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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A band of leg-sore Australian friends are claiming a new world record for the longest nonstop game of beach touch rugby, accumulating around 1,500 points during a grueling 34 hours of play, one of the players said Friday.Neither side knows who won. Organizers of the Tama Touch Group, which played the game on Wednesday and Thursday as a charity event at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, decided against providing a running score for fear of overexciting the fatigued players’ competitive instincts, competitor Harry Preston said.“It’s not about who beats who. It’s about collectively breaking the record and…

Waymo has been cleared to serve its first airport in California: San Jose Mineta International. The company announced Thursday that it will start testing its robotaxis there in the coming months, and that it plans to start offering commercial rides by the end of the year. The company has spent years working toward serving airports in its home state. Waymo was going back-and-forth with officials at San Francisco’s airport back in 2023 but was rebuffed. Earlier this year, though, Waymo was granted a permit to start manually mapping the major airport as a first step toward launching a commercial service…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 1:25 PM ET, Thu September 4, 2025 Bookings are now open for Atlas Ocean Voyages’ 2027 solar eclipse expedition.The voyage will depart July 27, 2027 from Barcelona, Spain, then spend eight nights sailing through the Mediterranean to destinations in Spain and Portugal. On August 2, 2027, it will get into position at sea to take in the total eclipse, with insights from astronomer Jonathan H. Ward. The voyage concludes in Lisbon, Portugal.Some of the highlights of the trip include an overnight in Ibiza featuring a curated wine tasting in Santa Gertrudis, an exploration of Cartagena’s…

Having built and sold e-commerce shipping startup Deliverr to Shopify for $2.1 billion in 2022, co-founder and CEO Harish Abbott knows the logistics industry well. Abbott felt that many manual tasks in logistics could be automated using AI. That’s why last year he launched Augment, which offers an AI assistant called “Augie” that can take over tedious and repetitive work performed by freight shippers, carriers, and brokers. On Thursday, Augment announced that it raised an $85 million Series A led by Redpoint, with participation from 8VC, Autotech Ventures, and others. The massive round comes just five months after the startup…

Nepal has ordered internet service providers to block access to major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X, after the companies failed to comply with local registration rules — drawing criticism from media rights groups and raising concerns over censorship and free expression. On Thursday, Nepal’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology directed the Nepal Telecommunications Authority to instruct internet service providers to restrict access to 26 social media platforms altogether. The move followed a meeting of ministry officials earlier in the day. Nepal has an internet penetration rate of over 90%, according to data from the Nepal…

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Crowded around a workshop table, four girls at de Zavala Middle School puzzled over a Lego machine they had built. As they flashed a purple card in front of a light sensor, nothing happened. The teacher at the Dallas-area school had emphasized that in the building process, there is no such thing as mistakes. Only iterations. So the girls dug back into the box of blocks and pulled out an orange card. They held it over the sensor and the machine kicked into motion. “Oh! Oh, it reacts differently to different colors,” said sixth grader Sofia…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 11:25 AM ET, Thu September 4, 2025 HX Expeditions is launching a new fall promotion as it gears up for its 130th anniversary next year.Guests who book by December 3 can save up to $2,500 on select voyages. During the sale, guests can save up to 25 percent off Galápagos cruises, up to 15 percent off Antarctica voyages, up to 35 percent off Arctic Norway and up to 10 percent off trips to Greenland, Svalbard and Alaska. In addition, guests can enjoy an early booking bonus that includes an additional $500 off for reservations made…

OpenAI says it’s developing an AI-powered hiring platform to connect businesses and employees, a service that would put the outfit in close competition with LinkedIn. The product is called the OpenAI Jobs Platform, and the company expects to launch the service by mid-2026, an OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch. OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo announced the new endeavor in a blog post Thursday, saying the company will “use AI to help find the perfect matches between what companies need and what workers can offer.” Simo said the service would offer a dedicated track for small businesses and local governments to…

TOKYO (AP) — Kokichi Akuzawa almost gave up during his trek to became the oldest person to summit Mount Fuji at age 102, an achievement recognized by Guinness World Records after he reached the top in early August.“I was really tempted to give up halfway through,” Akuzawa told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “Reaching the summit was tough, but my friends encouraged me, and it turned out well. I managed to get through it because so many people supported me.” Akuzawa climbed with his 70-year-old daughter Motoe, his granddaughter, her husband and four friends from a local mountain…

Airlines in the United States have been adding routes and adjusting their flight schedules following news of low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines struggling to stay in business. Last week, Frontier Airlines announced 20 new routes in markets where Spirit operates—a move that many airline analysts saw as Frontier preparing for Spirit to soon exit those cities. Now, United Airlines is also adding new flights in 15 Spirit markets, just in case the low-cost carrier folds. “If Spirit suddenly goes out of business it will be incredibly disruptive, so we’re adding these flights to give their customers other options if they want or…