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PARIS (AP) — The funeral for Brigitte Bardot will be held next week in Saint-Tropez, the glamorous French Riviera resort she helped make famous and where she lived for more than a half-century, local authorities said.The cinema star and animal rights activist died Sunday at the age of 91 at her home in southern France.A ceremony is scheduled on Jan. 7 at the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Catholic Church and will be broadcast on two large screens set up at the port and on the Place des Lices central square, Saint-Tropez town hall said in a statement Monday.The burial will then take place…
Mark Zuckerberg has struck again. Meta Platforms is acquiring Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup that’s become the talk of Silicon Valley since it materialized this spring with a demo video so slick it went instantly viral. The clip showed an AI agent that could do things like screen job candidates, plan vacations, and analyze stock portfolios. Manus claimed at the time that it outperformed OpenAI’s Deep Research. By April, just weeks after launch, the early-stage firm Benchmark led a $75 million funding round that assigned Manus a post-money valuation of $500 million. General partner Chetan Puttagunta joined the board. Per…
What to buy, what to serve, which events to attend — December is typically full of decisions. Here’s one more for you to contemplate: What are you going to do with your Christmas tree?According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. There, they are covered with soil, which results in anaerobic (oxygen-deprived) decomposition rather than the aerobic (oxygen-fueled) process by which they would break down in a natural setting, such as on the forest floor.Anaerobic decomposition is not only very slow (a tree can take years to break down) but it…
Travelers based in the Midwest will have easier access to dozens of destinations this spring, thanks to American Airlines’ latest route expansion. The carrier, which recently announced big plans for its Dallas hub, is adding 100 new daily departures from its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), and the new flights launch just in time for spring break getaways. American plans to add flights to more than 75 destinations and double the number of flights from ORD to popular domestic spring break destinations, including Las Vegas (LAS); Panama City, Florida (ECP); and Sarasota, Florida (SRQ). The airline will also more than…
U.S. airports are entering a new era of heightened security screening, and for many international travelers, that means a lot more than just pulling out a passport. A new customs and border policy that took effect on December 26 has expanded the federal government’s ability to collect biometric information from non-U.S. citizens entering or leaving the country. The change is part of a broader push by the Trump administration to tighten immigration controls. Under the new system, travelers passing through U.S. airports will now have their faces scanned and photographed as part of routine screening. Those images will be matched…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:20 AM ET, Mon December 29, 2025 Travelers hoping to celebrate the New Year in a few days’ time might find themselves disappointed, depending on where they’re visiting this week, as several big cities across the globe cancel their New Year’s Eve parties due to terror threats, worries over safety and other related issues.According to British publication Express, several parties have been cancelled due to credible threats. The Paris concert for New Year’s Eve was canceled due to security concerns, though not due to terror. Authorities had asked the mayor of Paris to cancel the…
Hyatt Hotels Corporation unveiled the 434-room Hyatt Regency Nha Trang, its first property located in Vietnam’s south-central region.The oceanfront hotel features an “interior design inspired by the ocean and traditional fishing villages with soft natural palettes and handcrafted accents,” Hyatt said. “Every detail has been thoughtfully curated for a seamless stay, from plush bedding and spacious layouts to rainfall showers and smart in-room technology.”On the culinary front, the property houses the Market Café, which is open throughout the day, offering dining experiences that blend Vietnamese and Italian cuisine; The Lounge, in the fifth-floor lobby, which is the spot for cakes and afternoon…
There has been a flurry of AI voice recording gadgets like Omi, Bee, and Friend that want to capture your voice and let you converse with an AI chatbot. While Bee was acquired by Amazon, and devices like the Stream ring by Sandbar and a new AI ring from former Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky are set to enter the market next year, the jury is still out on the success of wearable AI devices. Amid all this, Plaud is thriving by targeting professional users with a different approach: a credit card-sized recording device that slips into your wallet. The company…
Money was no object for the AI industry in early 2025. A vibe check crept in the second half of the year. OpenAI raised $40 billion at a $300 billion valuation. Safe Superintelligence and Thinking Machine Labs raised individual $2 billion seed rounds before shipping a single product. Even first-time founders were raising at a scale that once belonged only to Big Tech. Such astronomical investments were followed by equally incredible spends. Meta shelled out nearly $15 billion to lock up Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and spent countless more millions to poach talent from other AI labs. Meanwhile, AI’s…
American Airlines announced that it will fundamentally change the way it operates at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), its largest hub. More than 30 percent of all daily connecting customers and daily connecting checked bags travel through the airline’s hometown airport. Now the airline is investing millions of dollars to fortify DFW. For more than a decade, American’s schedule at DFW has been concentrated across nine banks, or large clusters of flights across the operating day. Like with other airlines’ schedules, this times large groups of flights together, coordinating arrivals and departures, and allowing for quick and seamless connections.Beginning in April, and visible…