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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Watching his dad make a brand-new miniature train car look old, placing the wooden parts to weather in the sun and rain, pulled Peter Martínez into the world of miniatures. He recalls his father, who made model trains mostly for collectors or hobbyists, wondering why anyone would pay him to do what he thought was the most fun part of the hobby.“But luckily they did, and we were able to build an industry around it,” Martínez said.The Argentine family business, United Scale Arts, is now partnering with Germany’s Miniatur Wunderland, a museum that houses the largest…

Southwest Airlines new premium seats featuring extra legroom.Leslie Josephs/CNBCSouthwest Airlines’ first assigned seats went on sale this week for flights starting Jan. 27 of next year. What you’ll pay will vary.The price depends on the route, when you’re traveling and where you sit. Selecting your ideal seats can add hundreds of dollars to the cost of a family vacation, similar to flying on other airlines.For example, a roundtrip ticket in the “Choice” ticket class — the second cheapest type of ticket — between Denver International Airport and Orlando International Airport leaving Feb. 14 and returning Feb. 21, which coincides with…

A Singapore-based deep tech startup called SixSense has developed an AI-powered platform that helps semiconductor manufacturers predict and detect potential chip defects on production lines in real time. It has raised $8.5 million in Series A bringing its total funding to around $12 million. The round was led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia India & SEA), with participation from Alpha Intelligence Capital, FEBE, and others. Founded in 2018 by engineers Akanksha Jagwani (CTO) and Avni Agarwal (CEO), SixSense aims to address a fundamental challenge in semiconductor manufacturing: converting raw production data, from defect images to equipment signals, into real-time…

The Middle East Race & ethnicity Student life Israel-Hamas war See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link The French government will deport a Gaza student accused of reposting alleged antisemitic content on her social media and halt all evacuations from the territory, the country’s foreign minister said Friday as outrage grows over her reposts. “She must leave the country. She does not have a place in France,” Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview with radio station France Info, without saying if authorities would return the student back to Gaza. The foreign minister did not name the woman, who has also…

Moderna logo is seen in Warsaw, Poland on April 9, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesModerna on Friday lowered the high end of its 2025 revenue outlook due to a delay in vaccine shipments to the U.K., but beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second quarter as it works to cut costs.Shares of Moderna fell more than 6% in premarket trading on Friday.The biotech company now expects full-year revenue to come in between $1.5 billion and $2.2 billion, down $300 million at the top of that range. The results come a day after Moderna announced plans to slash…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 2:30 PM ET, Thu July 31, 2025 Seabourn is offering the trip of a lifetime. The line’s new “Pole to Pole: Grand Expedition” cruise will journey from the high Arctic to Antarctica, covering more than 20,500 nautical miles over the course of 94 days.The voyage departs August 17, 2027, and concludes November 19, 2027. Offered aboard the Seabourn Venture, the cruise is now available for booking for past guests and will open to members of the public on August 13. The sailing is “unlike anything we’ve ever offered and is a once-in-a-lifetime journey designed for…

Paying with a handwave once sounded like science fiction, but contactless palm recognition service Amazon One has already been used more than 8 million times, according to the company. That’s Amazon, though, which explains why it has been deployed in Amazon stores and more than 500 Whole Foods Market stores in the U.S., but only 150 third-party locations. Meanwhile, fintech startups like Latvia’s Handwave are stepping onto the field, aiming to provide third-party retailers with a similar but independent solution for faster checkout while leveraging the giant’s role in popularizing biometric payments in the West. (China has already begun adopting…

US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s trip to an aid distribution site in Gaza was met with hope, skepticism and anger from its citizens as starvation spreads through the territory. Hatem Abu Rahma, a Gaza resident, said he hoped Witkoff’s visit to Rafah would lead to a ceasefire agreement that “puts an end to the starvation.” “My message to the US envoy, Mr. Witkoff, is to intensify efforts to end the war and relieve the suffering of thousands of people in Gaza. It’s now clear to everyone that Gaza is no longer livable, there’s no education, no healthcare, and starvation continues…

LONDON (AP) — British writer Allan Ahlberg, author of more than 150 children’s books including classics like “Eat Peach Pear Plum” and “The Jolly Postman,” has died, his publisher said Friday. He was 87.Penguin Random House said Ahlberg died on Tuesday. It did not give a cause of death.Ahlberg’s books introduced generations of young children to reading through simple rhymes, sharp observation and gentle humor. Many were co-created with his illustrator wife Janet Ahlberg, who died in 1994.“Peepo!” (1981) gave a baby’s-eye-view of the world and was interactive in a delightfully analogue way, with peep-holes in the pages to spy…

Privacy-focused productivity tool company Proton released a new authenticator app today, allowing users to log in to services using dynamically generated two-factor authentication codes. The free app is available on all platforms starting today, including iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux. The app allows users to sync codes and accounts across devices. The company said that just like its other products, Proton Authenticator is open source and uses end-to-end encryption to protect user data. Users can easily import login codes from other authentication apps, the company said. Plus, the app automatically backs up codes and also works without any internet…