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by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 12:00 PM ET, Tue October 21, 2025 Holland America Line and historic airline Pan Am are partnering to offer the first 28-Day Pan Am 100th Anniversary Legendary Voyage, tracing the original Clipper air routes across the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America. Aviation and history lovers will enjoy sailing to 18 different locations across the region onboard the Zuiderdam, which departs from Miami on October 30, 2027. The ship will then sail Pan Am’s Great Circle Route, visiting 18 different locations, including Nassau, Bahamas; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Willemstad, Curacao; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; St.…
For most enterprise companies, AI is either a promise that has yet to deliver or a security risk. The effort of Lithuania’s most famous entrepreneur duo to solve that conundrum has garnered attention — and funding. Just months after Nexos.ai came out of stealth with an $8 million funding round led by Index Ventures, Nord Security co-founders Tomas Okmanas and Eimantas Sabaliauskas have closed a €30 million Series A (approximately $35 million) for this new startup — a platform that helps companies adopt AI tools securely by acting as a middleman between employees and AI systems. In Okmanas’ view, “the…
An outage on Monday affected web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), which took out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks, and some government services. On Monday afternoon, the company offered an update on the cause of the issue and said it was working to restore services. At 6:01 p.m. ET, Amazon said all AWS services had returned to normal operations. In an announcement on the Amazon website, the company shared that the underlying issue was related to DNS resolution. DNS, or Domain Name System, is a system that converts web addresses into IP addresses so that customer…
Midwest fliers heading to the City of Light have a swanky new space to relax inside Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD).On October 17, Air France opened its first-ever lounge at ORD, complete with fine French dining and a “refined, chic atmosphere,” according to the Paris-based carrier. The new space, located in the airport’s Terminal 5, measures more than 5,000 square feet and has 105 seats. Inside, travelers will find high ceilings, sweeping views of the runways, and large bay windows that drench the lounge in natural light. Stylish furnishings, including winged armchairs with ottomans facing the runways, are upholstered in the…
Africa’s electric mobility story has often been one of promise over progress. Infrastructure is scarce, power grids are unreliable, and most markets still run on cheap imported motorcycles. But Dubai-headquartered Spiro has spent the past two years trying to rewrite that narrative. The company just announced a $100 million investment round led by the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development arm of Afreximbank. The raise marks Africa’s largest-ever EV mobility investment and cements Spiro as the continent’s most aggressive electric motorbike company. Spiro says it plans to deploy more than 100,000 electric bikes across Africa by the…
Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesDraftKings is acquiring predictions platform Railbird as it prepares to launch a mobile platform in the coming months to be called DraftKings Predictions.Railbird is licensed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to offer an event contracts exchange. DraftKings targeted the company for its team and proprietary technology. “We are excited about the additional opportunity that prediction markets could represent for our business,” DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said in a statement to CNBC. “We believe that Railbird’s team and platform—combined with DraftKings’ scale, trusted brand, and proven expertise in mobile-first products—positions us to win in…
This article originally appeared in the October issue of AGENTatHOME magazine. Subscribe here to receive your free copy each month.Luxury cruising is evolving well beyond tuxedoed dinners and poolside Champagne. Instead, today’s travelers want to sip their bubbly beside glaciers, kayak among penguins and come home with tales few others can tell. According to the 2025 State of the Cruise Industry Report from Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the expedition cruise sector is booming, with capacity expected to climb 150% between 2019 and 2029. In fact, passenger numbers rose 22% from 2023 to 2024 alone. This surge comes as the broader…
Yelp is releasing multiple AI-powered updates Tuesday, including an updated AI assistant that can answer questions about restaurants, bars, local attractions, or retailers. The company is also adding a new feature that allows users to scan a physical menu to provide information about dishes. Additionally, the company is improving search with support for natural language and voice queries, and highlighting popular offerings on business pages, including auto shops, hair salons, clothing stores, and parks. The company launched an AI-powered assistant last year to help you connect with the right services by describing your problem. Yelp is now using similar technology…
The Mattel, Inc. logo is displayed outside the headquarters of the toy company known for products including Barbie and Hot Wheels in El Segundo, California on June 8, 2023.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesBarbie-maker Mattel posted third-quarter results after the market close on Tuesday that missed analysts’ expectations as ongoing global tariffs continue to hamper the toy manufacturer’s sales in North America.Shares of the company fell 4% in after hours trading.Here’s what Mattel reported for its third quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: 89 cents adjusted…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:45 AM ET, Tue October 21, 2025 Luxury cruise line Paul Gauguin Cruises is bringing back its kid-friendly Moana Explorer Program for the seventh consecutive year, launching 12 distinct family-centric voyages for 2027 on the m/s Paul Gauguin. The program, which is complimentary for all children traveling on the itineraries, was created in partnership with Te mana o te moana, a leading marine education and conservation foundation in the South Pacific. The program focuses on teaching children about marine life and conservation in a hands-on, fun way. Kids aged six to 15 participate in the program,…