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Carnival Corporation has posted record-breaking cruise bookings even as consumers face weak confidence, high gas prices, a shaky labor market, Middle East conflict, and anxiety over AI. The company's results suggest travel demand has remained resilient despite broader economic and geopolitical pressures.
Pete Davidson told Variety he gained 15 pounds of muscle for his upcoming film 'How to Rob a Bank' by combining intense training and heavy protein intake with the peptides BPC-157 and Sermorelin. He said he wanted to be transparent about his methods rather than let people assume his physique came from diet alone.
Valve's September 2026 Hardware and Software Survey shows 32GB system memory overtook 16GB as the most common setup among Steam users, rising to 42.22% of all sampled rigs, a 4.77-point jump from August. On Windows specifically, 32GB reached about 43% while 16GB fell to 37.6%, and 8GB systems made up just over 6% across all platforms.
In 1171, Byzantine Emperor Manuel I ordered the mass arrest of Venetians across his empire, jailing more than 20,000 people and seizing their ships and goods, following decades of tension between Constantinople and Venice. Venice, then a thriving trading hub built on colleganza partnership contracts that let ordinary citizens invest in commerce, needed massive funds to respond to the crisis. To raise money quickly, the Venetian government turned to forced loans from its citizens, laying the groundwork for what would become the first government bond market.
Nike reported first-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations, with weakness in its China business offsetting slightly better-than-expected North American sales. The company unveiled a restructuring plan that will lead to layoffs next year and said it expects full fiscal-2027 revenue to fall by a high-single-digit percentage. Separately, CEO Elliott Hill highlighted strong demand for WNBA star Caitlin Clark's new signature shoe, which nearly sold out within two hours of its U.S. launch.
The average rate on a 30-year fixed U.S. mortgage rose this week to 7.28%, marking its sixth straight weekly increase and the highest level in nearly three years. The rise continues a steady upward trend in borrowing costs for homebuyers.
Counterpoint Research's China Weekly Smartphone Sell-Out Tracker found the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max drove Apple to a 33% share of China's smartphone market in Week 38, making it the top-selling brand. The Pro series saw 12% year-on-year sales growth in its first three days, reversing a 17% decline in overall Chinese smartphone sales since July.
The market for artificial intelligence tools in education has grown from $150 million in 2021 to $730 million in 2026, according to industry estimates, despite various state laws and school board rules restricting AI use in classrooms. Analysts project the sector will reach $18.5 billion by 2036.
A new McKinsey report estimates that artificial intelligence and automation could displace roughly 11 million US workers, about 7% of the country's workforce, forcing them to change professions by 2035. The report suggests AI may ultimately create more jobs than it eliminates, even as it drives what it calls a historic workforce transformation.
A new study finds that frequent job changers continue to face penalties when applying for new roles, and companies that hire them can also suffer consequences. The research pushes back against the post-pandemic narrative that job hopping had become stigma-free as workers gained leverage in a tight labor market.
Google has launched its screen-less Fitbit Air fitness tracker in India at ₹13,999 (about $146), compared to $99 in the US. The device tracks heart rate, A-fib alerts, blood oxygen, sleep stages and more, and goes on sale October 2 via Google Store, Flipkart, Croma, Reliance Digital and Vijay Sales, bundled with a free three-month Google Health premium membership.
Former EVGA product manager Brendon Ray Hedrick published an account describing how Nvidia's 2016 Founders Edition cards put it in direct competition with board partners like EVGA. He also says Nvidia required partners to sell at least one model at the announced MSRP even at a loss, threatening reduced chip allocations for those who didn't comply, forcing EVGA to offer loss-leading cards alongside pricier premium versions.