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In celebration of the U.S. 250th anniversary, American Cruise Lines has added a fifth new itinerary to their 2026 collection of extended cruises.American’s 32-Day Revolutionary War Cruise will sail between Albany, New York and Washington, D.C. from October 8 to November 5, 2026. The patriotic adventure will feature Revolutionary War experts on onboard telling the story of America’s fight for independence as guests sail the Hudson River and sections of the East Coast during peak fall foliage season. Small ship ports of call include New York City, Boston, Annapolis, Yorktown, Sleepy Hollow, Newport, Plymouth and Philadelphia. Guests have the opportunity…

Rivian has filed a lawsuit in Ohio to be able to sell its electric vehicles directly to consumers in the state — the latest swing in a perpetual fight between up-and-coming American automakers and the entrenched and powerful dealership lobby. The company sued the registrar of Ohio’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) on Monday in federal court, claiming the state is harming consumers by blocking direct sales. Rivian is currently able to sell EVs directly to consumers in 25 states and in Washington, D.C. Ohio’s BMV did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Ohio’s prohibition of Rivian’s direct-sales-only…

Facebook Tweet Email Link A zoo in northern Denmark is asking pet owners to donate their unwanted guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens and even small horses – not to put them on display but to feed them to the zoo’s predators. The Aalborg Zoo wrote in a Facebook post that it is trying to “imitate the natural food chain of the animals”. “Chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs form an important part of the diet of our predators,” it wrote in the post alongside an image of openmouthed, sharp-toothed lynx. “That way, nothing goes to waste — and we ensure natural behavior,…

Riviera Travel launched a new website, which was designed to simplify the booking process with a swath of enhanced tools for advisors and their clients, along with a “more intuitive and user-friendly interface,” the river cruise line said.Through the “Read More” function, users no longer need to navigate multiple pages. The site is also equipped with a blog section with frequently asked questions and tips, “providing valuable insights and expert guidance for travel advisors,” Riveria Travel said.Additionally, Riviera Explorer, the company’s new digital platform, which was unveiled in July, offers training videos that educate travel advisors on how to navigate…

Foxconn has sold the former GM factory it has owned for three years after failing to stand up any meaningful, large-scale electric vehicle production there. The pivot marks the second major failure of Foxconn to deliver on its promises to help revive U.S. manufacturing. The iPhone-maker once promised to build a giant LCD factory in Wisconsin — a project that Donald Trump called the “eighth wonder of the world” during his first term — and wound up underdelivering to an extreme degree. Foxconn says the buyer is an “existing business partner” named “Crescent Dune LLC,” an entity that was created…

Travelers might notice a spiffy new look the next time they board an Alaska Airlines plane. The Seattle-based carrier has been refreshing its Boeing 737-800 fleet, and it’s now unveiling the first look at the new interiors and first-class seats. In a recent LinkedIn post, Christopher Dela Rosa, Alaska’s cabin product director, shared a sneak peek inside the first Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800—tail number N558AS—to receive the updated interior. Alaska took the aircraft on a quick test flight in early August to evaluate the renovated products. The new cabins have Recaro R5 seats in first class and Recaro R2 seats in…

Google’s AI-powered bug hunter has just reported its first batch of security vulnerabilities.  Heather Adkins, Google’s vice president of security, announced Monday that its LLM-based vulnerability researcher Big Sleep found and reported 20 flaws in various popular open source software. Adkins said that Big Sleep, which is developed by the company’s AI department DeepMind as well as its elite team of hackers Project Zero, reported its first-ever vulnerabilities, mostly in open source software such as audio and video library FFmpeg and image-editing suite ImageMagick.  Given that the vulnerabilities are not fixed yet, we don’t have details of their impact or…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Post is launching a California tabloid newspaper and news site next year, the company announced Monday, bringing an assertive, irreverent and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple media landscape to the Golden State. In the process, it is creating a 21st-century rarity: a new American newspaper with a robust print edition. Adding another title to Rupert Murdoch ‘s media empire, The California Post is setting out to cover politics, local news, business, entertainment and sports in the nation’s most populous state, while drawing and building on the venerable New York paper’s national coverage.…

Dribbble has permanently banned dozens of designers from its platform following a new effort to pivot to a marketplace and chase monetization. This includes one of the platform’s most well-known designers, Gleb Kuznetsov, founder of the San Francisco-based design studio Milkinside. Dribbble deleted his account with its over 210 million followers because he shared his contact information with prospective clients through the platform in violation of its new rules. Remarked Kuznetsov in a post on X, “I brought 100,000+ monthly users. 15 years of work. 12,000+ shots. All instantly deleted, because a client asked for my email. One warning. No appeal.” Fed up with the changes…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs. Authorities scrambled to relocate dozens of children and staff from the Saint-Hélène orphanage run by Nos Petits Frères et Sœurs, an international charity with offices in Mexico and France. The orphanage cares for more than 240 children, according to its website. Among those kidnapped early Sunday was Gena Heraty, an Irish missionary who has worked in Haiti since 1993 and oversaw the…