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by Mia Taylor Last updated: 2:20 PM ET, Wed December 17, 2025 Flights between San Francisco and Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific have just gotten a major upgrade.The carrier has retrofitted its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to include its luxe Cathay Pacific Aria Suite Business class experience, as well as new Premium Economy and refreshed Economy cabins. San Francisco is the first U.S. destination where Cathay Pacific has introduced its new “human‑centric cabin experience.”Planes featuring the new experience will fly six times each week starting with Hong Kong to San Francisco on January 1, 2026 and from San Francisco to Hong…
In a new experiment, Meta is limiting the number of links users can post on Facebook, unless they have a paid Meta Verified subscription. Over the last week, several users have spotted Meta’s test, which impacts link posting. Social media strategist Matt Navarra noted that users part of the test can only post two links unless they pay for a Meta Verified subscription, which starts from $14.99 per month. According to the screenshot posted by Navarra, users can still post affiliate links, comments, and links to Meta platform posts, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The company confirmed the test to…
The Eli Lilly & Co. logo at the company’s Digital Health Innovation Hub facility in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEli Lilly on Thursday said its closely watched obesity pill helped patients maintain the majority of their weight loss after they switched directly from taking the company’s injection Zepbound and Novo Nordisk’s rival shot Wegovy in a late-stage trial. The company also said it has filed for Food and Drug Administration approval of the daily GLP-1 pill, called orforglipron, for obesity. The FDA in November said it awarded a priority review voucher to that pill,…
by Brian Major Last updated: 3:00 PM ET, Wed December 17, 2025 Hyatt Hotels Corporation extended the closure of several Jamaica-based hotels, raising concern at a workers’ union over the uncertainty facing thousands of tourism workers, according to a Jamaica Gleaner report.Hyatt officials said that following a detailed assessment of the physical damage Hurricane Melissa caused at the properties in October, it is opting to extend the suspension of operations at seven major resorts until November 1, 2026, ten months later than the previously announced February 2026 date. The affected hotels are Breathless Montego Bay Resort & Spa, Dreams Rose…
On Wednesday, Cisco announced hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in some of its most popular products that allows the full takeover of affected devices. Worse, there are no patches available at this time. In a security advisory, Cisco said it discovered a hacking campaign on December 10 targeting Cisco AsyncOS software, and in particular the physical and virtual appliances Cisco Secure Email Gateway, Cisco Secure Email, and Web Manager. The advisory said affected devices have a feature called “Spam Quarantine” enabled and are reachable from the internet. Cisco noted that this feature is not enabled by default and does…
The economy cabin of American Airlines A321XLR.Leslie Josephs/CNBCAmerican Airlines is about to fly passengers to California for the first time on a skinny, long-range plane that it hopes will change air travel. The airline’s head of network planning now has to decide where else it should fly.The first Airbus A321XLR for a U.S. airline is scheduled to take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Thursday, bound for Los Angeles International Airport.The XLR stands for extra-long-range, and with the ability to go up to 4,700 nautical miles, the plane can fly much farther than cross-country, though…
by Mia Taylor Last updated: 4:05 PM ET, Wed December 17, 2025 Not everyone is dreaming of a white Christmas this year. In fact, more than a few travelers are ditching snow altogether and heading for sun-drenched locations to celebrate the holiday.And the most popular Christmas location of them all is perhaps the least traditional choice when it comes to a postcard-perfect Christmas getaway: Las Vegas, Nevada. Yes, travelers are headed for the neon and nightlife of Sin City to celebrate Christmas 2025, according to a new data analysis conducted by Priceline. That’s good news for Las Vegas, which has…
Meta says that it has paused its program to share Meta Horizon OS, the mixed reality operating system that powers its Quest headsets, with third-party device makers. The program was part of the company’s metaverse push — the idea behind the program was to create a “new generation of hardware” that would give VR users their pick of devices when it came to engaging with Meta’s digital worlds. “We have paused the program to focus on building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market,” a Meta spokesperson told TechCrunch. “We’re committed to this for the…
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When the funding for Shannon Johnson’s job as a school mental health counselor came to an abrupt end, two years into a five-year grant, she thought about the work left to be done.Johnson taught elementary and middle-school students in rural Kentucky how to navigate conflict, build resilience and manage stress and anxiety before a crisis happens. Few districts, especially rural ones, can dedicate a full-time role to early intervention amid a national shortage of mental health staff. But the Trump administration discontinued her grant, giving her a sudden end date. So when another job opened in…
An Olive Garden restaurant in Milpitas, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDarden Restaurants on Thursday reported strong sales growth, fueled by demand at Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse as thrifty diners look for good deals.For the second straight quarter, the company hiked its full-year outlook for revenue growth, although it only reiterated its projections for its earnings. “The second quarter exceeded our top-line expectations as every segment delivered positive same-restaurant sales,” Darden CEO Rick Cardenas said in a statement.Shares of the company rose roughly 1% in early trading.Here’s what the company…