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The countdown is almost over — tomorrow’s the day! In less than 24 hours, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes over Moscone West. From October 27–29, 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators will flood San Francisco for three days of building, connecting, and deal-making. We’re just days away from live demos of never-before-seen tech and high-stakes pitches as startups compete for the $100,000 prize. The stages are being set. Booths are lighting up. Founders are fine-tuning their pitches. Investors are clearing calendars. When the excitement kicks off, the nonstop conversations, demos, and deals will begin. These are your final hours to save up…

An American Airlines Airbus A321 taxis at San Diego International Airport as a United Airlines airplane departs on August 24, 2024 in San Diego, California.Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines started pouring customers Champagne Bollinger in its top-tier lounges and cabins this fall. But at headquarters, it’s not time to celebrate — yet.American has fallen behind large rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in the post-Covid luxury travel boom that has taken Seoul spa vacations and 40th birthday bashes abroad out of the chat and armed millions of consumers with high-end…

Jamaica’s tourism officials are taking a highly proactive approach to dealing with the approach of Tropical Storm Melissa by activating the country’s cutting-edge Tourism Emergency Operations Centre (TEOC) on Oct. 24.The storm is expected to intensify over the weekend and may transform into a hurricane by Sunday, according to weather reports. “Our ability to respond swiftly and effectively to crises is what continues to set Jamaica apart as a world-class destination,” said Jamaica Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett.“Resilience has long been at the heart of Jamaica’s tourism success. We have learnt from experience that preparedness is the foundation of recovery,”…

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. (AP) — Gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University late Saturday, killing one person and wounding six others as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at the historically Black school, authorities said.A person who had a firearm was detained, and officials are investigating the possibility that there was more than one shooter but don’t believe there is any active threat to the campus, Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said during a brief news conference early Sunday. “We don’t have a lot of answers about exactly what happened,” he said. “What I will tell you…

PARIS (AP) — The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame.One week on, and the country is still wounded by the breach to its national heritage. Yet the crime is also a paradox. Some say it will make celebrities of the very jewels it sought to erase — much as the Mona Lisa’s turn-of-the-20th-century theft transformed the then little-known Renaissance portrait into the world’s most famous artwork. In 1911, a museum handyman lifted the Leonardo da…

Disney World announced specific dates and activities for Hollywood Studios’ annual Jollywood Nights festivities, which will take place in November and December.Dates for the event are set for Nov. 8, 15, 17, 22, 24, and 29, and Dec. 1, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, and 22. This year, travelers can opt to arrive 30 minutes earlier – at 5:30 p.m. – before the 7:30 p.m. kickoff for the festivities.Guests will also be privy to two new Hollywood Studios shows, including “The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure” and “Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After.” Additionally, the Holiday Fiesta en la Calle…

New AI-powered web browsers such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet are trying to unseat Google Chrome as the front door to the internet for billions of users. A key selling point of these products are their web browsing AI agents, which promise to complete tasks on a user’s behalf by clicking around on websites and filling out forms. But consumers may not be aware of the major risks to user privacy that come along with agentic browsing, a problem that the entire tech industry is trying to grapple with. Cybersecurity experts who spoke to TechCrunch say AI browser…

by Brian Major Last updated: 11:00 AM ET, Fri October 24, 2025 BermudAir’s launched Bermuda flights this month from Newark Liberty International (EWR) and LaGuardia (LGA) airports, offering a “New York triangle” of nonstop service when combined with the carrier’s continuing flights from Westchester Airport (HPN) in White Plains.The addition of the new airports expands BermudAir’s East Coast presence this winter to eight U.S. airports, including Boston, Baltimore/Washington, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond and Orlando. The carrier also serves Bermuda from Toronto, Montreal and Halifax in Canada.Flights between Bermuda and Newark will operate twice-weekly on Thursdays and Sundays, departing EWR at 11a.m., landing…

Every few weekends, 21-year-old student Lavanya Jain opens the BlaBlaCar app to find a lift from Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi to his home in Kandhla, a small town in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state. The 120-kilometer journey costs him about ₹500, the equivalent of about $6. That’s a fraction of the ₹1,500–₹2,000, or $17–$23, he would pay for a private cab. “If you’re looking for a fast, efficient, affordable, and comfortable way to travel — and you like to chat — you should basically check out BlaBlaCar,” Jain told TechCrunch, adding that he has used the app…

A couple of Thursdays ago, I awoke at nearly 4:30 a.m. to a dizzying Instagram DM.   Rizzbot, a kid-size humanoid robot that’s made by Unitree Robotics and has a massive social media following — more than 1 million TikTok followers and more than half a million followers on Instagram — had sent me a photo: he was flipping me off.  No words. No explanation. Just a robot with its middle finger raised.   Although I was shocked, a sinking feeling meant that I could guess why. A few weeks ago, Rizzbot — or the person who runs its Instagram account — and I chatted about a possible story. I found the account interesting: a humanoid walking the streets of Austin wearing Nike dunks…