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Tuscany, Italy — Italy has an expensive new means of transportation, but it’s not a Ferrari. Announced earlier this year, the Dolce Vita Orient Express is the country’s first domestically produced luxury train and is being pitched as an homage to the 1950s and 60s, when glamor meant Fellini, Valentino and after-dusk sunglasses. Featuring 18 itineraries, each one takes you through the Italian countryside with a cinematic, nostalgic feel. This summer we went on the “Taste of Tuscany Vineyards” tour. It’s a 24-hour fever dream with wood paneling, wine, and customer service. It all starts at Rome’s Ostiense Train Station,…
Former England footballer Paul Scholes has questioned England Netball’s decision to remove his daughter Alicia from the squad for upcoming matches against New Zealand and Jamaica.Jess Thirlby’s squad includes Helen Housby, Eleanor Cardwell and Natalie Metcalfe, who returned from Lord’s and could be making her first match as a mother after giving birth in May. However, despite both performing well in the Netball Super League and the Nations Cup earlier this year, Scholes was a notable absentee along with London Pulse teammate Zara Everitt. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Helen Housby was named best shooter and…
Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 has begun. That means San Francisco’s Moscone West will once again be packed with speakers, workshops, networking opportunities, and after-parties for attendees. You can still register for tickets to join in the excitement. Since it’s only been a day since it started, you can get tickets at 50% off the standard walk-up price. Update our speaker lineup here or click the anchor links below to dig deeper into each stage, event, networking opportunity, and more. The most important thing is to have fun outside. If you want to join the conversation about Disrupt, post…
Misha Zaitzeff and Vik Ghei, founders of HoldCo Asset Management, at their Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offices.Courtesy: HoldCoAmerican banks have found an unlikely pair of adversaries in Vik Ghei and Misha Zaitzeff.Since July, the nine-person hedge fund they run from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, called HoldCo, has challenged lenders with more than $200 billion in combined assets, demanding that they take swift action or face public campaigns to overthrow their boards and fire their CEOs.The fund notched a victory this month after Comerica, under pressure from HoldCo, agreed to sell itself to rival Fifth Third for $10.9 billion in the biggest bank…
Amazon’s latest job cuts may help its bottom line, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer advised investors to focus on what really matters. That would be Amazon Web Services. The e-commerce and cloud giant said Tuesday it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs, or about 4% of its total corporate and tech workforce, to invest in other priority areas such as generative AI. The company employs approximately 1.5 million people worldwide. Most of those positions are warehouse jobs. “The cuts we’re sharing today are a continuation of our efforts to further reduce bureaucracy, remove layers, and shift resources to ensure we invest in…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on September 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik | AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. military officials involved in President Donald Trump’s expanding operations in Latin America are being asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, three U.S. officials said. The development raises new questions about Venezuela’s military buildup, which it fears could lead to invasion.The move is highly unusual at a time when members of the U.S. military are already required to keep national security secrets from the public eye, and at a time when members of Congress have…
Protests calling for an end to Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians are growing louder.Live streaming of Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip has led to record numbers of calls to boycott Israel, with global impact.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listWhat started as a quiet boycott of supermarkets nearly 20 years ago is now a widely used app that helps millions of people make purchasing choices.Campus protests and camps in the United States and Canada have led some major educational institutions to cut ties with Israeli institutions, investment in Israel has declined, and some of the world’s largest economies have…
Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) market is growing rapidly and is expected to reach $4.2 billion by 2030, more than double the current amount, according to market research firm Mordor Intelligence. However, most EVs still rely on grid electricity, which often comes from a combination of renewable energy and fossil fuels. Tunisian startup Bako Motors is capitalizing on the electric vehicle trend by harnessing one of Africa’s greatest natural resources: sunlight. The company’s small cars and cargo vans have solar panels installed on their roofs. Vehicles still have lithium batteries that can be plugged in and charged at home or on…
Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a dominant 28-7 victory over the Washington Commanders on Monday night, snapping their ninth straight victory over their opponent.Patrick Mahomes rushed for 299 yards and three touchdowns, Kareem Hunt found the end zone twice and the Chiefs’ defense helped them break away from a halftime tie for a comfortable win at Arrowhead Stadium. One of Mahomes’ touchdown passes went to Travis Kelce, who tied Priest Holmes for a Chiefs career record with 83 points, and the other went to Laci Rice, who caught nine passes for 93 yards in his second game…
OpenAI announced Tuesday that it has completed a recapitalization and separated AI Labs into a for-profit corporation housed within a nonprofit foundation. This is the end result of a complex legal process that was fiercely resisted by estranged co-founder Elon Musk. Under the new structure, the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation will legally control a public benefit corporation called OpenAI Group, which will be free to raise funds and make acquisitions without being legally bound. The foundation will hold a significant stake in OpenAI Group and appoint its board of directors. “We believe that the world’s most powerful technologies must be developed…