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Facebook Tweet Email Link As protestors have taken to the streets across Spain, disrupted a billionaire’s wedding in Venice, and even caused a shutdown of the Louvre in the shape of a staff mutiny about overcrowding, Noel Josephides has been watching with one phrase on his mind: I told you so. “I could have told you that would happen 10 years ago,” he says. “And I said so. I said, ‘This is going to get out of control.’” Josephides is the longstanding chairman of Sunvil, a UK-based tour operator that has been sending comfortably-off Brits on vacation since 1970. He’s…
The exterior of a Best Buy store is seen on May 29, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesBest Buy is launching a third-party marketplace, as it tries to bulk up the variety of merchandise it offers and reverse slower sales.Starting on Tuesday, shoppers who go to Best Buy’s website and app will see products and brands that weren’t available there before, including more tech-related accessories like custom video game controllers and some non-tech items including seasonal decor and sports collectibles.The company’s online marketplace riffs off those of other retailers, such as Amazon and Walmart, by relying on…
Spotify is introducing a new feature that allows subscribers to create more professional, personalized playlists. On Tuesday, the company launched a custom transitions feature that lets you either automatically add transitions between a playlist’s tracks or customize your own using preset options like fade, rise, or blend, along with other options. To use the feature, open any playlist and select “Mix” from the toolbar to begin editing. While customizing the track with different transition styles, you can also adjust settings for things like the volume, EQ, and effects, and use the waveform and beat data to find the best spot…
General view of a Home Depot store in Midtown Manhattan on February 26, 2025 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | Corbis News | Getty ImagesHome Depot stuck by its full-year outlook on Tuesday, even as the company came in slightly shy of Wall Street’s expectations for quarterly earnings and revenue. The home improvement retailer reiterated that it expects full-year total sales to grow by 2.8% and comparable sales, which take out the impact of one-time factors like store openings and calendar differences, to rise about 1%. However, it missed Wall Street’s earnings expectations for the second straight quarter. Shares of Home Depot…
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has agreed to make a $2 billion investment in Intel in a deal described as a commitment to advanced technology and semiconductors in the United States. The agreement, in which SoftBank will buy Intel common stock, was announced Monday after markets closed. SoftBank will pay $23 per share of Intel common stock. Shares of Intel, which closed at $23.66, popped more than 5% in after-hours trading. SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said in a statement that the “strategic investment reflects our belief that advanced semiconductor manufacturing and supply will further expand in the United States,…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Brisbane, Australia — The family of a fugitive father who’s been hiding his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness for nearly four years has spoken publicly for the first time since they disappeared. Thomas Callam Phillips vanished with his children in December 2021, and despite several sightings, appeals for help, and a police search, the family’s location remains unknown. Police are seriously concerned for the children, Ember, Maverick, and Jayda – believed to be ages 9, 10 and 12, respectively – who’ve had no contact with their mother since their father failed to bring…
OpenAI today launched a new, cheaper ChatGPT paid subscription plan in India called ChatGPT GO, priced at ₹399 per month ($4.60), which is more affordable than the ₹1,999 (about $23) per month Plus Plan. The company had turned on local currency pricing for all its plans a few days ago, and with this launch, it will also allow users to pay through UPI (Unified Payment Interface), India’s payment framework. Nick Turley, VP at OpenAI and head of ChatGPT, said that this plan will increase the message, image generation, and file uploads by 10 times over the free tier. The ChatGPT…
by Donald Wood Last updated: 8:35 AM ET, Mon August 18, 2025 Hurricane Erin strengthened into a Category 4 storm on Monday morning and was bringing heavy rain and high winds to the Caribbean, with forecasts projecting a path toward the East Coast of the United States.According to FoxWeather.com, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami revealed that Hurricane Erin has impacted several Caribbean destinations already, with the storm system headed toward the southeast Bahamas and Grand Turk Island at 13 miles per hour.Tropical Atlantic remains interesting this morning as the east coast is on alert for intense coastal and…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:30 AM ET, Mon August 18, 2025 While the United States’ international tourism continues to wane as travelers from other countries choose to travel elsewhere, it seems one of those places is Mexico, with new tourism data reporting that Mexico’s seen an increase of 13.8 percent in international tourism arrivals during the first six months of 2025. According to Riviera Maya News, Mexico welcomed 47.4 million international tourists during the first six months of the year. Of that number, 5.7 million were cruise passengers, an increase of 9.6 percent from 2024. International tourists grew 10 percent…
Newsletter subscription platform Substack will begin taking advantage of an option on the U.S. App Store that allows users to make purchases outside of Apple’s in-app purchasing system. This functionality is permitted by a change to the App Store’s rules in May, as a result of Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. Since then, a number of top apps have moved to offer in-app purchase links that point to their own websites, including Spotify, Patreon, and the Amazon Kindle app, among others. In Substack’s case, support for external payments will benefit both the company, which no longer has to…