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by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 1:50 PM ET, Wed September 24, 2025 Leading luxury cruise company from China, Century Cruises, officially opened for reservations in the United States on September 15—and to celebrate, it’s offering 30 percent commissions for travel advisors who book new cruises through October 15. The cruise line offers a range of cruises and cruisetours, from four- to five-day cruises on the Yangtze River to 18-day cruisetours combining China with other countries, like Vietnam and Japan. Cruisers can enjoy complimentary Chinese visas on two of the 18-day tours, making it easy to visit China.  Century Cruises has just…

Kevin Rose last spoke at Disrupt in 2012, when Digg was in the middle of one of tech’s most talked-about pivots. More than a decade later, he returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, to talk about relaunching Digg alongside Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian — and to share what that experience taught him about product, community, and building through turbulence. But Rose’s story doesn’t end with Digg. Over the past decade, he’s become one of Silicon Valley’s most active early-stage investors, backing category-defining startups in consumer tech, crypto, and beyond. As a partner at…

A Breeze Airways airplane on the tarmac at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, on May 27, 2021.Matt May | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. startup airline Breeze Airways is planning to fly internationally for the first time early next year, aiming to win over sun-seeking travelers as the carrier enters its fifth year of flying.The airline’s host of seasonal service kicks off on Jan. 10 with a Saturday-only route between Norfolk, Virginia, and Cancun, Mexico, followed by roundtrips between Charleston, South Carolina, and Cancun on Jan. 17, also only on Saturdays.Other routes include Saturday service to Cancun starting from New…

Sandals and Beaches Resorts are set to debut a new wedding option next year – Nature’s Vow – which will add eco-friendly elements to the destination wedding experience.In tandem with the launch, couples who book a minimum seven-night stay or longer will receive a free “Sweetheart Wedding” package for up to 10 guests. The offer applies to couples booking stays or more nights at 10 resorts in a Club or Butler Suite.“With Nature’s Vow, we’re not only giving couples a stunning new design inspiration, but also a way to celebrate responsibly –in harmony with the islands we call home,” said…

Waymo’s ever-expanding robotaxi aspirations have spread to the corporate world. The Alphabet-owned self-driving vehicle unit has launched “Waymo for Business,” a new service designed for companies to set up accounts so their employees can access robotaxis in cities like Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. Waymo announced Wednesday in a blog post it is inviting organizations to sign up for Waymo for Business. The new service will let businesses subsidize their employees’ rides or purchase promo codes in bulk, which can be handed out to clients, customers, or workers. The Waymo for Business rides will cost the same as its…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Laila Lockhart Kraner first slipped on the headband and cat ears for “Gabby’s Dollhouse” at age 11, she couldn’t have predicted how her character’s mantras of positivity and resilience and “failing fantastically” without giving up would shape her own life.Six years later, those lessons are so embedded in Kraner’s life that they’ve become core principles rather than just lines in a script. That voice of imagination and persistence — which has become familiar to millions of kids around the world — now moves from the series’ cozy living room to DreamWorks Animation’ s first ever…

NEW YORK (AP) — A smiling Sean “Diddy” Combs waved to his supporters as he returned to court Thursday for a hearing that could help a judge decide how long the Grammy-winning producer will stay in prison.Judge Arun Subramanian then began listening to arguments from lawyers on points of law that could help him decide a sentence for the Bad Boy Records founder, who was convicted of prostitution-related charges in July.Combs, 55, will have been jailed for nearly 13 months when he is sentenced Oct. 3.His lawyers argued in court papers submitted this week that he should be sentenced to…

A sign is posted in front of a CarMax dealership on April 10, 2025 in Santa Rosa, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Shares of CarMax were down by more than 20% in early trading Thursday after the used auto retailer missed Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and revenue expectations.CarMax shares were trading early Thursday under $45 — the stock’s lowest price since March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic closed down U.S. auto production and many retailers. The stock is down around 46% this year, with a less than $6.7 billion market cap. The company’s results included earnings…

Up Norway introduced a seven-day “Arctic Women, Blazing Trails: A Hosted Women’s Empowerment Trip” expedition, which will be led  Randi Skaug, the first Norwegian woman to summit Mount Everet and complete the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents; and Hege Enge Dekkerhus, founder of Norwegian Wild, a nature retreat based in the Ånderdalen National Park on the Norwegian island of Senja.“Limited to eight guests and departing March 25, 2026, the inaugural journey answers growing demand for transformative, skills-based and community-driven travel, pairing practical Arctic know-how with moments of reflection, shared meals, and the kind of…

The launch of Apple’s latest operating system, iOS 26, introduced a new design language called Liquid Glass. The interface makeover, one of Apple’s largest since the shift from skeuomorphic to flat design in 2013, adds a translucent, glass-like material to Apple’s software. This is used across iOS elements like buttons, sliders, media controls, switches, notifications, tab bars, app sidebars, and in system experiences like the Control Center, Home Screen, Lock Screen, and more. The design itself is inspired by mixed-reality (AR/VR) devices like the Apple Vision Pro and is potentially gearing up for a future where the OS does, in…