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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed that the company is no longer working on migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to WordPress, as previously announced. The exec shared the news on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, published on Monday, saying that the project is “on hold” for an indefinite period. “What we decided is that we want to focus as much on the things that are going to be noticeable to users and that users are asking for,” he told the site. “This was more like an infrastructure thing, kind of like any big re-architecture. I still want to do it. It’s just…
London CNN — Three people who were part of the senior leadership team at the hospital where nurse and convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby worked have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, British police said Tuesday. The three senior staff members, who have not been named by police, worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016 at the same time as Letby. All three suspects have been released on bail after being questioned by police on Monday. “It is important to note that this does not impact on the convictions of Lucy Letby for…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennette McCurdy’s widely acclaimed memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died” will be adapted into a series on Apple TV+, with Jennifer Aniston to star in a role modeled after McCurdy’s mother.The 10-episode dramedy was written by McCurdy and film producer Ari Katcher. The pair will serve as co-showrunners and will executive produce the series alongside Aniston, Apple announced Tuesday.McCurdy started acting at age 8 and rose to fame as a co-star on Nickelodeon show “iCarly” with Miranda Cosgrove, later reprising her role as Sam in the spinoff “Sam & Cat ”opposite Ariana Grande. Her memoir recounts…
U.S. infrastructure is barely getting a passing grade, and one of the fastest growing problems is climate change. Airports are flooding, bridges are melting from extreme heat, and telecommunications are getting slammed by increasingly extreme weather.In 2023, at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, historic rainfall turned runways into rivers, shutting down operations and stranding passengers. In New York City last summer, extreme heat caused metal on a bridge over the Harlem River to expand so much that the bridge got stuck open.Every single category of U.S. infrastructure is at growing risk from climate change — a finding by the American Society…
Jerusalem CNN — As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for his third visit to the White House this year, his host has made his expectations clear. US President Donald Trump, who has spoken often about his desire to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, said on Tuesday: “We’re looking for it to happen next week.” Though the two leaders will celebrate the US and Israeli strikes in Iran, Gaza is very much on their agenda. “We want to get the hostages back,” Trump said. Netanyahu, who is set to meet the US president on Monday, faces a critical decision at…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 1:25 PM ET, Mon June 30, 2025 The Zemi Miches Punta Cana All-Inclusive Resort, Curio Collection by Hilton, celebrated its opening on June 30, marking the first Curio Collection all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic. The resort, situated along 2,000 feet of beach at Playa Esmeralda, is a 500-room, family-friendly establishment featuring fourteen dining and drinking venues, a kids’ club with daily programming, multiple pools, the Club Azure premium guest category, and more. Now through August 31, travelers can enjoy savings of up to 40 percent off stays through June 30, 2026, with a resort opening…
The travel industry has gathered extensive data over the years about trips and transportation, and founders are using it to create every conceivable kind of AI travel startup. In fact, every word of this sentence is a link to a new AI travel tool. Now startups and incumbent travel tech companies are in a race to build one comprehensive tool that could plan and manage every part of your trip. Airial is one of the contenders that’s banking on its ability to map out your entire travel experience end-to-end. At a surface level, here’s how it works: To begin, you…
Kobbie Mainoo of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Aston Villa FC at Old Trafford on May 25, 2025 in Manchester, England. Alex Livesey | Getty ImagesThe English Premier League is bringing artificial intelligence to the soccer pitch through a new partnership with Microsoft.The five-year agreement will integrate Microsoft’s Copilot AI into the English Premier League app, offering fans access to more than 300,000 articles, 9,000 videos and statistics from the league dating back to its founding in 1992.Future iterations of the technology will translate text and audio into a user’s native language and…
If you’re looking for somewhere to go and something thrilling to do this July, look no further than the following list, which is stacked with patriotic events, great concerts and festivals full of true American flavor. Scroll down to find a great July event near you. The July 4th Celebration – Seward, NebraskaEver since the citizens of Seward first gathered on the courthouse square in 1868 and dug a well, stitched a brand-new American flag and gave fiery patriotic speeches, Independence Day has been the signature event of this small Nebraska town.Officially declared the Cornhusker State’s “Fourth of July City,” today…
In 2018, a hacker hired by the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel run by the infamous kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán spied on the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City with the goal of identifying “people of interest” for the cartel to target and kill, according to a new U.S. government watchdog report. On Friday, the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General revealed the incident in a published report auditing the FBI’s efforts to counter surveillance with the goal of protecting “its employees, investigations, and operations.” The report said the 2018 incident happened while the FBI was working on the…