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Accor's ALL loyalty program has achieved a notable milestone, but faces challenges in competing with industry giants due to its smaller hotel footprint and a differing focus on experiences. -Luke Martin
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The Justice Department released new documents related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. Read more âș
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Rejoice, two of the biggest contributors to the AI movie trailer problem on YouTube have been taken down. Read more âș
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Newly released documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein probe reveal some of the high-profile figures who rubbed elbows with the financier. Read more âș
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After 18,000 hours of simulated use, RTINGS' longevity test reveals fascinating insights into the TVs that dominate our markets today. While OLED has clearly overcome its reliability woes to become the least vulnerable panel type, LCDs with local dimming are still competitive and fare better than their unified-backlight brethren. Read more âș
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If youâre feeling the stress of having procrastinated on your holiday shopping â and you missed out during Black Friday and Cyber Monday â weâve got you. Weâve found a variety of gadgets on sale that make for great gifts, many of which will ship in time for the holidays. One of the standouts is [âŠ] Read more âș
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Valve has begun the final phase of its plan to end Steam support for 32-bit versions of Windows, with a December Steam client update that changes how the platform runs on modern systems. Read more âș
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Although moving to a small beach town in a different country had its perks, it was lonely. I struggled to fit in as neither a local nor a tourist. Read more âș
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The Sega Dreamcastâs ancient pack-in internet browser was killed by Google earlier this week. Read more âș
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Following a successful launch of 27 new satellites, SpaceX loses one in minor explosion. Read more âș
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You'd think things would be slowing down heading into the holidays, but this week saw a whirlwind of Apple leaks and rumors while Apple started its next cycle of betas following last week's release of iOS 26.2 and related updates. This week also saw the release of a new Apple Music integration with ChatGPT, so read on below for all the details on this week's biggest stories! Top Stories iOS... Read more âș
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Long before opioids flooded communities, something else was quietly changingâand it may have helped set the stage for todayâs crisis. A new study finds that as church attendance dropped among middle-aged, less educated white Americans, deaths from overdoses, suicide, and alcohol-related disease began to rise. The trend started years before OxyContin appeared, suggesting the opioid epidemic intensified a problem already underway. Read more âș
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If you still haven't bought into the Steam Deck craze, it'll cost you a little extra to take the plunge now since Valve is only offering OLED models. Valve announced in a note on its Steam Deck page that it's "no longer producing the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model," adding that "once sold out, it will no longer be available." As of this article's publishing, the $399 Steam Deck with... Read more âș
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When a friend invited me to play a new game called REPO earlier this year, I thought I was wasting my money - not because the game looked bad, but because it looked like Lethal Company. The surprise-hit 2024 co-op survival horror game has players wander through unnerving ruined structures collecting trash while evading monsters. [âŠ] Read more âș
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An anonymous reader shared this report from 9to5Linux: After the controversial news shared earlier this week by Mozilla's new CEO that Firefox will evolve into "a modern AI browser," the company now revealed it is working on an AI kill switch for the open-source web browser... What was not made clear [in Tuesday's comments by new Mozilla CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo] is that Firefox will also ship with an AI kill... Read more âș
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China has brought online a national experimental research network designed to support experimentation on future network designs and to improve data transmission quality. Read more âș
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The Trump Administration was legally required to release all documents related to federal investigations of Jeffrey Epstein by Friday, with only limited grounds for withholding documents and full explanations required for any redactions. They did not do this. Or anything close to it. The Justice Department released several thousand documents Friday, but top officials acknowledged [âŠ] Read more âș
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As China makes more advances on flying taxis, the Trump administration is hoping it can speed up the U.S. effort. The biggest startups hope for a 2026 debut. Read more âș
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Travel brands understand what personalization should deliver. Whatâs missing is integrated customer data that allows them to execute consistently across journeys and moments. Read more âș
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The policy is another sign that the economy is skewing toward the wealthy and away from the Middle Class. Read more âș
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Business travel platform Navan reported 29% revenue growth in its first earnings call as a public company, but the surprise departure of its CFO just months after going public has analysts seeking answers. Read more âș
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Airlines are under pressure to decarbonize, but now theyâre pointing fingers at AI for stealing the clean energy they need. The question is whether policymakers will listen. Read more âș
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The airline CEO carousel is spinning fast. Many boards are executing orderly transitions, but others are reacting to unexpected developments. Read more âș
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Everyone wants the luxury traveler, but no two hotel groups define âluxuryâ the same way. From yachts to boutique collections to loyalty tie-ins, hotel giants are rewriting the rules to win the richest guests in a race that keeps getting bigger. Read more âș
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This pre-Christmas announcement ensures regulators wonât be easing into the holidays. It's a seasonal surprise thatâs likely to turn silent nights into sleepless ones for some. Read more âș
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Hotel groups must ensure that short-term performance marketing doesnât quietly erode brand loyalty, which may be key to unlocking bookings driven by agentic AI. Read more âș
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Expedia and Booking are trying to be both the storefront and the supply chain. AI is squeezing the middle, and âdoing bothâ starts to look less like diversification and more like diluted power. Read more âș
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