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Construction on Royal Caribbean’s seventh Oasis ship began on Oct. 23, with the vessel’s first piece of steel cut at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France.The ship, which has yet to be named, is scheduled to enter service in 2028. To mark the occasion, a steel-cutting ceremony was held at the shipyard and attended by Royal Caribbean and Chantiers de l’Atlantique officials, as well as a slate of naval engineers, architects, and designers.“From the original Oasis of the Seas to the ultimate short getaway on Utopia of the Seas, the evolution continues for the record-setting Oasis Class with…

Just three days until liftoff for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — and the Space Stage is ready to explore the future of space tech (and every other frontier of innovation). Space leaders Adam Maher (Ursa), Dr. Lucy Hoag (Violet Labs), and Dr. Debra L. Emmons (The Aerospace Corporation) will unpack how AI is transforming life in orbit. If you’re after insights, inspiration, and a front-row seat to what’s next, this is the room to be in. Save up to $444 on your pass before doors open on October 27 — plus, grab a guest pass for 60% off or get 15%…

PARIS (AP) — It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a dapperly dressed young man walking by uniformed French police officers, their car blocking one of the museum gates. Instinctively, he took the shot.It wasn’t a particularly great photo, with someone’s shoulder obscuring part of the foreground, Camus told himself. But it did the job — showing French police sealing off the world’s most-visited museum after the brazen daylight robbery last Sunday. Plus, Camus figured, the guy walking past the officers was…

Envoyage, a division of The Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG), has successfully enrolled its first class of travel advisors in the American Society of Travel Advisors’ (ASTA) new Verified Travel Advisor (VTA) certification program.The global network of independent travel agencies has committed to 100 initial credentials in a move that will bring an added level of trust and credibility to some of the industry’s top advisors. More than 50 advisors attending Envoyage’s recent conference in the Dominican Republic were the first to complete the VTA Fast Track Course and examination with ASTA staff on-site to lead the training.The news is…

Rivian has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action shareholder lawsuit filed after the company suddenly hiked prices on its R1 pickup truck and SUV in 2022. The lawsuit alleged Rivian had included misleading statements and figures in regulatory filings in the run-up to its 2021 IPO about the costs required to build the R1 EVs. Despite agreeing to the payment, Rivian said in a press release that it “denies the allegations in the suit and maintains that this agreement to settle is not an admission of fault or wrongdoing.” The payment still has to be approved by…

The headquaters of US auto company General Motos (GM) in Detroit, Michigan.Uli Deck | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesDETROIT – General Motors laid off more than 200 salaried employees on Friday, as the automaker continues to reevaluate its businesses and cut costs to boost profits.The impacted employees were largely Computer-Aided Design, or CAD, engineers who worked at the company’s global tech campus in metro Detroit, according to GM.”We’re restructuring our design engineering team to strengthen our core architectural design engineering capabilities,” GM said in an emailed statement. “As a result, a number of CAD execution roles have been eliminated. We…

Avoya Travel Network Chief Executive Officer Marc Kazlauskas stage (Source: Avoya Travel)Avoya Travel Network is unquestionably a host agency to watch in the coming years, as it raises the bar on its travel advisor and agency offerings and programs under new leadership. On the heels of its highly successful Annual Conference, the company hosted a press conference during which Avoya executives discussed the future of the company, which was fully acquired by Certares, an equity investment firm, in June.“I will say this isn’t a next chapter for Avoya – it’s a new era,” said Sam McCauley, Avoya’s senior vice president…

On Friday, WordPress maker Automattic filed its counterclaims in the lawsuit initiated by hosting company WP Engine in October 2024, which had accused Automattic and its CEO, Matt Mullenweg, of defamation and abuse of power. Automattic believes that WP Engine has been abusing the WordPress trademark and has engaged in deceptive marketing practices, without properly giving back to the open source community. As a result, Automattic took action against WP Engine last year, which included calling the hosting provider a “cancer to WordPress” and sending it a cease-and-desist letter claiming WP Engine had breached its trademark usage rules. As the battle continued, Automattic banned WP Engine from…

A row of lacquered gondolas sat empty, bobbing in the opalescent waters of Venice’s Grand Canal. Several yards away, the white expanse of the city’s iconic Rialto Bridge stretched across the waterway, nearly vacant except for the handful of tourists huddled under its stone arch.In the summer months, when Venice becomes rife with tens of thousands of daily visitors, this section of the city is usually ground zero for tourist overcrowding. But I was visiting on a chilly morning in late March, with marbled clouds that hung low over the city. That day, the scene felt so vacant that when…

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