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by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 10:55 AM ET, Mon August 18, 2025 HAV Group and Havila Voyages have committed to creating a Norwegian coastal fleet that will be climate neutral, with the ambition of achieving zero emissions. The plan will include Havila’s four current ships and future newbuilds.  The project was presented to politicians, journalists and others during Arendalsuka on August 14. Bent Martini, CEO of Havila Voyages, made the announcement. Arendaksula is an annual political and societal event in Arendal, Norway focused on debates, presentations and networking.A test of the round-trip voyage of the Coastal Route Bergen – Kirkenes -…

You must stay focused. You cannot open TikTok, or Instagram, or whatever little phone games you like to play. If you fail, you will make an anthropomorphic bean very sad, because its knitting project depends on your ability to stay focused. This is the premise of Focus Friend, a productivity app created by Honey B Games and Hank Green, the longtime online creator/entrepreneur/educator/sock salesman. Though the app was soft launched last month, Focus Friend is only now gaining momentum on the App Store charts — likely because Green and his brother, author John Green, are posting about it more —…

Facebook Tweet Email Link AP  —  Norwegian prosecutors on Monday announced that they have indicted the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess on multiple charges including rape after a lengthy investigation. Oslo state attorney Sturla Henriksbø said Marius Borg Høiby could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, broadcaster NRK reported. The indictment filed in Oslo district court includes 32 counts, among them rape, abuse in a close relationship against one former partner and acts of violence against another. Other charges include making death threats and traffic violations. Høiby, the 28-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson…

Australian carrier Qantas will have to pay a historic fine for mishandling hundreds of layoffs during the height of the covid-19 pandemic, according to a court ruling on Monday.On August 18, an Australian federal court ordered the airline to pay a whopping $90 million AUD (about $58 million USD) for illegally laying off 1,820 ground crew in 2020. The fine is the largest-ever levied by a court against a company in the history of Australia’s labor laws, according to Reuters.  Australian Federal Court Judge Michael Lee said the fine was about 75% of the maximum amount he could have levied.The…

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative technology,” Paxton is quoted as saying. “By posing as sources of emotional support, AI platforms can mislead vulnerable users, especially children, into believing they’re receiving legitimate mental health care. In reality, they’re often being fed recycled, generic responses engineered to align with harvested personal data…

Carnival Festivale’s keel laying ceremony, which was held on Aug. 18, paid tribute to the music-themed ship with commemorative coins placed under its 598-ton keel block.The Carnival Cruise Line ship – which is under construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany – will house two music-themed zones on decks six, seven and eight. The ship is scheduled to make its debut in 2027 from Port Canaveral.The 180,000 gross ton Carnival Festivale and Carnival Tropicale are, respectively, the fourth and fifth ships in the line’s Excel class. Tropicale is scheduled to debut in 2028. “Carnival Festivale isn’t just joining…

Elon Musk’s X is struggling on Android devices in terms of new installs, even while App Store downloads grow, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. In July 2025, X downloads on Google Play saw a significant decline, as new installs dropped by 44% year-over-year worldwide, even as iOS downloads grew by 15%. This steep drop in installs is pulling down X’s overall average, leading to a 26% decrease in total mobile downloads year-over-year as of July. That’s still slightly better than the month prior, when total downloads had fallen by 35%, thanks to another sharp drop in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One year ago, federal authorities announced that five people had been charged in connection with the ketamine overdose death of Matthew Perry.All five have now agreed to plead guilty, including the personal assistant of the “Friends” star, an old acquaintance and two doctors.On Monday, Jasveen Sangha, who prosecutors say was a dealer known as the “Ketamine Queen,” became the fifth and final defendant to reach a deal and avoid trial.Here is a look at each of the defendants.Jasveen SanghaSangha admitted in her plea agreement that she sold Perry the lethal dose of ketamine in the days…

The July data breach at U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life allowed hackers to steal the personal information of 1.1 million customers, according to data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned. Allianz Life disclosed the data breach in late July, confirming that hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its 1.4 million customers and its employees from a cloud-stored customer relationship database. Allianz has so far refused to confirm exactly how many people are affected by the breach. Have I Been Pwned, a data breach notification site that alerts people when their email address has been caught up…

Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology,” but which opponents decry as a “MAGA loyalty test.”Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s public schools superintendent, said Monday that any teacher coming from the two blue states will be required to pass an assessment exam administered by PragerU, an Oklahoma-based conservative nonprofit, before getting a state certification.“As long as I am superintendent, Oklahoma classrooms will be safeguarded from the radical leftist ideology fostered in places like California and New…