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Published October 9, 2026 04:27PMIf you’re an adventure-first traveler looking for inspiration for your next trip, it could be hiding somewhere you wouldn’t expect: a cruise. We’re not talking about rushed outings, pushy crowds, or long travel days at sea—that’s not your vibe. The cruise line we’re talking about is a base camp at sea, scratching that itch for a get-up-and-go expedition where every day is a new view with a fresh adventure ahead. UnCruise Adventures, a small-ship, experience-based cruise line, keeps the focus on what’s important—the wild places that define the journey. Think less cruise ship bingo, more coastal…
Key Takeaways Jeff Bezos predicted that AI could boost productivity enough for more families to live on a single income. He said those productivity gains could allow some people to support their families while working just three days a week. Bezos predicted hiring challenges, not mass unemployment, as more people choose to work less or leave the workforce. AI leaders, including two of Anthropic’s co-founders, have cautioned that AI could rapidly replace human jobs, leading to mass unemployment. Now Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is outlining a different future, where AI leads to human labor shortages instead. In an interview earlier…
Key Takeaways Christina Qi started a hedge fund as an undergraduate at MIT, building it to trade $7 billion per day. A “really bad year in 2020” caused the hedge fund to shut down. Qi then started her current venture, a market data provider called Databento. Christina Qi boasts an impressive resume. As a 21-year-old undergraduate at MIT, she quietly did something most finance veterans spend decades attempting: She started her own hedge fund. At its height, the fund, Domeyard, traded $7 billion in volume per day. In 2020, after eight years of running Domeyard, Qi and her fellow founding…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Speed cuts both ways. The same conditions that let you close fast let your competitors show up fast. If a market was easy to enter, it’s easy to be pushed out of. Complexity isn’t the enemy; being unprepared is. Studying how a market actually buys is the cheapest advantage available. Conventional wisdom on market selection rewards speed over staying power. Founders are told to look for an obvious buyer and a short sales cycle, because both lead to early revenue, and early revenue is what most boards and investors want…
Researchers in France have created a dream job for cats and dogs. At a Royal Canin research center, about 160 of them are tasked with taste-testing pet food while nutritionists document their preferences, behavior and stool quality. The goal is to develop premium blends that satisfy both the animal’s taste buds and the owner’s parental instincts. Americans spent more than $17 billion on cat food over the last year, up 14% from two years earlier, according to The New York Times. The pet food industry has kept growing despite inflation, and companies are rolling out premium lines for wealthier customers…
The chicken franchise wars are getting extra crispy. Chicken chain sales grew 5.3% in 2025, compared with 3% for the restaurant industry overall and 1.5% for burger chains, according to Technomic data cited by Restaurant Business. Raising Cane’s, Dave’s Hot Chicken and Wingstop have all helped fuel the fowl. Now McDonald’s wants in. The Golden Arches’ new $8.5 billion modernization plan includes a goal of gaining 1.5 points of chicken market share by 2030. It’s already testing hand-breaded chicken in the U.S. and Ireland. Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy, whose chain leads the category, says he welcomes the pressure. “I love…
If you didn’t expect a candy bar’s worth of sugar in your latte, you may be entitled to compensation. A new federal lawsuit accuses Starbucks of misleading customers by labeling certain protein lattes and matcha drinks “sugar-free.” According to the suit, the drinks contain 13 to 21 grams of sugar per serving, sometimes as much as a Kit Kat bar, NBC News reports. Class action firm Hagens Berman filed the case on behalf of three consumers in California, New York and Washington. In a statement Tuesday, Starbucks denied misleading customers. It says it has clearly shared nutritional information and plans…
Bring your dream trip to life with these adventure-ready tips from PacificoPublished October 9, 2026 08:06AMIs there a perfect recipe for a national park adventure? Pacifico sure thinks so. For Season 2 of Park Sessions, the legendary beer company helped us send some of our favorite musicians—Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy, Harry Mack, and Tash Sultana—to perform in some of America’s most iconic national parks. While making music and memories in Acadia, Yellowstone, and Shenandoah, they helped us fine-tune these tips for the national park trip of a lifetime. Navigate the Park with Gaia GPS When you’re exploring America’s most…
Published October 9, 2026 03:59AMGenden Phuntsok had been walking for a full day. He was headed down to Lukla, Nepal, and the Tenzing-Hillary Airport, a narrow strip of asphalt at 9,300 feet where sticking the landing can feel like a life-or-death proposition. It was time to meet his co-star. Tom Hiddleston was arriving by helicopter. Genden and his host, the Sherpa mountaineer Phurba Tashi, had hiked down from the village of Khumjung to collect him. Genden had never met a Hollywood movie star. He knew exactly who was stepping off that helicopter. He walked up, put out his hand, and…
Key Takeaways Earlier this year, high school bass fishing champion Caige Bragg won a $5,000 scholarship, plus a $25,000 boat. Bragg’s winning catch weighed 11 pounds, 3 ounces, putting him ahead of 213 other teams. Youth participation in bass fishing has doubled in a decade, reaching about 12,000 members. Can you fish your way to college? A growing network of competitive bass fishing programs is giving young people an opportunity to earn scholarship money for college. In competitive bass fishing, contestants attempt to catch the heaviest freshwater fish within a set time. The final round of a prestigious high school…