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OpenAI’s deal to acquire the viral AI coding startup Windsurf for $3 billion fell apart on Friday, according to The Verge. In a shocking twist, Google DeepMind is now hiring Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some of the startup’s top researchers. A Google spokesperson confirmed the hiring of Windsurf’s leaders in a statement to TechCrunch. “We’re excited to welcome some top AI coding talent from Windsurf’s team to Google DeepMind to advance our work in agentic coding,” said Google spokesperson Chris Pappas in an email to TechCrunch. Notably, Google is not taking a stake in Windsurf and…

Laurence Pinckney. (Source: KHM Travel Group, Annie Yu)Travel Advisor Success Stories focus on veteran advisors and how they achieved success. Here’s a look at Zenbiz Travel, CTC, and CEO of Zenbiz Travel How did you get your start as a travel advisor?My journey began through event production in New York City, which evolved into organizing group cruises with a business associate on various cruise lines including Carnival Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International. After several successful years, I expanded into promoting destination events in the Dominican Republic and Brazil, which laid the foundation for what would become…

CNN  —  Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin is headed to the United States. Jose Adolfo Macías, better known as “Fito,” agreed Friday to be extradited from Ecuador to the US, where he is wanted by the US Justice Department on charges of drug and weapons trafficking. The head of the criminal organization Los Choneros accepted his extradition during a hearing at the National Court of Justice. In a statement to CNN, Alexei Schacht, Macías’s attorney in the US, said that his client agreed to be extradited on the advice of his Ecuadorean lawyer. “We are working hard to defend his…

Coming from a background far removed from sailing or boating culture, the idea of spending a vacation aboard a cabin charter—rather than at a traditional hotel—left me quite skeptical.  However, for those who haven’t actually experienced the joy of simply waking up, being surrounded by crystal clear waters and a whole new destination on the horizon, keep reading, because I was one of those people. Imagine sailing from one postcard-perfect island to the next, without you ever having to plan out the logistics or stress out about an itinerary, let alone repack your bags. After experiencing five nights aboard a…

Nvidia seems determined to find a way to sell AI chips in China despite U.S. export restrictions. The semiconductor giant is planning to launch an AI chip specifically for the Chinese market as early as September, as originally reported by the Financial Times. This AI chip would be based on Nvidia’s Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 processor, which is already modified to meet the existing AI chip restrictions, the Financial Times added. These chips wouldn’t include high-bandwidth memory or NVLink, Nvidia’s high-speed but low-latency communication interface, both of which are features of the company’s advanced AI chips. Last month, Nvidia CEO…

Breakfast cereal could use a lucky charm.U.S. sales of the colorfully packaged morning staple have been in a decades-long decline, a trend back in the spotlight with news that Italian confectioner Ferrero Group plans to purchase WK Kellogg, maker of Corn Flakes, Froot Loops, Rice Krispies and other familiar brands. Except for a brief period during the coronavirus pandemic, when many workers were home and had time to sit down with a bowl of cereal and milk, sales of cold cereal have steadily fallen for at least 25 years, experts say. In the 52 weeks ending July 3, 2021, Americans…

by Donald Wood Last updated: 8:40 AM ET, Fri July 11, 2025 Australian airline Qantas Airways announced that more than a million customers were impacted by a cyber-attack earlier this month, with phone numbers, birth dates and home addresses possibly compromised.According to Reuters.com, Qantas officials described the attack as one of the “country’s biggest cyber breaches in years,” with an additional four million customers having their names and email addresses exposed to hackers. The airline said that investigators have found no evidence that any personal customer data was released, but the company is working with security officials to monitor the…

With the departure of X CEO Linda Yaccarino, which was announced Wednesday, the company that defined text-first social networking faces renewed competition. Year-over-year, the Elon Musk-owned social network has seen its daily active user base decline by roughly 10% as of the second quarter of 2025, according to new data provided by app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. While X’s user base is still 65% larger than Meta’s Threads and 10 times larger than its next-biggest rival, Bluesky, X’s lasting victory in this space is not guaranteed. On mobile devices, there’s already some indication that Threads is catching up. New data…

CNN  —  India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation bureau has released a preliminary report on the Air India flight that crashed in June, pointing to a possible issue with the engine fuel supply. The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport before it careened back to earth. Everyone on board was killed, except for one passenger. According to the report obtained by CNN, the fuel control switches in the cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner had been flipped, resulting in engine problems. The aircraft had reached an airspeed of 180 knots when both engines’ fuel cutoff switches were “transitioned…

Guests who are into hiding ducks will have to find one less place to play this hide-and-seek game during their next cruise on Royal Caribbean. The line has banned the hiding of ducks in the Central Park neighborhood on its Oasis and Quantum class ships, as shared in a post on the Cruise Critic message boards. According to a message on the Royal Caribbean forum, the cruise line has banned hiding ducks in Central Park to protect the plants. A member named ‘rrraydon’ who originally posted the topic, along with a photo from another cruiser, said, “It’s about time. Central Park plants and flowers have been…