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by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 10:30 AM ET, Tue September 9, 2025 Windstar Cruises is launching new themed voyages for the 2025-26 season.The brand’s new Themed Voyages Collection includes a variety of special-interest cruises, from art and yoga to maritime traditions.  “What I love about these new themed voyages is how they turn the whole ship into part of the adventure,” said Janet Bava, chief commercial officer of Windstar Cruises. “One cruise you’re learning to tie the perfect bowline or painting alongside a world-class artist, the next you’re dancing under the stars at a pirate party or deck BBQ. It’s…

Early-stage founders, take note. The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will feature a powerhouse panel of seasoned investors sharing where their firms are placing bets for 2026 and beyond. Joining us onstage Nina Achadjian, partner, Index Ventures — focused on automating overlooked industries and investing across AI, robotics, and vertical SaaS. Jerry Chen, general partner, Greylock — backing product-driven founders in AI, data, cloud infrastructure, and open source. Viviana Faga, general partner, Felicis — bringing two decades of expertise in scaling go-to-market SaaS, category creation, and brand strategy. Together, this seasoned group of VCs will reveal the sectors and…

A young Charlie Sheen once had Hollywood in his pocket, starring in culture-shaping films like “Wall Street” and “Platoon” before eventually becoming the highest-paid actor in television.But underneath the glory laid decades of drug abuse, seven worried family interventions, innumerable drug-fueled escapades and countless affairs. The actor’s tumultuous journey toward sobriety is unabashedly laid out in Sheen’s tell-all memoir, “The Book of Sheen.”The 359-page book was released by Gallery Books Tuesday. It reveals the story behind Sheen’s rise, fall and eventual sobriety in 2017.Here are some details about “Book of Sheen.” What does Charlie Sheen’s book cover?“The Book of Sheen”…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 10:35 AM ET, Tue September 9, 2025 Norwegian Cruise Line has unveiled the winners of its annual Norwegian’s Giving Joy Program.As part of the initiative, 20 educators are being sent on cruise for two. The top three grand prize winners will also get to join Norwegian Luna’s christening voyage in the spring of 2026 and experience the new amenities at Great Stirrup Cay. “It’s our privilege to celebrate and honor the incredible educators who help shape the next generation,” said Harry Sommer, president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. “These educators…

If you’ve upgraded to a newer iPhone model recently, you’ve probably noticed that Apple Intelligence is showing up in some of your most-used apps, like Messages, Mail, and Notes. Apple Intelligence (yes, also abbreviated to AI) showed up in Apple’s ecosystem in October 2024, and it’s here to stay as Apple competes with Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others to build the best AI tools. What is Apple Intelligence? Image Credits:Apple Cupertino marketing executives have branded Apple Intelligence: “AI for the rest of us.” The platform is designed to leverage the things that generative AI already does well, like text and…

This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees being escorted outside the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga.Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via APLast week’s sweeping immigration raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia could spell trouble for other companies as President Donald Trump cracks down on illegal immigration on a larger scale.The raid in Ellabell, Georgia, marked the largest single-site enforcement operation in the Department of Homeland Security’s history, according to special agent Steven Schrank. Nearly 500 workers, many of whom were…

Club Med introduced its  Ski Blitz Sale, which provides travelers with discounts up to $990 per person, per week, along with complimentary lifts passes, group lessons and free stays for children ages 4 and under.The sale, which is available at Club Med’s ski-in, ski-out resorts in the European Alps, Canada and Japan, is in effect for booking made between Sept. 2-16, 2025, for stays during the 2025/26 winter ski season. Properties included Club Québec, which is situated an hour’s drive from Québec City in Canada’s Le Massif de Charlevoix region. “The 300-acre resort features locally inspired culinary experiences with a…

The Unicode Consortium has confirmed its next slate of emojis, coming in the next year to eager thumbs near you. Yes, there is indeed a nonprofit organization that creates standardized language across devices from a wide range of hardware makers — that’s why if you send your friend a flamenco dancer emoji from your iPhone, they’ll be able to see that suave dancer in a red dress on their Android. And that same organization gets the final say on what new emojis come to your device. The new emojis include a trombone, a treasure chest, an bulging-eyes face, a fight…

Oura CEO Tom Hale is trying to set the record straight about the smart ring maker’s partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD) and data miner Palantir, which is used by defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies in the United States and elsewhere. At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference on Monday, Hale’s interview started off with a bang with his outright denial that the company was sharing user data with the government. “There was a lot of misinformation about this,” he said, referring to the numerous influencer-driven reports that led to a viral backlash against the health tracker. Oura’s rings…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Soaring global military expenditures are reducing essential investments in health, education and job creation and don’t guarantee peace, the United Nations chief warned on Tuesday.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the evidence is clear that heavy military spending often undermines peace by “fueling arms races, deepening mistrust and diverting resources from the very foundations of stability.”With military spending surging to a record $2.7 trillion following a decade-long military build-up, the U.N. studied the impact on U.N. development goals for 2030. The resulting report, “The Security We Need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future,” is expected…