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by Donald Wood Last updated: 8:20 AM ET, Mon July 14, 2025 Delta Air Lines announced that it would launch its first-ever nonstop service from Salt Lake City to South America.Starting on December 4, Delta will operate daily flights between New Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru, and Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah, with the service becoming the first direct connection between the two cities. “This new route is a significant milestone for Delta and our customers in Salt Lake City and throughout the Mountain West,” Delta Senior Vice President Paul Baldoni said. “With this expanded connectivity…
Weekly subscriptions have now become one of the most popular ways iOS apps are earning revenue, with these plans contributing 46% to the bottom line, according to a new report by app revenue management platform Adapty. The study, which observed $1.9 billion in revenue across more than 11,000 apps, noted that weekly plans have grown by 9.5% this year compared to one-time purchases, which grew by 6.3% in the first quarter. Other paid plans, including monthly, yearly, and lifetime subscriptions, dipped in growth. Adapty said that prices of weekly plans have also increased along with the growth. Average weekly subscription…
Unreleased music by Beyoncé along with footage, show plans and concert set lists were stolen from a car in Atlanta rented by the singer’s choreographer and one of her dancers, according to a police incident report. The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, happened on July 8, two days before Beyoncé began a four-day residency at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Beyoncé was set to take the stage Monday evening for her last night in the city. The Atlanta Police Department said in a news release Monday it has secured an arrest warrant for a suspect whose identity was…
Southwest Airlines is expanding its route network, announcing new service to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands beginning in early 2026.Cyril E. King International Airport (STT) marks the rapidly transforming low-cost carrier’s ninth Caribbean island destination, joining Aruba, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Turks and Caicos. St. Thomas is one of three new destinations for 2026 that Southwest plans to unveil this summer.”We are listening closely to what our customers want—from new products and loyalty benefits to new destinations,” Southwest President and CEO Bob Jordan said in a statement. “We want to make…
Meta is currently building out a data center, called Hyperion, which the company expects to supply its new AI lab with five gigawatts (GW) of computational power, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Monday post on Threads. The announcement marks Meta’s latest move to get ahead of OpenAI and Google in the AI race. After previously poaching top talent to run Meta Superintelligence Lab, including former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and former Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross, Meta now seems to be turning its attention to the massive computational power needed to train frontier AI models. Zuckerberg said Hyperion’s…
Hong Kong CNN — Sporting his signature blue suit and red tie, the figure of US President Donald Trump steps into the spotlight on a Hong Kong stage, sparring with a man dressed as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. The two quarrel over the Ukrainian leader’s outfit before trading jabs in the air with Trump firing a water gun at the Ukrainian president. The exchange is just one scene in an absurdist show, “Trump, The Twins President,” that parodies recent political events in a modern twist on traditional Cantonese opera, a Chinese art form dating back hundreds of years. The group…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 10:10 AM ET, Mon July 14, 2025 Windstar Cruises is unveiling new itineraries in the Canary Islands.From November 2026 through January 2027, the recently renovated Wind Spirit will be island-hopping through the region with new 9-night voyages. For the first time, Windstar will be visiting Porto Santo (Portugal) and El Hierro (Spain). Travelers can enjoy more immersive ports, upgraded onboard spaces and new marina access that allows them to splash into the Atlantic Ocean. Activities range from camel rides through Lanzarote’s dunes, toboggan runs and fireworks in Madeira, stargazing in La Palma and hikes along…
Amazon’s Prime Day, which leads to an overall boost to U.S. e-commerce thanks to competitive sales, saw a significant increase in retail traffic driven by generative AI products, including chatbots and browsers. According to a post-Prime Day analysis by Adobe Analytics, GenAI traffic to U.S. retail sites increased by 3,300% year-over-year — which was more than the firm had originally forecast. Adobe’s e-commerce division provided an analysis of the U.S. retail landscape encompassing over 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites, including 100 million SKUs across 18 product categories. During the Amazon Prime Day event (July 8-11), U.S. retailers saw…
When Yoshinobu Yamamoto makes his All-Star Game red carpet debut Tuesday, stylist Whitney Etoroma expects the Dodgers’ pitcher to shine just as much as he does on the mound.“I think it will be a moment,” she told The Associated Press.The pair are making a final decision on what he’ll wear, but Etoroma is pushing for a Thom Browne runway look that will “push the envelope.”As part of a program created in 2019, MLB provided stylists for the red carpet to Yamamoto, Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh, Detroit pitcher Tarik Skubal and Cubs’ outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong as baseball aims to raise its…
How much has social media changed the way we talk and behave?That’s the question linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic sets out to answer in his debut book “Algospeak.”If you already know what words like “yeet,” “rizz,” “brainrot” or “blackpilled” mean, some of this information might not come as a surprise to you. Still, Aleksic’s analysis reaffirms how this language came about and why it continues to proliferate. For those unfamiliar, it acts as an accessible entry point into social media slang and its evolution.“Algospeak” touches on a wide array of topics, including in-groups and out-groups, censorship, language appropriation, extremism…