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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas police charged a 28-year-old schoolteacher in the killing of a married couple who were hiking with their children at Devil’s Den State Park, finding him in a nearby city after a five-day search and public pleas for trailgoers to look through their photos. State Police arrested Andrew James McGann at a barbershop in Springdale, said Col. Stacie Rhoads, commander of the department’s criminal investigation division. He was charged with two counts of capital murder and was being held Thursday in the state’s Washington County jail. Police announced the arrest at a Wednesday night news…

GitHub Copilot, an AI coding tool offered by Microsoft-owned GitHub, has now reached more than 20 million users, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said on the company’s earnings call Wednesday. A GitHub spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that this number represents “all-time users.” That means five million people have tried out GitHub Copilot for the first time in the last three months; the company reported in April the tool had reached 15 million users. Microsoft and GitHub don’t report how many of these 20 million people have continued to use the AI coding tool on a monthly or daily basis — though…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 10:20 AM ET, Wed July 30, 2025 After years of legal limbo, SH Minerva is back in Swan Hellenic’s fleet. In November, the vessel will join sister ships SH Vega and SH Diana in Ushuaia, Argentina, for the 2025-26 Antarctic season. In March 2026, the ship will embark on Swan Hellenic’s first Asia-Pacific season, offering voyages to the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan. “We’re delighted to welcome back our flagship SH Minerva,” says Andrea Zito, chief executive officer of Swan Hellenic. “A symbol of Swan Hellenic’s rebirth, her inaugural…

TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s releasing a slew of new features, including enhanced parental controls, additional tools for creators, and a new interactive well-being feature. It also publicly launched Footnotes, its fact-checking system. The social network is bringing new parental controls to Family Pairing, its feature that allows parents to link their accounts with their teen’s account to customize safety settings. Parents can now block specific accounts for their teen’s account. Blocked accounts can’t interact with the teen, and the teen won’t see the account’s content in their feed. Parents will also now automatically be notified when their teen…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 10:35 AM ET, Wed July 30, 2025 National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions is sharing more details about the first of its 2027-28 voyages.Travelers will be able to visit all seven continents, with insights from veteran expedition leaders, naturalists, historians, scientists and National Geographic experts.  “Our 2027-28 deployment reflects everything our guests value about traveling with us: extraordinary access, thoughtful pacing and a deep respect for the environments and cultures we visit,” says Trey Byus, chief expedition officer for Lindblad Expeditions. “Every itinerary has been crafted with care—whether it’s a guest favorite or a returning route—to offer experiences…

TikTok on Wednesday announced the public launch of Footnotes, a crowdsourced fact-checking system similar to X’s and Meta’s Community Notes feature. The technology will initially roll out to U.S. users as a pilot program, allowing contributors to both write and rate Footnotes on TikTok videos. All U.S. TikTok users are able to view the notes that have been rated as helpful and submit their own ratings in return. The company first announced its plans to test Footnotes in April. At the time, it described the feature as a way to give the community more context around TikTok’s content. Like X’s…

Even as the threat of a tsunami swamping Hawaii had passed on Wednesday, social media posts were still circulating claims that Oprah Winfrey had refused immediate access to a private road that would allow residents a shorter evacuation route.The warnings followed one of the century’s most powerful earthquakes, an 8.8 magnitude quake that struck off a Russian peninsula and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a wide swath of the Pacific. Posts on X and TikTok contended Winfrey refused to open her private road, or was slow to do so during the evacuation.But the roadway does not actually belong to…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 12:05 PM ET, Wed July 30, 2025 Now through July 31, travelers can snag up to $350 in onboard credit for standalone cruises and enjoy 15,000 bonus TrueBlue points on cruises, flight and cruise packages and flight and hotel packages with JetBlue Vacations. Travelers can earn 15,000 bonus TrueBlue points when they book a flight and cruise package or cruise-only booking with a minimum price of $1,500 for travel now through June 15, 2026.  TrueBlue points are also awarded with a minimum 4-night stay for flight and hotel packages. TrueBlue members will also earn standard points…

Google has confirmed it will sign the European Union’s general purpose AI code of practice, a voluntary framework that aims to help AI developers implement processes and systems to comply with the bloc’s AI Act. Notably, Meta earlier this month said it would not sign the code, calling the EU’s implementation of its AI legislation “overreach” and stating that Europe was “heading down the wrong path on AI.” Google’s commitment comes days before rules for providers of “general-purpose AI models with systemic risk” go into effect on August 2. Companies likely to be affected by these rules include major names…

For several years when he was at CNN, Sam Feist was in charge of “Crossfire,” the show that set a template for televised political combat. Now that he runs C-SPAN, Feist is going in another direction. The public affairs network debuts “CeaseFire” this fall, described as an attempt to bring political opposites together to find common ground, and on Wednesday announced that Dasha Burns of Politico will be its host. Dasha Burns poses for photographers as she arrives at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana,File) Dasha Burns poses for…