This ambitious initiative aims to provide consumers with a multifaceted platform to engage with content, characters, and stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Avatar, and beyond. Through the utilization of Unreal Engine, players will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in customized experiences, expressing their fandom in a distinctly Disney manner. Additionally, users will … Read more
In a shot across the bow to the digital payments industry, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau) has issued a proposed rule to expand its oversight authority to nonbank providers of consumer payment apps. These apps include digital wallets, funds transfer services, and P2P apps—for both U.S. dollar payments and, surprisingly, also bitcoin … Read more
An American Airlines flight takeoff from San Francisco International Airport in November 2022. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In this week’s travel news, an American Airlines pilot goes viral with his warning to customers about in-flight behavior; Alaska Airlines’ upcoming winter schedule cutbacks in the Bay Area are detailed; major fires in the western part of Maui are forcing … Read more
What does the bar of the future look like? It’s a question that conjures images of sci-fi futurism, clean lines and automation and it’s a question that the bar world’s innovators need to ask. The reality is less sterile and more modest. Increasingly, the world’s most forward-thinking bars are preoccupied with collaboration, building community and … Read more