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Villas of Distinction, a leader in luxury villa rentals worldwide, is doubling down on its support for travel advisors with an extended bonus commission program that pays out commissions at the time of deposit—unlike any other company in the luxury villa market.The program, which runs through July 31, 2025, offers travel advisors up to $5,000 in bonus commission on new villa bookings for travel through December 31, 2026. This initiative aims to reward advisors more quickly and frequently, regardless of travel destination or season. “We’re thrilled that our travel advisor partners continue to find meaningful value in our bonus commission…
Suno, the AI music company currently in a legal battle with music labels, announced on Thursday the acquisition of WavTool, a browser-based AI digital audio workstation (DAW). This acquisition aims to improve Suno’s editing capabilities for songwriters and producers. WavTool, launched in 2023, offers several tools to musicians, such as stem separation, AI audio generation, and an AI music assistant. Suno will integrate WavTool’s technology into its new editing interface, which launched this month. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. A company spokesperson noted that “most” of the WavTool employees moved to Suno’s product and engineering teams,…
The president of the University of Virginia is resigning following pressure from the Trump administration to step aside amid a Justice Department probe into the school’s diversity practices. James E. Ryan convened a meeting with his senior leadership on Friday and announced that he would be stepping down, according to a source who attended the UVA Board of Visitors meeting.The Justice Department had demanded Ryan step down to resolve an investigation over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to The New York Times, which was first to report the news of his resignation. In a letter to the…
CNN — The Israeli military has denied a new report that soldiers were ordered to fire at unarmed Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza, after hundreds of people were reported killed while approaching food distribution sites in recent weeks. On Friday, the daily Haaretz newspaper published an article alleging that Israeli soldiers in Gaza were instructed by their commanders to shoot at the crowds of Palestinians approaching aid sites, even as it was evident that the crowds posed no threat. One soldier who spoke anonymously with Haaretz described the approach routes to the aid sites as a “killing field”…
American Airlines is adding two new destinations to its domestic network for this winter, as part of a larger expansion that will add a total of seven new U.S. routes to the carrier’s lineup.First, the airline will add its 17th destination in California, with a new route to Santa Maria (SMX) from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) launching on October 15. Santa Maria is a small city on California’s Central Coast that’s known for its wineries and specific style of barbecue, which features beef tri-tip slow-cooked over red oak wood. American will operate two flights per day year-round from…
Google’s AI search features are killing traffic to publishers, so now the company is proposing a possible solution. On Thursday, the tech giant officially launched Offerwall, a new tool that allows publishers to generate revenue beyond the more traffic-dependent options, like ads. Offerwall lets publishers give their sites’ readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micropayments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more. In addition, Google says that publishers can add their own options to the Offerwall, like signing up for newsletters. The new feature is available for free in Google Ad Manager after earlier…
CNN — Ecuadorian forces have revealed how they captured the country’s most-wanted man, drug lord Adolfo “Fito” Macías, more than a year after his brazen prison escape prompted the president to declare an internal armed conflict to crack down on the country’s most violent gangs. After an almost 18-month manhunt for the leader of the criminal group Los Choneros, the Ecuadorian Security Bloc made a breakthrough on June 25. They obtained intelligence that alerted them to a luxurious home in the province of Manabí, the gang’s longtime stronghold for drug operations. Authorities immediately traveled to the area and launched a…
PILTON, England (AP) — Music lovers have flocked to a farm in the southwest of England for the legendary Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Emily Eavis, center right, and Michael Eavis, center, react with others as the gates open, on the first day of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset. England, Wednesday June 25, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) Emily Eavis, center right, and Michael Eavis, center, react with others as the gates open, on the first day of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset.…
Meta has hired a highly influential OpenAI researcher, Trapit Bansal, to work on its AI reasoning models under the company’s new AI superintelligence unit, a person familiar with the matter tells TechCrunch. OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wood confirmed to TechCrunch that Bansal had departed OpenAI. Bansal’s LinkedIn page says that he left OpenAI in June. Bansal has worked at OpenAI since 2022 and was a key player in kickstarting the company’s work on reinforcement learning alongside co-founder Ilya Sutskever. He is listed as a foundational contributor on OpenAI’s first AI reasoning model, o1. Bansal could offer a significant lift to Meta’s…
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