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by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 2:00 PM ET, Tue August 5, 2025 Celebrity Cruises is unveiling its selection of 2027-28 itineraries, offering more than 175 sailings around the globe.The new line-up includes voyages to more than 180 destinations in Europe, Alaska, Hawaii, Australia, Japan, Canada and New England. “With unforgettable itineraries that span the globe, guests can discover incredible destinations while enjoying the unrivaled hospitality Celebrity Cruises is known for,” says Laura Hodges Bethge, president of Celebrity Cruises. “Our 2027-2028 sailings provide incredible destination experiences to both first-time cruisers and cruising veterans.” Celebrity will have seven ships sailing in Europe, including…

Microsoft is making OpenAI’s new free and open GPT model, gpt-oss-20b, available to Windows 11 users via Windows AI Foundry, the tech giant’s platform that lets users tap AI features, APIs, and popular open source models on their computers. The company said in a blog post that gpt‑oss-20b is “tool-savvy and lightweight,” adding: “Optimized for agentic tasks like code execution and tool use, it runs efficiently on a range of Windows hardware, with support for more devices coming soon. It’s perfect for building autonomous assistants or embedding AI into real-world workflows, even in bandwidth-constrained environments.” Launched on Tuesday, OpenAI’s gpt-oss-20b…

Facebook Tweet Email Link American journalist Alec Luhn, who went missing while hiking in a Norwegian national park, has been found alive, according to the Norwegian Red Cross. Luhn was found near Folgefonna National Park by helicopter crew and has been taken for medical treatment, the organization wrote on X Wednesday. “We are very, very happy! Many thanks to everyone in Norway who has helped to find him,” Luhn’s wife Veronika Silchenko told local news outlet VG by phone after her husband was found. The journalist was found with some injuries to his legs, according to Svein Buer, an emergency…

Country superstar Brad Paisley and Americana powerhouse Emmylou Harris will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday.The new class also includes Steve Bogard and Tony Martin in the contemporary songwriter category, Jim Lauderdale in the contemporary songwriter/artist category and Don Cook in the veteran songwriter category. They will be formally inducted on Oct. 6 during the 55th Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala held at the Music City Center.Paisley, a three-time Grammy-winning country music superstar with a whopping 41 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, is known for writing many of his own…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 2:55 PM ET, Tue August 5, 2025 Japan continues to be the darling of the travel world.The country is on track to surpass a record-breaking 40 million international visitors by the end of 2025, according to a new analysis by Tourist Japan, one of the country’s top tour operators.  More than 28.5 million travelers arrived in Japan during the first half of the year alone, marking a tremendous resurgence for the country. For just the month of June, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reported 3.3 million arrivals, marking the sixth consecutive month where monthly arrivals…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 marks 20 years of shaping the startup world — and tonight’s your last chance to save up to $675 on your ticket. From October 27–29, Disrupt returns to Moscone West in San Francisco. Join 10,000+ tech innovators, founders, VCs, and ecosystem builders for three days of high-impact programming, networking, and startup energy. But first: your savings. You have until 11:59 p.m. PT tonight to save up to $675. Once the clock strikes midnight, prices jump. Register now. Why you won’t want to miss this 20th-anniversary Disrupt TechCrunch Disrupt has been the launchpad for breakthroughs and next-generation deals…

Facebook Tweet Email Link London  —  The Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO), one of Britain’s most prestigious arts institutions, has canceled its planned production of “Tosca” in Israel after a widespread staff backlash. In a recent open letter, 182 members of staff said they “reject” holding current or future performances in Israel because of its war in Gaza. The RBO had planned to stage the three-act opera, which dramatizes the “devastation of war,” in collaboration with the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv next year. But the signatories accused the RBO of having “chosen to actively support the Israeli state” while…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If there’s one thing Zach Cregger learned while writing and directing his upcoming horror movie “Weapons,” it’s that the best laughs won’t come from the jokes he writes.The film follows Cregger’s 2022 solo directorial debut “Barbarians,” the widely celebrated genre-bending horror. This time, the young director bends even more, spinning a town into chaos when all children but one from the same classroom mysteriously vanish, leaving a trail of questions in their place.The Warner Bros. release hits theaters Friday and is as creepy as it is hilarious — a delicate balance that required Cregger to strip…

Packages of M&M’s milk chocolate candy are stacked at a Costco Wholesale store in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2025.Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesCandy maker Mars said Wednesday it has partnered with biotech company Pairwise to speed up the development of more resilient cocoa using CRISPR-based gene editing technology.The agreement gives the M&M’s maker access to Pairwise’s Fulcrum platform, which includes a library of plant traits, and gives Mars the ability to tailor its crops to be stronger and more sustainable.CRISPR is a gene-editing tool that makes fast and precise changes to DNA. In farming,…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 3:15 PM ET, Tue August 5, 2025 Smithsonian Journeys and AmaWaterways are teaming up to offer 42 new river cruises in 2027, including new itineraries in France and Southeast Asia.Together, the two companies will offer 11 voyages on some of Europe’s most iconic rivers, including the Danube, Rhine, Douro, Seine and Rhône.  All departures—which range from eight to 15 days—include optional pre- and post-cruise land packages hosted by an AmaWaterways cruise manager. Each journey also includes exclusive excursions and opportunities to connect with various scholars. Two Smithsonian Journeys experts will also be aboard each voyage. “We…