Planning Spring Travel | Morning Blend
Kinga Phillips - one of the most unique hosts for National Geographic and other networks - shares tips for planning an epic spring staycation or vacation.
Kinga Phillips - one of the most unique hosts for National Geographic and other networks - shares tips for planning an epic spring staycation or vacation.
Chris Finch underwent surgery to repair a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee on Wednesday.
Anthropic, one of the world's best-funded generative AI startups with $7.6 billion in the bank, is launching a new paid plan aimed at enterprises, including those in highly regulated industries like healthcare, finance and legal, as well as a new iOS app. Team, the enterprise plan, gives customers higher-priority access to Anthropic's Claude 3 family of generative AI models plus additional admin and user management controls. "Anthropic introduced the Team plan now in response to growing demand from enterprise customers who want to deploy Claude's advanced AI capabilities across their organizations," Scott White, product lead at Anthropic, told TechCrunch.
Jimmy Fallon asked Tiger Woods all about his incredible handshake with Verne Lundquist at the Masters on Tuesday night.
Amid final exams and upcoming graduations, Columbia students are grappling with fluctuating tensions on campus and the national attention these protests have received.
Werth's horse, Dornach, is 20-1 to win Saturday's Run for the Roses.
Airbnb's summer release is usually a grand affair with tons of updates for guests and a few for hosts. This time, however, the company is introducing just a few updates for group booking along with a new category called "Icons," which are experiences hosted by celebrated names in music, film, TV and sports. Group booking features, which are probably the only update that will reach all users, allow people to create shared wishlists, and there are trip invitations for the group with details of the property.
Mars exploration has always been the exclusive purview of national space agencies, but NASA is trying to change that, awarding a dozen research tasks to private companies as a prelude to commercial support for future missions to the Red Planet. It's the second time in a month that the agency has shown its desire for commercial support in Mars missions, having more or less scrapped the original Mars Sample Return mission in favor of a to-be-determined alternative, likely by private space companies. A total of nine companies were selected to perform 12 "concept studies" on how they could provide Mars-related services, from payload delivery to planetary imaging to communications relays.
The Fed is expected to keep interest rates at a 23-year high Wednesday, but investors will be listening for any signs of how long they will have to wait before cuts can begin.
Ahead of Google's annual I/O developer conference in May, the tech giant has laid off staff across key teams like Flutter, Dart, Python and others, according to reports from affected employees shared on social media. Google confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch, but not the specific teams, roles or how many people were let go. "As we’ve said, we’re responsibly investing in our company's biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead," said Google spokesperson Alex García-Kummert.
WhatsApp is introducing a new way for people to organize events in Communities, the company announced on Wednesday. The feature makes it easier to plan get-togethers and events directly in WhatsApp, whether it's setting up a PTA meeting or a birthday dinner. WhatsApp is also adding the ability for users to reply to messages in Announcement Groups, which is where admins in a Community send updates to all community members.
TikTok has apparently added in-app coin purchase options for some users, going against Apple's policies.
The Browns want Cleveland taxpayers to kick in some cash for a new stadium. Just a few billion dollars or so.
Dermatologists debunk myths about sunscreen and sunburns. Here’s what you need to know.
Island, the enterprise browser company, may be the most valuable startup that you have never heard of. Island has now raised a total of $487 million. Doug Leone, a partner at Sequoia who invested in Island going back to the A round, says that he was attracted to the company’s founding team and unique value proposition.
Wendy Davidson is an industry veteran, but now faces her toughest challenge yet.
The Lakers haven't been good enough with their aging superstar. Do they have a bright future together?
Max Verstappen looks to make it three in a row in Miami on Sunday.
Instagram is introducing a few new changes to its ranking systems to better highlight content from smaller, original creators across the social network. The Meta-owned platform says that historically, creators with large followings and accounts that share reposted content have gotten the most reach on the platform. The change comes after months of criticism from creators' who said their reach has been negatively impacted by the algorithm, leading to Instagram head Adam Mosseri fielding complaints on Threads nearly as often as he promoted new features.
Tesla has begun laying off more people, starting with two senior executives, with plans for hundreds more. CEO Elon Musk says the company has to get “absolutely hard core about headcount.”
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday that it is fining the four U.S. major wireless carriers around $200 million in total for “illegally” sharing and selling customers’ real-time location data without their consent. AT&T’s fine is more than $57 million, Verizon’s is almost $47 million, T-Mobile’s is more than $80 million and Sprint’s is more than $12 million, according to the FCC’s announcement.