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Uber Eats announced on Wednesday that it will now allow restaurants and merchants to chat with customers to help prevent issues with orders. The app is also introducing new AI tools for merchants, and is inviting users to submit photos of their orders if the item doesn’t yet have a menu image. With the new “Live order chat” feature, merchants can message customers in real time to do things like confirm replacements for sold-out items, clarify special requests, and check on dietary or allergy preferences. Uber states that users can’t initiate chats with merchants, as customers can only message merchants…
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are urging a judge to reject this week’s renewed request for bail for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying nothing has changed since his conviction last month on prostitution-related charges to warrant a fresh look.They also said their initial calculations that federal sentencing guidelines would call for a prison term of at least four to five years at his Oct. 3 sentencing was substantially less than what the guidelines will actually recommend. The government’s written submission to a Manhattan federal court judge was filed late Thursday after a defense lawyer two days earlier made a…
Google is testing a machine learning-powered tech in the U.S. to determine the age of users and filter content across all its products accordingly. The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age. If the company’s tool decides that a user is under 18, they would get an email with details about how Google products might change for them. For these users, Google will disable the timeline in Maps, stop personalized ads, restrict age-restricted ad categories, and bar…
Facebook Tweet Email Link San Salvador, El Salvador AP — The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s Legislative Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years. Lawmaker Ana Figueroa from the New Ideas party had proposed the changes to five articles of the constitution. The proposal also included eliminating the second round of the election where the two top vote-getters from the first round face off. New Ideas and its allies in the Legislative Assembly quickly approved the proposals with the supermajority they hold. The…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 12:05 PM ET, Thu July 31, 2025 Cruise passengers were left behind in Hawaii after their ship departed early because of a tsunami warning.On July 29, some travelers sailing aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s ship Pride of America were stranded overnight after the vessel left two hours ahead of its scheduled departure time. The ship left early because of a tsunami warning prompted by the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Russia. Hawaii’s Department of Transportation requested that the vessel leave Hilo Harbor, per the New York Times.“In response to local emergency procedures…
Autonomous vehicles have long been touted as “just around the corner,” but the reality of what it takes to bring self-driving cars to the streets is anything but simple. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana joins the Disrupt Stage for a wide-ranging conversation on the current state of AVs — and where the industry goes from here. Inside the self-driving reality check While the headlines often focus on crashes, controversies, or overblown promises, Tekedra has spent years navigating the real-world path to autonomous mobility. At Disrupt, she’ll dig into…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing a couple he didn’t know who were hiking with two of their children in an Arkansas state park is expected to have his first court appearance Friday.Andrew James McGann, 28, has been charged with two counts of capital murder in the killing Saturday of Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41. He is being held without bond and is expected to appear at the Washington County Detention Center.Arkansas State Police Col. Mike Hagar said authorities are trying to determine a motive for the attack…
Angel Christopher Gomez and Sezin Aksoy. (Photo Credit: AmaWaterways)AmaWaterways has expanded its executive team with two new senior vice presidents.Angel Christopher Gomez, has been appointed senior vice president, global consumer sales and service, and Sezin Aksoy will serve as senior vice president, revenue management, insights and analytics. Gomez formerly served as associate vice president at Celebrity Cruises, overseeing global sales and service operations, and led initiatives to fortify guest engagement and team development.In his new position, Gomez will collaborate with “key departments to expand omnichannel capabilities and further elevate the guest and travel advisor experience,” AmaWaterways said. Askoy, who began…
Ford is set to reveal more information about its upcoming low-cost electric vehicles at an event in Kentucky on August 11. And the company is talking a very big game: CEO Jim Farley said Wednesday that the announcement is “a Model T moment” for Ford. Farley made the comments after Ford revealed its electric vehicle division posted a loss of around $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2025. Sales of the company’s top two EVs, the F-150 Lightning and the Mustang Mach-E, are declining, all while things are looking increasingly tough for electric vehicles under the second Trump administration.…
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as athletic director at Stanford.Donahoe will become the school’s eighth athletic director and replace Bernard Muir, who stepped down this year. He will officially begin in the role Sept. 8.“Stanford occupies a unique place in the national athletics landscape,” school president Jon Levin said in a statement. “We needed a distinctive leader — someone with the vision, judgment, and strategic acumen for a new era of college athletics, and with a deep appreciation for Stanford’s model of scholar-athlete excellence. John embodies these characteristics.”ESPN first reported the move.Donahoe graduated…