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In the presence of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, announced the appointment of Modon Holding PSC as the master developer for the expansive Ras El Hekma megaproject in Egypt.

Langham Hospitality Group and Rabbit Holdings, an affiliate of BTS Group, have announced the upcoming opening of The Langham, Customs House, Bangkok in 2026.

Helsinki Airport makes traveling by car a breeze with a variety of parking options to suit every type of trip, whether you’re off for a quick weekend escape or a long autumn holiday with the family. Finavia has designed parking services that offer both convenience and value, ensuring a stress-free start to your journey.

Network Rail and the Department for Transport have unveiled a five-step strategy today (Friday, 4 October) to enhance operations at Euston station and improve passenger experiences as the station undergoes extensive design upgrades.

In a surprising move, Goa’s famous beach shacks are ready to welcome tourists earlier than expected, catching many visitors off guard.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) is enhancing its efforts to attract Japanese travelers by introducing three key partnerships as part of its Qurator certification program. Leading tour operators HIS, JALPAK, and JTB Hawai‘i have earned Qurator status, recognizing their dedication to sustainable and responsible tourism. This certification celebrates each company’s efforts to prioritize the preservation of Hawai‘i’s natural and cultural heritage while providing meaningful travel experiences for Japanese visitors. HTA’s ongoing collaboration with these operators strengthens its commitment to promoting tourism that benefits both the environment and local communities, ensuring a more mindful approach to travel in the Hawaiian Islands.

Choice Hotels has significantly expanded its upscale portfolio with the Cambria brand, originally launched in 2005 to move beyond the company’s well-known midscale and economy offerings like Quality Inn and Comfort Inn. Despite early challenges in the upscale market, the brand has now grown to 74 open properties, with an additional 62 in development, according to Indy Adenaw, Senior Vice President at Choice Hotels.

A new AI-powered video generator from Meta produces high-definition footage complete with sound, the company announced today. The announcement comes several months after competitor OpenAI unveiled Sora, its text-to-video model though public access to Movie Gen isn’t happening yet.Movie Gen uses text inputs to automatically generate new videos, as well as edit existing footage or still images. The New York Times reports that the audio added to videos is also AI-generated, matching the imagery with ambient noise, sound effects, and background music. The videos can be generated in different aspect ratios.In addition to generating new clips, Meta says Movie Gen can also create custom videos from images or take an existing video and

Facebook is announcing a host of updates to its platform today, many of which focus on pushing users outside of their social bubble of friends and family.Among the updates are new tabs being added to Facebook that are meant to surface more content for users, including recommendations based on a person’s location. A new “Local” tab will collect content from other Facebook surfaces like the resale platform Marketplace, local groups, and events essentially what sounds like Facebook’s version of Nextdoor. The Local tab is being tested in 10 US cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Austin, Texas. Facebook will also begin testing an “Explore” tab, which sounds similar to the Instagram feature of the same name: a personalized

A Samsung smart home software update released this week put some users’ Galaxy S10 and Note 10 (including e, Lite, Plus, and 5G versions) and A90 and M51 smartphones in an infinite boot loop, rendering their devices useless. After some sleuthing, Reddit users narrowed it down to a Samsung SmartThings framework app update that was automatically applied to the devices.According to posts on Reddit, Samsung replaced the buggy update with a new version that won’t brick the five-year-old devices. (The Galaxy S10 series was released in 2019.) Still, some users recommend staying cautious and turning off auto-updates anyway.Samsung service centers in Korea reportedly have a fix for the problem that avoids a factory reset and the associated data

A popular financial newsletter is accusing Roblox of allowing large-scale child sexual exploitation and inappropriate content on its platform, drawing on years of media reports. The allegations are detailed in The Bear Cave, a short selling newsletter but Roblox says The Bear Cave’s founder is highlighting rare instances of abuse to profit by making the service look bad.“This article contains misleading, irresponsible and in many cases false accusations about Roblox to further the author’s motives as a short seller,” Eric Porterfield, Roblox’s senior director of policy communications, told The Verge. “We reject the claim that child endangerment is a widespread or systemic problem on Roblox, and millions of people have a safe and

Oura may have just announced the new Oura Ring 4, but until its release on October 15th, the Oura Ring Generation 3 is still the best smart ring on the market. We don’t typically see it go on sale often, but right now, you can buy the Horizon model in black or silver starting at $299 ($50 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Oura which is just $2 shy of its lowest price to date. The high-end titanium model is also available from Amazon, Best Buy, and Oura in various sizes starting at $349 ($100 off).The third-gen Oura Ring doesn’t offer some of the advanced fitness tracking features found in smartwatches; nevertheless, it’s still a good option if you’re looking for a stylish, discreet way to keep tabs on your health. It can last up to a

Kindles are great and all, but if you want a pocketable e-reader that doesn’t require you to lock yourself into Amazon’s ecosystem, the Boox Palma might be worth a look. The 6.1-inch ebook reader normally runs for $279.99, but now through October 9th, readers of The Verge can score a rare $30 discount and a free cover case (valued at $16) when they buy it from Wellbots using code BOOXVERGE30.My colleague David Pierce waxed poetic about the Palma after spending time with it. I’ve only started testing the e-reader, but so far, I can understand the appeal. It’s slick and stylish in a way the Kindle isn’t, but more notably, it’s smartphone-sized, so you really can slip it into your pocket and comfortably hold it in one hand. Aside from

After months of waiting, now Android users can take the Arc Search app for a spin. It’s now available as an open beta on the Google Play Store after developers teased an Android version of the app in August.Arc is The Browser Company’s take on web browsing, billing itself as offering better customization options than competitors. The Arc Search app also comes with an AI feature, called “Browse for me,” that searches the web for your query and comes up with a summary based on its sources. The app also automatically archives old tabs, blocks ads by default, and gets rid of data-tracking popups, which has me tempted to switch away from Edge. While Arc initially launched as a Mac-only desktop browser, the Arc Search app launched widely

The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.

This week, DirecTV announced it intends to buy Dish, Sling TV, and the rest of EchoStar’s television business for a dollar (while also taking on all of Dish’s debt), combining almost 20 million satellite TV subscribers from two companies that have been circling one another for decades.But it’s not just DirecTV and Dish. AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, General Electric, GM, News Corp, Tumblr, and the various incarnations of Time Warner have also gotten mixed up or split up while trying to bridge the gap between communications and media over the years.Here’s a partial timeline of the events that might end with these two companies joining together at last.At the turn of the 21st century, it was obvious that the internet

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