holidays is in the midst of a restructuring and enhancement process, which includes two new brands: Member First and EVOKE | INSPIRE.“Under the A | T Collective holding company, Pleasant Holidays will continue as the reinvigorated flagship brand providing vacation packages to travel advisors, agencies and consortia nationwide,” the company said. “The newly introduced Member First will focus exclusively on services for AAA Travel, and destination services provider Pleasant Activities will continue to offer tours, activities, transportation and hotel concierge desk services.”EVOKE | INSPIRES, a brand that will focus on luxury bespoke experiences, is set to launch in the…

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…

Character.AI is banning minors from using its chatbots amid growing concerns about the effects of artificial intelligence conversations on children. The company is facing several lawsuits over child safety, including by the mother of a teenager who says the company’s chatbots pushed her teenage son to kill himself. Character Technologies, the Menlo Park, California-based company behind Character.AI, said Wednesday it will be removing the ability of users under 18 to participate in open-ended chats with AI characters. The changes will go into effect by Nov. 25 and a two-hour daily limit will start immediately. Character.AI added that it is working…

The logo and lettering of Paramount Skydance Corporation can be seen at a Paramount stand at the Media Days in Munich (Bavaria, Germany). Matthias Balk | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesParamount Skydance is slashing nearly 1,000 jobs beginning on Wednesday, just months after the close of its merger, according to a person close to the situation. The layoffs will eventually amount to 2,000 roles, the person said.”When we launched the new Paramount in August, we made clear that building a strong, future-focused company would require significant change – including restructuring the organization,” CEO David Ellison told employees in a memo…

Last updated: 6:15 PM ET, Tue October 28, 2025 Intrepid Travel is adding 28 new active vacations on six continents to its portfolio of 2026 tours.In all the adventure operator will offer 148 trips, which include hiking, cycling, kayaking, snorkeling and rafting itineraries. The new Intrepid Travel trips run the gamut, from a four-day “Walking & Trekking” Peru itinerary, which includes a Machu Picchu guided tour, to a nine-day “Hike, Bike & Kayak” vacation in Central America, and a seven-day “Hike, Bike & Raft trip in Croatia and Montenegro.Other tour highlights include a five-day “Oaxaca’s Indigenous Highlands” hiking trip in Mexico,…

Vinod Khosla has a bold vision for how society could be reconfigured to share the abundance created by AI technology. Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Tuesday, the Khosla Ventures founder suggested the U.S. government could take a 10% stake in all public corporations and redistribute that corporate wealth to the public at large. As Khosla put it, the idea was spurred by President Donald Trump’s decision for the U.S. government to purchase a 10% stake in Intel. “When Trump bought 10% of Intel, I wondered if it wasn’t a good idea,” Khosla said onstage at Disrupt. “Take…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 7:00 AM ET, Wed October 29, 2025 Cruising is riding a wave of momentum as the industry celebrates major milestones and record-breaking projections. From Viking’s 100th ship to Disney’s newest vessel and dramatic rescues at sea, October 2025 has been a standout month for the cruise industry. These are some of the biggest cruise news stories of October 2025.AAA Predicts Record Number of Americans Will Cruise in 2026The cruise industry is booming: AAA is forecasting another record year in 2026, with 21.7 million Americans projected to take an ocean cruise vacation.Cruise ships spotted from Doctor’s…

Owen Sakawa, the founder of Elloe AI, wants his platform to be the “immune system for AI” and the “antivirus for any AI agent.”   The idea, Sakawa said in an interview days before the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, where Elloe AI is a Top 20 finalist in the Startup Battlefield competition, is to add a layer to companies’ LLMs that checks for bias, hallucinations, errors, compliance issues, misinformation, and unsafe outputs.   “AI is evolving at a very fast pace, and it’s moving this fast without guard rails, without safety nets, without mechanism to prevent it from ever going off…