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One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has announced a UK and European tour for 2023 in support of his forthcoming album ‘Faith in the Future’. The tour will visit Europe from August to November next year including a date at London’s O2 Arena. Fans can pre-order the new album to get access to the exclusive UK Tour Ticket Pre-Sale which opens Wednesday 19th October at 9am BST, with the general on-sale starting Friday 21st October at 9am BST.  Tomlinson has also released new song ‘Out of My System’, the latest…

Vivian James Rigney is no casual traveler.The executive coach and speaker has visited more than 80 countries and lived on three continents.He's also climbed the highest mountains on all seven continents, the so-called Seven Summits.It's a feat that took him 14 years — one, he estimates, that fewer than 1,000 people have completed.And he did it despite being "terrified of heights," he said.In an interview with CNBC Travel, Rigney talked about what he learned — and how much it cost him — to reach some of the highest points…

International travel may still have its challenges.But finding a solid hotel for a business trip isn't one of them.     CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in Europe.This is the first ranking of its kind between CNBC and Statista, who are also releasing hotel rankings in the Middle East today. Asia-Pacific rankings were published in September.In total, we analyzed more than 10,000 four- and five-star hotels in 117 locations to produce lists…

Instagram has been reportedly slapped with EUR 405 million (roughly Rs. 3,200 crore) fine on Monday for violating strict European Union data privacy rules. The Meta-owned social media platform has been found to mishandle the personal information of teenagers. The Ireland's Data Protection Commission's investigation allegedly revealed that Instagram displayed the personal information of users between the age of 13 and 17 years. Instagram's parent Meta disagrees with the way the fine was calculated and has expressed its…

Ireland's data privacy regulator has agreed to levy a record fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) against social network Instagram following an investigation into its handling of children's data, a spokesperson for the watchdog said. Instagram plans to appeal against the fine, a spokesperson for parent Meta Platforms Inc said in an emailed statement. The investigation, which started in 2020, focused on child users between the ages of 13 and 17 who were allowed to operate business accounts, which facilitated the…

Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan is now official. Microsoft has revealed pricing details for the long-rumoured plan, which is now available in Ireland and Colombia. As the name suggests, the subscription will allow users to share their account benefits with up to four people in their gaming circle. The plan underwent insider preview testing earlier this month, and is now priced at €21.99 (about Rs. 1,746) per month in Ireland, and 49,900 COP (about Rs. 893) in Colombia.Unlike Spotify, Microsoft is not restricting…

Power shortages and the threat of rolling blackouts in Ireland likely means no new Microsoft and Amazon data centers. The Times reported that a moratorium on new connections by Ireland’s state-owned electric utility EirGrid means a planned €2 billion data center expansion by the tech giants will be put on hold. The country’s existing data centers have already strained the nation’s power supply, which prompted Ireland’s utilities regulator last year to issue a warning that rolling blackouts were likely if the problem…

Skellig Michael, a jagged outcrop off the coast of County Kerry, was used as the location of Luke Skywalker’s hideaway in two Star Wars films, but tradition holds that human habitation on the island dates from AD600, when ascetic Irish monks began retreating to ever-more remote spots. Emma Donoghue’s brooding, dreamlike new novel, Haven, imagines who those first souls might have been and how they might have survived. Suffice to say, the refuge they imagine – somewhere far from temptation and worldly chatter – soon becomes…

Xbox Game Pass family plan testing has begun in limited regions. Microsoft has made a preview of the long-awaited scheme available to insiders in Columbia and Ireland. As the name suggests, Xbox's new family plan allows users to share their account benefits with other people. Starting today, testers in the said countries will be able to share their Game Pass subscription with up to four people, provided they reside in the same country. Recipients will gain access to a library of games and benefits on Xbox One, Xbox Series…

Baby Emma, David or Elizabeth? Not for American parents Caitlin and Luke McNeal.Rather than naming their children after grandparents, biblical figures or the British monarchy, the couple chose the names of places that hold meaningful travel memories for them."Kinsale was when we lived in Ireland, and we vacationed in Kinsale and fell in love with it," said Caitlin. "Keeneland is from Kentucky, the first place we ever vacationed together to watch the horse races."And lastly there's Sabi — "from the Sabi Sands in South…