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Tesla’s board of directors has announced a new compensation package for CEO Elon Musk worth around $29 billion in shares, with the company citing the “ever-intensifying AI talent war and Tesla’s position at a critical inflection point” as reasons for the payout. The massive pay package is being allocated through a 2019 Equity Incentive Plan that is already approved by shareholders, so it won’t go to a vote, according to a regulatory filing and Ann Lipton, a professor at the University of Colorado Law School. Tesla says it will put “a longer-term CEO compensation strategy” to a vote at the…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Ohio alt-rock band the Black Keys are finding their way home on their 13th full-length LP, “No Rain, No Flowers.”The journey hasn’t been easy. Last year, the Grammy-winning duo underwent a fiery, public split with their management after their arena tour was unceremoniously canceled. But on “No Rain, No Flowers,” guitarist and vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer Pat Carney put a feel-good spin on their recent career turbulence. The album pulls the raw blues, psychedelia, garage rock and roots music of their 23-year discography into a single package.Discerning fans won’t have to look hard for…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:55 AM ET, Mon August 4, 2025 CIE Tours, the tour operator specializing in trips to Ireland and Britain, is offering up to $1,000 off per couple on all guided tours and private driver experiences for a limited time. The new promotion, which includes a reduced $150 deposit, is available to book now through August 29, 2025 for travel starting January 1 through December 31, 2026. The deal includes all destinations and all itineraries CIE Tours operates, including their newly announced Walking & Hiking tours in Ireland. These new itineraries offer hikes of two to six…
Given the fact that social media apps these days are full of AI-generated videos, AI-native apps seem keen to cash in on the trend. The latest to jump on that bandwagon is Character.AI, which said on Monday that it is adding a social feed to its mobile apps that allow users to create AI characters and chat with them. The social feed, which first came to the company’s web platform in June, lets users share images, videos, and their chatbots with other users. Users can also share snippets of their chats with characters, post AI-generated images based on their chats…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Customers at North Carolina’s Division of Motor Vehicles are waiting longer in lines that are often far away from home, while agency staffing fails to keep pace with the state’s surging population, according to agency reviews that also recommend major reforms.Elected Republican Auditor Dave Boliek on Monday released two audits totaling nearly 600 pages that scrutinize the DMV — the bane of motorists in many states. But long lines and frustrations are acute in the ninth-largest state. “Our DMV affects the economy. It affects people having to take off of work unnecessarily. It takes our students…
Facebook Tweet Email Link “What I’m doing now is digging my own grave,” says Evyatar David, as his fragile figure, weak with hunger, scrapes at the dirt with a shovel in a cramped Gaza tunnel. “Every day, my body becomes weaker and weaker,” the 24-year-old hostage adds, “and time is running out.” This is just one of the horrifying scenes recorded in the latest hostage videos released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad at the weekend showing two of the surviving Israeli hostages, kidnapped on October 7, 2023, sharply deteriorating in captivity. Broadcast of the disturbing images across Israeli and…
NEW YORK (AP) — His is a Cinderella story. Before the big tours and country music award nominations, Bailey Zimmerman was growing up in the small town of Louisville, Illinois, working at the local meat processing plant and laying gas pipeline. Then, in 2020, he decided to upload videos of himself singing to social media — Black Stone Cherry’s “Stay,” and, later, an original.He quickly garnered a fan base on TikTok. It wasn’t overnight, but it was fast. Soon, he inked a deal with Warner Music Nashville and released his debut full-length, 2023’s “Religiously. The Album.” It peaked at No.…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 10:20 AM ET, Mon August 4, 2025 No PTO? No problem.Windstar Cruises is unveiling a new series of shorter European cruises, designed for travelers who need a quick vacation. Debuting in the spring of 2026, the brand’s new “Quick Getaways” collection includes 3- to 5-night European yacht voyages.Travelers can fly overnight from the East Coast, then board the vessel in Europe that same day. The compact itineraries include a mix of iconic sites and hidden gems, like sailing under London’s Tower Bridge before exploring France’s northern coast. Windstar is unveiling five itineraries with nine total…
Many companies are focused on building robots, or the hardware components to help them move, grip objects, or interact with the world around them. Silicon Valley-based OpenMind is focused under the hood. OpenMind is building a software layer, OM1, for humanoid robots that acts as an operating system. The company compares itself to being the Android for robotics because its software is open and hardware agnostic. Stanford professor Jan Liphardt, the founder of OpenMind, told TechCrunch that humanoids and other robots have been around and able to do repetitive tasks for decades. But now that humanoids are being developed for…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 10:40 AM ET, Mon August 4, 2025 Bookings are now open for Vikings 2027-28 ocean and expedition voyages on all seven continents.The new line-up includes sailings on Viking’s newest ocean ship, Viking Lyra, which will join the fleet in 2028 and will spend its inaugural season in the Mediterranean and Scandinavia. Viking also unveiled a new expedition itinerary, “Into the Antarctic Circle,” a 15-day voyage that will take travelers across the 66°33′ line of latitude, which marks the Antarctic Circle. The company will also take travelers to destinations in South America, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand,…