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At least one cruise guest was injured after a waterslide malfunctioned aboard Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas on Thursday.Photos and video posted to social media showed a large chunk of one of the slide’s acrylic glass panels broken off, with water falling to the deck below. “Our team provided medical care to an adult guest when acrylic glass broke off a water slide as the guest passed through the slide,” a Royal Caribbean Group spokesperson told ABC News. “The guest is being treated for his injuries.” According to the news outlet, the guest’s condition is stable. However, specific injuries…
AI-generated “brain rot” videos are popping up all over the internet and getting a lot of attention. Currently gaining traction among younger users, these clips feature wild characters, like a shark wearing sneakers and a ballerina with a cappuccino for a head. One startup driving this trend is OpenArt, founded by two former Google employees in 2022. It touts around 3 million monthly active users. The company recently launched a new “one-click story” feature in open beta, which allows users to input a single sentence, a script, or even a song and turn it into a one-minute video with a…
Facebook Tweet Email Link AP — The Trump administration is doubling to $50 million a reward for the arrest of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers and working with cartels to flood the US with fentanyl-laced cocaine. “Under President Trump’s leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and he will be held accountable for his despicable crimes,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday in a video announcing the reward. Maduro was indicted in Manhattan federal court in 2020, during the first Trump presidency, along with several close allies on federal charges of narco-terrorism…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:55 AM ET, Fri August 8, 2025 Expedia Group is increasing its full-year financial projections after a successful second quarter, expecting bookings to grow between 3 and 5 percent this year compared to 2024. Expedia is the latest travel company to turn optimistic after the second quarter; others, including Marriott and several airlines, are now also preparing a full-year prediction of what they believe the rest of the year will bring. According to the travel company, which owns sites like Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, Travelocity, Booking.com and other booking sites, booked room nights grew seven percent overall…
Sometimes it’s nice to have a simple app that does one thing well without a lot of fuss. Microsoft Lens was that type of app: a mobile document scanner that turned paper documents, business cards, receipts, and anything else into easily readable digital files. Now that app is being discontinued, Microsoft says, as it directs its users to its Copilot AI chat app instead. According to a new support document, Lens will be retired from iOS and Android devices starting on September 15, 2025, then removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play on November 15, 2025. Existing users…
The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Friday, weeks after the Department of Justice accused the school of antisemitism and other civil rights violations. UCLA is the first public university whose federal grants have been targeted by the administration over allegations of civil rights violations related to antisemitism and affirmative action. The Trump administration has frozen or paused federal funding over similar allegations against private colleges.The White House official did not detail any additional demands from the administration. The person was not authorized to speak publicly…
Facebook Tweet Email Link An acrylic waterslide on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas broke open on Thursday, injuring one passenger and leaving a sizable hole in the bottom of the tubular slide. “Our team provided medical care to an adult guest when acrylic glass broke off a water slide as the guest passed through the slide,” a Royal Caribbean Group spokesperson said in a statement. “The guest is being treated for his injuries. The water slide is closed for the remainder of the sailing pending an investigation.” The guest is in stable condition. Video captured by bystanders after the…
Signage is displayed outside a permanently closed Bed Bath & Beyond retail store in Hawthorne, California, on May 1, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesBed Bath & Beyond is back — kind of. The bankrupt home goods chain is being resurrected by the owners and licensees of its intellectual property, which opened the first new Bed Bath & Beyond store in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday with potentially dozens of more to come. This time around, the store has a new name — Bed Bath & Beyond Home — and marks a “fresh start” for the beloved brand, said Amy Sullivan,…
Victoria Cruise Lines will debut the 570-passenger, 17,000-ton Victoria Isabella on Sept. 28, 2025, which it is said is the “largest and most advanced electric-hybrid vessel” to ply China’s Yangtze River.“In addition to pushing the boundaries of eco-friendly innovation with a hybrid-electric engine designed to protect the Yangtze’s precious resources by drastically reducing emissions, the Victoria Isabella becomes the first passenger ship on the river equipped with an escalator,” the American-managed company said. The vessel will be equipped with 236 Superior Staterooms with balconies and 22 Executive Suites – and is virtually identical to its sister ships: Victoria Sabrina, Victoria…
Google announced on Friday that it’s giving Google Finance, its tool that provides financial information and business news, an AI update. Users will now be able to research their financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news. With the update, users can now ask detailed questions about finance and get a comprehensive AI response that includes links to relevant sites. Instead of having to look up individual stock details, users can ask complex questions in one go. As for the new charting tools, Google says these “will help you visualize financial data beyond simple…