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Loyal American Airlines passengers will soon be able to cash in their frequent flier miles for tickets to one of the most anticipated events of 2026: the FIFA World Cup.The airline is giving members of its AAdvantage loyalty program early access to redeem miles for tickets to the tournament, which is taking place across the United States, Canada, and Mexico next June and July. AAdvantage members get access to the ticket purchases on different days, based on their status level. Travelers with Executive Platinum or ConciergeKey status will be able to make redemptions first, starting October 13. That’s followed by…

OpenAI is rapidly expanding its affordable ChatGPT Go plan, which costs under $5, to 16 new countries across Asia. The subscription tier is now available in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, East Timor, and Vietnam. In select countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Pakistan, the company is allowing users to pay in local currencies. In the remaining countries, users must pay in USD at a price of approximately $5, with the final cost varying based on local taxation. Image Credits: OpenAI ChatGPT Go gives users…

Losing a pet is the first time many children encounter death. The experience can become an opportunity for profound emotional learning and influence how young people understand and process grief when they are adults, according to psychologists and pet bereavement specialists.Parents and guardians therefore have important roles to play when a family pet dies. Along with helping children accept the painful permanence of death, caregivers can guide kids through a healthy and healing mourning process that provides a foundation for coping with an inevitable part of life. “People are so adverse to talking about death and grief, but it is…

NEW YORK (AP) — The new Apple TV+. series “The Last Frontier” begins with a plane crash in remote Alaska and a scramble for survivors. We learn the plane was carrying a nasty bunch of federal inmates. Then we find out that the nastiest of them is part of a vast CIA conspiracy. The action hardly lets up in what’s being called a cross between “Con Air”and “The Fugitive.” Showrunner Jon Bokenkamp piles crisis after crisis in a nifty bit of hyper-aggressive storytelling.“I am just super self-conscious about not wanting to bore the audience,” he says. “I really like something…

On the eve of the holiday season, Disneyland park and Disneyland Adventure park are offering California residents a Christmas gift of sorts.“Coming soon for a limited time, California residents can visit both Disneyland park and Disney California Adventure park with a 3-Day Park Hopper ticket for as little as $83 per person, per day, for a total price of $249, or as low as $117 per person, per day, including a Lightning Lane Multi Pass, for a total cost of $351,” Disney said. The discounted tickets will be available on Dec. 3, 2025, for visits through May 21, 2026.“Many of…

Many businesses that provide goods and services to the EU’s 450 million consumers must comply with new accessibility standards that took effect in June. Like the GDPR before it, this new act had companies scrambling to adjust their websites, e-commerce platforms, and banking apps. But despite similar standards existing in the U.S., many still have a long way to go. “One thing that surprised us was companies, even massive companies, coming to us two weeks before [the deadline] saying, ‘Oh we didn’t know anything about this,’” said Irish entrepreneur Cormac Chisholm. His startup, DevAlly, is among the first to leverage…

LONDON (AP) — iPhone users have a new tool to combat the scourge of nuisance phone calls: a virtual gatekeeper that can screen incoming calls from unknown numbers. It’s among the bevy of new features that Apple rolled out with last month’s release of iOS 26. The screening feature has been getting attention because of the ever-increasing amount of robocalls and spam calls that leave many phone users feeling harassed. Here’s a run-through of the new function: How to activate call screening First, you’ll need to update your iPhone’s operating system to iOS 26, which is available to the iPhone…

Ferrero North America is planning to spend more than $100 million on marketing campaigns tied to the Super Bowl and World Cup next year.The sports push comes as the confectioner’s parent company drives further into the United States through acquisitions and investments in domestic production. Ferrero, which was founded in Italy but is now based in Luxembourg, entered North America nearly a half century ago, but the company only really started investing in the market over the past decade.In July, Ferrero bought cereal maker WK Kellogg for $3.1 billion, the latest in a deal spree that included snapping up Nestle’s…

DoorDash customers in Los Angeles might soon have their food brought to them by one of Serve Robotics’ sidewalk delivery bots. The two companies on Thursday announced a multi-year partnership that would see them using autonomous robots to make deliveries across the U.S.   The tie-up comes a week after DoorDash unveiled Dot, an autonomous food delivery bot built by the company that’s first being deployed in the Phoenix area. Unlike Serve’s bots, which mainly operate on sidewalks, Dot can ferry food and small packages on roads, bike lanes and sidewalks at speeds up to 20 miles per hour.   Serve is the latest in a string of emerging tech…

LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales has a suggestion for parents: Please put down the phone.Kate, as she is commonly known, collaborated with adult development researcher Robert Waldinger to warn that technology is contributing to an epidemic of disconnection that is hurting family relationships. Devices that promise to keep us connected often do the opposite, they say in an essay posted on the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood website.“We sit together in the same room while our minds are scattered across dozens of apps, notifications, and feeds,’’ the authors wrote. “We’re physically present but mentally absent, unable to…